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fTHE WASHINGTONIAN:
AUGUSTA, DECKMBEK 17,181‘2.
Washington Total .Abstinence Pledge.
Jfe, i chose names are hereunto annexed, desirous
of forming « Society for our mutual benefit,
and to guard against a pernicious practice.
which is injurious to our health, standinsr and
families , do pledge ourselces as Gentlemen,
not to drink any
[ Spirltous or Malt Liquors, Wine or Cider.
It must be a satisfaction to every lover of his
country, ami to all that feel a proper interest in
tb« welfare of the community m which tliev re
side, to mark the progress, and happy influence of
the Temperance reform, as its march is onward,
gathering in many who were considered, and who
themselves felt they were, the outcasts of society,
and had become so habituated to the use of ardent
spirits, that it seemed second nature to them, and
though they saw and felt the evil, yet considered
themselves so far gone, and that their friends had
so long looked upon them as drunkards, that
there no longer remained in them a disposition to
amend their lives, until a regular crusade is en
gaged in by a few noble spirits, who bend all their
latent energies to the task of preaching Temper
ance, and at the same time showing an example m
themselves, that men pledged upon the honor of
gemlcmei) can reform; provingconclusivi ly, that
ardent spirits cannot altogether drown the slum
bering sense of honor in the bosom, and which if
properly awakened and brought into action, can
save them, as a host of witnesses can testily.
And now in this great reform, who doe- not feel
that they can look ujjoii a Friend, —a Brother,—
a Son, —a Father, as the dead alive and the lost
found; anil if so much lias been accomplished hy
the efforts of a few, surely what remains to be
done, can he done by the efforts ol the many, if we
will all feel a proper spirit in this matter. I'he
hearts of many widows, mothers, and fathers, may
yet be made to leap for joy, and the fountain again
opened in the breast, that Shall overflow with the
pure waters ofgladness. Well, we do not ask
you to take up the burden, and travel from place
to place proclaiming freedom, although it would
be well if there were many more such, but we
would simply say, not only let your influence be
seen and felt in tile daily routine of your busi
ness, but succour the Press, the engine that can
wield such a mighty influence on toe destinies of
millions of our fellow beings. Subscribe to a
temperanoe paper, or more tiian one if you are
able, and when you have read them yourself, cas t
them abroad upon the lace of the community;
scatter the good seed; and give one fiequently ro
that neighbor, may be of yours, you see cross the
street to the grog shop so fiequently bclo.e break
fast, and you may not only save yourself much
racket and annoyance, but may reclaim and pro
long the life of that man, and make his family
happy again. And don’t stop here, but go to
those who are indifferent on the subject of tem
perance, being neither drunkardsnur teetotallers,
and g-tthem to subscribe for a temperance paper,
they are very cheap, and by thus doing, you may
save many who are in the track, and on t.ie down
ward road, and thus prove yourself a good Wash
ingtonian. ||| —— — ,
At a meeting ol tho Washington Total Absti
nence Society of Habersham c unty, held in the
Methodist Church, on Saturday night, the 26th
November, 1842, A. G. Perry .nan, Vice-Presi
dent, in the chair:
On naction of Maj. John W. H. Underwood,
Resolved, That the Society approve of tile con
templated Convention, tu be held at Dahlonega
,on the second Tuesday in December next, and
that twenty-five Delegates lie ap[>omted 10 attend
said Convention to represent the Society, to wit :
The officers of the Society—A. S. Barclay, Pre
sident; Thompson Allen and A. G. Perryman
Vice-Presidents ; Lewis Levy, Kec’g. Secretary ;
Jtev. Henry Haverstick, Secretary; J. T. Car
ter. Treasurer. Standing Committee, John VV
H- Underwood, A. G. Pitner, VV. T. Trammel*
J. T. Edmondson, Wm. Woodward, J. W. Mar
tin, A. P- Phillips, Wm. C. Rich and Walter
; Turnbull—consisting of fifteen; and Messrs. M"
■ J. Walker, John H. Wyly, Wm. Phillips, Wm.
I G. Smith, Wm. Barclay, Alexander Erwin,
Wm. Charlton, N. A. V. Guiley, J. C. Pitner
and Thomas Alston ; anJ any of those appoint
ed, refusing to attend, the delegates may appoint
; others to fill their places.
Resolved, That this Society approve of the re
• commendation of the Oglethorpe T tal Absti
nence Society of Houston county—the propriety
ot holding a State Convention in Millrdgeville,on
the second Wednesday in December next, and
that Dr. Geo. D. Phili ps, Gen. Wm. B. Wofford
and E. S. Barclay, Esq. be appointed Delegates
to attend said Convention, (or any other Slate
i Temperance Convention in Milledgeville,) to re
present this Society.
Alaj. Underwood addressed the meeting in a
j very appropiiate manner.
