American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1867-02-27
Communications.



Fer the CITIZEN
Mr.. EDITOR Emma fails to answer
any Of the points made against the use
of tobacco She passes by with perfect
contempt the undeniabie fact that the
first subject for reform should be tobue-
co; and that, for the year 1866 uler
county has expended 500 for this weed
for every dollar it has expended for whis-
key. | co not like to @ritc on this subs
iect. but like to see fanatiessm stop aud
look in the glass, aud not go away and
forget what manner Of woman she is. |
have no doubt, Emma, possessing the mind
you do, if you had been on the stage a
few years ago you would have been a
spiritual medium but now that the mir d
of fanaticsm blows against the. spirits
you are with the wiQd blowing away but
those of more experience, to say nothing
of sense, stand back and cry, "All'hollow,
hollow, hollow" Your hollow preten,
sions to an uneeifish calm and deliberate
effort at refcrn, must i3,ll to the ground
unless you come mp to the sacrifice with
clean garments having your mouths wash h.
ell with pure water. How ridiculous an
apostle of reform standing up in the sane
tuary reading his naghoors out of good
society, with mis- pocket full Of navy, his
case full Of cigar1 and MS smoked beard
dripping with the poisonous .flthy slime
of the deacon's idol. Both whiskcy and
tobacco are used os stimulants. Which
Is the most dec mt? | would call man
fool that would not rid his mouth of
the foul weed to make room for glass
of good whskey. But the feet is the
two 90 together. Men drink to wet
their whistle and then smoke = dry it.
Tho filthy weed is the drunkard's re-
lief and the school for the drunkard' s
society. The destiny of the ragged, dir.
ty boy with cigar in his mouth is easily
foretold, the two evils go together How
many men in your Temperance Society
smoke and chew, count them up; and il
you should resolve on reform, il Emma
has no thimblc, perhaps she has a pipe
or snuff box for an inkstand, Before you
go to organize Temperance League you
should break your pipes and snufl-toXes,
commit to the flames your stores filed
with tobacco, throw away your cigars and
your quids and wash out your dirty
mouths No effort can lift the smoke
and spittle of tho lar room up into the
holy sanctuary as an l.oEorablc thing,
merely because it is a favoritc indulgence
of the ministry aud their followers
Neither will any efforts OF these self right
eous refqTJns, break down the cieda prac.
tices of the drunkard while they them =
selves practice his more filthy accom-,
plishments.
All ask is that you look at these two
evils with an Impartial eye. You may
point out man here aud there that
drinks whiskey, but it is only here and
there you can see the man that don't chew
or smoke. The professor, the teacher, the
preacher, the doctor, : the lawyer, the
farmer, the mechanic, al smoke and chew
and spit, and sIobber the filthy narcotic
poison from morning to evening, Sunday
not excepted. The Temperance Orator
chews, and one Secretary, while the other
both smokes and chers.
The judge smokes, the squire smokes
the father smokes, the mother smokes
the school boy smokes-Emma do ypr
smoke Nov, l protest against granting
license 90 church members or any othsi
man to sell tobacco. 1t violates every
lay -sf right that whiskey selling violates
1t violatss every commandment that whis
keyl selling violates; it makes more
people poor, more men miserable, more
mouths filthy, more carpets dirty, makes
more serubbing, more foul atmosphere
destroys more life. and leaves blackel
mark ol the dried up souls of its victims
than good whiskey. AN your argument,
against license wonld apply with ten
fold more force against the licensing oi
the 20 different houses that sell. tobacco
n this town. Until you throw away
these dirty idols you certainly can t have
the hypocrisy to bring a railing acctlsa
ton against those who worship .'cleau
spirits" All your efforts are like thc
drunkman's pipe, nothing but a MERE
SHAM JoHN.