The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-05-27
J. H0LC0MB, Editor & Publisher,

an alteHualC Is drinking on smoking Ill SoIIle
places, the same word expresses both, as in
the Bengalee language"
DR.. Clarke observes, that 1t is with pain
of heart that l am obliged to say,I have known
several, who through their inordinate attach
ment to the pipe, have become mere sots, and
see others who are walking innocently, the
same dangerous road"
! When Caraamuah, a native Of Otahietc,
was in London,a certain Lord presented him
his gold snulf-box, and requested him to take
some snuff, but the innocent savage bluntly
replied, 81 thank you, my lord, my nose is
not hungry !"
"The effects of tobacco" says DR.. Macnish,
care considered different from those Of any
other incbriating agent. Instead Of quicken
ing, it lowers the pulse, and when used TO
excess, Gas at the present dayO produces Ian
guor, depression Of the system,giddiness, con-
fusion of ideas, violent pains in the stomach,
vomiting, commissions, and even death"
Mr. Borrow says, "The Hottentots make
use of the tobacco plant, to kill snakes"
Tobacco when used moderately, has a sooth-
ing effect upon the mind. cts effect, there
fore, is Undertaking, and those who indulge
habitually in its use may (says Macnish) with
propriety be denominated drunEards. In
whatever form it is usedit produces sickness,
stupor, bowildcrmcnt and staggering, in those
unaccustomed to its use. There is no form
in which it can be taken, that is not decided
ly injurious and disgusting The whole pro-
cess, from snutling to plugging is at once SO
utterly unceanly and unnatural, that it is in
credible in what manner they ever insinua-
ted themselves into civil society"
It is generally believed that Bonaparte
owed his death to the morbid state of the
stomach, produced by excessive snufing. A
very celebrated physician observes, that
" smoking polIutes the breath, blackens the
teeth, wastes the saliva, which is required for
digestion, and in addition to this, it is apt to
produce dyspepsia, and other disorders of the
stomach and in heshy persons it has strong
tendency to apoplexy."
"The effects Of snufing and smoking, says
Bomarc, "apply IN still stronger degree to
chewing. This is the worst way for the
health, in which tobacco can be used. The
waste of saliva is greater than in smoking,snd
the deranoement of the digestive organs pro-
portionally severe.
All confirmed chewers are more than u.s.
ually subject to dyspepsia and hypochondria-
sis, and many of them are afflicted with the
liver complaint, brought on by their impru-
dent habits"
Saws Dr.Darwin, al have known that per-
sons who are addicted to liquor, have an in
ordinate liking to tobacco, in all its forms.
This fact may be accounted for by that inces-
SAINT craving after excitement, which clings to
the confirmed drunkard.
Saws DIR. Macnish-" From circumstances
under my own observation, we are justified
in considering tobacco closely connected to
Intoxicating liquor, and its confirmed vota-
ries species of drunkards." Old DIR, Sal
mon says, am confident that more people
have died of apoplexes in one year,since the
use of tobacco, than have died of that dlsor'
der in hundred years, before the use there
Of, and most, if not all whom have observed
to die of late Of that disease, were constant
shutters or chewers."
every medical man, says Dr. Jones
" knows full well that the saliva which IS Sc
copiously drained off by the infamous quid
and the scandaIous pipe, is the first and great
est agent which nature employs in dlgestlns
the food" The many well authenticated fact
confirming the delctcrious effects on the hui
man constitution, by the extreme use OF to
baoco. Should deter every person who wish
es well to body or soul, to shun this noxlou
weed, as they would Upas.
There is one consideration that ought tx
deter all candid persons from habitual use
, of tobacco.
Consider for once, how disagreeable the.
must appear to those who do net use tn
offensive weed; an atmosphere of tobacco
oHluvia surrounds you wherever you go; CIV
cry article about you smells of it;your apart
ment, your clothes, and your very breath
nor is there smell in nature more disagreed
bic than that Of stale tobacco, arising in war;
f,o,, +ho human bOlv
" Consider" says the Rev. DR.. Clark, " tn
pain your friends may be put to, in standin
near you, in order to consult you on som
E important business, or to improve by you
conversation. VIII you subject them to
heavy a tax for the benefit of your service
, when it would have been more comtorabl