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THE WASHINGTONIAN: AUGUSTA, DECEMBER 9, 184 3. Washington Total Abstinence l'ledge. I Ft, whose names are hereunto annexed. desirovs\ qf forming a Society for our mutual benefit ,j 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 Splritous or Malt Liquors, Wine or Cider. ' ,EDITORIAL COMMITTEE? Re*. W. T. Bkantly, Dr. F. \t. Robertson, ! “ W. J. Hard, Dr. D. Hook, “ C. S. Don, S. T. Chapman, Esq. “ Geo. F. Pierce, James Harper, Esq, Col. John Milledge, ~~ 7 ~ ■ "" :■* ~ G&* To Dhtast Suimcaihers Post Masters are au thori/.eJ bj- law to remit money to the publishers of newspapers anil periodicals, in payment of subscrip, tiens. Subscribers !o the H'ashinztunian can therefore pay for their papers without subjecting themselves or; the publisher to the expense of postage, by handing the j amount to the Post Master, with a request to remit it. ' (Kr The absence from the city of the gentlemen upon whom it devolved to take charge of the editorial department of this number, must he our apology for any deficiency which may bo apparent under this head this week.—We widen deavor in future to guard against such accidents. What shall be done with those persons who violate their Pledge. It is a fact which cannot bo disguised, that not a few of those who pledged their honor as gentlemen, to abstain entirely from all intoxicating liquors, have not been true to their pledge. The friends of Temperance have been at a loss to know what is the course most proper to be pursued with respect to such delin quents. To tako no notice of their de fection would evince, it has been thought, an indifference which might be culpable; , at tho same time, any public exposure would look like harsh treatment. Our Society, we believe, was at one time, in the habit of reading out at their public meetings, the names of those who bad proved recreant to their vows. But as we have heard of no recent publications of this nature, we presume that defaulters are not now exorcised in this way. And perhaps it is well that the practice has been dispensed with. We should pursue such a course towards the individuals in question, as will give every member of the society to under stand, that if he violate tho pledge it will be known and marked ; at the same time we should deal with them in such away as not to render them inaccessible to our fur ther efforts to do them good. If they are too severely exposed, their anger will be excited, then we can have no hope of re claiming them. With all due deference we would suggest that two lists be kept for the future. On one of these let the , names of those bo found who preserve their virtue unsullied. Let the other be a list of retractors or defaulters.—Both to be open to the inspection of the public. For tho Washingtonian. A plaiu talk for the People! In the close of my last communication, I stated that union of action among the deeply interested of every community,. would effect a perfect moral reform. The truth of this position may be seen in the results of the American struggle for In. dependence. In consequence of tho con centration of public opinion against ty ranny and in favour of liberty, a small and scattered people successfully resisted the mightiest nation on earth, aided by tories and Indians. Its truth is equally apparent from the total discomfiture ol the Abolitionists, in all their efforts to disturb the peace, and endanger the safe ty of a large portion of the United States. I could fill a volume with proofs and il lustrations of this position, but as it has grown into a maxim among us, that “uni ted we stand—divided we fall,” it is un necessary to occupy space for this pur pose. It is more important to fix attention upon the potency of harmony and union as agents in the moral reform of man kind. Parents whose lives are made miserable by the vices of their children ; children who are ruined by those of their! parents, are suffering these evils, and alone, because they do not move as one man in their efforts to suppress vice. It is a melancholy truth that the friends of virtue, on account of political divisions, often wink at vice, or postpone uniting with political opponents to crush it.