Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-11-28

pnsscssi0n--prnfrSsing ruu. Il new and
irerr creed. untrainnellrd with cast nr any
any other venerable lc'ter, derived from
antiquity: yet the present tendency Of the
national mind is retroeradr towards the
I'ics and the custom OF past ages:
Effects Of Opium.-The following pas.
sage is extracted from pamphlet entitled
Remarks on the Opium Trade with
China, published at Calcutta, with - pre-
face by Archdeacon DeaIrry, not long be-
fore, and reprinted in that prriudiral.w which
informs Us thai il was written (as they are
assLrrd on good authority in China by Il
British merchant who must therefore be
r"iis,Irrer is IN eye witness of the drplor-
able ehi'cr> Of opium smoking which hr
describes. The comparison between The
effects of ardent spirits an.l those ofopium
is peculiarly important.
"IEe intoxicating property, nrralhrr pro-
p,'lirs Of opium, litlrr in their nature from
the Intoxicating property Of alcohol In
s"ine respects The ctfrclS of the intoXlca-
ti"n are also different. They both agree.
however, in this, that they both stimulate
thc nervous system 10 an unnatural de-
gree, and are Gmly fit ior USE when Srch a
stale of bodily illness already exists rs TO
make stimulus of this nature slibs"rvirnt
TO the restoration ofnIhrr vital furlinns
diSorhercd They both agree in His. iha,
! the plcaSnrahle sense Ofexcitrnrnt atien J.
! Ing their indul acurr is followed by re.
IuXaliun of The ~ lem, aud al undue de-
prrs>un If hulIl The hmlilv and mental
powers when the excitement is over.
They horh agree in this. rs a consequence.
that the niIrnrr They are indulgcd III for
The sake Df ibs plcasmrabr srnsc of ex-
rilrmcni. The g'eaicr must hc The quanlry
used in order To keep up that same degree
of excitement so thai, if once the apprtire
is formed, cousInully Y increasing indulgence
is necessary AMI almost. inevitable, and
moi only 50, hu is yicldedrn, unconscious
of This increase. The craving of the ap.
petite is iu>cnsihly y The mans standard for
rstinalin. what he can las he suppose.)
safely indulge in. rlcy both agree il!
this, that they disorder ;he digestive organs,
materially shorten the term "f life. The,
both agre" m This. rhar they Supply and
,l"ran=" The intellectual powers. and rha
hahiIwa!v tor The srasnus of depression
are qnrIc us far below healthy mental vignr,
;ls ilUGc nl alternate excitement are ho
ynn,I Aud over The final slages Of men
laI suffering 10 which they both lead. nnt
is l.in 10 draw The veil; fcinn can paint
nnlIlins nf horror halfso horrible The,
huiI agree in this, that they utterly cor
rui,t the moral sense; give to s'oss appr-
rIir the rcins ofrrason: drprave aud bru-
raIizr lie heart. >hu' up all the avenues tn
conscience, and make Incirvicrim rhc easy
prey 10 every temptation that presents
itself
There is hui one point If difference be
tween the inluxirHrin,, of ardent spirits and
iI'i of"pium deserving of particular al
teniun here; and that is, The rcninld forrc
with which every argument against the
inrn'r applies 10 the latter. There is Ii"
slavery on earth TO ,amr with the hon
rIa8c into which opium casts lis virli,n.-
There is sralrrl one known instance of
escape from ii> Tolls, when once they have
fairly envrIoped man. We need nor
appeal to the highly wrought narratives nf
personal experience on the subject, which
have of late years cum" before the public;
they rather invite tliSirn>r than olhprw i>e.
hy ilIr exaaScr;;liou ni their rnetIraI style.
But lic f;IcI is far too nnlorioJls 10 he qurs-
tuned tur one moment. that there is in
opium. once indulSrd in. a fatal tasrIna-
tim. which needs almost superhuman
powers of scIIldenial, and also capurtv for
the endurance of pain TO overcome.
THE operation of opium is. on this ac-
count, more deadly, by many degrees Than
its less Iyrannus rival. In other respects.
above mentioned. there is general " more
rapid, and permanent. influence cxcrred
hy opium than by ardent spirIIs-an innu-
ence 81 directly ini,nical 10 all human
happiness whatever, that. if thr fact were
not before onr eyes, we might well doubt
the cunning of the "rchlirnd hinSelI, to re-
commend to one son of Allan, the use of
such an instrument of self destruction" -
An old topper, who had long been az
cu>lunetl 10 sucking the sloppIe. heing on
oua occasion preIiy much as usual, THANK
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