Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-08-12

8. 1t has been argued that the adapt
alton of means TO ends which character
ICES all the works of creation, intima;es
that snuff should never be taken; for had
such been the design of nature, the nose
would have been turned the other end
up.
9. 1t may be fairly claimed that il ma
ture had ever designed that man should
cLew, or smoke or snuff, she would have
provided some place where the disgust
ing process could be performed system
atically, and with appropriate accompani-
ments but no such place or accompania-
Inents have ever yet been discovered
Tobacco is unfit for the psrlor: for that
is the resort OF ladies', and should there
fore be free from inspissated saliva and
purified odors. Il is not beiitting the
dining-ro1m, where its effluyis may be
obsorbed, or its excretions be mingled
with Wand and beverage. Sill less
does il beft the XII chen, where those Gu
linary processes are performed which
give SAVIOR and flavor to all the prepara
ii9tionssthat grace the generous boarI.i 1t
should moi be carried into the stable, for
that Is the residence of neOt cattle Aad
the occupants Of the sly itself would in
digna-tly quit their premises. should
one more lost 10 deceney than them
selves, come TO perfume or bespatter or
besnuf them. There is no spot or place
among animals or men which the COM
mon use of tobacco would n0l sink to
lower defedation.
10. Swiftly tending to destruction as
is The use of intoxicating beverages; vul.
gar, ungentlemanly and sinful as are
all The varieties Of profanity; unjust and
unc.ean as are The clTusions and exha,a-
tions of tobacco, vt their seperate and
destructive evils are aggravated ten fold
when combined and CO operating. How
abhorrenl to-the sense aud the heart of
a pure and upright man, is the wretch
who abandons himself to them all
Physiology teaches US that as soon as
alcohol is taken into the stomach, ma
ture plies all her enginery to expel the
invader of her peace. She does not
wait to digest it and pass away. as is
done with the other contents OF the
stomach; but she opens all her doors
and summons all her forces 10 Danish it
from the realm. She expells it through
the lungs, through the mouth and nose,
through the eyes even, and through the
seven million pores of the skin. Sn let
tobacco be taken into the mouth OF dra Kn
up. water spout fashion, into the nose,
and firemen never worked more yehe-
mently at a fire, nor s,ldiers foug ght
more desperately in battle, than every
musCle and membrane, every gland and
emunclory, now struggles 10 wash away
the impurity. Every organ, maxillary,
linguai, labial, nasal, even the lachry-
NAL, pcur cut their detergent fluids TO
tc sweep the nuisance away. Not IL
Der or cellule, not a pore or sluiceway,
but titles as for life 10 extrude the foul
and fetid intruder. Hence expectoration,
salvation, the anile tears of the drunkard
and the 10. drool Of the Tobacco user
al! attest the desperation of the efforts
which nature is making TO defecate her
self Of the impuriiy. When people first
begin to drink. or chew or smoke, out
ragged nature, as we all know. often goes
into spasams and convulsions through
the vehemence of her conflict for escape.
Finally, she succumbs, and all that con-
stitutes the life of man dies before
death
The Apostle enjoins his disciples 10
keep their bodies pure as a Temple Of
the Holy Ghost Bat in such body,
what spot is there, what space SO large
as mathematical point, when the
Holy Ghost, descending from the purity
and sanctity of heaven. could abide in
for a moment! Surely, when a man
reaches the natural consummation to
which these habits legitimatelv tend,
when his whole commerce with the
world consists in his pouring alcohol in
and pouring the impieties of profanity
and the witnesses Of tob lco out,-gur-
citation and regurgitaiion, the systole
and diastole of his being,-he presents
spectacle not to be parallelei in the
Brute's kingdom or in the Devils king
dom; on the earth or elsewhere"
Your committee submit the following
Resolutions:
RESOLVED, That school examiners ought
never. under any circumstances, to give
a certificate of qualification to teach
school to any person who habitually uses
any kind of intoxicating liquors; and tha;
school officers, when other things are
equal, should Systematically give the
preference 10 the total abs.inent candi.
date.
Resolved, That ali school teachers
should use their utmost influence to sup
press the kindred ungentlemanIy and
foul mouthed vices of uttering prOfane
language and using tobacco.
On behalf of the Committee
HORACE MANN.