Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-10-25
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.,;ded triumph over the adherents Of The idol,
provided due vigilance and perseverance, on
the part Of the people and the public press.
he exercised Public sentiment, deposited in
NE ballot boxes, will, we trcst, dispel the de
Iusion under which portion of the republ'
can family, unfortunately labour.- The gen
uine democracy of The country is fast getting
into action, and il it be animated by the Oh
.ection Of that patriotic spirit, which the var
tue and justice Of the cause demsnds. the
curse Of military rule will be banished rom
our land, at least, for the present generation
1t requires but little correct observation OF
the character and conduct OF men, TO have
discovered it to be prominent principle Of
action in the system of Imp0Stsrs, when de
,ected and exposed to public view N their
,rue character, to resort to the employment
of all sorts of falsehood and defamation
o.;nst those who have dared 10 exercise AM
agency in their exposure. We have become
obnoxious 10 the application Of this discipline
in no stintcd measure, hy our discharge OF a
duty to the public, devolved upon US by our
profession. of communicating the
truth in relation to the appearance and extent
in our community, of that dreaded and de-
vastating disease. Malignant Cholera-and
contradieting and exposing the ssa,ca'ranta1te
and false representations upon the snhJec's
mainly originated by an lgnoramus and En-
piric, who has been enabled by the Influence
of name, to palm himself upon the ignorant
and credulous as Physician, and who had
industriously set himself 10 work, for reals
ing from public ale and CONSERVATION,
rich harvest of Yeao,cn and ss=ssss protu
By metamoFphosing the most ordinary belly
ache which he could hunt up, into case Of
slhe real .4siatic' demanding the instant ex
hibition of SOME of"his specific Cholera pills
made as articles of quackery usually are, for
sale, not for curing any disease. We should
have abstained from noticing this fnPostor as
we did by name, blu, for The arrogance exit
bited by him, IN volunteering his name to the
Editors OF the Virginia Republican, as au
hiority to aid them in sustaining Their charge
agains. us, of .',ciifd taiseiood for The puf
pose of dceeivi,ts The public" Having taken
The course we did, we are not to be deferred
from maintaining 1t. by the employment
gainst us of backguard abuse and deiaina-
ton, or the attempted outrage upon oar per
sou, by daslardly ruffian urged and screwed
up to the point, by few debased kindred
spirits. We had stated as the truth, that
Thomas Sprigg whose death yhacgN subsc
uuently vouched for in the Republican, as
having been produced by malignant cholera,
did not die Of that dsease-and as sausiaeto-
ry evidence of the truth OF what we had sta
ted. we have given the statement OF .Necgh
himself, made to gentleman notc IN Mar
tnsburg, that the case was not one Of chole-
"a. We have given also, mot as ertdc,sce to
support what we had said but merely to pass
for what it is scoath) the declaration OF Doct.
Harrison, publicly made by word Of mouth,
aud which can be proved by dozen respec-
table persons 10 the place, that "Sprigg died
Of no cholera Macgill killed him with lau-
danum." Now how Stands the case of poor
Sprigg as case Of eholerap Has Maceil
dared denu, that he made the statement we
have aliedged he did, to the gentleman refer
red TO, that 1t ,cas mol u ease Of choteras Not
he-he knew better than presume to deny it..
He knew too we'll that what we alledged he
bad SAID, was true, and was susceptible OF
superabundant proof to nail il upon him, had
lie ventured its denial Has he sustained the
case then Of Sprigg, as one of the character
he sough. TO make il out? II he has, il has
beer eLsescI.eYe than before This community,
and by other Evidence than any we have seen
exhibited On the contrary, has it not been
salts deto,iiy shewn. by his own precaicati0n,
aud gsoss contradiction OF his statements in
regard 10 the case, that il scas not IN truth
ard in fact, one of cholera3 We presume TO
adopt the latter conclusion. Who then in
point of fact, has been guilty oil "wlful false
hood with the view of deceiving the public1p
Tue gentleman" "Chas: Macgill," or ''such
man as the Editor of the Martinsburg Ga
zette"? But will it be said that the justice
and eandor prompted statement of Doctor