The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1853-03-03

Hollands, or old rye, to raise him up TO
the aforementioned state of mental
exaltati0h. AS it begins to tell upon
the inner man, and mounts gradually
up to the upper man, or sensorium, or,
as some have quantity expressed it, the
neutrality-suspicious. will perceive that
he begins to exhibit signs OF extraor-
dinary animation. The first sensation
which he experiences is one of plea
Ee a no man-at least, no rea-
somS0 HIeasure with
= You see this lslss5l gs.sg
on by other stimuli, not of an
ial, but of a perfectly natural char-
Ter. The most cold and phlegmaticl
a&d taciturn of mortals, for example,l
when basking in the approving smiles
of his inamorata, becomes social, COM
unlnicative, even positively loquacious,
and will discourse eloquently and in
Discriminatory upon all conversation
able topics. So, too, if you would OBJ
tain liberal subscription 10 some pub
lie charity from man of wealth, ap-
preach him at the auspicious moment.
when he has just realized a successful
speculation, and though he may be a
miser in his inordinate and Sordid love
of money, misanthrope in spirit, or an
infidel in religion, ten to one that the
adventitious good-nature which this
pleasurable excitement has impaired
to him will cause him to come down
handsomely. But the pleasurable ex-
citement of incipient inebriation vastly
surpasses all these. As the stimulus
continues TO operate, the eye of the sub
Iect dilates, his color heightens, he
laughs, chats, relates anecdotes, jests
freely upon all subjects, sacred and
profane, and at last becomes uproari-
ous, with a burst of uncontrolla BILE
glee and merriment. This spiritual
elevation and whisky toddy sentimen-
talism sometimes takes very lachry-
nose and doleful direction. If the SUBJ
ject chance to be the recent victim OF
disappointed love, in which his heart
was very much engaged, and is conse-
quently suffering painful laceration,
he will probably tell you, although you
may be an absolute stranger to him,
and were of course never before in his
confidence, the story of his love, in a
manner at least quite as pathetic as
Othello did before the grave Venetian
senate. | have occasionally myself
been under the polite necessity of lis
tening TO such revelations when the SEN
timental blubberings which attended
the narrative were really quite affect
ing. | know of no better illustration
of the supreme folly of Indulgence in
the use of intoxicating liquors, than
these ludicrous absurdities TO which a
man is transported even by incipient
intoxication.
But let US pass On to the second in
this trio of cases which we proposed
for individual illustration. The guam
tum of stimulation in this case is greater
than in the first, and the Subject is about
calf and 'alf" Unlike the first, in
which heis merely excited beyond the
limits of discretion 10 excessive COM
municativeness and volubility, while
the faculties retain their due relations
to each other, in this the faculties are
thrown off their balance and jumbled
into chaos of bewildered excitement
and confusion. The face is highly
flushed the eyes bloodshot, and glare
upon you with wild, maniacal stare !;
the tongue is thick, heavy and unman-
ageable, and, owing to the double mis-
guidance OF want of consent between
the nerves which supply it and the
brain, and the incoherency of the men
tal faculties, it trusts itself into a thou
sand tortuous and ridiculous conyolus
lions. In this stage the subject is
quently disposed TO be eloquent an
gumentative. He stands before
his own estimation perfect md
Demosthenes. Amid the jumble
confusion of his eager and ex
mind, some half formed idea is f
moment uppermost. He attem
utter it, but his unmanageable Z
twists the wrong way and betrays
He tries again, and with a despd
effort forces it into the utterauce Of
few incoherent words, which he does
not understand himself By this time
he has forgotten what he intended to
say, and begins on something else.-
Heraises his arm TO give emphasis to
his intended defamation, but it does
not understand him, and after perform
ing sundry ridiculous and extravagant