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THE WASH IN GTON I AN:
AUGUSTA, JULY 29, 1843.
n'aShUglon Total Jbslintnce Pledge.
We, I those names arc hereunto annexed, desirous
qf forming a Society for our mutual benefit,
and to guard against a pernicious practice,
which is injurious to our health, standing and
families, do pledge ourselves as Gentlemen,
not to drink any
Spiritous or Malt Liquors, Wine or Cider.
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE.
Hev. W. T. Brantey, Dr. F. M. Robertson,
“ W J.Hard, Dr. D'. Hook,
“ C. S. Dod, S. T Chapman, Esq.
“ Geo. F. PiEttCE, James Harper, Esq,
Col. John Mjlleijce,
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]>o’nt forget the Temperance Meeting
at the Methodist Church, on Monday
Night next. Come, and bring all your
friends, and you sbsll not Ire disappoint,
cd. • The President and Managers were
authorized to engage speakers for the
occasion, and will do so vntiiout doubt.
Cir Mr. wjT"RooTjHpxrietta, Ga.
is our agent, to receive subscription, pay
ments, &c. We have a goodly list of
wubiieribers at that place, but it may be
considerably increased with the proper
exertions.
DC?" Mr. D. Mims, of Valley Creek,
Dallas County, Ala. will please accept
our thanks, for the names of jive new sub.
scribers, the receipts for which will be
found in our paper of Mr. M.
says the Deputy P. M. rcniPflto frank the
letter, or he could have sent us a number
more. It is his duty to do so by law, and
we hope that Mr. Mitns will urge it in fu
ture with better success.
DCr Our good friend J. A. Maddox,
of Canton, Ga., has sent us the cash for
Jifleen subscribers to vol. 2 V which he will
also find acknowledged under our head
for receipts. He says he will send us
the cash for five more in a few days.—
Here is an example worth following.—
Lqt our friends elsewhere act up to it
and our project cannot fail.
DC" The Post Masters at Bninbridge
and Forsyth have also placed us under
obligations for similar favors.
The Editor of the Little Georgian is a
clear headed, discriminating man—Hear
what he says of our unpretending sheet.
Stir up your temperance neighbors, Mr.
Georgian—tell them that the Washing
tonian is the cheapest paper in the South
and that they cannot do better with their
surplus dollars, than to send over some
50 or 100 of them to Augusta, and get
as many copies of the Washingtonian in
turn. Think of it—s 2 tiumbcrs of our
paper for one dollar! The Little Geor
gian is right—hear him :
“ How many of our readers take the
Augusta Washingtonian? We are not
over strenuous in the cause of temper
ance, but think every farmer and citizen
in the State should take this paper for its
intrinsic value, aside from the cause
which it so ably advocates.”
The Southern Baptist Advocate, is a
neat and ably conducted paper, published
in Charleston, S. C., and edited by the
Rev. Dr. Curtis. It deserves the pat
ronage of the friends of the denomina
tion generally.
Tub Temperance Meeting, at the
Methodist Church on Monday night last,
though thinly attended, was not destitute j
of interest. Those present were anima-'
ted by the proper spirit, and gave ample I
assurance that if these meetings were!
properly gotten up, and if the people'
could rely certainly upon hearing at least
one or two speeches on each occasion, 1
they would neither be listless in their at
tendance, nor backward in their exer
tions. The fact is, there is seldom any!
difficulty in securing an audience when
it is distinctly understood that certain
arrangements are made for their enter
tainment—whilst, on the contrary, if the
people know not who is to address them;
or if they apprehend either a total failure
or a difficulty in securing addresses, they
jbecorqe once indifferent, and absent
Themselves rather than experience the
awkwardness of their position. Persons;
who once neglect the society for this]
cause, seldom return —whereas, if they!
remain away on account of personal ani
, mosity or indifference towards a particu
lar speaker, they are certain to return
when a favorite or more popular person-
I age enters the arena. It is therefore
!j desirable, that at least one or two regular
speakers should be secured for each
i meeting: this is due to the speakers
themselves, that they may make the ne
cessary preparation—we mean not verbal
’ preparation, but that deep, sober reflec
t tion which is alike due to the solemnity
’ of the occasion and the intelligence of
- the audience. After all, however, it is
not so important that the people should
know who is to speak, as that they should
be certain that some reliable person will
be designated for each meeting. The
resolution of Mr. Dunlap, therefore, to
■ this effect, was most properly unanimous
ly passed by the Society.
Nor was the resolution of the Rev. Mr.
