The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-01-01
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Tobacco.
We nna 10 oas oG the recent Londoh periodicals. no,
ues Of vsg~f read At a late nesting o. The sausuca
Scesty. By Crawford. ssg, On ne History aha Sou
ss.etoa Of foe@eeo,- shiea suggests some 50
vesds has made and Is va mskug, la the affections o.
naaknd Iasesd tbs whole history q he plant aloas
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nnsss msssssAss os hir When vac remember how read
y tbs y~4rasax becomes pssson and That is ooeels
-, svr<,6uxs ali III moge o. less nosous character
We may sell ASK oatsslses how much % no" h,ug We
yet s0dssssand OF The y ssfies Of oaf oi
ssnixston, and perhaps question ho~ lat philanthropy
hear obstacles Ia ts o Path BY eou.endnx win evils
the main springs and true causes ot which nave MOI peen
The whole sut,sct Is 80 interesting that not
priced Mr. Crawford has almost forgotten The economic
in the phosophical-tbe statistical branch, although
that IL NOT neglected sermng SCARCELY 70 nave enYaseu
his attention SO strongly the historical We think II
nther remarkable, however that he ayows be ignorance
which is among writers on The subject OF me
origin OF the word tobacco which ph,ioossls s' h
guess be identified in way other with the
island Iobago or the Mexican province iooaee " IS
. good. genuine Indian word OF the island OF Hayti
any one viii see who will take The trouble 10 refer 10
the old Spanish historians OF the sixteenth century
When Columbus first landed on the coast OF Hayu, he
found the happy islanders, and women. wherever
he went. provided with ebrands and herbs to smoke
after their custom " and Las Casas particularly describes
these herbs, Saying "they dry, and liked IN lea!,
The boys in Spain use at Whitsuntde; having lighted
end they draw the smoke by sucking the Other and
be adds '',hese tubes they call by the name o. abaeos
Charlevox records the fact with the further inor
melton that they called the plant itself, not fsbae0 bui
coAibo. The Spaniards adopted the cigar. giving ITS
name 10 the weed which destined, In some degree.
70 revenge the slavery imposed the poor Aowawks Of
the isles by subectng the and through Them
20 large portion Of Europe. TO its own dominion The
readiness with which men acquired the habit OF smoking,
and the invncble hold il took them, appears IN the
early pages of Las Casas the contemporary OF Co
lumbus and the first explorers. who says .'he knew
many Spanards in the island OF Espanola addicted to The
use OF the tabacos, who, being reproached with as
bad habit replied that they could not bring themselves to
Las Casas " did not see what relish or benefie men
could find in the practice and in this he initiated by
the various soveegns OF Europe who were nearly all as
he d So Indignant
and have sufficient power apt TO express the feeling
pretty strongly j. well known tina, King James
thai be wrote and published book against 1.-THE famous
"Counterblaste in which he declared smoking Gus.
tome oahsome TO the eye hateful TO the nose, harmful
to the bTane dangerous to the lungs and in the black
sinking fume thereof neerest resembling the horrible
Stgian smoake Of the pit that is bottomlesse Other
princes still more emphatc-as the Grand Duke OF
Moscow, (he predecessor of the empeors OF Russa,)
and the Shah of Persa-one of whom ordered the noses
Of smokers to be off, the other their heads The cul
vatlOn OF tobacco punished IN some countries with
the confscaton Of estates and Urban VIII imposed the
penalty OF accommodation all who used it IN
churches Against all these mpediments tobacco made
its way VIGOROUSLY. Tyranny conquered by new
tyranny; and the kings, finally yielding. admitted the
Legitimacy OF power greater than their own, and
glad, they still, glad, vast increase OF
their revenues TO recognition of the right OF Cohiba TO
share the allegiance of their loving people Gold usually
goes in smoke. but here gold comes with smoke. Her
Majesty Queen Victoria pockets three shngs sterling
for every pound of the domestic weed which exhales
through her subjects nosrs.
II King James could rise from his grave, he would
sartls aghast at some of Mr. Cawiords tables showing
the amount and progressive increase OF consumption OF
tobacco in the three kingdoms We abbreviae the fol-
lowing exhibiting the annual consumption at four decen
NAL periods, along with the amount OF revenue realized
and the population OF the islands al each period