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CHESIOKEE PIMESIX, AN&INDIANS* ADVOCATE.
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INTEMPERANCE.
An Address on Ardent Spirit, read be
fore the New Hampshire Medical Socie
ty, at their annual Meeting, June, 5,
J3-27. " By R. D. Mussey M. D., at
that time President of the Society, and
Professor of Anatomy and Surgery, in
Dartmouth College.
(Concluded.) '
If ardent spirit be necessary to
health and activity, how did the world
get along willrout ft for forty -eight
hundred years? How could the Ro
man soldiery withstand the frightful
onsets of Hannibal, with "nothing to
dfink, stronger than vinegar.-and wa
• ter? Take a soldier of the present
day, clothe him with ..heavy Roman
armour, and give .higi the piluni" and
ahort §\vord, weapons, Q'hieh, it has
teen said, 'conquered the world; and
jt will soon appear what we
have derived from alkohol. The
modern Achilles -cripph s under his
load, unable tß.raise from the ground
the instrument with "which he is to
meet his foe.
"6i.it alkohol is certainly useful as
a medicine, and it may be resorted to
as an antidote to infections." If it
be ft good medicine, let it be used on-,
ly as a medicine. What has a healthy
man'to do with medicine? Let it be
kept only on the shelvt-s of the apothe
cary*'* But how does it appear that
spirit affords security undter exposure
■ to contagion? The hiftoiy* of certain
epidemics will show", that they de
stroy a larger proportion of tipplers,
than of those who are temperate.
Tu'o physician? of my acquaintance
were callqd to practise in the same
epidemick scarlet One drank
spirit freely, the other tr.t all; they
Were equally exposed- to . e coii'a
_gion, and both took tbfe djseast. The
Ntew ECIIOTA, WEDNESDAY JI LY }, 1829,
drinker died. 1 lie other recovered. Ifj
you fire exposed to the infectious air
of sick rooms, take plaju nourishing
food at regular intervals, and uasthnu
lating drinks.
t>ut if useless as a preventive, is
not alkohol important m the treatment
of disease?" I admit that it is some
times convenient, but 1 deny that it is
essential to the practice 01 physic Or
surgery. Do we wish to rekindle
the taper of life as it- glimmers in a
fainting tit, we have ammonia-and the
volatile oils, and what- is better than
every thing else, cold water, to be
.administered by affusion. Is it re
quired to produce a tonick effect in a
case of long standing debility, the to
nick roots, and oarks, and uo<*]3, im
part t'heir invigorating properties to
water or acid. *Are we called upon
to relieve pain, opium is altogether
superior to alkohol. Do we need a
solve.it fur opium, we have it in the
acetous p,cid. The black drop is one
of the best solutions of opium ever in
vented.
"But what is to be done with the
medicinal resins and aroinatiek oils,
must not they be dissolved in albohol?"
The medicinal regiiis do not consti
tute a very important class of reme
dies, but they may be giv&n in fine
powder, rubbed with some inert, fria
ble substance, or dissolved in an es
sential oil, or made into an emulsion.
The ordinary mode of using them does
not carry them into the stomach in the
stale of solution, as they are instant
ly precipitated in a flocculeut form on
being thrown into water. As for the
aromatick oils, they may be given in
the form of liquid soap, or emulsion
rubbed with alkali, or sugar and
water,.and" in this way they exert
their specifick tweets.
Is the physician required to pre
scribe a -restorative; if quinine and
bark, and bitters, and metallick to
nics will not do, shall he prescribe
alkohol? This is never certain and
always unsafe, inasmuch as there is
imminent danger of a permanent rel- •
ish being acquired for it; nor .does it
.compare, in its restorative powers, in
cases' where the complaint was not*
produced or modified by the previous
use of it, with the pure fermented and
well preserved juices of the grape and
the apple. The factitious wines ex
tensively vended in our country, are
poor restoratives; they contain, a
large proportion of alkohol.