’ Dod, in reference to the “ Washingtoni
an,” less necessary and appropriate. It
is due to the cause, as well as the Proprie
tor of that paper, that it should receive a
prompt and cordial support. The 1300
signers of the Pledge in Augusta have
simple power to make its circulation
universal within the city, and call to its
aid many a distant laborer in the cause.
They may also add materially to its pro
fits by securing for it the advertising
patronage which it deserves. It is there
fore in the power of the Ward Commit
tees to place the paper at once on a firm
and stable foundation, and to enlarge the
field of its usefulness. The proposition
of the Rev. Mr. Dod, for the accomplish
ment of this work, was advocated with
zeal, and we are happy to say, also unani
mously adopted.
The meeting was also addressed by the
Rev. G. F. Pierce, who urged upon the
audience the dangers and impropriety of
lukewarmness and indifference in the
cause of sobriety and truth, and insisted
upon the necessity of renewed and vigor-
I ous efforts in behalf of the thousands how
bowed down under th i influence of
\
strong drink and its multiplied evil con
sequences.
We cannot close our notice of the
meeting without alluding to the method
which the managers have adopted to
raise funds. Access to, and egress from
all our meetings should be free and unre
stricted ; and men should not, under or
dinary circumstancesat least,be expected
to pay for their attendance—especially
whilst thero are many members of the
society, a half dozen of whom could at
any time discharge its slight indebted
ness without a moment’s inconvenience.
•'"’Temperance Statistics.
In a refcent number we published a ,
summary of the annual report of the
Massachusetts State Society, and urged
that a similar course should be pursued
in Georgia—that a State Convention
should assemble at Milledgeville in No
vember or December next, that the Del
egates should go prepared to furnish as
much information as possible, in refer
ence to their respective Counties—and
that these statistics should be embodied
and published. The distinct queries pro
pounded to the delegates, might be,
1. The names of the Societies in each
County, and time of formation ?
2. Number of male signers ?
3. Number of female signers ?
4. Total number of Cold water Army ?
5. Number of males reformed ? •
6. Number of females reformed ?
'
,1 7. Number of stores and taverns sell
ling liquors?
1 8. Number of temperance stores and
| taverns ?
0. Number of distilleries in operation 1
j 10. Quantity of spirits manufactured ?
J 11. Number of paupers ?
12. How many intemperate, or made
; paupers by intemperance ?
13. Number in Jail for the year?
i] 14. Number of such as are or have
II been intemperate ?
.1 15. How many deaths from intemper
-3 ance during the year ?
;! 16. The entire population of the
2 county ?
t We have not jet been apprized of the
result of the recent Convention at Pen
: | field; but we sincerely hope that the pro
ceedings of that body may lead to some ;
sisuch undertaking. It would give a new,
stimulus to the cause.
Our cotemporary of the Banner has;
' attempted something of the kind—He
Mhas labored arduously since the Ist of
' April, and yet his last No. contains a list
! of only about fifty societies, with an
aggregate of about 6500 members —per-
-1 haps less than one fourth of the entire
! Cold Water Army in the State. Our
brother has done well, admirably well—
yet how much better, and more easily,
' could the work be done by a Convention
„| —the influence of which would not bej
I temporary, but prospective and continu-;
’ ous—not sectional, but universal?
I
We request the Banner , and the sev-j
i eral papers in the State, to publish this]
, proposition, and direct to it the attention
of the Temperance men generally.
We will also send copies of the paper
containing it to the Presidents and Se
cretaries of all the societies in the State,
and we desire them to take immediate
action, and if they approve of the mea
sure, to appoint their delegates at once,
and apprize us by letter ( postpaid ) of:
j their names, that we may publish the list ;
occasionally during the summer and au-j
tumn.
How the Cause Moves Forward.
Few of our readers have an adequate
idea of what has been effected by the
Temperance reformation. The influence
upon individual and social happiness is
almost incalculable. The army of the
reformed olone, is now a host almost as
numerous as was ever marshalled by anv
Prince or Potentate, whether for conquest
or defence. The triumph, incomplete
as it may seem, has been more glorious
than any general has ever won in the
field, or any statesman achieved in the
senate. The victory has, indeed, been
bloodless, and no death groans, no sighs
or tears are mingled with the shouts of
triumph as they rise.
But if much has been done for the past
and present, may we not anticipate more
, for the future ? The last annual meet
ing of the American Temperance Union
was the most cheering of any ever held
in the city of Ncw-York. Not only do
our citizens seem to have abandoned the
use of intoxicating liquors, but the source
whence flows the stream of half our ills
seems almost to have gone dry. The
importations of brandy , wine and gin,
for the first quarter of the present year,
compared with that of the same period
in 1842, show the following astounding,
yet gratifying change:
1842. 1843.
