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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1843
Page
5
August 11 1543 in Augusta lists a pledge by gentlemen to abstain from all spirits malt liquors wine and cider. Signatories include Rev W T Brant M Rozertzon W J Harp D Hook T Cupman and others urging subscriptions and remit details for publishers.
The piece notes strong health and rising stock levels in Ware City with brisk business and steady cotton inflow. Merchants pledge to sell goods at Southern-city rates, despite 10 percent price advances on many items since fall purchases. Augusta merchants refuse to mark up profits from Northern market increases. More goods arrive.
The Charleston Temperance Society urges an October meeting and a mustering event on the evening of the ath 1 Monday with speeches. They propose tract distribution in South Carolina at fifty cents per hundred four page numbers, praising W C Dabney’s oration and hoping for similar community impact.
The Augusta Washingtonian is offered to the people of Georgia at less than two cents a week, meeting pecuniary and moral wants of the times. It argues a weekly ten cent rate would be affordable, inviting readers to spread the message at home and abroad.
A essay contrasts agitators driven by excitement with cautious avoiders, praising principled reformers who commit to the Temperance cause. It calls for sustained action through meetings, supporting papers, and public advocacy to purge corruption and advance the temperance reform.
A Worcester note praises forming an Anti fruit stealing Association with sentinel-like members for garden security. It also introduces a new cheap daily paper the Rambler published in Charleston by Miller and Browne edited by John B. Irving M.D. The editor intends a medium sized paper with large, bountiful produce and strong public character.
A cheerful, gentlemanly prospectus describes a quarto periodical offering sketches of society and travel, critiques of professions, and notices of diversions and city events. It discusses temperance polemics, praising temperance reformer Brother Samaritan while urging moderation and persuasion over zeal.
A concise note from Olive Branca counsels restraint when anger flares after a horse kick. The speaker urges against retaliatory action and promotes self control in the face of provocation.
An editorial urges a bold temperance campaign against alcohol, arguing drunkenness wrecks morals and health. It suggests satire in the press, boycotts by workers, and decisive action by business leaders to starve the rum trade and reform or destroy the vice.
The piece argues against drinking wine at weddings, warning it can tempt misplaced gaiety and threaten moral steadiness. It urges restraint to preserve purity, fidelity, and the solemn meaning of marriage, noting wine may undermine the vows just spoken and the sanctity of the moment.
In a speech at Eaton ton Georgia on Oct 9 1843 Old Jones urges Georgians to join a temperance convention after praising South State efforts. He contrasts regional anti movements with southern progress and cites a Charleston ten day scene of sobriety as a motivator. He invites all factions to attend and support a statewide temperance army.
The author notes his observation that misers often live longer, attributing this to constant, healthful exercise pursued for gain. He argues such activity acts as a natural medicine, promoting proper ferments and blood circulation while removing bodily superfluities.
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