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THE WASHISfiTOHIAN;'
AUGUSTA. JANUARY Oth, 1844.
Weuhlnglon Total .Jbslincnce Pledge.
WV whose names are hereunto annexed, desirous
of formin'. r a Society for our mutual benefit ,
ititii to guard against a pernicious practice.
Which, is injurious to our health, standing and
families, do pledge ourselves as Gentlemen,
not to drink any
Kplritous or Malt Liquors, Wine or Cider.
s=== "kditorial COMMITTEE
Rev. W. T. Brantey, Dr. F. M. Robertson
“ W. J. Hard, Dr. D. Hook,
G. 8. Don, S, T Chapman, Esq.
’* Geo. F. Pierce, James Harper, Esq.
Col. John MiEtEixiE,
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to tho “ Pclegs” will appear in our next.
05" In another column will be found
the Proposals for publishing the Debate
which lately took place in Lexington.
Kentucky, between Messrs. A. Campbel
and N. L. Rice. The publisher will re
ceive subscriptions for the work at this
office. ...
05” It gives us much pleasure to state
that the Secretary of the VV. T. A. So
ciety of Auguata, has received a letter
from Mr. Hawkins, in which he promises,
though ho cannot now say when, to vis
it our city before he leaves the South.
Ho thinks it probable it will be about the
first of February.
Sin. Ragusn's Exhibition.
These paintings, now exhibiting in our
city, deserve the patronage of the public.
We passed an hour, a few evenings since,
at Sig. Rag usa’s Cosmorama, and we do
not recollect ever to have been more
pleased or instructed by any similar exhi
bition. The lovers of tho fine arts may
expect a rich treat by a visit there.
05" It is important, that with the new
year, wo should renew our energies in
the great cause of Temperance. We
seek the good of the whole human fami
ly, irrespective of party, sect or condi- ,
tion, and in such a cause, all the talents. (
all the energies, all the benevolence of the
land should be exerted to tho utmost.
Our appeal is to the better feelings of man,
and consists in urging him to a course of .
action that cannot fail to promote his wel. ]
fare, and therefore it should be reiterat- (
ed until influential with every human liv- ,
ing. We aim to place mounds and bar- .
riors around the young of our country,
which in the way of intemperance or *
other immoralities cannot be overleaped
—all should diligently labour until they '
are erected. We have it in view to win |
from the seducing poison, the moderate
drinker, who if not won passes on gradu
ally, and to himself imperceptibly, from
occasional tippling to constant and de
grading inebriation. Most unquestiona- *
bly he is not the friend of man who will not
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do all in his power to forward this object!
Wc desire to reclaim the poor deluded
victim of drunkenness. Who that has a '
heart will not pray and labour that this
desire may be gratified ? O brethren of j
the Temperance army! let us gird on
our armor of love afresh, and with more *
earnest, more kindly persuasions than '
ever, do all that men can do, to win all
our lellow-men into our ranks—to effect
all the glorious and heavenly objects con
templated by our association.
The New Year.
A new year has commenced its bright
career, and we are living and enjoying its
opening dawn. Through the mercy of ,
God, w r e are permitted still, to behold the 1
beauteous heavens, the gorgeous splen- i
dours of day, the milder glories of night, i
and the lovely landscapes which surrouno .
us ; —to hear the melody cf music, the .
accents of friendship, and the sweet invi
tations of redeeming love ; —to drink ii.
enjoyment from all the fountains of na
ture and grace—from all the springs with
out and within us. It is bliss to live
when we are in a condition to receive :
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pleasure from the numberless sources
provided by the bounty of God. And it
is not less blissful to live, when the mere
fact of living, is a positive assurance that
we are still embraced in the arms of our
heavenly Fathers’ tender mercies. We
are now living that we may live to profit.
