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Ir H E VV ASifl N (i T O NIA N:
AUGUSTA, xoVEMBER f»~ 1842. j
Washington Total Abstinence rieilgc. I
I'*, whose names are hereunto annexed, desirous I
of farming- a Society for our mutual benejli, ,
anil to guard against a pernicious practice, i
which is in jurious to Ar health, standing and |
families, do pledge ourselves as Gentlemen,!
not to drink any
piritous or Malt Liquors, Wine or Cider.
83* A Meeting of the Wash
ni'lton Total Abstinence Society of this County.
]§f swill lie held in the Unitarian Church,on Monday
fig. next, ( 21st insf.) at 7 o’clock, and an Ad
t| slress may be expected from Dr. A. Means,
iff-. The friends of Temperance and the public
ffgcnerally, are respectfully invited to attend. *
W\Vl. HAINES, Jr. Secretary.
November 19
T,o Correspondents.
“ Guillaume,'' is partlypn type, and will appear
EL in our next number.
“ The Family Bible, or the History of Jordan i
| Rollins," will also appear in our next.
S In compliance with a resolution of the Wash- j
*-»gton Total Abstinence Society of this place,
r e have been kindly furnished with the address
f Col. Mitxc due. —lt commences on the first page
f our paper, and wiil he read by many of our read
rs with ihtcrest. The length should not, and ;
p e hope will not, prevent them from giving it
tat sober reflection, which it is calculated to call
To our Patrons.
Six months have elapsed since our first appear
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| proportion to the patronage extended us. As
| y*‘t, we have not much to base our promises upon,
■ -our circulation being not over 170 subscribers.—
HE Our readers can perceive at a glance, that this
I number is not sufficient even to pay the expenses
I attend ng our publication; yet we are in all u n< r
bound to fulfil the promises made in our prospec
• tus, which shall be done; but we desire to do
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us to do so. If each subscriber, would take it
“•p upon himself to procure us even one more name
* to our list, we think hv the commencement of our
next volume, we might bo prepared to give them
. * an agreeable surprise. We make no positive pro
mises, however, in this matter— we have seen too
many made which were never fulfilled, and fre
quently subscriptions collei ted in advance of'lie
work, and the patron made to suffer his lo3s. with
out any remedy. We shall only say, that what-
« y er liberality is extended to us, in the circulation
M of our paper, will not be forgotten, on our part.
Temperance Speakers.
Under the above head, we find an excellent ar
ticle in the New York Temperance Organ, of
the 12th inst. We believe that, at our meetings,
more is done by a [Jain, unvarnished tale,’
caused hy the indulgence of intoxicating drinks,
by the experience of the speaker, than any dis
play of oratory can effect. We transfer it at
length to our columns, as follows :
“ The main object of a temperance meeting is
to receive names to the Pledge. This should nc
| ver be overlooked by those who address these
meetings; neither should the presiding officer
forget it. We have been present at several tem
perance meetings lately, where very little was
said of the Pledge, and as a consequence very
few pledged to teetotalism.
If a speaker in this cause, or any other, chiefly
aims to secure the applause of his audience, in
nine cases out of ten, he will fail in his object,
and do little or no good to the cause he pretends
zealously to advocate.
We do not look for finished orators in our
Washingtonian meetings, nor are these meetings
regarded as schools to teach public speaking.—
The style which h*» proved most useful is the
——a— IMBMni
. colloquial.or that peitaining to common eonv. rsa
j tion. This style is the most natural in a relation
j of one s experience of the intoxicating cup, and
| always interests and gains the attention of an
| audience.
We could name several ofour Washingtonian
j friends who nearly ruined their usefulness bv
: attempting to play the orator. At first they told
| ina p:a n and familiar way their tale of woe. ac
j companied hv deep feeling at a view of their
1 degradation; and thousands listened in breath
less silence, until a like influence pervaded the
entire audience, and a flood ol tears was the only
reliet for their he-aving bosoms. On occasions
like this, we ha v e seen hundreds rush to the
* Pledge. We have witnessed the wretched drunk-
I an!, w ith bloated face and tattered garments, dis
gusting to look upon, rise from a corner in the
extreme part ot a room, and with tears gushing
■ from hiseyes*valk to the Secretary’s desk, and
j mtfffpring as he went, “ That is true—l know it
; true—l have felt it myself—l thought I was
lost, but I see there is hope for me- -1 will sign;
I yes, I will sign;'’ and with the'humility of a
. child in his manner, writes his name to the
Pledge.
