Temperance and the law of love in moral reform
The Washingtonian argues postmasters can remit subscription payments to newspapers to reduce postage costs. It extols education and charitable meetings as key to national improvement, praises temperance as aligned with love, and notes that true benefit comes from benevolence toward others. Editors warn readers to reflect, not overly prolong the piece.
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T. Baantuy
V. Gro
Ierce
W.J. Hamp
Dr.d.hoox
Don
James Harper
Washingtonian
Temperance Society’s Summer Policy in Augusta
The Augusta Washington Total Abstinence Society notes fewer temperance meetings in summer due to scattered population and lack of absorbing topics. The editorial urges spirited sessions for meaningful impact and offers to arrange a meeting if critics provide speakers and an audience. It highlights collateral benefits of temperance work and the value of public discussion.
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Augusta Washington
Augusta W. T. A. Society
Dr. Sewell
Leorn
Political Meetings Mobilize Against Liquor Influence
A call to Washingtonians to monitor neighbors and counteract liquor’s role in elections. Urges vigilance at meetings and polling places to prevent drunken persuasion and corrupt practices blamed on intoxication. Warns against repeating last year’s Watkinsville Sabbath scenes.
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Watkinsville
Voices in Washington Demand Action on Election Power
The passage urges Washingtonians to raise their voices against an issue and states they can influence reform. It argues they may not achieve every desired outcome immediately but should strive to do what they can, leaving a lasting impression of effort and progress.
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Ros
Mene Mene Tekel
Rui
Private Influence for Temperance in Washington
A call urges Washingtonians to promote temperance through direct personal influence rather than public meetings. It argues hosts must speak to friends, endure potential offense, and spread sobrie ty and order to help families, society, and country.
Free Barbecue Disturbed by Fights at Sugar Tent
Washington editorials recount a free barbecue in Green County where alcohol sparked fights and disrupts. A grog shop near the stand drew crowd disorder, with critics urging sobriety and condemning liquor at political gatherings. The correspondent urges voters to seek peace, order, and sober judgment in the Georgia campaign.
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Green County
Committee of Arrangements
Just Cause for Temperance: A Washingtonian Plea
A Washingtonian speaker argues tempers the temperance cause as a just, humane, and righteous effort. He links intoxication to national decline, cites Rome's fall and American history, and urges readers to pledge to oppose drinking. The piece frames abstinence as moral progress and calls for action at political meetings.
Temperance Progress Report From New Zealand Voyage
Dr Thompson described the 1842 Asiatic voyage from Scotland to Auckland with four hundred emigrants. He shifted the ship's crew and settlers to temperance, forming a shipboard society and spreading abstinence principles ashore. The account highlights the journey and early temperance success in New Zealand.
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National Temperance Society of England
Exeter Hall
London
Thompson
New Zealand
Scotland
Auckland
Equator
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