We arc still living, that we may not in
ithe end, wish we never had lived. How
: important and desirable then, that we
should in the commencement of another
- year, appreciate the blessings and privi
leges which belong to us, and which are
> continued to us, only that we may dis
’ charge the duties incumbent upon us.
f May we not compare our position in
1 relation to the present year, w ith that of
■ our Father Adam, in relation to that in
which he commenced his eventful life ?
He was lord of all he surveyed, and,
though by a different tenure, so are we.
He enjoyed communion with God, and
. through a different instrumentality, so do
- wc. A due reverence of the authority
( of his Creator, would have retained for
s him perennial life and bliss; so now, re
’ verence for this authority, will obtain for
us happiness and eternal life. Vtit are
i therefore ushered into this new era, in
some respects, with similar privileges,
and under similar obligations and respon
* sibilities to those which belonged to the
: progenitor of the human race. Indeed,
so far as our present object is concerned,
there is no material difference in our res
’ pective situations, except that he was
’ without experience of the fatal conse
quences of the violation of the law of
. life and bliss under which he was placed ;
. while we know by a perfect experience,
■ that wretchedness and death are the cer
, tain results of a disregard of the laws un
. der which we live. Hence we are less
excusable for misconduct than he was.
Now', with these facts before us, we
commence the New Year, and are to show
to the intelligent Universe and its Author
whether, profiting by the example of our
forefather, and guided by our past experi
ence, we will consult our welfare by con
forming to tho will of God, or whether,
madly and most heinously sinning against !
light and knowledge, we will involve our
selves again in woe and despair. It is
for us, individually to choose—the two
ways,—obedience and life, disobedience
and death, still lie open before us. Which
shall be our choice ?
The laws of human bliss command
what is right and forbid what is wrong,
and experience demonstrates that obedi
ence to them infallibly insures the end
designed bv them. Misery would be im
possible in a world of purity. There
would be nothing to produce it. For ex
ample—if there was no intemperance,
there could be no sufferings, no tears from
this cause, and so with the whole cata
logue ot vices. Let them all cease, and
all their evils would of necessity also
cense. Happiness is the natural result
of life, —misery is preternatural, and re
sults from poisoning tho sources of bliss.
With a living organization then, the na
tural tendencies of which are enjoyment,
with capacities for enjoying all the boun
tifully provided concomitants of life ;
with conscious assurance of heavenly!
origin and destiny—how can we be mis
erable for the future, unless we make our-!
selves so by vice, or by association with
the vicious ? Let virtue and temperance,
godliness and love, mark our future con-i
duct, and our future lives will be felicit
ous beyond what the world has ever
known. And as, owing to our mutual
dependencies and influences one upon
another, none can be perfectly happy un
til all are good, let us be more united and
active than ever in the work of the worlds!
reformation.
05" Weave pleased that “Old Ogle
thorpe’ has given us some account ot the
Temperance Society of Savannah, and
has promised to keep us advised of its
future progress. The people of Savan
nah have greatly changed, or they will
not be long in the rear ranks of au army
that is warring for the good of man, ano
the permanency of civil and religious
aberty. The spirit of benevolence ano
.latriotism in Old Chatham, “ is not dead,
jut sleepeth,” and when aroused, it wil:
;hamo other portions of the State, by its
giant labors—its glorious success. Wi
.ay then, to the friends of the cause ii
Savannah, be of good cheer! your own
! labors, or those of the estimable Mr. Haw
t kins, will soon rouse the sleeping ener
? gies of your people.
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r Savannah, 27th Dec. 1843.
el Messrs. Editors —As you have no cor
. respondent in this good city, I will take
i upon myself the pleasing duty, if accept
v able to you, of giving, from time to time,
ea brief account of the condition and
r prospects of Temperance with us. I
- have regretted very much, that no one
e has seemed to take sufficient interest in
- the cause, to have communicated to the
Temperance journals of our State, the
i advance we are making—so that our
f friends in the interior may know that we
i are doing something for the promotion of
?jso good and benevolent a cause, and
. | which, sooner or later, must be apprecia
. ted by all the friends of liberty through
1 out the land.
j I believe that the letter of our Secre
j tarv, to the Eatonton Convention, is the
r only notice that has appeared of our so
- ciety in any paper out of the city; con
r sequently, there are very few persons
e who know of the existence of such a so
i ciety as “ The Savannah Washingtonian
, Temperance Society,” or that have anvj
- knowledge how we are progressing.