We say that we could name several ofour re
i formed men, who we have heard again and again
relate their personal sufferings from the intoxicat
| ing cup, and with an effect far beyond the power
of our pen todescribe; and who from some cause,
: I ,:ivc thought proper to set themselves up lor ora
tors, and nothing but the rules of good breeding,
prevent their audiences from laughing outright,
at the miserable work they make of it. It is not
our intention to hurt the feelings of any one, far 1
from it: hut the above practice, of which we com- j
plain, is rapidly extending among our Washing- I
tonians, to tiieir injury, and to the embarrass
ment of the great temperance reform. We do
not profess prophetic vision, yet we will venture
the remark, that some of our (hereto!'ne) most
useful will find themselves slighted, un
less they go on as at first, relating their heart
rending sutlcrings from alcoholic drinks.”
Proceedings of flic Washington Total Ab
stinence Society of Augusta.
U.NiTAHUs Council, .Nov. 4 1812.
The Society met this evening according to ad
journment.
The meeting being opened with prayer by
Rev. A. N. Cunningham, the minutes of the last
meeting were then read and approved.
1 he Committee appointed to draft a new Con
stitution, conforming more particularly to Wash- 1
ingtonian principles, then presented a copy, i
which, afier some slight alterations, was unani- S
inously adopted.
CONSTITUTION.
Article Ist. This Society shall he called the j
Washington Total Abstinence Society ol Rich- ;
rnond County.
Article 2d. The object of this Society shall he
to retrain from the use of all intoxicating drinks,
as a beverage. The means to be used shall be
strictly of a moral natu e seeking to appeal only
to the reason and benevolent feelings of men, and
distinctly disclaiming all proscription and all le
gislative action upon the subject.
Article 3d. This Society shall meet annually
on the last Monday in October when they shall
elect hy ballot from the members, a President,
five Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, who shall also
serve as Treasurer, and ten other members, who
together, shall constitute a Board of Managers,
a majority of whom shall form a quorum for bu
siness.
The officers and Managers shall continue in
office until their successors are appointed.
Article 4th. The President or one of the Vice-
Presidents, shall preside at all mci tings of the
Society and Board ; and in their absence any
member may he called to the chair, who shall be
vested temporarily with all powers and privileges
ot President. 'The presiding officer shall have
power to call meetings of the Society, provided a
reasonable notice of time and place he given.
Article sih. It shall be the duty ofthe Secreta
ry and Treasurer to keep a record ofthe proceed
ings of the Society and of the Board, conduct the
correspondence, and hold the funds ot the Socie
ty, subject to the order ofthe Board.
Article Gth. The Board of Managers shall
meet at the call ofthe President, or any three of
the Board, and on their own adjournments.—
They shall have jiower to fill vacancies occurring
in their own body—to make bye-laws for their I
own government —conduct the ordinary business !
of the Society in the recees between its meetings
liwke arrangements for anniversaries and cele
| brations. and select and procure the publication
I and circulation of such articles as are calculated
to eradicate the vice of Intemperance.
Article <th. 1 his Society shall hold its regu- j
lar meetings on the flist and third Monday even* !
ings in each month, or at such other times as ;
they may determine.
Article Sth. Every person who signs the fol
lowing pledge, and observes the obligations of the
same, shall be Considered a member of this So
ciety:
PLEDGE.
He, „> names. are hereunto annexed, de
sirous of ..tiling a Society for our mutual benefit
ami to guard against a pernicious practice, which
is injurious to our health, standing and families,
do pledge ourselves ns Gentlemen, not to drink
any Spirituous or Malt Liquors, Wins or Cider.
Article 9th. Any* member who, in the opinion
of the Board of Managers, shall violate the
Pledge, shall forfeit his membership; provid
ed, always, any member who has violated the
Pledge, may appeal from the decision of the
Boarti, to the Society.
Article 10th. A Standing Committee of Vigil
ance, to be composed of three members from the
Board of Manage.s, shail be appointed by the
President, whose duty it shall be to wait upon,
and in the most affectionate manner, endeavor to
teclaim any member who may be reported to
them, as having violated the Pledge of this So
ciety.—The said Committee shall be empowered
to call in the aid of any other member, or mem
bers, ot this Society, for the promotion of that
j object.
