An Address, Delivered Before the New-Bedford Auxiliary Society for the Suppression of Intemperance, at Their Annual Meeting, January 6, 1817 (Classic Reprint)
An Address, Delivered Before the New-Bedford Auxiliary Society for the Suppression of Intemperance, at Their Annual Meeting, January 6, 1817 (Classic Reprint)

Author: Alexander Read

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-10-20

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 9781334020995

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Excerpt from An Address, Delivered Before the New-Bedford Auxiliary Society for the Suppression of Intemperance, at Their Annual Meeting, January 6, 1817 The debasing nature and destructive effects of intemperance, will be readily acknowledged, No deviations from the path of duty so forcibly im tpeach all pretensions to the character of rational beings, as an inordinate use of spirituous liquors. But are the community in general aware of the extent of this brutalizing vice Do they consider the millions of property squandered, and the thousands of once valuable citizens self-destroyed *and lost to society From authentic documentsit appears, that, in this country, not less than twenty five million: of dollars are annually expended for this destructive poison. In the same space of time, more than six ooumnd 'lz'eer are sacrificed to this idol of human folly and madness. By this enor mous consumption of ardent spirits, not only the physical strength of the nation is materially affect ed, but moral principle, that bond of union and mnfidmce in society, is relaxed and dissolved. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

From Revivals to Removal
From Revivals to Removal

Author: John A. Andrew, III

Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Published: 2007-11-01

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 082033121X

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Between the end of the Revolutionary War in 1781 and Andrew Jackson's retirement from the presidency in 1837, a generation of Americans acted out a great debate over the nature of the national character and the future political, economic, and religious course of the country. Jeremiah Evarts (1781-1831) and many others saw the debate as a battle over the soul of America. Alarmed and disturbed by the brashness of Jacksonian democracy, they feared that the still-young ideal of a stable, cohesive, deeply principled republic was under attack by the forces of individualism, liberal capitalism, expansionism, and a zealous blend of virtue and religiosity. A missionary, reformer, and activist, Jeremiah Evarts (1781-1831) was a central figure of neo-Calvinism in the early American republic. An intellectual and spiritual heir to the founding fathers and a forebear of American Victorianism, Evarts is best remembered today as the stalwart opponent of Andrew Jackson's Indian policies--specifically the removal of Cherokees from the Southeast. John A. Andrew's study of Evarts is the most comprehensive ever written. Based predominantly on readings of Evart's personal and family papers, religious periodicals, records of missionary and benevolent organizations, and government documents related to Indian affairs, it is also a portrait of the society that shaped-and was shaped by-Evart's beliefs and principles. Evarts failed to tame the powerful forces of change at work in the early republic, Evarts did manage to shape broad responses to many of them. Perhaps the truest measure of his influence is that his dream of a government based on Christian principles became a rallying cry for another generation and another cause: abolitionism.