I maintain then, that, taking into
view the danger of making tipplers by
giving ardent spirit to the sick, and
considering that all its medicinal vir
tues are found in other articles, man
kind would not on the whole be losers,
if it should be banished not Only from
the houses of every class of the com
munity, but also the shops of
apotheeary.
There can be ' little doubt of "the
correctness of the prevailing opinion,
that the consumption of arde'ut spirit
thas been, for a few years past, an
alarmingly,increasing evil in our coim
ry.. • *
By the marshal's returns in 1810,
it appeared that no less than thirty
: tftrce millions three, hundred sixty
five thousand Ike hundred and twenty
nine gallons of spirit were distilled
and imported, for a single year's con
sumption in the United States; and
there is little doubt that this estimate
is far short of the truth, as there is,
probably, every' year, a considerate
quantity smuggled Into the country,
of which of course no account is given.'
If from that time., the consumption of
ardent spirit has only kept pace with
the.population, it will amount to fifty
six millions of gallons;.but from the
increase in the consumption, says a
distinguished gentleman of our state,
in aft* elaborate calculation, from
which the following results arc taken,
'vvp may safelv sef it down at sixty
millions'. This trill give to every in
dividual. man worffan and child. inclu
din? bcu d and free, five pallors each.
•Deducting the slaves and children un-
der ten years of age, it will give to
tlie rest not less than eight gallons
each.'. Is this result impossible?
must there be" an error in the calcu
lation? The common seamen of our
navy are allowed a daily ration of
half a pint of spirit each. This is a
bout twenty three gallons a year, and
when ii is considered that hundreds
of thousands of our citizens drink
twice, thrice or even four times this
quantity, the foregoing result will not
appear improbable.
'Sixty millions of gallons, taking
into the estimate, the quantity of
home distilled spirits disguised and
i sold for foreign liquors, the free dilu
| tion of home arid imported liquors be
fore they reach the consumer, apt! the
large retailed in small
quantities at a price greatly in ad
vance of the primary cost-, may be
fairly reckoned at about one dollar
the gallon; but ;to be within bounds
place it at fifty million dollars, if
to the actual cost of ardent spirits,
we add the loss of time, the waste of
property, various ' expenses of sick
ness and law suits occasioned by
their use, and the'amount expended in
the support of paupers reduced to in
digence'by intemperance, to what an
enormous sum will the whole amount?
One hundred millions of dollars i 3
probably far short of the truth.' Let
half this sum be annually levied upon
the people in the form of a direct tax,
and insurrection and revolt would ap
pear in every part of oifr country.
From calculations made by the
gentleman before alluded to, in ivhich
I have great, confidence, but which
are lot#-long to be admitted here, it ap
pears 111 the "highest degree probable,
that from twenty thousand to thirty
thousand persons in the United Stateg»
arfe annually brought to a premature
death through the influence of ardent
spirit. Place the number at twenty
five tho'uSand.
One hundred millions of dollars, di
vided among the different states* ac
cording to their population, would
give to New-Hampshire, about two
millions fire hundred thousand dollars.
Apply this sum to the support of gov
ernment, of the clergy, and of schools?
improve the means of education by
the establishment of any reasonable
number of high schools, and the most
extensive endowment of the college;
make a hundred new public? roads:
cut canals, and build railways in eve
ry useful direction; smooth down the
rugged features of the state, bjyPv
ing the most liberal encouragenfttots
to agriculture; build up manufactur
ing establishments; cherish the useful
and the fine arts by large-premiums
and salaries; a hospital in each
Country, and distribute Unheard of i
sums among the numerous and cbarit- i
able objects of the day; send a' huff- ■
dred missionaries to -India, and as i
many to our western wilderness; and \
in ten years our treasury would gi;oan ,
under the burden of unappropriated ;
monies. / j i
Twenty-five thousand lives in our j
country in -one year! This number | ,
multiplied by the time wliich has elaps- !
