3-28-1855: "The chewing and smoking of the article comes to the male gender in this country as naturally as Yankee courage and a knowledge of fire arms.”

The following article gives a double knock-out to the LIE-beral crowd:

Evening Star, Washington, D.C., “To surrender the use of tobacco would be to “ignore” a prominent American characteristic. The chewing and smoking of the article comes to the male gender in this country as naturally as Yankee courage and a knowledge of fire arms.”, March 28, 1855