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Story
May 2, 1849
The Hillsborough Recorder
Hillsboro, Orange County, North Carolina
What is this article about?
The Temperance movement gains momentum across the region, with a new Division of the Sons formed in Rockingham last week. The piece poetically condemns alcohol as the greatest foe to human happiness, evoking seas of tears and sighs.
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Temperance.—The Temperance cause is making rapid progress throughout our whole section of country. We were at Rockingham last week, and while there, assisted in the formation of a Division of the Sons. We bid our young friends who were initiated God speed in the good cause! They have lifted up their banner against the most powerful enemy of human happiness that the world has ever yet seen. Were the tears that he has caused to flow gathered into one deep sea of anguish they would float the navy of the nation: while the sighs that he has wrung from the scathed and blighted bosom of injured innocence, would waft that navy a hundred times around the world.
N. C. Argus.
N. C. Argus.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Temperance Movement
Sons Of Temperance
Rockingham Division
Alcohol Harms
Where did it happen?
Rockingham
Story Details
Location
Rockingham
Event Date
Last Week
Story Details
The Temperance cause advances rapidly in the region; a Division of the Sons was formed in Rockingham with encouragement; alcohol depicted as humanity's greatest enemy causing vast anguish.