—lt is equally true, that other divisions a -1 mong men, keep them aloof from one another on this subject. The wicked see and take advantage of this state of things, and while it lasts, vice will continue to mar the peace, happiness, and prosperity of society. And while it lasts the vir tuous arc to blame for 03“ existing mo ral evils! There cannot be a doubt on any mind, that if the people of any town !should unite to expel from it any vice, it must hide its head as long as this union is active in its operations. On the principle now under considera tion hangs the moral renovation of our race, and therefore I expect much indul gence for every thing I may suggest in its recommendation. Encouraged by this expectation, I appeal to men of all ! parties, and all religions, solemnly to re solve, that no consideration whatever shall induce them for a moment to wink at vice of any kind—and especially at intemperance, which leads to so many other dark and ruinous vices. I would appeul to them to organize all their asso ciations, as far as possible, so as to har monize and unite the virtuous members of j every community. 'Phis appeal is made in behalf of the rising generation—it is made for human virtue and human hap piness. Will it be regarded 1 We shall sec. More hereafter. A Washingtonian. For the Washingtonian. To the members of the Washington To tal Abstinence Society of Augusta : Dear Friends, —I observed the other evening while attending the late meet ing of our Society, a great deficiency of interest and concert of action on the pari of the members of the society generally I —all seemed anxious to see and hear, but scarcely one disposed to act. Most assuredly this ought not to be, j for when there is little or no union of ef fort in the prosecution of any laudable enterprise, it cannot succeed harmonious ly, and discontent and strife will be the result. Now, as I am an old member, and a well-wisher of this society, permit me to entreat my fellow-mcmbers, to arise from their slumbers, to awake to their true in terests, and march boldly forward in the path of duty, ere it be forever too late. I regret that there has been so much dissatisfaction exhibited among many of our members, ns to the mode of conduct ing the meetings of our society—that so much should have been said against the officers and managers of the society— that so great a difference of opinion should exist in relation to the frequency of our meetings and the number and character of the speakers, &c. &c. Now brethren, why all this ? Surely this is not the correct mode of promoting the cause, which every true Washingto nian desires and endeavors to do. The officers and managers have been, and I trust still are, making constant and vigorous efforts in behalf of this noble and patriotic institution ; but too much should not be left to them to perform— each member should ask him or herself the question, have I done all I could for the Temperance cause ? Each one should lay this matter to heart, and endeavor to exercise a more lively interest in these things, which so much concerns them ; and I feel confident that the Society ne ver will prosper as it has done, unless each individual member of the society should be ready, at a moment’s warning, to render any service in this most estima ble cause. The monster, Intemperance, is making occasional breaches in our ranks—is using every means and exerting all his energies to obtain a decided victory over us; and will the Thirteen Hundred and Fifty Washingtonians connected with our So ciety—regular “cold xvater men,” stand still and be trod in the dust, and make no resistance—no use of the weapons of warfare, moral suasion—which has pro ved so successful in our former contests with that deceitful enemy ? Let me entreat the members, once imore, to lay these important matters to heart-ylet them make one more bold and 'desperate effort to expel the enemy —let 1 our watchword be “Victory or Death,” let each endeavor to reclaim his erring [ fellow-man from one of the most corrupt ing vices that ever disgraced our history. And in conclusion, allow me to recom “ mend to each male and female member ! of this society, to be diligent in the dis > charge of their various duties both to God > and man, in this particular—then there will be no room for indulging in unkind |reflections on those who are doing their utmost for the promotion of Temperance, 1 good order, and morality in our midst. Then our beautiful Banner may be un furled unblushingly to the breeze—peace 1 happiness, and good will may dwell and abide with us. A Washingtonian. Dec. 8, 1843. From the Penficlil Temperance Banner. TEMPERANCE CONVENTION. Eatonton, Nov. 23d, 1843. According to appointment, delegates from various Temperance Societies met at 11 o’clock, at the Union Church.