Washingtonian subscription notice and temperance convention
The Washingtonian explains subscription payments to Post Masters for newspapers. A State Temperance Convention is set for June 4 in Macon with Col Wingfield as anniversary orator. Local societies invite attendees to visit Macon and offer hospitality. The piece praises Macon’s hospitality and asks societies to volunteer support.
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Wingfield
Eatonton
Friends of the Cause
Macon
Southern Baptist Convention Addresses Unity and Utility
A committee of Rev. T. Curtis, Rev. W. B. Johnson, and Rev. R. Fuller prepared an address explaining their secession from the Convention, its principles and aims. The piece is commended as able and Christian. Subscribers are invited through the editor in Savannah, noting the Georgia Historical Society’s involvement and a persuasive test of virtue and utility.
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Souther
Southern Historical & Literary Magazine
Savannah
Georgia Historical Society
Paley
Board of Managers
Providence
Southern Baptist Convention
Adoniram Judson
Ann Judson
Boardman
General Convention
United States
Jerusalem
Samaria
Antioch
Responsibility and the blame for crime origins
A discussion on moral accountability for crime, arguing that those who originate or sanction offences are as culpable as the offenders. It notes that under uncertain circumstances a person who facilitates crime may become more criminal than the originator, and warns against the blind endorsement of vice.
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Hich
Richard Furman
Staughton
Jesse Mercer
Thomas Baldwin Jed
Boston
Israel
Guizot duel declaration sparks moral debate on civilization
A historical critique argues M. Guizot’s claim that dueling signals progress misreads history. The author warns the French premier’s stance corrupts society, weights judgment with power, and endangers many gallant lives by defying divine law.
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M. Guizot
France
Chinese Cream Soap Landmark Ad and Three Calf Story
An ad extols Chinese Cream soap by Jos Marshall as a premier shaving ingredient. The narrative quotes the Chronicle and Sentinel describing a cow at N B Moore's farm near the city bearing three calves aged about three days, a rare sight noted for its sprightliness.
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N. B. Moore
The Southern Baptist Convention and the Northern Brethren Split
A 1845 manifesto explains a division within American Baptists over slavery and missions, detailing origins and principles. It defends Southern unity, condemns Northern overreach, and calls for renewed focus on foreign and domestic missions across Burmah China Africa and the Americas. It cites leaders, boards, and a resolution on slavery.
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Southern Baptist Convention
United States
American Baptists
Southern Baptists
General Convention of the Baptist Denomination of the
Messiah
Cesar
Richmond
Mallon
Ala
Ethiopia
America
Christendom
Burmah
Africa
China
First Baptist
Church Universal
Christ
Thomas Curtis
William B. Johnson
Richard Fuller
Augusta
Temperance Lecturers and the Pledge Motive
The article argues that signing the temperance pledge is not the best measure of an address's merit. It suggests many sign from impulse, while true conviction arises from understanding and heartfelt appeal, as the audience is moved to tears by the speaker's fervent rhetoric.
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