The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-09-24
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ply medical roint "r view. how tho habit ur in
iu>irntion in best nvcrtcd or cured. IL is well
known to all physciuns thnt some persons AFRO
const'tuti"nnly more 'lisposcd TO il than others
some hrrcdturily aud some from the effects of
ndui,cnccs long since abandoned so fnr us in
their power, yet 81 inclined tn il that their self
control, their sanity aud strongest powers Of will,
though they may be perfect ut all other points,
are completely frustrated here. 1t muy be said.
indeed. that this. hrg the rcsu, Of former intlul
gcnc"s, is their own fault; but this even does not
make II less their misfortune, and if such nro
sincere III their cforts to abandon it. sn nIucl, the
more IRE they deserving Of all the assistance that
can 10 rendered TO them.
1t belongsto to all wrong doing thus to generate
n tendency to reproduction. If the man who
has thus injured himself is to be esteemed ever
80 guilty, the question might yet remain in NOR
als precisely whether the guilt lay chiefly in the
present i'll the past acts of his life, whether he
is not now to be regarded rather rs morally in.
sane OH this topic, than Immediately und simply
| reprehensble. Almost all men have their weak
spots. und few can boast Of perfectly sound
physical, mental and moral constitution. The
physician can sometimes cure these cases hest
because it is not his duty to consider where the
fault lies, but only how it is to be rcmcded.
| 1t is we'll known that Coleri,gc had become
so infatuated by, aud addicted to, the use Of opi
un, that his friends had all given him for lost
One of his warmest admirers hired II man to
watch him night and day, and prevent his getting
acccss w Tic pcrnlclouS uruS. fut lie Dafttcd hrs
guard again and ugain. At last, after suffering
agonies of renorse. such oven his own graphic
pen confcsses itself unable TO describe, i'm the
depths of humility and contr'tion, he sought out
Juiicious physician, to whom he revealed his
whole case, his struggles and his desires, placed
| himself undsr his control and care, and lived aud
| finally died. in that mans house, after a reforma
tIon of five and twenty years. The confession Of
his weakness, and the realization that however
guilty i'll its causes, it was now Il case of moral
Insanity, we suppose WIS what saved him to be
cured by medical means.
| There are many men who from various causes
of early habits, seem periodically to require some
| great excitement either physical, mental, or
moral. Hence the uncomfortable spells of drink
ing into which some men will fall occasion aly
III the absence of mental stimnants, bitterly as
they regret it, and mourn over it at other times
resolve against 1t, or vow against it. The but
lcr Of the celebrated Willian Pitt used to relate
that his master would first of all give him strict
orders before dinner not to bring up more than so
much wine, and afterwards, when it was gone,
lie would call for more, ORDER threaten rave, and
once dragged the butler down stairs 10 the cellar
| by main force, TO get more wine.
Very frequently it is found that great mental
| excitement and eNcrtlous may be substituted iOr
| these physical parovysns. Thus il was remark ed
of the late Senator RuSk that, although in early
l'ie much addicted to occasional rcvels Of this
kind, yet that, rs lie warmed into political life
| these periods became more and more rare and
that in proportion 10 the excitement of any occn-
sion, he would rse oit calEl and clear Strohp
mental or moral excitement, then seems to form
| one of the very hest c"untcr.irrans or remedies
against this craving thirst for physical stmulanis.
| The only danger Is, that i'll any moment Of reac-
| tionary dcpresSion, always liable to recur after
great excitement, the danger of falling into the
use OF sumulants is rroputtonahy great. With
proper medical care ana watchfulness these Pc
| riodical cravings for excitement will, however
become less and less frequent. and also subside
| in violence.
The strength Of this craving, however, when
once aroused, IL so vehement, that we can only
conjecture that without some mode of satisfying
1t, II would perhaps prove fatal Indeed. the
sudden and total cessation Of the use of stimulants
is one OF the most frequent causes of mania -putu
Bnt the substitution OF one furm of excitement for
another. gradually tampcring off the whole into
healthy regular activity Of the whole man. is
y what is to be aimed ut in nll such cases while
4 care must be taken TO allow full scope for this
excitablty of temperament in some other way
i than by drink, until it subsidies of itself
a mere physician of the body would utterly
fail in such work this The whole man
physical, mental and moral. must be considered
| studied, watched, excited or Gained to lust the
proper degree, as the only means of restoring to
his right mind and true nature one who has wan
! derrd from the paths Of reason.
Could private hospital be formed, under the
charge OF some physician of ability, to reach the
| Whole coinpIeNltles OF these cases, study thcii
| history and desire, there are hundreds. pcrhais
thousands Of families Of large fortune, who woult
willingly pay any fair amount and Who would
rejoice to place their friends, and sone to ente
of themselves, under the care of SO valuable q
friend as such physician would prove.-IhHa.
deiphia Ledger.
! The Ncc Grdnadidn Iuestion.-The New
York Herald contains the following:
"The treaty of settlement between our Gov.
ernment and New Granada having oeen concu
def, and misstatcinents having been made in
reference to il, and mIsapprehensions existing as
to real points Of settlement, send YOU the fol.
| lowing correct state of the cnse:
First Provision has been made for the ap,
pointmcnt Of II commission to investigate all the
claims Of citizens of the United States against
New Granada from 1918 TO the present time
| aud among these are the claims arising out OF
the riot ut Panama. The amount awarded in
each case il to be paid by New Granada. The
right granted TO the United States TO establish
n coal depot OH one Of the islands of the Buy of
extent, the United States TO buy or lense the
land from the owners. and New Granada rein-
quishes all power Of taxation over the land or
buildings thereon erected.
| "The minister of New Granada, in the name
OF his Government, expresses it's regret at the
occurrences which took place at the riots, and
New Granada is TO use all efforts TO prosecute
| and punish the offenders.
"The New Granadian minister has been in
formed that if an attempt is made 10 collect The
passenger tax. the tonnagc-tax, or the corresPon-
dence tax, it will be resisted by the United
States.
In order TO make the payment, New Granada
assigns one half Of the amount annually received
from the railroad company, and guarantees to
make provision for the residue"
4 Pound Of Cotton Rev. DR.. Kirk, of Bos-
ton. is now temporarily in England, to solicit aid
for the American chapel al Puris, where he has
spent the past winter In letter from Man
chester, he says:
Ihad, in the Oldest factory of the tow n. stri-
king exhibition Of the value of human art and
| labor. pound Of cotton was pointed out as
| worth pound of gold. It's cost as crude cotton
may have been eight cents And as curiosity
sQfeart, was shown pound Of cotton spun into
d thread that would go round our globe at the
equator: and tie in good large knot of many