Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-04-03

SYMPTOMS so various and extensive, and by
consequences so fatal. The mischiefs result
ing to this delicate organ from the use OF
alcoholic drinks are SO insidious in their
character, that no one must deceive himself
that he can indulge in them with impunity.
The function Of digestion is the first to suffer,
the appetite becomes i'm paired, the presence OF
food will cause gIeat distress in the stomach
nausea, fatuency, acidity, are few OF the
items that go to make up the SUN total OF
his misery. The drunkard almost constantly
feels dull gnawing pain at the PIT OF his
stomach, which, at times, becomes intensely
severe and cxcruciatng, constituting dis
ease which he very rightly calls whiskey
choiic The unhappy iner riate, who IS dis
posed to attribute his sufiei ings 10 any thing
else than his favorite potations, will now sup
pose himself, from some unknown cause,
gricvously afflicted with that fashionable
malady, Dyspepsia and thinks it absolutely
necessary. on all convenient occasions, 10
take a little wine or whiskey for his stomachs
sake. Oh, yes, the drunkard who despises
and tramples upon every precept in Gods
Holy Bible, has himselffor revcr loaded, primed,
cooked and ready to 90 off with that passage
OF Scripture, Take little vine for the stom-
ach's sake But if wine is not at hand to
his liking he is sure to cover with that text,
Rotgut whiskcy, Redeyed Brandy, Good
old Baldface, whiskey, rum, gin, or anything
else that is warranted to make drunk. But
his Wllful dclusions is only adding fuel to the
fame. Alcohol cannot improve digestion,
for it is its.lf an indigastbe substance. 1t
has been asccrtained by eXpel imenls that the
stomach possesses no poa ers sufficient to act
upon it-that it passes ont of that organ into
the circulation unchanged. Nor will it create
an appetite for anything but itself, and that
every drunkard knows it will do with ven
geance. The liver, my friends, comes next
in rotation, and is by far the largest gland of
the body. It is situated III the upper part of
the abdomen, under the ribs, and towards the
right side, and extends considerably over to
the left Of the middle lire Of the body 1t is
intimately connected with the functions of
the whole system, and being particularly as
sociated with the stomach partakcs immedi-
ately Of all lis irritations. No organ Of the
body suffers more severely from Incorporate
habits than the liver. Disordered function,
morbid condition, hardening or liberation of
its substance, and general change of organic
structure are among the evils entailed on
this important organ by the Internal use OF
Ardent Spirits. Jaundice and dropsy in their
worst and most manageable forms are often
the result Of these arrangements Of the liver.
The heart is hollow muscle, Of cOnical
shape, occupying the central and inferior part
of the cavity of the chest. 1t is the grand
organ Of the function Of circulation; every
particle of the circulatory fuid must set out
from it, be distributed through the lungs
undergo aeraton thereto, be sent to the op
posite side of the heart, whence it is dstribu
TED te BY A thg tte ftEfefsS es II 7geG5y G the
right side from where it set out, making ;
complete circuit The heart and the whole
circulatory apparatus sympathises strongly
with the stomach and shares it's affections ant
disorders. 1t is fact we'll established, tina
alcohcl is we'll absorbed into the circulation
and acts directly on the whole organization
through the medium Of the blood. Its vita
principle is destroyed, it is unfit to stimulat
the heart and other organs through which
circulates, supply the materials for the differ
ent tissues of the body, and sustain the enei
! gies of the brain. All the functions that hav
| for their object the reparation of the state {
the body, which includes assimilation, absorE
tion circulation, respiration secretion dept
ration and nutrition, are imperfect. In shor
| every part Of the system suffers from the RI
peated irritations produced by a foreign an
poisonous substance commingling with II
blood, and soon becomes exceedingly debll
tated ana relaxed IN all It's TISSUES, the Hult
become crude and irritating and the sole
diseased. Palpitations and spasms of tt
heart, aneurisns and faricose veins are N
uncommon Affections of the drunkard. I'll
lungs are, to considerable extent, made I
Of nerves and blood vessels, and are pecuiia
ly associated with the heart and stomach al
share largely with them in all their di>tu
Dances and disorders. The use Of alcohol
drinks, even in temperate degree, produce
affections Of the lungs Of the most harrassiI
and fatal character to be found in the who
catalogue Of diseases. The immediate actic
of alcohol on the highly sensitive membra
that lnts the air cells of the lungs, as it
poured out by the exhaients, soon rende
them Incompetent 10 perform their importa
duties, healthfully. 1t produces a degree
susceptibility to the effects of cold and h
midity which renders them Incapable Of
sistng the slightest atmospheric change.
: They also become so morbidly irritable, ii
/. they readily sympathise in all the disturbs
ces and expressions of the other organs
: the body. Consumptive and asthmatc aft
tuns, cough, difficult and laborous BREATH
' are the evident consequences of habits of
! temperance.
: CONCLUSION NEXT WEEK