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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 ace, and to-day we issue the. 12th No. of our mb »ttlc sheet. So far, we have been able, by pcrsc- K verancc and attention, to fulfil the promises made , in the commencement of our publication. To those of you who have so kindly assisted us in IjL our undertaking, both by contributions for our columns, and soliciting subscribers, we return our sincere Thanks—arid request that all who may be friendly to the welfare of our paper, and to the cause which it advocates, will assist us in like manner. * We make no promises, further, than that it will he our constant thought to in s crease the interest and value ot our journal in | 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 more, it our subscription warrants, and a little exertion on the part ot our tnends, would enable 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. 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