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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1844
Page
6
The Washingtonian urges Masters to remit subscriptions and asks Augusta Society officers if they are "dead or asleep" amid waning temperance activity. The piece defends ongoing reform, notes discouragements, and calls for renewed vigilance against voter corruption and drunkenness.
The Society calls officers and members to prepare for the November 21 Forsyth convention. It urges delegates, preliminary exercises, and active enlistment to avoid declining attendance and boost the organization’s vitality and universal victory efforts.
The notice urges broader advertising in the paper to inform readers of forthcoming removals, new goods, boarding houses, and school exercises. It promotes low terms and appeals to mutual interest and fellowship, mentioning "The Laurel" weekly in Charleston and a teetotal stance.
In a call to readers, the group urges ongoing support from cold water members and friends of a good cause to ensure the publication's future existence. The subscription price is 1.50 per annum. P. C. Tallman Jr. editor.
Marcus presents a poetic narrative about Ferdinando de Soto and his death on the Mississippi. A noble soldier stands on a bank and contemplates faded health and youth as his Indian guide watches. Night and river imagery frame the bier as prayers rise for the fallen chief.
The passage argues that total abstinence will prevail and end liquor related evils. It praises reform leaders as educated, calm, and benevolent, noting their willingness to face opposition, suspicion, and personal risk in a long battle driven by faith in divine support and public benevolence.
A bold temperance appeal declares the foe a vast, entrenched Leviathan to be defeated by a disciplined, divine cause. It envisions a world where intemperance is banished, a heavenly jubilee arrives, and reformers labor with unwavering faith to crush rum power and redeem society.
A writer argues that rich townspeople should align their interests with temperance, noting taxes and social costs. They claim sobriety would reduce jails and alms houses, preserving wealth, and urge wealthy residents to back the temperance cause at this critical moment.
A brief feature notes the era’s temperance movement and its wideness across society. It highlights reform energy, public calls for abstinence, and moral improvement as a sign of progress. The piece frames temperance as a defining social current shaping policy and daily life.
An aged Kentucky voice warns against cider drunkenness while praising whiskey and urges temperance. A Boston distiller fails three times to join the Mechanic Association over objections that molasses distilling harms New England values, despite an otherwise clean record.
A dramatic scene illustrates a dialogue with a boy answering questions about his parents. The boy describes his father and mother as alcohol users, his mother beaten, and the parents fighting, ending with the boy's grim summary.
The passage argues that trimming expenses begins with dropping newspapers and education, yet questions who could live frugally merely to save money. It notes most people seek to enjoy the fruit of their labor and recognize the inevitability of death, underscoring balanced consumption.
The article surveys ancient Greek and Roman belief in oracles and omens, their priests and trickery, and the decline of oracular authority. It notes how rulers used oracles to advance ends, cites Kircher’s automaton countermeasures, and ends with Cyrus turning a thunder omen to his advantage before a decisive battle.
A passage notes that newspapers educate the informed and virtuous mind, store the moral and political world, and preserve liberties. It argues readers should cut excess expenditures to gain the solid benefit of a good newspaper and cites the Christian Index in support.
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