; It has now been seven months since
,we were first organized, and for the
. whole of that time, the efforts of the
. officers have been untiring, and no point
5 has been passed over which could in any
. degree aid in the advancement of the
f cause. But still the increase is very
; gradual, and on reference to the Sccrcta
, ry’s books, I find that only 129 persons
have signed the pledge and 19 have since
. either resigned or broken it. And I sav it,
i w'ith a blush for the ladies of Savannah,
that of those who resigned, five were
: young ladies. Ido not suppose, Messrs.
’ Editors, that the ladies resigned from any
particular affection they had for “ King
• Alcohol,” or that they could not do with
out the ardent. But the world is very
apt to say, when a person withdraws
, from a temperance society, that they
were too fond of their glass. And lam
:of opinion that those young Indies, would!
i bo the first to condemn and accuse a
i young man of a want of principle whol
■ should withdraw; at all events, to say;
i the least of it, it is setting a very bad ex-!
ample, for the influence that women
have over men, all will allow to be very
greai. I can recollect, when I was a
young man, and even now, but more par
ticularly in my courting days, nothing
would have influenced me so soon in any
action, as the approval or condemnation ,
of a lady.
I attribute the want of success we have
met with, since the organization of the
society, principally to the fact that the
ladies will not give us their support as
cheerfully as they should do, and until
they do, the cause of Temperance must
lag.
I would exhort the ladies to give their
countenance and support to the cause—
Let them think of the poor, degraded
beings who are on their way to a drunk
ard’s grave. By the power of Temper
ance they may be saved, and regenerated,
as it were. Will you not aid us in the
reformation ? Will you still suffer these
poor, forsaken ones, to pursue the broad,
road to destruction ? Can you see them 1
one by one falling into a drunkard’s grave
without making so much as an effort to
save them ? Shall benevolence and pat
riotism sleep, with such exterminating
ruin around them ? If an epidemic dis
ease appeal's in a street of one of our
large towns, or on board a single vessel—
|if a single case of hydrophobia is record
led by any of our public journals—what
trepidation throughout the land! what
horror of the evil is produced! An
what is one, or what are both these
scourges, in their wildest and most un
sparing form, to intemperance.
I did not commence with the intention
of, or expecting, to offer any arguments,
or to be able to induce any one to comi
out and espouse the cause. But simply,
to give you an outline of the Temper
ance cause in this city, and I therefore
must apologize for my digression.
I have understood from some of the
officers of the society, that they expect tc
|et Mr. Hawkins to pay us a visit, be
ore long; if such is the case, he will, no
doubt, give a new impetus to the cause,
-|and it will rest with us to keep the ball
-«in motion. And I think, should we be
able to get a proper interest ever awaken
ed, we will find no difficulty in carrying
on the war against “ King Alcohol,” with
- success.
j I hope you will soon hear something
- more interesting in the cause we are eai
, barked in, from
1 OLD OGLETHORPE.
[I ——: —j
i OCT While it gives us pleasure to ad
;mit into our columns, the following lines
Jfrom our juvenile correspondent, ‘D.’and
ito do all in our power to encourage him
jto improve his poetic talents, we must
, add, that we still flatter ourselves we
p| shall have from one of our fair readers,
I who may be “in the vein” a few lines in
behalf of “the Sunny South.”
For the Washingtonian.
The Bright Sunny Sooth.
. Reply to ‘X. C. W.’s’ 'H>ight Su>my Xortk,’ in Ihtlatl
IVath ir.gtonian.
