Smyrna times., 1856-03-12
DIR. TRAILS REVIEW.


/ Ellsworth, who once, in the Connecticut Sem
ate, after question had been declared decided
because majority had given their opinion in
the Affirmative, requested that it might first go
round; and when il came to him, in few
words, as was his habit, he reversed the entire
opinion of the whole body. Il is best there
fore, to let every man have his say. for who can
tell what he may bring forth! What can DR..
Trail bring forth, host of reviewers both in
Britain and America may ask, that we have not
uttered; and what can he add to show that, be-
cause alcohol gives force, it is not therefore of
necessity. food; that it may as we'll be said
fear or anxiety, or selfdefence from the fury of
a, wild beast is food; very nutritious to The
human system. Be not in haste, reader, to
throw aside the book, because it is the fve-and-
| fiftieth. and appears at the eleventh hour. The
editor has some new positions; and, if they are
worth anything, they are worth everything; if
this book comes not out in a vast tome, with
great and pOlupous recommendations it may
| prove the small sharp rifle which may cut the
heartstrings. ......
| The Westminster reviewer. it will be re-
1
membered, in a remarkably imposing article.
undertook to overthrow by single stroke, the
two great pillars of teetotalism, viz: that alco-
hol is a poison and not food and that what
ever is true of the excessive use of alcohol, is
true also in proportional degree, of the moder-
ate and occasional use Alcohol he declares TO
be food, because it gives force; and if it be
| poisonous and destructive to lite in excessive
use, it may be valuable aud even nutritious
when used in moderation. Food is force and
alcohol is force, ergo, alcohol must necessarily
be food. DR.. Trail strikes boldly at his first
vlz that alcohol is force. "Alcohol," he says,
is not fnrce; aye, so far from being force or
an element Of force, it is exactly the contrary,
the thing forced" Here is the tug of war. Is
this new! DR.. Trail says it is. Every tenn
perance reviewer has admitted the position that
alcohol imparts force, and here they have all
foundered
They have all admitted what is not true,
and what utterly defeats their own argument.
They have all admitted that alcohol does impart
or supply an element Of force to the system
but say they, it is dangerous force it is not
the right kind Of force : it is too powerful a
force, it cannot be regulated We are al
once relieved from all these difficulties by pla-
cling the force just where it belongs, in the liv-
ing, acting organism. The system expends it,
force to get rid OF the alcohol; but never de.
rives any force, great or small. good, bad, or in
different, from the alcohol
Now, surely, if he has established his posi-
ton, he has stripped the reviewer of all his fea
theirs, and left his pOmpOus and underworld re-
D nOwned article, toasted at every wine table anc
+ in every Eroggery, dead carcass. His pro
= cess of Augmentation is interesting and in
: structive, and worthy the attention of all wht
wish for light on these matters. Here are hi
: principal positions 4" Alcohol is essentall
: poisonous in all quantities and under all circun
e stances. Il is never food. 1t is inimical t
e everything that possesses life. 1t never impart
q material of nutrineni. or material of force, bu
u universally occasions waste. 1t never support
n y. vitality. 1t is always poisonous and injurou
" in proportion to the quantity taken; othe
&c things being equal, all use of alcohol is abuse
a violation OF physical law. Living matter ac
e, upon food to convert il into structure. TIL
US food does not act on the SYSTEM does not stint
be late the stomach, as is the common notion, b.
sn is acted on by the stomach, and by the who
n organism. Force, the action Of the living ii
m sue, is used to convert alinenlary materia
US into structure, aud to expeIwhat is ofiensive.-
When alcohol enters, no matter how small Il
st dose, force is used, pot to convert it into stru
.ir ture, but to drive tout; and force thus exerte
nv is always a waste Of vital power, as might
er inferred from the trembling nerves and unste
ID, dy gait Of the intenp erate dridksr. II a smu
tis draught only is taken, only a little force
Tor wasted (not suppied) in defending the syste
I'd from il, and the individual is but slightly ex'
Inc ted and,a little feyefish.Hae ....oustfs ..a,-
nd Is Dr. ralh answers with much clearness 4
a argiGneni, that The drunkafd needs less 70
An @f1le teetotollers tcqute more than they d
led when they drank moderately, and shows plain
bm how certain poisone, as arsenic, iatlen, VIII
Ia, used IN small quantities, Pfof Youmnns h
ed. shown that the use of alcohol tininishes {
he capschy OF the digestive organs TO convert 70
tr. into tissue; and il IFS plain that The vitality
sut the consumer is manifested in lis expebdi,u
}, not in its acquisition or aceumulation. 80 /.
re- "a poison iattens. an animab got by impa
t,r ing nutrition nor forces nor force material,
\ ~ by lessening depuratioa. The outlets are cl'
On. eyed ups, the excretory function is debiltate
ns the adpore (sieiel material Is not consumed
- IL should be, and accnmulates 'ina the sareo
tissue; the body is 10 state Of cong
lise ton, pietnora, disease. Al Wnen poison
ggy taken into the stomach, a disproportlon
uest anouKt of vitality Undetermined there.
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