The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1856-02-07
WHOLE NUMBER 252
Published by request.
Rum and Tobacco.

A man Of hne natural talents, wlio
prepared for the ministry, but who b.
drinking had fallen to bo companion
OF the vile, would occasionally burst int"
a strain of eloquence, lamenting his
ruin. During one of these strains |
cbsuced to bo present He was purcha
siug tobacco, and turning he addresses
me thus use tobacco. know it.
is filthy practice, but why stop it, l
sm bound by another band that follow
in its traia--listen, when say al
drunkards use tobacco. Tobacco dead
ems the taste; it creates another appe
tite more hidsous than the first /; it de-
stroys the sensbilities it kills botl,
body and soul. Tell your friends, i'm
press it on your children, and name m.
as aa example,"
Intoxicstion, to = lesser or greater
extent, is a certain consequence of using
tobacco in any Of its forms hence, be-
t,oeen the habituaL smoker and the habit.
,,al dram-drinksr there can scarcely be
said to be q shade Of difference. 1t is
only because tobacco does not ordinarily
produce that excess of intoxication
known as drunkenness, that il is viewed
as thing less pernicious. The young
beginner in smoking usually experiences
its poisonous effects hs is overcome By
nausea aud a peculiar giddiness, and
not unfrequently vents. Fortunately,
he is unable to continue the dose, other
wise the consequence might be stupor,
commissions, and death. Practice i'll
this, as in every other species of intem-
persncs, leads to a violation of appetite,
and q hardened state Of feeling but
the iptoxication, nevertheless, does Its
work on the constitution. The secre-
ton and waste Of saliva is considerable
thirst is produced; and thus the pipe
and pot are generally associated.
DR.. Rush says, "One Of the usua!
effects of smoking and chewing is thirst.
This thirst cannot be alayed by water,
for no sedative, or even lnsipid liquor
will DO relished after the mouth and
throat have been exposed to stimulus Of
the smoke or the use Of tobacco"
DR.. Brown, Of West Randolph, in
Vermont, says, " The use of tobacco
produces a dryness or huskiness of the
mouth +; thus creating thirst for strong
drink" "
DIR. Woodward says, " 1 have sup
posed that tobacco was the most ready
and common stepping stone to that use
Of spirituous liquors which leads to in
temperance. Those who chew or smoke
tobacco, are rarely satisfied with water
or other insipid or tastelcss drinks else
why should the bar-room and the grog-
shop be the resort Of the smoker :"
In point of affinity and close couuec-
ton, Tobacco and Rum are Siamcsc
twins. They live in endearing friend
sbip-they nestle in each others bosom.
| wish to put few questions to tho
devourers of tobacco
Do you know of one drunkard that
does net use tobacco Do you know
of one reformed drunkard who has
apostatizcd, whose apostacy may not, in
part, be attributed to tobacco ? DO you
know of one drunkard who did not use
tobacco previously to becoming an iuO-
briate on alcohol /?
The use of Tobacco is among tho
deadly foes Of Temperance. 1t is tho
nature of this weed to goad the system
onward, and urge it beyond its natural
strength, 50 that prostration or debility
is among the most natural results. When
the victim is in this overdone state, and
depression weighs down bis soul no hand
will elevate him like that Of strong
drink. l might speak in stronger terms.
The use Of Tobacco itself, in multltudes
Of cases, produces iutoxication. Tho'
PatagoDians get drunk day by day on
Tobacco. People in the Sandwich Is
lands have been excluded from thc
church for getting drunk on Tobacco.
Tobacco user, pretty generally use just
enough to carry them 10 the point OF ip-
toIication. They dare not use more
under given circumstances IL they die,