The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-04-27
Tobacco.

Tobacco is more extensively used, no,
only 10 this city but every whereby the
human fumiy--thau any other edible
vegetable production. The scholar
smokes cigars to give poetic ,ingc to
his philosophy. The man of business
smokes, ,ha, he may forget his indebted
ness aud usher into temporary oblivion
the misgivings about "bills payable"
The soldier smokes as, substitute for
he'd clothes and rstions; Will, tho sailor
ends in pound of pig.tnil the necessary
courage TO fight tornadocs and resist OPP
preston. Tobacco is in use among
almost every nation upon earth, and runs
away with millions Of dollars annually
in this country alone. Tobacco plays
an important part in human affairs. 1t
furnishes US not only with courage aud
success. Some OF the most beautiful
sentiments in Inc language were brought
a. the surface by the wreath OF smoke
which comes from brow. Havana. TO
show its effect upon pluck, il is only
uccessary to mentiun, that after the war
broke out in Russia, The shipments of
tobacco to FrInce increased something
lk' eighty per cent, the greater part Of
which went to the Crimes. Tobacco,
amOng other good qualities, enables its
lovers to endure fatigue and rouk h
weather. During a gale Of wind, the
captain Of steam packet chows pouLd
Of pig-Iail per htur.-morc or less. AS
he takes in sail he lcts out his lobaccu.
Tobacco is also suggestive. Napoleon,
while planning the battle Of Austerliiz,
consumed no less than five aud hal!
pounds of Scotch snuff. Under the cir
cumstances no odium should rest upon
tr weed. On the contrary, every dis.
criminaiing person should think of lis
utility. A correspondent, whose com
munication we publish below, thinks diff
terently upon the subject, however. His
article is entitled to Considerations:
fFlr the Tiflin Tribunel
TOBACCO
"T bacco, is plant, native OF
Amerlc,, of The genus Nicotiuna, much
used iOr smoking, and chswirg and IN
snuff, AS mrdicinc, il is narcotic,
cmelic, and catharic; aud il possesses tu.
additional powers OF least, if not mor'.
Tobnceo has a strong, dsagreeubl
smell, aud an ncrid taste. When first
used, it sometimes occasions vulnitiul
&C., oatth practice oi using 1t In any
lurm soon conqurrs dislastc, aud iurms
relish for il that is strong and Il mos
uuconqrerable. - Webster.
Hence We suggest that, tobacco is
one Of the various plants in the vegeta-
oie kingdom, which God in his own
wisdom caused the earth to bring forth.
As is the case with every other piaIt,
utter its kind; Ms also Gods uhole crea.
,ton, in the main; so also with the plant
in question, Gesgnated, iobacco-good
yea, "very good in its pluce. But when
used out OF its proper place, then, and
then only it may, and evidently toiH prhve
tu be rather a curse instead of blessing.
This is doubtless the case IN the majority
of instances where this narcotic plant !,
used BY sinful man, 10 either of its'forms
and usoges, especially when used TO CT
cess. A certain author writing in refer
ence to tobacco, remarks: THE mex
thing existing amongut Christians, de-
rogatory to decency, is thut noxious wee'
tobacco; carpet-slainer, pursedrainer
and bre eder of dyspepsiO;it it is found il
the mouths and pockets Of ministers Of th'
gospel; exposing their intemperance NOR,
or less. |, is evident that tobacco breed
tdyspepsis, from its narcotic properties;
first weskens the gestric juice of In
stomach, and conse quen,ly weakens a
: the digestive powers; affects the Who'll
nervous system and frequently brings 0
ca,a !epsy, various treiaonrs, and lu,tl
death, yet notwithsi andins all its fesrfu
dreadful, direful end disastrous conss
quences; some will initiate the cow q
most constantly and continually by chew
ing the cud."