Quarter casks of Brandy, - . 1,020 7
Pipes of Brandy, ... 44 0
Half pipes Brandy, - . . 2,034 38
Hutts and Pipes ol Wine • ,- 280 27
Hogsheads and half pipes of Wine, - 2,318 197
Quarter casks and barrels of Wine, - 7,042 1,347
Boxes Wine, • . - - 6,358 227
Pipes of Qin, - '- . 1,096 268
20,213 2,111
It can scarcely be anticipated that the 1
decrease in all our seaports is in the
same proportion. The decrease in Bos
ton is nearly, but not quite as great; but
if it be only half as great throughout the
land, and our friends continue active as
heretofore, five years will not have ter
minated ’ere the triumph is complete.
This great decrease in consumption can
not be attributed solely to those who have i
taken the pledge—it is the reflex influ
ence upon the masses. Drinking has 1
become unpopular and unfashionable—
Public opinion has been brought success
fully to bear upon the evil, and will, in ;
time, do its work effectually. Let not
the good and true, then, lag and dally in
their duty, but, with stout hearts and
strong hands, press forward to the con
flict.
Southern Wheat.
Why need our farmers despair? The
recent encouragements in the culture of
Wheat, and its manufacture into Flour,
have been entirely satisfactory. For
some weeks past the Augusta merchants!
1 have offered for sale Country Flour, al
most equal in whiteness to that of the
■ North—and the bread manufactured from
it is nearly equally light and sweet. In
3 a few years, Cherokee and the upper
counties will drive the Northern article
3 from our market entirely. Look at the
following from the Greenville Moun
taineer :
“ During the past week we have been:
presented with a sample of Flour which
i was made from wheat raised by Mr. Me-!
! Bee, of this Village, and can without hes-i
: itation say, that it is at least equal to any j
;we ever saw. It was ground at his Milisj
r at this place, which are in first rate order, j
. He has a patent Smut Machine in opera
tion, which is one of the greatest iin-i
' provements of the day.
Mr. Mcßee had 12 acres of wheat in
; sight of our Office, one acre of which was,
. carefully measured by a Surveyor, thresh-]
ed by itself, and the product was 26£
bushels. The whole 12 acres -produced
1 2691 bushels, averaging nearly 22£ to;
| the acre, and weighing 65§ lbs. to the
[bushel. Beat this who can.”
American Agricultural Atman tc.
[ A new idea, and a good one this —to;
[place a manual of agriculture, annually,]
• within the reach of everv cultivator ofi
[the soil in our land. It Is to be adapted
;to the various sections of the country,
both in its Astronomical and Agricultu
ral departments, and will doubtless have
an extensive circulation. As soon as
published, and our booksellers place a
copy of it at our disposal, we shall give a
more extendqj notice of the work.
Summary of Foreign News.
By the Acadia, which arrived at Bos-i
[ton on Monday the 17th, we have Liver -
jpool dates of the 4th.
The Repeal excitement continues in ;
Ireland.
At Ennis, County Clare, O’Connel
had addressed 150,000 people, including
6000 horsemen.
AfAthlone, he addressed 400,000 —
of whom many were women and upwards!
of 100 Priests.
At Galway, Skibbereen and other pla
ces, similar meetings had been Ijeld, nil
tending to show the fiery zeal and|o||er
mination of the Repealers.
The weekly Repeal rent or fund had
increased to upwards of 3000 pounds
sterling, and O’Connell said that when
he had 3,000,000 Repealers, he would!
enter upon another career, and Ireland
should have a parliament.
Riots in Wales, had occurred to some!
extent, but had been quelled.
Mr. Everett, the American Minister,!
had been publicly insulted at Oxford, at!
the moment the authorities were about to!
confer on him the honorary degree of
L. L. D. The reason assigned was thai
he was a Unitarian —though some of the!
papers declare it to have all been a mis
take, and that the Vice-Chancellor mis
took the tokens of discontent with which]
the Proctor was greeted (who it seems]
! was unpopular with the students,) for an
insult offered to Mr. Everett. At any i
rate the authorities apologised and rus
ticated the ringleaders among the stu
dents—one for five years, two for three
years, &c.
The commercial news is discouraging
—cotton declined J to £.
Boz’s third No. of Martin Chuzzlewit
is out upon the Americans ala Trollope
and scathes severely the editors, aboli
tionists, colonels and majors.
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EDITORIAL COMMUNICATIONS.
