Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1838-12-20
ADDRESS TO THE AMERl CAN PEOPLE.

| ADDkF 81 III ! II T. ANEhiCAN EOT LIZ.
At a lime like the present. when country is |
literally flooded with nostrums brought from foreign
clmes Won NAV perhaps think il an act Of temerity
in us to offer, as candidate for your tavorand pat
ronage.a Medicine which is strcti AMERICAN |
Common sense, however, teaches us, That those |
herbs which spring spontaneously from our own |
native soil, must be better adapted to our fonsiu-
lions than fore;gn medicines, however uSinl the |
latter may have been in tie countries y which |
they belong The climate of The United States !
stands unrivalled for the production of redcinal
plants, and very little investigation viii suffice %
convince the most skeptcal that our o,on countryof
able TO supply all wants independent is |
! foreign assistance.
Deeply impressed with the importance of tina
above facts, we venture to recommend the iNDEHN
| PURG.ATIVE to the patronage Of our fellow cltl-
zens in every section of the country, as natural
remedy appl cable to our constitutions, and compe-
tent to the of every durable disease.
| Tn bringing medicine before the public for the
first time, it is generally thought necessary to i'm
press the people with idea of the difficulties
countcrcd in its discovery or the antiquity Of IFS
origin; thus one tells that his medicine is ga
newly discovered chemical compound the result of
many years intense study and scientific research
and another ascribes honor TO somebody's GRAND
FATHER, &c. Now as the success of medicine
must depend its intrinsic merits, and not on the
time manner of its discovery; cannot see the
use of falsfyng, for the purpose of investigating
its origin with fctcious antiquity. Such auxll-
ares not needed on the present occasion, as a
single dose of the Indian Purgative will suffice to
| convince every invalid land tc such only we look
for impartial verdicD that its curative effects are in
calcalably superior TO those ofanv Other medicine
now in use. Proud ofihis superiority, scorn
fecticious ad hut give ii to the world for what ii is
SIMPLY compound of FOUR SIMPLE HERBS, used
for the cure ofdseaspo by the COPPER COLOtt-
/ ED WARRIORS OFTHE WEST One ofthe
herds is an expectorant, sodorifc, one dur
attic, and one catharc, the proper combination It
the above forms an antipulrcsent and deohstruenf
medicine, of such efficacy and power as has been
hitherto unknown in the art of healing. Its mode
ct curing is first to houraeZe all putrefacve mai
ter in the body; second to the expulsion Of
the same through the proper outlets, prnoided nv
nature tor that purpose; consequently its action IS
not canfned to the bowels, although il is gacai"r
there hut extends TO the nostrils, throat saliyal
glands. lungs skin and kidneys.
Each Of the above drains is intended by nature for
tbc dsc argc ofan cxcrction peculiar to itself. and
although we may for time compel the constitution
to cyacuate the whole through drain, snch treat
ment cannot fail to dcrange the mccanlsm OF the
body and utterly ruin the health Of the patient II
10 true that all diseases arise from impurities OF TIE
blood. but il is also true that nature has provided
many channels for the discharge Of these impurl-
ties: therefore we are not likely TO benefit the pa
tent by tran,pling on the laws ofnature IN bring
ing all the different kinds Of excret ~ matter
| 10 cure nil diseases by of sweaiing, or ply
[ sicng. or any other method which opens only one
| class of cxcretores.
No medicine deserves to be called Universal rem
edy unless its effects extends each and every one
| of the natural drains and this power is not
claimed bv any medicine except the Indian Pnr
gatve In accordance with these several properties
tina operation of the Indian Purgativp is rrrilated
by the staia OF the patients koby. T us if the oh
structing matter is lodged in the nrina oxprrt0res.
IL, nif IN
cellular membranes or excrecries Of The skin, gem
| tie Tut cffectual pcrspirafon will b. kept up; and
under every combination of ciTcunsirnres. 1t VIII
act more or less as cathartic Here it is proper
to remark that aIthongh.lhe rurgntiye always in
dnccs an increased number of al,inc ryfcuaitns.
| and is capahe Of overcoming the most obstinate
cascs Of cos,ivencss, it does raise "huricane
in the bowels. waste tie healthy juices BY v
evacuation. It's effects extend 10 cvt'v part OF tie
system. and fer that. not liable 10 over
action in any one part.
No disease ever was or ever will lie cured unless
Nv medicines which produce the ei'rcs above men
toned Every system of practice is more or less
perrcct in proportion TO lis power Of acting on the
different exc,ctories; and The Indian system Claims
prominence only because it possesses tho power
ofopenng, and keeping open all the natural drains.
The inest;mahle value of the medicine which
will act on all the excretories. at and at the
same time is more apparent when VIC reflect that
teh hrman body is a complicated machine,
consisting of numberess different and distinct
members, all ofwhch are intimately connected
and mutually dependent, that no one part can be
injured without producing corresponding degree
of injury on every oil part; therefore any OF the
body cannot be diseased, and another part healthy
neither can one part be cured while another remains
diseased Disease beqnsin the blood, as the bloc !
flows to cqery part ofthe system. must become more
al less diseased no disease is cured unless the cause
is removed and remove the cause we must restore
the blood 10 n healthy state, and if the blood is
made healthy, every part the body must be the
same
We have now illustrated the natural or Indian
system of practice aud the more it is Investigate
the more reasonable it appears. regarcs its truth
we have only TO to reflect that it taught by Ma
ure. and therefore must be true. When the body
stands in need of nourishing, we impelcd by
hunger to cat and when it is diseased, we i'm
peIlod bv instinct TO medicine; and there cannot
be dor tt that if man lived in state of nature,
this instructive feeling would always direct us to
the PROPER MEDICINE; hence the superiority
of the Indian System, The art of healing was first
earnnd in the woods, and to this day the untutored
savage is the best medical teacher; for the Indian
prnctce is the only one which is consonant to these
eternal and immutabe wsswhich govern the aninl-
al economy.
Having already proved that the Indian Purgative
acts in direct accordance with the LAWS OF MA
TURE, and is therefore equal to the of every
durable disease. we will now enumerate few Of
the complaints for which it has been tried, and
found cerain cure among the Indians, and white
settlers Of the far West Thes are
| FEVERS ,Intremttent Remitient, Nervous In
fiamations, and Putrd Fevers; Measels Ervsipilis,
Small Pox; lnlatnatons Of the brain, Throat, Stom-
ach, Lungs. Liver, Intestines, Kidney, and Blad-
der
| PuEIrMATIcM A.. .,1 fhron;o Sntt;,c