— Rev. Billington M. Sanders was called to the Chair pro. tern, and J. M. Ashurst and E. C. Lawrence requested to act as Secretaries, for the organization of the Convention. After prayer by Rev. W. A. Florence,! the delegates were called on for reports. ; The following gentlemen were report- j ed as the delegates from the Richmond | County Washingtonian T. A. Society :j Samuel T. Chapman, L. D. Lallerstedt, James T. Hook, Hawkins ‘Huff, and G. A. Ingraham. From the Morgan County Temperance Society.—C. P. B. Martin, John T. Mc- Neil, W. G. Ballard, A. A. Overton, A. Atkinson and Thomas Nelson. From the Washingtonian Society at Crawfordville.—Rev. John>W. Wilson, Wm. 11. Chapman, John W. Reynolds, L. L. Andrews, Wm. B. Reynolds and W. A. Wilson. Lick Creek Society, Putnam county. —William D. Xerrell, James W. Map pin and John T. Blount. Fort Valley Temperance Society.— Dr. J. G. Cheeves, A. H. Slappy, Esq., and Col. A. I). Hendrick. Bethel Total Abstinence Society, New ton County, was represented by a letter. Talbot County Washingtonian Socie ty. —Elijah Worthen, Young Edwards, and J. C. Godwin, Esq. Mountain Creek Temperance Society. —Col John White, C. Kenon and M. D. J. Heard, Esq. Jackson Temperance Society, Butts County.—Rev. W. A. Florence and A. Cargile. • Savannah Washingtonian Temperance Society sent up a letter. Clopton’s Mill Temperance Society.— P. H. Mullins, T. J. Williams, D.' R. . Andrews, Jno. H. Clark and B. W. Clark. Fair Play Washingtonian Society, Morgan county. —Wm. H. Ponder, Cal vin Street, R. A. Prior and Elijah Mat tox. Holmesville Total Abstinence Society. —Wm. B. Jourdan and F. S. Hearn, jr. Liberty Chapel T. A. Temp. Society. —James Tinley and Hiram T. Mann. Forsyth T. A. Society.—Rev. Daniel Holiday, H. H. Tucker and E. W. Todd. Penticld Washingtonian Society.— Rev. B. M. Sanders, E. C. Lawrence, Benjamin Brantly and T. G. Macon. Greenesboro’ Washingtonian T. A. Society.—Rev. P. H. Mell and Vincent Sanford. Philadelphia Wash. Society, Putnam county. — W. Turner, Esq., A. D. Gate wood, John T. Adams, Bradley Slaugh ter and F. D. Ross. Eatonton T. A. Society.—George C. Mason, H. T. Shear, D. R. Adams, H. M. Tripp, Joel Branham, B. N. Sand ford, Wm. A. Thornton, Anderson Co mer, Rev. Miles Greene, J. A. Wing field, Albert Jones, John Hudson, S. Ful ler, jr. John M. Ashurst and Gabriel R. Thomas. Temperance Society Rehoboth, Mon roe County.—Rev. Hiram Phinazee, Wm. N. Fambrough and Pierce Wynn. Jones County Temperance Society.— Rev. J. H. Campbell. Walton County Washingtonian Socie ty.—James Brewer. ; ' DeKalb County Washingtonian. Soci ety. —James Diamond and J. B. Breed ( love. I Twiggs County T. A. Society.—B. F. Tharpe, C. J. Easom and Dr. Townson. Social Circle Washingtonian Temper ■ ance Society, Walton County.—Rev. T. 1 U. Wilks. . Monticello Wash. Society.—Samuel ■ Plummer and Samuel Dent Varner. Athens Wash. T. A. Society.—Thos. W. W. Cobb, Esq., W. Nichols, John s H- Newton, Dr. Henry Hull, Wm. Flint, Jos. Carlton. % Monroe Wash. Society, Walton Coun ty. —James Brewer, j On motion of Dr. Hiram P. Shaw, if j was Resolved unanimously, that the Rev. 1 B. M. Sanders be appointed President of ' ithis Convention. Before taking the] ; Chair, the Rev. gentleman made a few . appropriate and interesting remarks. On motion of Mr. Campbell, J. M. Ashurst and E. C. Lawrence were ap-! "ipointed to act as Secretaries by acclama r tion. By resolution, the friends of Temper -1 ance present who were not delegates, , were invited to aid in the deliberations of j ] the Convention. On motion, a Committee of seven. r consisting of