SI Oh I the bright sunny South, it is not my home,
_ | But in its sweet groves I love dearly to roam ;
• I love its clear rivers—its villages neat—
■; I love its fair daughters, with smiles ever sweet;
.It love every rill that wanders along:
Oh, the South is renowu’d in story and song !
.1
’Tis the land of a brave and glorious race,
. Os chivalrous spirits its large halls to grace;
' j Its maidens are fair as the beautiful rose;
| And cheerful and happy, even as those
! That dwell in Italy’s glad sunny land—
' i Their hearts are as pure as their beauty is grand.
' Oh, the beautiful South, is the land of love—
! The “ land of the turtle, the land o( the dove”—
The land known in story, the land of proud song,
Where rolls the Savannah, in majesly along,
Or where old Tallulah in might dashes low ;
, Oh, who not beholding,its glory can know :
There is not a happier land upon earth—
There is not a clime that can equal its n orth ;
' The land of the lilies is naught it beside— 1
I In vain would we seek tor its match far and wide—
Its groves and its bowers are in splendor around- -
The El Doloraio has long since been found !
1 Then talk not of lands that are far, far away ;
, But give me the South, where I love dear to stray ;
though the place of my birth is far distant from here,
The home of my boyhood is the North ever dear—
Yet still will 1 wander its beauties among, ,
And the “Bright Sunny South” shall e’er be my song !
Acousts, 1544. I).
For the Washingtonian.
“Who do you Worship I”
“Tell me whom you worship ? And
I’ll tell you who you are.”
There is more truth than poetry in the
j sentence I have adopted as the subject
iof this address to the readers of the Wash
ingtonian. “Show me your company
jand I’ll tell you who you are,” is not more
truer than the above quotation, nnd in
deed it is a maxim of the same nature.
The object of worship is as certainly the
companion of the mind and heart of man.
as he with whom we associate, because
of similarity of tastes and pursuits. All
men too, as certainly worship some ob
ject or thing, as they seek kindred socie
ty. These positions will not be ques
tioned by any one conversant with hu
man nature, and therefore I proceed with
out further introduction to demonstrate
the truth of my text.
The principle which leads to worship!
is love, and what is loved is admired andj
imitated or desired. Hence idolatry in
all ages has led to a deterioration of mo*,
rals—some in a greater, and some in a
less degree, according to the exalted or
debased character of the object worship
ped. The worship of the Goddess of li
berty among the Greeks, made them great
soldiers, not from the love of blood, but
of liberty ; while the devotion of the Ro
, mans to Mars made them blood-thirsty
and cruel soldiers, who delighted in war
because it gratified the dispositions which
admiration of his character produced.
The worship of Woden bv the old Sax
on race, doubtless explains their likeness
of character to the early Romans.
Even since the worship of the Creator
of the world prevails, the character of
the worshipers is materially affected by
the opinion entertained of his character.
Those who consider him indifferent to the
conduct of men, are very likely to be
come indifferent to their own moral ex
cellence. Those who see in him a par
tial or unjust being, will be in like man
ner partial and unjust.
Now if this be so universally true, it
cannot be untrue to decide that the wor
ship of Bachus produces like effects—
love of sensual pleasures —love of all the
base means necessary to procure these
pleasures ; —hatred of every man and
principle that interferes with the gratifi
cation of the lusts, and willingness to
commit any crime that will remove them
out of the way.
The worshipper of Bachus is the in
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1 temperate man, and therefore when one
e is seen daily at this shrine, it may be
- known, that he is in the process of edu.
y cation for every meanness—for every
i crime,—that his nature is constantly as.
simiiatiDg his lust God, and that he is de.
1 teriorating in moral sense and practice
- every day.