: [
Messrs. Editors, —Apprehensive that
there is neither such a spirit of liberality,
nor so just an appreciation of the powers
of the press, as the prosperity of the Tem
perance cause demands, we would earn
estly urge upon the attentiou.of your
readers a few thoughts.
As abundant proof has been adduced,
we shall now consider it an established
and unquestionable fact, that, licentious- j
ness and freedom being totally incom
patible, the preservation of liberty, where
ever this hydra-headed monster appears,
necessarily depends upon the success of a
temperance reformation. If additional
proof of this fact is needed, we refer the;
“ doubting Thomas” to the address of W.
H. Dabney, published in last week’s!
Washingtonian, as entirely conclusive!
and unanswerable upon the subject.—
But licentiousness alone now endangers!
! American liberty; and hence it follows,]
that true patriotism consists in doing;
whatever will promote temperance, which ]
alone can conquer this enemy. Instead
i of the sword and the musket, we must!
• now wield persuasion and the Pledge—;
s instead of the sacrifice of time and prop-!
! erty, blood aud life, wc arc now called on
■ only for a small outlay of time and mc
ney.
i Do we make this sacrifice ? Small as
1 it is, its effects are important—small as
' it is, it is nevertheless absolutely iadis
" pensable to the promotion of temperance,
■ and consequently to the preservation of
liberty. Again, we ask, is this sacrifice
■ | made ? If so, why have our public meet
' ings ceased, for want of attendance and
ithe means of defraying the accruing ex
. penses ? Why cannot a proper circula
. tion be obtained for this paper? Ah!
we very much fear, when we come to
I measure ourselves by the standard of
1 deeds instead of words, we shall be found
miserably deficient in patriotism—we
shall prove only to be as “sounding brass
,or a tinkling cymbal.” H.
It is the boast and the glory of the
. temperance reform, that it has been car
ried on at no expense, while it has saved
the country millions and millions of mo
ney, formerly worse than wasted upon
intoxicating drinks. The simplicity of
its organization, and the unexpensiveness
'of its operation, have commended the
Washingtonian Society to the favor and
: co-operation of all—rich and poor,—high
;and low. And that so vast a movement
throughout the length and breadth of our
widely extended country could be effect
ed by such simple means and without the
smallest pecuniary burden to the commu
nity, certainly goes far to establish what
Washingtonians affirm of the inherent
excellence and vigor of their principles.
It is of great importance to keep our
meetings and our pledge, as they have
hitherto been, free as air , —unbought as
the health-giving beverage, for the uni
versal and exclusive use of which we
plead—cold water. It is of doubtful
policy, therefore, to collect the small,
amounts requisite to defray the expense
of fuel, lights, &c., by contributions at the
door. It is true, no right minded person
will be satisfied to receive, as a charily,
from individuals or from the churches of
the city, the fuel and lights consumed at
our meetings, but will be happy to con
tribute his just proportion to defray these
small expenses. The different churches
have been freely and generously lent to
our society, without expense to us, but
not without expense to them. This may
j become burdensome, and it is exceeding
ly desirable that the society have some
small means wherewith to pay its own
i way in this respect. I understand that
jit is already in debt some S3O for these
items.
We want very little—and it cannot,
surely, be difficult to obtain wherewith
Ito satisfy so reasonable a want. 11 seems
to me fur better to get the requisite
funds by subscription, out of doors, than
by collections at our temperance meet
ings. If each accessible member would
pay twenty-five cents, or half a dollar,
we would be amply supplied. All proba
bly are willing —but they must be called
upon. The case might easily be reached
by the follewing resolutions, at the meet
ing of the society next Monday night.
1. Resolved, That there be a general
[call upon members of the society, and all
persons friendly to it, to contribute to the
extinction of its debt, and the supply of
its treasury with a small sum, sufficient
; for current expenses.
2. Resolved, That collecting commit
l , ®
tees be appointed, directed to call upon
no person for more than twenty-five cts.,
| and to receive from none more than one
| dollar.
suggest this mode of raising the
j trifling amount of funds requisite to de
fray the expense* of our meetings. Per
haps objections may be raised to this
mode —perhaps a better may be suggest
ed and adopted. Though not a vital
[ matter, it certainly deserves considera
tion; and in so important a cause as
. that of temperance—even the least im
portant measures should be concerted in
■ wisdom, and executed with prudence.
. • D.
* Os the Societv.
\ .. _J_ , •
, Messrs. Editors —ln speaking of the
: progress of temperance, some exclaim—
i “I have not been wanting in aiding
1 our public meetings in addresses, but
t I have not seen the good the Press
■; does, and therefore I have done nothing
■ ‘for it.” For him we have this reply.—
i Our public speakers derive most of their