The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-03-05

The Yankee quick drew himself back in imi-
tation Of his opposite Eneighbor, and in nasal
tone called out.
fYeOu darned, all-iired, dab -rabited, pesky
looking little tarnal black niggar, fetch me q
peek ov corn, bundle oV fodder, and rub me
down with a brickbat while feed
Men ceased to think Of masticating, while
an uproariOus yell arose which fairly shook thG
cabin, during which the dandy was seen streak.
ing out Of the door with finger in each ear.
We are eredibly informed that Bell lost four
suspender buttons, and was troubled with an
open ccuntenance an hour afterwards.
The dandy waited for the next boat, while the
Yankee made the trip with chalked hat.
An Apology for Tobacco.
Excepting slavery and liquor, nothing has ev-
er been 80 Virulently and universally abused as
tobacco. From King James the First to "Sen-
aca" nobody has written about it that has not
written against it. Dickens ridicules it, Ware
abuses it, Greedy denounces it, and "Seneca 3"
would do all, but from the unfortunate inability
to do either.
Calhoun was the avowed apologist Of slavery,
Falstaff enters plea for Sherry sack, +" Tai
ford ''old Port, !" and Red, the Italian poet, for
liquor generally-but nobody has word to say
for that weed, which Indian legends say God
dess produced, and which history says hero
first used Everybody uses it, but nobody de-
tends it. Charles Lamb tried his hand at sort
Of pOetiCal apology, but the poetry was bad and
the defence was worse. Have chswers, smokers,
and snufferS lost all spirit that no one can open
his mouth for this great cleaner, health
giver, heart. softener sOciability promoter, and
acquaintance maker2 "We reckon not, we
'spOse not"
We use tObacco-we love it, we avow it, Half
the great men in the nation use it. Henry Clay
snuffs, Joe Marshall Chews, john Van Buren,
| smokes and John Quincy Adams used to do all
three, but quit, aud-died
| Tobacco cures the tooth -ache-ask any smo-
ker it it dou't-and one young enthusiastic eX.
pressed his earnest conviction that it was good fol
COrns. Robinson CrusOe, when he got sick
chewed it, smoked it, and drank decOction o.
it in rum, and got we'll.
Every wit at Wills coffee house from Dry
den to Sadwell smoked. Tobacco ia provCca
tive Of wit. The Scotch all snuff and tn
Scotch are remarkable for their acuteness and
subtlety of their metaphysics, and the rigidi
ty of their Righteousness. Tobacco is promo
ter of metaphysics and morals. The German
smoke aud the Germans excel the world in th
extent and minuteness Of their Biblical ant
Classical research, their perseVering application
and speculative philos ply. Tobacco nourishe
learning, speculation and perseverance. Tn,
French snuff and smoke both, aud the French
are the leaders of taste, and the fountain Of fash
ion, the best of mathematiCians and mos
sklful surgeons. Tobacco produces refinement
and elegance, profound reasoning and steadi.
ness Of nerve English sailors all chew, and
their honesty, courage and generosity are pro.
verbal. Tobacco causes the fullest develOpe-
ment of all the noble feelings. Indians endure
torture with more firmess than all the stoics
from Zeno to Cato. Tobacco infusss lofty
contempt of death. Americans chew. smoke,
and snuff and Americans by universal conces-
sion combine all the good qualities Of all other
nations, and possess besides, an ingenuity
and enterprise that none of them have. This
can only be attributed to the fact that tobacco
grows here, and is used in more shapes aud
more generally than anywhere else.
An English King wrote =, "counterblast to TO-
bacco." He hated it most cordially--and he
was the firmest believe in the Jaye di0iaO' Of
all the Kings from William the COnqueror tC
William the Fourth. A belief in the divine
right Of Kings, a most slsvish doctrine, and ha.
tired to tobacco always go together. The EUg
lish aristOcracy won't use it--they revie it al
disgusting. SAY it is plebian practice to us
it. Tobacco is the dread Of aristocrats
Tt was the favOrite electioneering tool Of Dav,
Crocket, and ''chaw" will couciliate one o
the uuWashed quiCked than anything bat win
Of "red eye." Tobacco is a Democratic insti
tn ion. A dandy will ask a cub tailor for
cigar light-wealth will spit in the same bo
with poverty-and dignity and dirt must sneez
alike if they snuff. Tobacco is a leveler o
} distinctions.
No true patriot and republican with an aver
age allowance Of brains ever opposed it, Gree
ley says hard things Of it, but Greeley is radi
cal and an enthusiast. He opposes slavery, ant
hanging, and liquor drinking, and all the glo
rious institution that our revolutionary iorefath
ers fought, bled and all that sort of thing, for.
Dickens laughs at it, but he is an English ar
istocrat, and Of course contemns any favorite O
the Democracy. "Seneca" abuse it, but Sen
eca is twaddler, and would t have made a bal
figure in the Dunciad.
But this is not all. Since the introduction
of tobacco into the Eastern continent, POpery
hag declined, Science has improved, Literature
has been more generally diffused, and we have
no doubt but that the whole system of Induc
tive Philosophy owes its origin to this invaluable
vegetab Q. Until about three hundred year
ago, the world had puzzled itself with the subt
leties of the schoolmen, the chimeras Of tn
alchemists, the absurdities Of astFologers--the!
had edueed nothing practical-iuventsd nothing
useful. Sir Walter Raleigh introduced tobacC
then, and not until then Bacon conceived AM
published his system Of Philosophy, and th
world was many steps father in itsProgresS. Ex
perimental philosophy Is result Of tobacco.
II is said that it stunts the growth and iRiuF
the health Of the unfortunate individual addic
ed to it, We know better We have as exten
slve development and as good health as an!
man and We use II habitnally and from prac
tice.
| D' An old "revolutionern says that Of a
the solemn hours he ever saw, that occupied /
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