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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1843
Page
2
A fifteenth century pledge form from Washington Augusta documents a society forming to abstain from spiritous or malt liquors, wine, and cider. The signatories pledge as gentlemen to protect health standing and families from a pernicious practice.
The Augusta Women czyli Town Association holds its annual meeting next Monday at 6 30 PM in the Methodist Episcopal Church. A large attendance is urged, with a committee planning the event expected to invite members to address the society. Postmasters may remit subscriptions for newspapers, including the Washington area, to publishers.
The Savannah channel gains water after recent rains aiding steamboat navigation between the city and Savannah. Governor McDonald designates the first Friday in November as a day of Thanksgiving and Prayer, urging reflection on national blessings and temperance. The piece endorses Georgia’s industrial policy to boost local employment and production for regional prosperity.
The discourse argues for home manufacturing and agriculture to secure wealth and independence, urging Southern towns to protect domestic industry. It condemns intemperance as a root of personal and social evils, linking vice to despotism, war, and national decline, and calls temperance reform as essential to national happiness and virtue.
Washingtonian readers explore brandy origins from Arab distillation to Eau de vie and medicines of old, then pivot to future millennial temperance reform. The writer envisions a redeemed world free of intemperance, with peace and prosperity feeding moral renewal and universal happiness.
A satirical letter addresses Amelia and other young ladies in the Washingtonian circle. The writer defends remarks on male habits, arguing happiness and offspring welfare depend on certain masculine traits. The piece critiques prudishness and social expectations in a witty, period voice.
A temperance dispute argues about honesty and sobriety with a letter from a Temperance Convention and guidance on evaluating a partner's sobriety. The Eatonton meeting on September 11 1843 resolves to host a fall convention and invites delegates, with a Penfield committee inviting a statewide gathering on November 23.
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