The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1852-08-27
qu LsEqua Rights and Equal Constitution ad its Currency
AN APOLOGY FOR TOBACCO,

AIN AIOLOOt, fOh ODhOOO,,
Excepting slavery aud liquor, nothing
has ever been so viIulenily and ,univeT-
sally abused as tobacco. From King
James TO "Seneca" nobody has written
about itthatbas not written against il.
Dickens rid,cnlcs il, Ware abuses il,
Greedy dcnounces il, and "Sencca" would
DO all, but from the unfortunate inability
10 do either. 2 Apls %3l ~ ya9aa
Calhoun was the avowod apologisi Of
slavery, Falslaff enters plea fot sSherry
sack" Talford cold port and Redi the
Italian for liquor gonerally-but nobody
has word 10 say for that weed, which
which Indian Iegeads sa, Goddess pro.
duced, and which a hero first used
Every body uses il, but nobody defends
liz Charles Lamb tried his hand at q
sort Of poetical apology, but the poetry
was bad and the defence worse. Have
chewers, smokers, and snuffers lost all
spirit, that no one can open his mouth for
this great tooth cleaner, health giyer,
heart soflener, sociabili,y promoter, and
acquaintance maker? "We reckon not,
we suppose not" = 97i a. 81
We use tobacco--- we love il, We avow
it. Hall the great men Of The nation use
il. Henry Clay sruffs, Joe Marsbal chews
John Van Buron smokes, and John @
Adams used 10 do all three, bu, quit and
died, 4 ai9ic
Tobacco cures the tooth aclle--ask
any smoker if il don't--and one young
enthusiastic expressed his earnest convic-
ton that il was good for corns. Robson
Crusoe chcwcd il, smoked it, and drank
dccoc,ion Of rum and got well. .0f.
Everywi at tWill's coffee house from
Dryden to Sadwcll smoked. Tobacco is
provocative Of wit. The Scotch al snuff
and the Scotch are remarkable for their
accuteness and subilety oftheir me,aphs-
les, and the rigdiiy Of II cir lighleous-
ness. Tobacco is promoter of meta.
physics and morals. The Germans smoke
and The Germans excel the world in The
extent and minutenes Of their Biblical and
Classical research, their persevering ap,
plcaiion and speculative philosophy
Tobacco nourishes learning. speculation,
and porsoverances. The French sunff
aud smoke both, and the French are The
leaders Of taste, and the fountain of fash
ion, the best Of mathemalicans, and
mos, skil(nl surgeons. Tobacco produ-
ces refinement and elegance, profound
reasoning, aud stcadiness Of nerve. En-
glish sailors all chew, and their honesty
courage and generosity are proverbial.
Tobacco causes the fullest development
of all the noble feelings. Indians endure
torture with more firmness than all the
sioics from Zano 10 Cato. Tobacco in
fuses lofty contempt Of death. Amer
leans chew, smoke and snuff, and Amer
leans by univers3 concession combine all
the good qualities Of all other nations,
and possess besides, an ingenuity and en-
teyprisc that none of them have. This
can only be attributed to the fact that TO-
bacco grows here, and is used ia more
shapes and more generally than anywhere
else. Is. .. ..,.s g...t l..
An English king wrote counterblasi
Oh tobacco He hated tobacco most
cordially-and lie was the frmest belief
'jnre divine," Of all The kings from VIII,
lam the CoEeneror 10 William the fifth
A belief in the divine right ofkings. q
most slavish doctrine, and hatred TO to-
bacco 60 to together. The English ar
ris'ocracy won't use it-they revile a, ii
as disgus'ing--ay it is pelebian prac-
,ice to useit. Tobacco is the dread of q,
rstocrats.
II was the favoite electioneering tool
Of Davy Crockett, and chaw will concl.
late one of the unwashed quicked than
anything but 'redeye.' Tobacco is
Democratic institution. A dandy will
ask cub tailor for cigar light wealth
will spit in the same box with poverty =
dignity and dirt must sneeze alike if
they snuff. Tobacco is leveIcr of distinc-
tons.
No true patriot and republican wi th an
average allowance of brains evor opposed
IL. Greely says hard things Of ii, but
Gresly is a ra dical and enthusiast. He
opposes slavery, hanging, and liquor
drinking, and all The glorious institution
that our revolutionary forefathers fought
aud bled and all that sort Of thing.
Dickens laughs al it, but he is an En-
glish aristocrat, and of course condems
any favorte Of the Democracy. Seneca
abuse it, but Seneca is twadle- and
wouldn't have made a bad figure in Dun
caid. iH aat
But this is not all. Since the intro.
ductioE of tobacco into the eastern conti-
nent Popery has declined, Science has
improved, Literature has been more gen.
orally diffnsed, and we have no doubt bu,
that the whole system Of inducIive Phi
losophy owes its origin 10 this invaluable
vegetable Until abou! three ago, the
world had puzzled itself with the subile,ies
Of the schoolmen, the chimeras Of the al
tchcmists, the absurb,ties Of astrulogers-
they had educed nothing practical inven-
ted nothing useful. Sir Walter Raleigh
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