New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-04-10

Our Motions Of Tobacco.
So11e Years az. -he Mess-.. Fo~lers asked tn-
Ed. Tor Of The tribune for written statement o.
hi. opinion o. the Use and efec-s o.. To5s-oo whoa
va, yiven Filming the letter II neat 'Ter-ty
i've cen, box i1,: iss1ei b. them entitled - To-
g.cco I.s Hs,o-y. Nat1-s and Eaec;s On ihe
B,5v and Mss. by J9rr sHEw. MD. v.ih ire
O-,,.,-s ~ Dr. Vo,- Rev II " Bsrcner &
g. sno finding Z . express 81 present 'e-. 1l''
o1 the Subject. we make room iori- Cannot or
vog.g 5o.kevs wio aye jas; learning = 0-r'.-.
.tem,e,vss By ,he Use o.. The v-e weca b some
nv indeed 20 r-s3 ard ihiak
LFrrr. ~ vTs-f-s 1 s. = tlNLA--
GgxrrvvrT l.1 ask ul4 far a statement g"
what knox and trirE respecting tobacco I".'
tada good dea % experience on this 50 '-el' y
/ fact I once smoked neary a. inch OF o'sil i|}
Its--vel ne .ca-. and have never since "4' 49,
r.,-.st.4- ~ t-sge human nature ana .Ls-.l ~
,..-.o,. IN s-g slcn vav vas then some yes-s
III s-f -et.~a.v aspiring ~ the accom- .'-ll1...'
100 and yant l-tv bat the lesson -'en -
- ali $50. f1- nv whole life, though should
/ hs sog-, out - enc length n Ne-npses e. nave
si,ce e1ds--I rny share o. re i1mi- atofs aLl h.4
/ $50 ,b---..stlgss %. t0ba co bot have .1Alct'l
none $500.
,o-.-,f,s-, v.Iud favor us w.th pa essay M TIE
Vs.,-al al 7ni,.es Of Tobacco with eek ~1ar1isn
IT, -s.e-ias for 8. ere abundant and o1 have DAB
~ omen YOUR ewes or nostr.s 20 my citf prone
made. glorious Boston excepted ln any -ase bar
room r. find yourself cJufrOnteo ~ them Is . ca
w. sunny Vet airy with the atuorr hera -e1ls
and invit.rr. so that fair nsi3cns and ekc obsers
az bachelors throng the two-s1iliug siewa. g.,
lad - enjoy and not nnHiIln- q b. admired '-
n Their ss satan into Paradise. bat rot ha 80 gem
tleraniv hes the host Of tobacco sn0krg 0a'e-s.
b. pa their deteste1 fumes into the faces and eyes
Of abnOrrac purity and ieye.ncsS 'o atte- the
wall and often col, The costly and delicate dresses
Of the promeaadors with their vie e-pec'0rati1us.
And even should The smokers '0-baar po.l-ts the
OUTRAGED but patiently enduring Aasstones with
their foul saliva. f1e ctewers VIII NOT be- far hehIs
as the Revelator saw " Death on the pale fo-se
and Hell following after. indusuousy pl.utirc
the far face Of earth their precursors have pol
soned the sweet breath % heaven. How long, oh'
how lon-. must all this be suffered
have minated that the tobacco consumer is
not indeed necessarily and inevitably but naturally
and usua. "a b.ackcuard that chewing or smok
.ng obviously tends - backguarlism. Can any
man doubt III Let him ude with uuc0uupted
senses IN the stage or Omnibus. which the cte~rr
insists on defing with the liquid product Of his n
cessaut iabors seeming unconscious % US utter c
fens.vcuess and which even the smoker, especial
ly If partly or wholly drunk vii also insist GA trans
r rminG INTO a immature lNpNft us fhiit ttoi-
defyng alike the express rule of the coach aud thu
sufferers urgent remembrance. fhe can only say,
" WI v. there no LADY here No la4lcs y hif
expression but the plea is cZecrab.e enough
though expressed dramatically O. into PUB
he gathering where speaker Of delicate lungs
and an nvincb.e repulson D. tobacco, is trying -
discuss some important topic 50 that a thousand
men can hear and understand him, yet whereut0
ten or twenty smokers have introduced themselves.
long nine pr Getting horizontally from beneath he
nose of each ire AZ one end and fool at thu otl
e.. and mark how the puff. putting gralualy trans
forms the atmos phere none too pure a. besI into
that Of some foul and postilentisl cavern, choking
the utterancc of the speaker, and distractng hy
AnnOyance. the attention OF the hearers until the
argument arrested or is effect utterly dcsir0! ed
II he who vii seiGshly, recklcssy, impudently in
Aict 80 much discomfort and annoy auce on many,
in order that he may ENJOY IN particular place nm
indulgence which could well be enjoyed whore
no one else would be affected by it, be- not a black
guard who can be WHAT could Indicate bad
breeding and bad heart II such conduct does not
Brethren SAID ParsOn Strong. Of Hartford,
preaching n Connecticut election sermon. In high
party times. some fifty years sgo "it has been
charged that have said every Democrat IS p horse
thief / never did What dit say was only that
every horse thief is n Democrat and that ! can
prove - | DO not say that every smoker or chew
er is necessarily p BLACKBOARD. however steep the
procivity that way bat show me e genuine blac,
eusrd-onc of the hoys aud no mistake who Is
not lover OF tobacco IN some shape and vii
agree to ird you two white blsckb.rds.
HORACE GREELEY.