The Literary echo, and Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1851-1854, 1851-11-20
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written, and much yet remains to be said ant
written upon the evil effects of tobacco on th
consumers of that weed. 1t is settled point
with all who have investigated the matter, tha
the habitual use of that narcotic is very pro
ductive cause of intempcrance in other matters
especially in drinking spirituous liquors. DR.
Adam Clarke remarked that so inseparablt
an attendant is drinking upon smoking, that in
some places the same word expresses both -
thus, peend, in the Bengalee language, signifies
to drink and to smoke. 1t is with pain of heart
that am obliged to say that have known Sc.
veral who, through their immoderate attach
ment to the pipe, have become mere sots." Co
vernon Sullivan said, "that the tobacco pipe
excites demand for an extraordinary quantity
OF some beverage to supply the waste of gandu-
lar secretion, in proportion to the expense of
saliva; AID ardent spirits are the common sub
stitute; and the smoker is often reduced to a
state of dram drinking, and finishes his life as
a sot." The learned and sagacious DR.. Rush
remarked, that smoking and chewing tobacco
by rendering water and other mple liquors
insipid to the taste, dispose very much to the
stronger stimulus of ardent spirits,' and that
" hence the use of cigars has been followed by
the use of brandy and water as a common
drink"
Also, some years ago writer in the Genius
of Temperance, (American), said that his prac-
tice of smoking and chewing tobacco "produced
n continual thirst for stimulating drinks y and
that this tormenting thirst ''led him into the
habit of drinking ale, porter, brandy, and other
kinds of spirits, even to the extent, at times of
partial intOxication;'' and then he added, {" ]
have reformed; and after I had subdued this
appetite for tobacco, lost all desire for stimu-
lating drinks" Joel Shew, NJ D., in a work
upon the effects of this plant upon the body and
mind, says, " Tobacco, by bunting the keen
sensibilities of the part concerned, leads men to
an almost ungovernable desire for strong drink -
The Rev. DR.. Mott, LID, says, Next to in
toxicating liquors it is in my opinion more de-
try, than any other agent" Rev. B. l. Lane,
in relating his experience, says, THE system
was so reduced by the narcotic, and, in various
ways, exhausting influence of tobacco, as to
render some stimulus, absolutely necessary to
restore it. l am acquainted with many other
strong temperance men, if user of tobacco
can be called such, who find an imperious ne
cessity for the same remedy" Again, &c when
will the friends of temperance awake to this
subject? By many, our positions, are treated
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so far reason similar to that which led many
to look upon the first temperance reformers as
beside themselves We sincerely rejoice at
every effort to promote the cause of entire alb
stinenoe from alcoholic drinks but at the pre-
sent stage of the temperance cause we look upon
the time and money employed to extend it, as
merely thrown away, while tobacco is left to do
its work of ruin. We are fully persuaded, and
we venture even to predict, let it be remember |
ed, that we shall advance but little beyond the
point now gained, until we direct the resources |
OF the temperance army against this insiduous,
skulklng, undermining, and, withal, powerful
loe. Tobacco is more deadly poison than
alcohol, and is cousin german in all its nasti.
use' and especially the excessive use of tobacco.
IS apt to betray into habits of tippliug, Both
smoking and chewing are apt to induce thirst
thirst, of course, leads to drinking and as
'old water will ever prove an insipid beverage
70 those whose mouths and fauces are in state
II excitement, something more stimulating will
naturally be sought. Thus close is the connec-
ion between tobacco and drunkenness" are
he words of Rev. S. Miller, DID,, Professor of
ecclesiastical History and Church Government
n the Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ.
Dr. William A. Alcott, in communication to
he editor of the Worcester Catanacf,. writes
No young man who uses tobacco, in any shape
but especially no one who hangs Of
en- at the extremity Of roll of it, even theosgh
e should touch terra tirma. is or can be safe.
lie is apt to be thirsty. And Water never
atisfes. More than this-he is apt to dislike
!. And then, to crown the whole, stronger
rinks are very generally found in the same 1