J. M. Ashurst, J. H. Camp » bell, Hiram Phinazee, Hiram P. Shaw,j . A. A. Overton, James T. Hook and Jas.j . Tinley, were appointed to report upon the subject of Temperance publications. On motion, a Committee consisting of J. H. Campbell, L. I). Lallerstedt, L. L.] Wittich, H. Tucker and Wm. Turner, were appointed to report business for the action of the Convention. Convention adjourned to meet at 2i o’clock P. M. Half past 2 o’clock, P. M. Convention met according to adjourn-' ’ ment. Some communications were then read " from the delegates of the different Socie ! ties. The Committee on business made a ’ report which was received. On motion, Resolved, That a Commit ;tee of five be appointed to address the ' citizens of the State upon Temperance. . The President appointed J. 11. Wing- 1 . field, P. H. Mell, L. L. W’ittich, Williamli (Flintand L. I). Lallerstedt. i j The Society adjourned business till 9] 1 o’clock to-morrow morning, with an ap- 1 pointment to meet at early candlelight tor hear addresses ; at which time, Mr. Wit- i tich, Mr. Phinazee, Dr. Joel Branham I and Mr. Flint addressed the Convention, < The speeches were eloquent and appro- I priate to the occasion, abounding with 1 wit, humor, and sound argument. After ' which, 11 females and 2 males took the ] pledge. Friday Morning.—The Convention met pursuant to adjournment. Prayer 1 by Rev. Mr. Wilkes. The Committee on business made a fur- 1 ther report, which was received. Read a communication from the .Mon- ( ticello Cold Water Association. Took up the unfinished business of ves ] terday in relation to the report of the bu siness Committee. i Mr Hudson offered the followin'! ns nj 1 substitute for one resolution of the Com-j mittee: i Resolved, That this Convention do! . not propose to further the cause of Tern- * perance by any other means than that of * moral suasion—which was adopted. 1 , Adopted the following resolutions from j the report of the Committee on business: 1 Resolved, That the Convention rec commcnd the holding of large Temper- . ance meetings by the union of different Societies, (of different counties, if need be,) together with Temperance barbe cues, when practicable, for the purpose , of bringing together and addressing such , as arc usually indifferent to the Temper- ( ance movement. Resolved, That a Committee of one , from each county in the State be appoint- . I ed, whose duty it shall be to procure sta- ' tistical accounts of the various Societies in their respective counties, and forward ] them to the Temperance Banner and , ’ Augusta Washingtonian. Resolved, That the officers of this , [ body retain their offices during the year, ] I that the Convention meet annually at Jsuch time and place as shall be deemed ( proper, and that it consist of delegates ( from all Temperance Societies in the State who think proper to send them, and ] that it be called the State Temperance | Convention of Georgia. , ” | Read the report of the Committee on Publications, which was received. After 1 a lenghty discussion the Committe was! j allowed to withdraw the report. The following resolution was offered 1 by Mr. Adams, and adopted: Resolved, That the Convention re commend to the friends of Temperance ’ the patronage of the Temperance Banner] and Augusta W’ashingtonian, and that each of the members of this Convention subscribe to one or both of these papers. Adjourned to 2 o’clock. Met pursuant to adjournment. The President addressed a few remarks . to the Convention upon the importance . of Temperance in all things—in business - deliberations as well as indulgence of ap . petite. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Branham. 