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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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