ed.since the last peace-with Great B; it-; i
ain, will give three hundred thou- j ;
sand, a larger, 'number than met in | ]
181 2, on the bloody plains spread out j ,
before the ancient city of the Ci.ar3. i
Apply this calculatidn to the popula
tion of Europe, and you have three ; ]
hundred and seyenty-five thousand 'an-1 ,
nualfy/or four millions one hundred i ,
and twenty-five thousand in eleven
years, the time since Hie pepee in ;
1816; a number nearly equal to that |
swallowed up by that v.ortex ofhu- ■
man life, the French revolution, and
its consequent wars. i
How can any (bing be dojic effectu
ally- to cheek this drighlv evil? I
give tbe same answer to this question
which has repeatedly been clven
within the Inst few months; change
public make if unpo])iilrflr, un-
spii:it. What is
the use of afiplfin* to* Gove mm out for
:o a-ta'x upon ardent spiiit so large as t(
re place it beyond the reach of the low
«? »r classes in the community? Leg
i- islative enactments which far outrun
ir public opinion, are worth nothing.
,f Fashion, and custom, hold men with a
t- stronger arm than Legislative pre
£] scription. But how change public
s opinion; is it not already an over
ly whelming torrent rolling Onward with
s resistless and increasing power? Man
I can accomplish wonders bothjn the
physical and moral world; he dares
r even meditate a canal across tlie
f .isthmus of Darien, expecting to low
] er the waters in the gulf of Mexico,
. and perhaps (a stop the g»!f streairy
. and who that recollects the mighty
; moral achievements accomplished in
| the time of the reformation by the ef
. forts of a single man, shall despond at
. the vastness of the change now con
. templated.
; Let all good men, all well wishers
' to social life and family quiet; "to
health, industry and the arts; to re
• ligion, morals and good government,
unite their efforts; and by all possible
means, but chiefly by their example",
in rigidly abstaining from ardent Spir
it, discourage and discountenance its
use, among all within the sphere of
their influence.' '
'1 know, says some worthy man,
'that the evil of spiiit drinking is a
great one, and I- heartily wish we
were rid of it; but I have been in the
habit of taking it occasionally for
some years,.and I find it at times par
ticularly comfortable to me; and as I
am in no'danger - of becoming intem
perate, must I give it Op only for the
benefit of others?' You take it fre
quently and are fond of it? are you
then in no danger? Unconsciousness
of danger is no proof of security
There may be Some reason for your
leaving it off on your own account, but
if not, have yoil not so much regard
for your family and the community
as to submit to a slight temporary in
convenience on their account? Why
talk one way and act the other?
Your influence is on.*the side of con
duct, not merely of words. What
would be said of the physician who
should refuse to submit to the "pro
cesses of cleansing necessafy to rid
his clothes of the infection of .small
pox, because it would cost hiiji a lit-,
tie time or trouble or other inconven
ience; while by thus disregarding'the
regulations instituted lor the preser
vation of the public health/ he would
expose his.family and his neighbours
to the pestilence; amLAhose sons are
more liable to becoirie*!rinkcrs of ar
dent spirit than the sons of hina who
sets them the example? .
But tiie glorious work of "reform has <
been commenced, and Is now in ra
pid progress. Within the last half
year, societies for the promotion of
this object have sprung into existence,-
tike flowers upon the bosom of inritjg,-
iifter a long and cold winter; may an
abundance of rtuit follow these vigor-'
ous forth puttings of moral effort.
I repeat it,, let- al.l virtuous men
unite Jo ' expel the common enemy.
He ought not to be allowed a place in
Christian society. He is a foreigner,
a Mahometan, he was born in the ,
land of robbers, and he has establish
ed the genuineness of his origin by
the millions he has deprived of pro
perty, cf morals, and of life. He
has come to us in the robe of friend
ship, assured ns of his bes't re
gards, has-proffered his aid and so
lace in sickness, pain and poverty.
Such a friend, *vho could reject? He
has been received into general fa
vour, and admitted to christian con
fidence and companionship, and what
reward has he taken for his- kind of
fices? He has-stolen away charac
ter, health, property, the rich blcss
■ iiTgs and endearments of society and
domestic intercourse, the moral sense,
life, and the hope of heaven.