1 On motion, it was Resolved, That a Committe of five be appointed to select . a suitable place for holding the next ses i sion of this body. , Committee appointed under the above resolution: H. H. Tucker, Rev. J. H. | Campbell, James Diamond, Col. John i i White, David R. Adams. The Commit. I tee retired a few moments and reported I Forsyth, in Monroe county, Ga., as the I place of holding the next Temperance i {Convention. On motion, it was therefore Resolved, ' That a Temperance Convention be held jin said place on the 23d of November ■ 1844. Resolved, That a Committee of nine be appointed to select an Orator to de. j liver an address to the State Temperance . Convention at its next meeting in For syth. Committee—H. 11. Tucker, Rev. J. g 11. Campbell, J. A. Wingfield, W. A. j Florence, James Diamond, Rev. Hiram Phinazee, Robert A. Prior, Rev. D. Kel sey. Augustus Cargile. On motion of the Rev. J. H. Camp, bell, Resolved, That our thanks are due I to Almighty God for the past success and jbrightening prospects of the Temperance {cause. On motion of Rev. Mr. Florence, Re solved, That we hereby tender our grate* ful acknowledgements to.the citizens of iEatonton for the kind hospitality extend, ed to the members of the Convention. The President then withdrew for a few 1 moments and the Rev. J. H. Campbell {was called to the Chair in his stead, iwhen on motion of Dr. Shaw, it was j unanimously Resolved, That the thanks joF this Convention be tendered to the Rev. Mr. Sanders for the able and im partial manner in which he has presided over its deliberations. On motion of Mr. Cargile.it was Rc■ ' solved, That the thanks of the Conven tion be tendered to the Secretaries for , the manner in which they have discharg- I ed the duties of their office. On motion of Mr. Turner, it was Re- I solved, That each delegate present, as I well as any friend so disposed, he request- [ :ed to contribute fifty cents to constitute a ( fund to be employed under the direction | of the President and Secretaries in pub lishing the proceedings and address of the Convention in pamphlet form. Resolved, That the Temperance Ban ner and Augusta Washingtonian be re- | quested to publish the proceedings of this j Convention, together with the Address ‘ hereafter to be made, and that we also extend this invitation to the different Miscellaneous, Religious, Agricultural and Political papers in the State. Convention then adjourned to early j candle light. 1 Friday Evening, 7 o’clock. Convention met pursuant to adjourn ment. Heard several interesting ad dresses; after which the pledge was pro iposed, and 18 signatures obtained—l 3 I [femalesand 5 inales. In obedienee to a resolution previously' adopted, the President returned the [thanks of this Convention to the Almigli- I ty in a most fervent and eloquent prayer. After which, on motion, the Conven* tion adjourned sine die. B. M. SANDERS, President. E. C. Lawrence, i Jxo. M. Asn lust, \^cretarics. Conventions. Last week was quite a stiring one in Columbia. The State Agricultural Con vention, the State Temperance Conven tion, and the Bible Convention all met here. We regret that indisposition pre vented us from attending them generally and reporting their proceedings. The friends of Temperance and the {patrons of the Temperance Advocate will ino doubt be gratified to learn that Ed ward J. Arthur, Esq., has been select ed to take charge of the latter for the en suing year. Mr. Arthur is a gentleman jof distinguished talents, and the paper under his editorial superintendence, we doubt not, will give a new impetus to the good cause. We had the pleasure of having Mr. Arthur for a correspond ent of the Chronicle last summer, and hie letters were pronounced by a number of our literary gentlemen as equal in point of wit, humor and pathos to those of any of the epistolary writers of the present day. Our citizens are, moreover, indebt ed to him, for the efficient service he rendered last summer in voluntarily act ing as prosecuting attorney against a horde of gamblers that infested Colum bia ; and which he was the principal means of breaking up. His moral cour age on that occasion is a sufficient guar antee that he will discharge his duty in any and every station he may be called on to fill.— South. Chronicle. The Washington Temperance Flag. It was thought by many that if there could be devised a flag to represent the Temperance movement, and known as such throughout our land, that it would, signally aid the cause. A flag was adopt ed by the Washington Temperance Be nevolent Society on the 15th of Februa ry, and displayed at the great Temper ance Festival, held at Centre Market, on Washington’s Birthday, 22d February, 1842. The description: “Field, white ; signifying the purity of