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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1845
Page
4
Poem in Washingtonian urging abolition of the deadly cup and liquor’s ruin. Refrains declare drunken joys brief, mind debased, and life wrecked, with calls to destroy the ruby glow and drink no more. War-sounding bugle sections praise patriotic sacrifice and tocsin of strife.
The piece argues abstinence from intoxicants is the simple prevention and cure for intemperance. It urges small local temperance societies, sharing anecdotes of delirium tremens and ruined lives, and advises forming a nucleus of three to begin a movement with steady, sincere effort.
A temperance column argues from gradual indulgence to addiction, noting self control derangement after tasting wine and citing deaths from distilled spirits. It urges religious and sober role models to abstain and warns of bodily decay and affects like ossified vessels and crisp hair from alcohol use.
An old editorial argues that mild drinking harms many despite teetotaler efforts. It cites Dr. Benjamin Rush and asserts that numerous drinkers are destroyed by ardent spirits even without overt intoxication. The piece likens occasional drinking to drowning dangers proving no safety in brief exposures.
The item notes Oregon settlers as advanced in civilization and predicts prosperity if laws are upheld. It mentions the Legislature, called the Legislative Committee, adjourned before July 3 and enacting a rule forbidding ardent spirits south of the Columbia River with a $100 penalty per offence.
An exchange recounts humorous sailor tales about a drunken crew hearing winds in a house in V and believing they were aboard a ship in danger of shipwreck, prompting reckless actions as they clung to imagined deckrails.
The essay argues that mild drinks like beer and cider begin a path to habitual drunkenness. It claims temperance fosters mixing strong liquors with cider and beer, leading to widespread misery and poverty in the United States.
The prospectus outlines aims to reform and perfect humanity through phrenology, claiming knowledge of man’s nature as the tester for all doctrines and practices. It announces added departments including physiology to connect health, life, and intellect with moral progress, asserting health underpins all pleasures and advancement.
A prospectus advocates a monthly journal on phrenology physiology and magnetism praising their unity and urging publication. It stresses female education as central to human progress and outlines subscription terms and promotional incentives for editors.
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