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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1845
Page
2
The census of the city has been taken by Major Isham Thompson who notes the accuracy and diligence of the register and that the population of our city is being carefully tallied.
The Coosa River Journal debuts in Rome, edited by iw Dunn and W Brown. Its launch spirit aims to advance the South and local state interests with a well filled specimen issue and creditable printing. Rev Professor Potter of Union College New York rises to the Pennsylvania Diocese chair, admired as a Christian scholar and theologian.
An editorial warns that indulging two vices like gaming and drinking accelerates moral ruin, recounting a man who renounced gambling and pledged temperance. It then condemns ethnic and national societies such as New England Society and Sons of Temperance, urging unity as Americans and questioning the aims of minority groups. The piece concludes by introducing the Sons of Temperance as a new 1842 New York organization.
The speaker argues there is no comparison between two evils and that gaming surpasses all other vices in extent and speed of ruin.
A former gambler reveals a conspiracy to flood the country with marked cards. A group supplied a card maker with a distinctive pattern and backs, omitting a tiny spot to identify cards. Thousands of packs were produced and sold from Maine to Louisiana for higher profits, with gamblers stealing from the unwary.
A lengthy article extols a nationwide Temperance Society named the Yankee Blades. It describes its national and local divisions, weekly dues, sickness support, secret signs, and an initiation pledging abstinence from alcohol. It stresses youth education and urges signing the pledge to protect children from drinking and its harms.
A discussion in a courtroom scene centers on a murder linked to heavy drinking. The jury debates insanity and guilt as liquor temptations and fashionable hotels are blamed. A crowd learns the murdered man is the father of the killer’s son, underscoring calls for repeal of the liquor license system.
A funeral unfolds as a young man cries unseen by the family. He once courted the deceased’s daughter but fell into intemperance after being turned away. Her father forbade him from the house, and the girl died of consumptive illness, leaving a grim, sorrowful scene.
A reforming drunkard dies in a graveyard tragedy after a beloved girl dies of heartbreak. The tale blames fashionable hotels and club life for his fall, recounting a sobering conversion, a funeral procession, and a final, fatal plunge into the grave. The clergyman laments vice and urges societal caution.
A Boston pen and ink sketch parodies temperance progress by tracing a voyage on a ship named Jolification toward the City of Destruction. The narrator reaches Tipsy Island and other stops like Hiccup Island and Poverty’s Valley before leaping overboard for a cold water spree at Cool-off-Beach, the final stop before the ship’s destination.
Based on Cochran's Odd Fellow, the order has taken a strong stand on total abstinence. A lodge faced wine drinking among members and implemented the Washingtonian pledge. The sober members persuaded the others to sign, transforming drinkers into abstainers and restoring order.
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