The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-01-02


Tar sclrvcE OF CsE2r1So 1t IS asserted
bv Coute, Mil, Spencer, Buckle, Leckys
and every other positive and rauonalastic
philosopher oil the day, that all things snd
events are ia the course OF being rapidly
reduced tn the dominion OF general law aud
scientific .lssslficat ian, and that disorder Is
fast depart iug rom our ideas # not from
our moral experience. We think that every
civilized being who eats, drinks or wears
anything viii admit the principle to be true
in All that regards the uecesssTies END com
f,rts Of life Chesting has not only become
an accredited element in business but de-
partment Of science; it il now no caprice OF
Individual " enterprise" no chance lnspl-
ration OF rascal genius, but systemaiizsd
course Of operations, distinguished by the
eminent sobriety sad respectRbility Of It's
professors, with relations 70 the Patent
Office as well as 70 Price Current The
name by which il is known i Adulterafion,
and the general law which regulates its
mschiuati0ns is this 1 In trade, no matter
what The article delt in, be il bonds be it
/ brandy. give The buyer as much Of the sP-
| psara1ce and Is little OF the reality, IS Is
| consistent with the success Of the deeeP-
| ton.
i is needless 10 remind the reader oisthe
] articles of necessity sui luxury ia which
! .his adulterating process IS practieed, be
/ cause there is hardly one IN which II is ao-
sent. The names Of such things as tea,
coffee, sugar, pepper, sat vine, not to men
4 lion scorel of others, have been entirely as
/ ioiped from the "entitles" they once desis-
/ mated. snd the r alists, in trade aud IA
/ rnetsphvsics. have been almost entirely SUI
! pe-seied bv The Noninslists- A conaieera-
/ ~ portion Of the scientific actiFiiy Of the
are Is not merely spent in demonstrating
tina. our knovleige IS phenomenai' but IN
l practical contrivsuces 20 make our estin 8
aud drinking equally 50. Our Palstes a.
well as our intellects are now confined q
! the apnearunses Of things, and have no AM
mediate perception OF the reslities.
There was one delusion which hoasekeep
ers entertained, as there was enc dslnsion
/ which the opponents of tAe action 81 gen
eral laws entertained The housekeeper'
said YOU could cet good coffee If yea bought
the berry aud burnt It yourself the opPo-
nents Of Jaw said you could rot geueraliE'
end predict the winds and the storms. Pro
fessor Henry, OF our Smithsonian Institute
i. however, last settling the SagsbOnd
,v;r5s into orderly members Of eosmieal SO.
,ictv and q shgewd Yankee is pushing
,b-sBrh she Patent offce machine which
/ ,v,n ftepel the last superstition OF house
tsere-s. TIE ins5lent coffee berry, which
49, long opposed the progress Of adalte
retiur science, and kept up mischieFou'
t-a4i1ion Of genuiaeness IA The articles o
daily consumHtiont can new be initiated an
prodnced IN Connecticut IN greater qmnn
lies than in Arabia, Jays, or Brs2il' n
cost Of production viii be little mers thsl
the saturated do1r OF which ID j. composee
. ana It's extensive ditfusion viii a. less
ssrce housekccpers back TO a Dependence OF
tho -roaaf coffee they have - leug dis
F; 1 trusted and despisei. The real article W
: . never BE- tasted In % country aitef n
!, lapse OF ten years. coffee, Ike tea sgil
. take a place ~ the itaagin sii6ns Of cur De
3 scendants, similar to that Which the phoaala
:; or any other fabulous wonder, eccapiss u
ours oSi1H TrdrsEcr