Artie e 11th. Itshall be theduty ofevery mem
ber ot this Society to report (as far as practicable)
in writing to the Board of Managers, all cases of
casualty and crime, resulting from the useof intox
icating drinks, which shall come to their know
ledge; and it shall lie the duty of the Board of
Managers, particularly to preserve the same, and
; cause them to be incorporated, as far as may be
deemed expedient, in the Annual Report.
Article 12. It snail he the privilege of all mcm
! hers of this Society, at the meetings thereof, to
express publicly their views upon the subject of
! Temperance, or to hand into the Secretary, to be
read before the Society, any communications
which they may think will promote the cause of
Temperance. The pieces handed in at one
j meeting, shall be read at the next.
Article lJtli, An address oil the subject of
Temperance shall he delivered annually, on the
dsJd of February and 4th of July, before the So
ciety, by some person, or persons, appointed for
that purpose by the Board of Managers,
Article 14th. L his Constitution may be altered
or amended at any regular meeting of the Socie
j ty> by a majority of the votes of the members pre
j sent; provided, that no alteration in the Pledge
i bo made, or any change introduced, by which the
| principles of Total Abstinence rom all intoxicat
ing liquors shall he evaded.
The Society then went into an election of
ofiieers for the ensuing year, when the following
gentlemen were elected:
Dr. Joseph A. Eve, President.
Col. John Milledce, j
Hawkins Huff, |
Dr. F. M. Robertson, a Vice Presidents.
Dr. 1. P. Garvin, |
J. W. Meredith, I
\V M. Haines, Jh. Secretary tf* 1 reasurer.
The Society then adjourned.
WM. HAINES, Jr. Sec'ry.
Unitarian Church, Nov. 8,1842.
At the call of the President, the Society met.
The meeting being opened by prayer from Rev.
Richard Lane—the proceedings of the previous
meeting wcrcthen read and ar proved.
The object of the meeting being stated by the
President, the Society then went into an election
of ft Board of Managers for the ensuing year
whi n the following gentlemen were chosen :
James Harper, Wm, F. Pemberton,
John G Dunlap, Wm O Eve,
Jesse Walton, A. Phillips,
E. E. Scofield, Dr. Benjamin Douglass,
James Gouby, J. L. Mimms.
The was then addressed by Rev’d.
Messrs. Hard and Lane.
On motion the Society then adjourned.
WM. HAINES,
If a drunkard refuses ninety-nine times to sign
the Pledge, try him once more.
! .
Did any one ever know a quarrelsome family .
i where pure water was the only beverage.
Tewpeia; Ce Notice.
Ogletkorp I utal Abstinence Society ,
Houston County, Ga.
j We the members of this Society, believino that
Hie Temperance cause has effected much fn re
| hning the morals of society, und revolutionizing
the customs so prevalent in the country ; believe
j that the Temperance Societies in the limits of
! tins Mate, should hold a Convention in Millcdge
j ville, on the second Wednesday in December,
! and elect delegates to represent them there, and
I that some mode of general action bo pursued in
! future to awaken in the people a lively interest
I generally in the cause. We are satisfied that
j Mate Legislation is not the ture mode cf success,
. but if the good sense of the people be addressed
on this subject, apart from any connection with
i >he Church or Polities, independently, and with
out sinister or sectarian prejudice, that Georgia
will show herselftrue to the interests of her State
and evince that good sense and discretion in ac
tion so characteristic of her high character. We
therefore most respectfully invite a co-operation
in this matter from all the sister societies in the
Sitate, and particularly invite those in authority
to lavor us with attendance, and hope that edi
tors friendly to the cause will give this a place in v
their columns, so that every Society may havean
opportunity to call meetings and elect their dele-
I gates'
At a regular meeting of this Society held the
Gth ult. the following resolutions were adopted :
Resolved, That wo recommend to the different
Temperance Societies of this State the propriety
of holding a State Temperance Convention in
the City of Miliedgevillc on the second Wednes
day in December next.
Resolved, That this Society elect two or more
delegates to represent us in sa'tl Convention, and
we request other Societies to do the same.
Resolved, That this Society pay the expenses
of its delegates.
Unsolved, That these proceedings he published
in the Macon papers, with a request to all others
friendly to the cause of Temperance, to copy.
C. MURPH, President,
J. L. Parker, Secretary.
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