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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1844
Page
8
A battered speaker laments a drunken husband who has forsaken the family yet vows not to abandon him. She recalls youthful vows, hardship, and weary hope that he may reform, while shielding their children from scorn and seeking divine timing for change.
Outline urges continued temperance effort to reform drunkards erase drunkenness prevent poverty crime and premature death remove Gospel obstacles and advance morals. Presents questions on whether progress is sufficient, asking if all distilleries are closed and if the work should continue to spare families and youth.
A wartime era exhortation argues against excuses for inaction in temperance efforts. It charges opponents and indolent supporters alike, urges ministers and Christians to lead, and frames failure as a collective sin tied to societal reform. It ends with inspirational verse encouraging onward service and divine reward.
A Moral Reformer article argues against dram selling. It condemns a temperate drinker who profits from others harm, citing biblical warnings and a story of a young man ruined by drink. The piece laments a family’s loss and urges sobriety and vigilance. Am. Tem. Union.
A Lancaster letter argues churches must exmine their own role in temperance evils and demand ministers and congregations renounce selling spirits. It insists the faithful set a clean example, expel dram sellers, and avoid the cursed drink to save the world.
The writer argues that the past is a pledge for the future of temperance reform. He notes unpredictability but asserts ongoing progress despite reverses, citing Father Matthew and Washingtonian movements as examples of past surprises guiding future victories.
The passage urges continued effort to end intoxicating liquor use. It warns that progress requires constant action and plans to engage the public mind. It stresses that without work even philanthropy and religion decay, and calls to pursue renewed systems to end drunkenness in civilized society.
A New York town illustrates temperance by example. A gentleman asks if drinkers pledge, admits he drinks little for perceived benefit, then sets an example that persuades forty poor inebriates to take the pledge. Readers are urged to follow and influence others with their own example.
The London police tallies show 32,636 in 1832 and 10,890 in 1843 jailed for drunkenness with many women among them. Congress banned wine purchases for the President’s cellar, and Massachusetts cut pauper tax dramatically as reform spread. British temperance gains reduced malt and rum, with teetotalers rising. German policy restricted licenses for the drunken. A Baltimore magistrate notes 160 criminal cases since March. Boston exports 241,038 gallons of New England rum to be taxed by a three cent bounty, while James Brown of Philadelphia was jailed in intoxicated state for assault.
A husband brutally abused his wife, causing her death on the 21st. Separately, annual gin consumption in England and Wales nears 20 million pounds sterling.
A Highland Messenger reader lauds a local election free of liquor sales or drunken disorder. He credits temperance reform for peaceful voting, recalls past corrupt practices, and urges renewed, devoted temperance effort by supporters.
The author calls for nationwide temperance work to influence the coming elections. Readers are urged to spread temperance principles, oppose intoxicants at the polls, and sustain meetings and ministerial warnings, hoping for minimal drunkenness and steadfast public engagement.
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