Gird up then to the combat. Al
vfnvs meet him -as an enemy.; never
again admit him to your bosoinS; give
* «>
him no quarter; €xpel him from your
houses; drive him from the land. A 1
ways treat him as a murderer; lie has
slain your brothers, he lurks for the
lile blood of your children, he whets
his sabre for you.
Fanner, Mechanic,- Professional
man, Orator, hast thou -sought front
ardent spirit strength to labour, or iiK
genuity or promptness in thy callings
or elqquence in .the hall of legiskK
tion 04- justice; it vvilj palsy tluft#
arm, cause thy light hand to .forgei
its cunning, and thy tongue to cleave
to thy mout(i.
Christian', what hast thou to expeci
from strong diink? art tlvou i\earff
and (lost thou linger on thine upward 1 '
jouincy; and will ardent spirit
thee sooner or safer to thine home?
l)ost thou wait in the
hast thou been seperated to stand be-*
fore the congregation; and when thy'
graces languish, when thy devotiotf
burns feebly and foiiilly, dost thou is* ■
kindle it with alkohol? Ah! comer
not near; bring no more this strange
fire to the altar, lest, from its secret
and holy*lwelling, a fiamp break forlfr
upon thee, and thou, be
and the-people with thee.
• INDIANS^
From the Newark (N. J.) Eagle.
The Indians.—A Correspondent c*
the Georgia Journal, Wiley Thornr;
son, lias given to the public the suih
stance.of a conversation he had with'
President Jackson soon after his iri"
angulation, on the subject of' the IrK
diaus in Georgia. .He Stated t'o the! ..'
President th;it Georgia hud look en
with great anxiety to the political
change which had placed him iji tlt,M> ••
federal Executive chair, miilcriVliC
'confident hope and exp^®4at.ipii
she,would at last have justtee.
tended to her; and he was anxious".!&■
have it in his power to inform tl,«<
people of Georgia^,hen lie arrived at
home, what cource would bo pursued
in reference to this subject. Th;j
President promptly and with appar*
en! pleasure gave him every rs.sur
ance that the expeciations of Geor J ■
gia Would be realized: He had %i»
ready addressed a talk tp the Creek
.Indians, urging them to emigrate west
of the Mississippi, by argumeuts
drawn from (he impracticability ol
their remaining a separate pe'ople,'
within the limits ofa sovereign Slate,
and a proper view of their best inter
ests in reference to their future wet*. r ,
fare. He had also told the Cliero- . i
kee delegation, when they called on
Mm, that the. United Sia'tes had em.
tered into a contract with Georgia, ■'
by which they solern 'y promised to
extinguish for her use "the Indian titl<2 •
■to all territory within her limits: (No
notice was taken trf the : ftiportant
(jflalifying clause, "as soon (is if can l e
clonk peaceably and on fair terms:")
He tojd the Cberokees that the
claims of Georgia had been too lona
postponed: fJifct she would''make arrt
effort to force justice; that she pos
sessed a r'iglj fwlftn and how did she'
ib'fa'in it?) to extend her municipal
jurisdiction over them, and'to subject
"them to the control of such rules of
action as she might think proper to
prescribe io them, provided the? be
not violative of constitution of the
United States; and that the General
Government could not ; constitutional-'
ly protect them against her exercise
of that light; that Georgia was ifrita-' ,
ted by delay and frequeni disappoint
ment, and also by the' recent attempt
of the Cherokees to adopt a constitu
tion and erect a seperate government*
which they could not be permitted tc
do; he repeated to them what be
had told them in 1817, that thev mhht
eirugiate .to the country west of the
Mississippi, which they and theii'
■children.should possess forever, ami^,
enjoy the friendship protection o>
the United S(»*es Government, but 1.
they lcmaiuetj in Georgia, tbeyttiu-'
NO. 13.