Are we not then authorized to say, we
not only know who the worshippers of
the Rosy God are* hut what they will be
come, unless they can be won to a differ,
j en t worship? They are gross sensual,
ists, and will become low, mean, despica
ble criminals. I met a strange gentle,
man in the streets the other day—he en.
tered a grogery. Forty letters of intro
’ duction could not have made me better
1 acquainted with his character; nor, after
this sight, could they hare induced me to
trust him in any business, or with any
property. Observer.
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A R uniseller’s Confession*
Some men are not so far lost to all
sense of duty as to let the admonitions
of conscience go entirely unheeded. As
j*n instance we submit the following con
| session of a rumseller. It is light shining
lout of darkness. God Grant that none
;of our readers may ever be rumsellers:
! “ Sixteen years ago, I was the owner
,of a distillery and was doing a large bu
isincss in the way of destruction and
death. Although the business was at
that time comparatively respectable,l must
acknowledge that there was seldom a
!time I did not feel, in a greater or less
\ degree, a sense of wrong doing. In pro
portion as this feeling increased, my in.
terest in business declined, and the con
sequence was a failure, which brought
me into reduced circumstances. I then
commenced the retail grocery trade, in.
eluding liquor of all sorts, and continued
in this for sometime, but could never get
rid of a feeling of meanness, which
• seemed to me to attach itself to a business
which I kjiewtobe the cause of poverty
. and misery.
j “It happened on one occasion, late at
night in winter, a neighbor whom I knew
to be very intemperate, called as usual
with his jug, for a quart of poison. After
| it was filled and paid for, he Risked me in
an imploring way, if I would trust hint
fora loaf of bread. I replied in the ne
gative, but told him I would take hack
1 the rum in exchange for a loaf. This,
■ however, he promptly refused to do, and
soon left the store.
; j My pity was awakened, and thinking
liis family might be in distress, I went into
the house, and succeeded in inducing mv
' wife to go into their miserable hovel and
‘ ascertain the eondilion of the family.—
, She soon returned with the sad tale of
. misery. Hie drunken husband lay stretch-
I ed and senseless upon a heap of dirtv
straw in a corner of the hovel, while the
wife was bending over a single coal of
' fire, the remnant of the last stick of
■ wood, and striving to quell the cries of
• their half-starved and half-frozen child
ren. The storm howled fearfully with
. out, and I thought of their miserable con
dition and felt that I was the cause of it
•all. It was enough. My eyes were o
' pened, and I made an everlasting vow
li that I would never taste or sell another
i drop . Thanks to God, who has enabled
, me to keep that vow inviolable to this
( day. I now feel it my duty to use all the
influence I may ever have, to promote
the glorious cause of Temperance, and
• if possible, to make restitution for some
.of the misery I have caused. But this I
t can only hope to do in part, and must
! look to God for forgiveness.”
Confessions oi a Drunkard.
r “ The waters have gone over me. But
r out of the black depths, could I be heard,
) l would cry out to all those who have
hut set a foot in the perilous flood. Could
Mhe youth to whom the flavor of his first
-■wine is delicious as the opening scenes
s of life, or the entering upon a newly dis
covered paradise, look into mv desolation,
and be made to understand what a dreary
. thing it is when a man shall feel himself
I going down a precipice with open eyes
f and a passive will; to see his destruction,
- and have no power to stop it, and yet to
e feel it all the way emanating from him
self; to perceive all goodness emptied
out of him, and yet not be able to forget a
'time when it was otherwise; to bear
‘ about the piteous spectacle of his own
• self-ruin ; could he see my fevered eye,
feverish with last night’s drinking, and
t feverishly looking for this night’s repeti
_ tion of the folly; could he feel the body
of the death out of which I cry hourly
with feebler and feebler outcry to be de
e livered; it were enough to make him
e dash the sparkling beverage to the earth
d in all the pride of its mantling tempta
. lion ; to make him clasp his teeth,
. 11 and not undo ’em,
J To suffer wet damnation to run through’em. ’
II Oh! if a wish could transport me back
to those days of youth, when a draught
- from the next clear spring could slake