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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1845
Page
6
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After a long suspension the Washington Total Abstinence Society of Augusta held a renewed meeting with a respectable crowd and five new members. Twenty private additions were recorded since the last gathering, few withdrawals, and unpremeditated brief addresses. The paper urges a trio of meetings in March April and May to sustain momentum and notes the need for sustained effort beyond popular favor.
A temperance periodical and an accompanying Washingtonian tale debut amid debates about New Orleans vice. An 1842 Georgia speaker recounts descent into drinking, family tragedy, and redemption through a pledge and reformer Mr. Taylor guiding him to abstinence.
A reader urges distribution of temperance almanacs crafted for the meridian and predicts strong sales and more purchasers than current estimates. The note suggests a ready market for such periodicals among friends and neighbors.
The article lauds the President elect as a Washingtonian advocate of Total Abstinence, citing a contemporary claim he has spoken publicly urging temperance for national prosperity. It hopes he will end the White House drink habit and praises his anticipated temperance leadership and example.
A call for a convenient public hall to host National Celebrations, Temperance meetings, and secular entertainments. The piece notes church refusals to host such events and cites a failed city hall meeting attended by 30 to 40 people despite 1000 pledge signers. It urges ladies to organize fairs to fund a hall.
A 1845 memorial urges Congress to repeal the Spirit Ration in the Navy and replace it with a temperance policy. It argues drinking breeds vice, mutiny, and shipwreck, noting reduced rations and teahouse substitutes have not undermined morale. it cites New York Marine Temperance Society as evidence of support for abolition and broader mercantile temperance efforts.
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