The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-04-09

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ahivseiae in the wind. Its osacles ars shin
ing and nncssssin. The sounds dist reach =
are tha& lie tendencies arc 70 declare thes -
d for Congress a'one TO Determine the pom
cal status Of commonwealths- Il sits power
Iess amid the wreck and change which The
w la involved. The attack upon il nen.. !
bsrs and ito anthoriy BY the journals ana
orroNsofSh ~ a01iunsPn.ty hase ssadsseass
Il enigmaticsl and doubtful.
GRANT 1LAnKED.
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The champion of the Massachusetts,
Anti Tobacconians, Rev. George Trask, has
been cot to the work Of converting General
Grant The following ere portions OF ne
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&DsAa 0mnAL-Pubic men weiegnrd =
public property; hence their public acts are
legitimate subjects of public animadverson.
| Newspaper reporters, who chronicle your
movements from Dan to Beersheba, identify
YOU With your cigar, and End pleasure In pro-
| claimioRs far and near, thai you ere great
smoker = we'll a. great General. Mscther
they report you in one battle or another, IN
The siere ef Richmond or the capitulation OF
Lee, receiving the homage Of far woman OF
| The noisv applause Of men, they snng tas
chsnres'' on "Grsnt and the inevitable
cigar" You eoncurred, General, in spite OF
your cigar; bat had you conquered BY its vir-
tues, as Constantine BY the sign ofthe Cross,
they could have given 1t little or no more
prominence.
We address you, General, with sincere
fespsct and gratitude; still, be u uadsrstood
| that, while We NEEDLE not with your private
habits, We max, no apologies fol ssseulting
vice which YOU persistently obtrude upon
public notice. The war We wage is simply
| defensive.
| Your habit is contagious, and associated
with your powerful name, is doing irrepar-
able mischief in the great community. II
sanctions the common oct, the pnbljc use, OF
q narcotic which ruins millions physically sna
mentally, and which has done much TO ruin
nations once splendid and mighty.
| Its action is insidious in relation to both
individuals and nstions. When . British
peer on the floor Of Parliament said, My
lord, in view of all the injuries which tobacco
has inflicted in Europe, it is doubtful whether
the discovery OF America, which gave US that
plant, has been blessing o. Q curse, be
presented problem worthy the Study Of the
philosopher and historian
We pray you to abandon your sigsr In bss
half Of Young America. That Washington
vas Free Mason, that Washington was q
STAKEHOLDER, has been urged thousand times
| in vindication OF the Masonic institution and
slavery and that you, on the pinnacle OF mill
tary fame, are q smoker, is urged by ten
thousand young men in vindicshon Of the
habit, who copy your VICES, but fail to copy
your virtues.
What shall We do with our bands Of hope,
and our gallant cold water armies, and ybaS
| example2 Cigar makers, impefled by cd
pidity, and pandering to morbid appetite,
brand their productions with your insignia,
and "Grant cigarsn and "Grant meer-
schanms " are becoming the order of the day
with hosts of our young countryEen. We
had suficiency of the young VOLCANOES be-
fore; but your example, running like
wild6re, has kindled up ten thousand more.
Dear sir, our nation is in1Ammable. Be
careful of your IRE. Every patriotic man
and woman should be sentinel for the re-
public; and whenever you smoke in their
presence and in the presence Of their chill
dren they should remind you that you smoke
among combustibies.
In March, 1855, certain Phiiadelphis gen
tlemen waited upon you in front Of Petenburs,
and, in style excessively polite, presented
you with costly meerschaum. Your reply
was Characteristic b" Gentlemen, 1t is true,
| smoke, but it is bad habit. and propose
to drop it, You have presented me with this
pipe, and can do no less than thank you for
it,
We have been misinformsd, General, il
President Lincoln, who detested tobacco, did
a us~
cigar, and if you did not as often condemn
The habit and CRAFTY his great heart with the
assurance that you would renounce it as soon
as the great exigencies of war would end.
We can understand, General, how, as q
smoker, in the art Of planning a battle, you
had better smoke than not smoke. We can
understand how any commander which de-
iinum tremens has made coward, n the
head Of his corps might fight better With
rum bottle than without it but nov that the
roar of war is hushed, what is there TO justify
the one or the other with any officer IN any
position?
We ask you to renounce the habit, General,
on the ground of pstriotism-s motive a.
sublime as tina, which impeIed you to fight
for the Union. We admit that America may
not be maniiestly injured by this .enervsting
poison at once it has required centuries to
demonstrate its effects upon Mexico. Turkey,
and Spain, aud, being young and vigorous,
we can stand it's sappiug and mining energy
tor some time. Its effects on nations, how
ever, most be ultimately destructive. The
dikes of Holland, the bog mines Of Ireland,
the mountain scenery of Scotland and the
opium Of China will all 60 to Manufacture
national character; and shall we be told that
poison fatal to all animal life may come
into common use, and in no way affect the |
health, strength. courage and glory of a ma |
tion7 Turkey was once mighty-the tramp !
of her armies shook continent; so was |
Spain, so was Holland-the broom a. her |
masthead told old England and the world that
she was mistress and swept the seal. These |
nations have been drunk on tobacco century |
after century, aud the historian who fails to |
record this cause, among other causes, Of
their comparative depreciation, will be charg> !
able with an objectionable blundef.
Medical stalls 10 English armies have not |
bees totsl,y blind to the effects of this poison |
on the character Of soldiers IL am con.
WINGED" says Mr.. Anton, 'that soldier who |
is an inve, rate smoker, is incapable to level |
his muske, and take steady aim" The gall
liant Soldier. General Markham, never smoked |
himself, nor would be allow any Of his per-
sonAl staff to do 80, so strong was bis opinion |
of its injurious effects on the soldiers char. |
acter. You, General, and the sturdy por.
tons of your staff, may withstand the assidu, l
Gus assaults of this poison for manv years
but how aitenuated liiliputian csdets, how |
our pale, farloughed lieutenants, who, in the
guise of officers and disguise OF gentlemen,
meet Us at every corner and in every omnibus
and puff their foul smoke in our faces, are to |
Withstand il, become men, and ably head an |
army, 10 problem which no ssgacity can |
solve.
Dear Geseral we ask you TO set q better
example 70 our military and naval shool, to |
our army and nation fou have cononsred |
a city the world calls il . great achievement.
We AJAX you to conquer desposic habit, per-
haps Is invincible a. Richmond, and Gods I
Word will justify us in calling it greater /
achievement.
Bsw Mayer Msnree seek his Removal. |
Prom the New Orleans Crescent of Thursday. /
Dropping iu 1t the Mayors Office, sbsut /
ofclork vaefordnr ofiaruanu fonn1 ~.