Ihe Society adjourned to meet again in the
Academy, on Saturday night, the 24th December
! next.
j A. G. Tehryman-, Vice-President,
LEWIS LEVY, Secretary.
> B.—l here are now about 101 l members in
I this county.
| “ The Lillie Georgian,” is the title of a neat
printed and well conducted weekly, published hy
j Solomon Harris and F VV. Johnson, at Forsyth,
i We have received the second No. of this infer
| little sheet, and recommend it as worthy of
i an extensive patronage. The terms of subscrip
tion are jfl 50, to be paid wheat it is ascertained
die paper is fully established. We wish our
friends ofthe Little Georgian, success, and will
bo happy to torward the names of persons in this
place, who desire to subscribe.
“ The Bouquet,” published in Charleston, S.
C. by B. B. Hussey, (weekly) on a neat little
sheet, each number illustrated, adapted to young
persons. Every way worthy of encouragement,
and well worth the subscription price, SI 50
A meeting was recently held at Shady Grove,
•n Chambers Co. (Ala.) after a lerture on Total
Abstinence, a preamble, constitution, &c. was of
cr.d ami adopted, and 41 veiy conspicuous cha
raclerssigned the pledge.
The following is an extract of a letter from a
subscriber, dated
‘‘Ci.ANKRTIM.It, Ga. Ttov. 3S, 1W43
“ The temperance re.orm is increasing rapidly
in this section of country. I attended a meeting,
according to previous appointment, of the Socie
ty, the other day, in a thinly settled part of the
county, and after several short addresses, the
Washingtonian Pledge was presented, and thir
ty-one or two subscribed their names, and organ
ized a Society, and became auxiliary to the
Society at Clarksville. Mr. Taylor set the bal>
in motion, during bis short stay with us, and it
moves with invisible force, and its progress is on
ward. From four to five hundred persons have
subscribed their names to the pledge in this coun
ty, since his arrival here, and all stand firmtotlie
plighted vow, with two or three exceptions.
“ 1 hope the lime is not far distant when there
will not be one left to advocate the cause of in
temperance. A large majority of our most re
spectable and influential citizens have signed the
pledge.” P.
For the Washingtonian.
Intemperance.
It is not my intention in this article to go into
an investigation of the causes ot Intemperance,
that most loathsome of all vices, but merely to
show the relation of Intemperance to crime *
In 1835, there were 812 prisoners in the Sing-
Stng State Pri-on. Ol these, says Mr. VVillsc
four hundred and eighty five have been habitual .
drunkards! and more taan one third of that num
ber committed their respective crimes when intox- j
icated!
In the same year, there were confined in the :
Auburn State Prison (J7O prisoners. Os these,
there were
Excessively intemperate, - - - - 258
Moderately do .... 245
Intemperate, fO3
Temperate drinkers, 159
Total abstiuents, 8
670
U nder the influence of spirituous liquors
at the time ofcommitting their crimes, 402
Had intemperate parents, .... 257
Same year, the whole number of convicts con- ;
I have made free use of Dr. Lieber’j “Remarks on the
relation between Education and Crime,” ir the follow* •
ing article.
fined in Connecticut State Prison, amounted to
: 180. Os these,
1 he proportion of 44 to 100 committed their
crimes undertbe influence of spirituous liquors.
The proportion of 75 to 100 acknowledged them
selves to have been habitual drunkards.
Here I could go on mult plying cases by hun
dreds, but 1 think 1 have given enough to show
what T intended, vis. That Intemperance is the
| chief cause of crime.
One of the conclusions to which Dr. Lieber
arrives, is, “ That Intemperance, which is v C ry
often the cause of loose education, is a most ap
palling source of crime.”
In the remarks qf a writer in the “ Penny
Magazine” for 1835, upon this work from which
1 1 have copied, 1 iind the following;
“ But all other causes which operate in produ
| cing ciime, are inferior in effect to intemperance.
; We have lately shown that intemperance has not
increased in this country; (England,) and are
therefore unable to argue that any supposed in
crease of crime here has resuited from the exten
j sion of intemperate habits. Nevertheless, the
j effect of intemperance in producing crime remains
| the same; because not only its tendency is to low
er the character and render it habitually depraved,
I hut because a large proportion of crimei are com
milted by persons under the actual injlucnce of
intoxication!”
And is there no remedy by which such a state
ofthings may be averted 1 Is there no remedy
which will prevent men from making beasts of
themselves ] Yus! there is a rkmkdy! Heads
of families! let not the destroyer be introduced
into your household ' for assure as it comes, just
so sure does it bring death along with it! Fathers!
learn your sons to avoid tho company of the de
bauched ! How many young men, who have
started with the fairest prospects in life, have hail
the cup of happiness suddenly dashed from their
lips by the intoxicating bowl 1 And will you not
apply tho remt- y while it is yet in your power ?
Do this, and to the last moment of your life you
will never have cause to regret it.
