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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1843
Page
6
The Washingtonian describes a fatal abstinence pledge dated September 2 1843 in Augusta. It urges mutual benefit by avoiding pernicious drinking of spirits, malt liquors, wine or cider and pledging gentlemen to abstain for health and conduct.
The Washingtonian subscription policy allows members to pay without postage by delivering the first Master with a request to remit. The text references various officers and subscribers, indicating a committee arrangement and payment handling for subscriptions.
The article urges support for temperance and opposes voter influence through drinking. It highlights the Augusta Benevolent Society's orderly aid to the sick poor, detailing inspection-based relief and the push to include colored volunteers, with praise for leaders like Nicholas Murphey and Herschel Johnson.
A reader from Brothersville Richmond County requests temperance statistics and begins a brief account of the Berlin temperance society formed in October 1835. The note signals ongoing interest in state societies and their early activities.
An editorial dialogue condemns the traffic of vice urging the rich to consider the moral cost to society and their children. A.S. admits unease about his children, while W. presses the gloom and warns of squandered wealth and lost virtue for future generations.
The passage asserts that a candidate will follow these suggestions with firm conviction, stressing that personal or party victory should not weigh against the electorate’s higher duty and purity of the franchise. It ends with a reference to Puito.
A heated exchange traces the social costs of rum selling. Washingtonian rebukes the rum seller for diminishing self respect, provoking crime, and draining finances, while the seller defends inducements and competition as necessary trade. The discussion links tavern prosperity to jail, alms, and hospital costs.
A heated exchange debates wealth as a tool of virtue and the moral costs of greed. A. S. argues that true riches lie in virtue and philanthropy, while W. defends indulgence, but both acknowledge the need for reflection before continuing.
A formal appeal to lawyers asks them to join the temperance movement, arguing their eloquence and influence could advance reforms that have already improved public morals. The plea stresses the need for legal talent to help rid society of drunkenness and its harms, noting how court scenes have shocked observers and how broader participation could hasten victory for the cause.
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