D. L. R.
The following article, from the “ Washing
tonian and Genius,” if carried into effect by the
Tempeiance Societies of this State, we think
would be approved by their members, as the best
means of creating funds to defray their necessary
expense:-.
How to Raise Means.
Many Temperance Societies find it difficult to
raise the small sums, which are needed to defray
the expenses incident to ttieir meetings. But in
addition to this, there arc frequent and urgent
calls upon the officers of most ot these societies
for charity These calls must increase as the
winter approaches. How may they be met]
We propose a plan at once simple and easy of
execution. It is tho same which is being carried
out by the Massillon Washingtonian Society.
Let the President or Secretary or Treasurer of
each temperance socic y draw up a paper to the
following effect. The terms, of course, may be
raised according to tile wants of the respective
societies.
"We, the subscriber, wishing to create a per
manent fund, for defraying the incidental expen
ses of the Society, and for promoting the
benevolent objects of said society, do agree to pay
into its Treasury, the sum ot 12J eents per month.”
You may easily procure Irom 50 to 500 names
to such a paper. Let the list be read over at the
first meeting in each mouth, and the dues collect
ed instanter. The contributions to temperance
efforts will thus be, in a measure, equalized, and
the burden (if burden it be) will fall lightly on
each one. If this small sum he punctually collect
ed and faithfully app ied, much suffering might be
al eviated Reader, will you see that this plan be
carried out in the society to which you belong.
From the Athens (Georgia) Banner.
Dying Confession of Jas. Sweatman,
Who teas executed at Jefferson , Jackson Co., on
the.'ittth Sept., 184 i. for the murder of Newton
White.
“ 1 was born in Haywood county, N. C. My
parents were members ofijjc Methodist Church,
and as far as I know, were devoted Christians.
When 1 was about thirteen years old, from some
cause which I never learned, my fat her abandon
ed my mother: Irom that time she ceased to gov
ern her children as before, permiting them 'o act
as they pleased. After 1 grew to man’s estate, 1
learned the trade ofa shoe-maker, and about ten
years since, commenced drinking ardent spirits
to a considerable excess, and as most men while
intoxicated, was rude and insulting in my demea
nor. A bout four years since, I was charged with
having killed a horse, belonging to Abraham
Williams. On this charge I was arrested, tried,
and convicted ofmalici us mischief, and sentenc
ed by the Court to Rix month’s imprisonment. 1
did not commit the offence. While in prison ray
temper became severe and morose. I came out a
worse man than when 1 was committed. While
I was in jail, my father came to see me, which
was the first time I had seen him in fifteen vrars.
' or since he abandoned my mother in N. Carotins.
| On the 22<1 of May last, on Sunday morning, 1
put on clean clothes in Jefferson, intending to go
i to see my mother, who lived about three miles
l from that place, , persuaded me to go
with him to the creek to fish; he wished me to
| haul a seine; as an inducement he promised to
carry a bottle of liquor along, and treated me sev
eral limes before i consented to go. I finally
went with him, and when 1 got back to Stanley’s
gioccry, I was considerably intoxicated. Soon
alter Mr. Newton White came into the grocery
piazza, and a conversation commenced between
us in regard to a pair of shoes, when White men
tioned the name of my brother Samuel, (with
w hom 1 was at that time very unfriendly.) as I
thought to insult me. A difficulty ensued. White
wi nt out of the piazza, got a rock and rushed ou
me; 1 gave back a few steps, he caught me by the
shoulder with his right hand and made an effort
to strike me with the rock, ho.ding it in his leil
hand, I dodged down, the rock passed over my
head as 1 arose, I drew a large dirk from my
bosom, with which 1 gave him a stab. White fell
in a short time, persuaded me to run, I
tokl him I would die first. White died in less
than live minutes-after he received the stab. 1
was committed to prison, and at the August
Term, Superior Court tor the county of Jackson,
was tried for the offence of murder, a jury found
me guilty, and I was sentenced by the Court to
be hanged on the 30th September following.
The time of my departure draweth nigh, and be
fore I go, 1 would sav a few words of admoniliou,
which are specially designed for my relations, and
all who are habitually addicted to the use ofintox
icating drinks.
Let me beseech you not to drink ardent spirits.
When you lift the poisonous draught to your lips,
Oh! remember me, and know if 1 had refused to
drink 's liquor, 1 should now have been
alive and well, 1 bog of you notto frequent gro
ceries, shun them as you would the door that
leads to death, forsake your former habits and
walk the path of morality and peace. I die, bear
ing no malice to any human being, hoping that
a,-. 1 torgive, God will forgive me, and shelter my
spirit, where the wicked cease to trouble, and the
weary are at rest.
To my beloved Mother, Brothers and Sisters,
let my death, ignominious death, warn you that a
violation of the human laws will he punished in
M world, and lfunrepentcd of, in the world to
e. May you seek and find the pardon and
| mercy of God, and may we all meet in Heaven i»
i the prayer of James Swratman.
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