Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1839-03-21
ADDRESS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.


At n time like the present, when our country is
literally flooded with nostlums brought from foreign
climes yon may perhaps think it an act OF temerity
in us to 9f1er, candidate for your favor and pat
ronage,a Medicine which is strict AMERICAN
Common sense however, teaches US, that those
herbs which spring Spontaneously from our own
native soil must be better adapted to our c0nsiiiu-
tons than foreign medicines, however useful the
latter may have been in tie countries 10 Whlch
hey belong. The climate of the United Sta'os
stands unrivalled for the production OF medicine
plants and very little investigation will suffice as
convince the most skepcal that our oeen conntryol
able TO supply all our wants independent u
foreign assistance.
Deeply Impressed with the Importance Of tho
above facts, we venture to recommend the iNDLHN
PURG4IIVE to the patronage OF our fellow cliil
in every section of the country, rs a nh'ura-
remedy ,appl cable to constitutions, and compe-
tent to the care Of every curable disease.
In bringing a medicine before the public for the
first time, il is generally thought necessary To i'm
press the people with an idea Of the difficulties en- +
countcred in its discovery the antiquity of IT.
origin; thus ono tells us that his medicine is
newly discovered chemical compound tic rcsull,of
many years intense study and scientific rescarrhe,
ana another ascribcs honor 10 somebody's GRAND
FATHER, &c. Now ms The success Of mcdrme
must depend on lis intrinsic merits, and not on The
time or manner of its discovery; we CANNOT see the
nso Of fasilying, for the purpose of investigating
iaries moi needed on the present occasson as a
single dose OF the Indian Pufgaliye will suffice TO
convince every invalid (and te such onlv we look
for impartial verdict that lis curative effects are IN
calcaably superior 10 those ofany ohcr medicine
now in use. Proud ofthis superiority, we scorn
iccti,ios aid, but i've il to the wo.d for what ii is
SIMPLY a compound ol FOUR slNP1 HERES, used
for the cure ofdisraseo by the COPPER COLOR
ED WARRIORS OFTHE VEST. One OF the
herds is an expeclornni, one sodorfic, one dur
ac, and one callaric, the proper combination o
the above forms an anlipuircsent and deobsiruent
medicine, of such efficacy and power as has been
hitherto unknown in the art Of healing lis mode
e Curing is first to ncriralezn all nlreiHciiyc mat
ter in the body; second To cause the expulsion {
Tie same throngh tn proper outlets, prnnidtd ny
nature Tor thai purpose; consequently lis acton IS
not canlined to the bowels, though it is gaoalef
there, but extends 10 the nostrs, lroht snl'Vd
sands lungs, sknand kidneys.
Each OF the above draiis is intended by mature tor
the diScl aigc oian exrrcton peculiar 10 ltsel, aud
although we may for time compel The constitution
TO eyacuaie the whole hrongh one drain such treat
meut capil1t fail 10 derauge the mccanlSn 81 HE
body and utterly ruin tire Ierlih ofthe patient. II,
is true that all diseases arise from impurities Uf II c
blood but il is also lrnc that nature has provided
many channels for inc discharge these inipu-l-
lies therefore care not likely 10 benefit the pa
ticnt by tramplirg on the laws dfratutc, IN hring
iny aIl The different kinds of cxcretnry matter
:
to cure all diseases by course OF sweating, or li,-
scina or any other method Which opens only uuc
class of cxcreorcs.
No medicine deserves to be called univcrs; rom
cy uuess ITS effects extends 10 each and every Hle
fine natural drains aud this power is not even
caimcd Ivy any medicine except HE lndl u Fur,
aatiyo III accordui &c with ii3tsc vert properties
tho operation Of He Indian PnreatiNc Is rrtu'Htcd
by the staia q The PATIENTS hoby. 7 us il The OBJ
slruciina matter is ndgcd in iln arual oNPc'fles.
/. 4 4 H. a.
cellular membranes escrei, fes ofil!t shin, e,r
lie III ctirctua pcrSpi'aiIon will be KEPT M; and
under every combination Of circnisfi rc,s il VIII
act more or less rs Il caii1rc. Here il - prrttr
10 remark that although The urgalive always N.
dnres an increased number oi a!sine cyacmii'ifs.
aud is cupu r. oi'overroning the most obstinate
eases Of coslivcucss, 1t does DOT raise II ur:cine
in The bowels, nor waste II healthy iuircs by 'Y'r
evacuation. Its ,focls extend 20 rvrtv I;li OF The
system, and tf that reason are fa iiiiio 10 cve-
action in any one part
No disease ever will he cured IN less
by medicines which prodnce ileeftcts above nen-
toned Every ~ stem of practice is ntre or ,ss
perfect in proportion TO its power Of acting the
different exctcorcs; and The Indian system claims
prominence only because il POSSESSES tho power
deepening, and keeping open all The natural Grams
The ines,imale valne Of the medicine which
will act on all the excrctolie=, at one and ~ TIE
same time, is more apparent when we reflect that
tell In rnan body is complicated machine.
consisting Of uunberless dlerctt and distinct
members, all of whicha are so Intimately CONNECTED
and mutually dependent, thatno one part can be
Injured without prodncnga corresponding dreree
ofinnry every oil er part; therefore any ut me
body canuot be diseased, and another part healthy;
neither can one part be cured while another remains
diseased. Disease beginsln the blood, as the bloo
flows cqery part oithe system must become more
o less diseased no disease is cured unless the cause
is removed and to remove the cause we must restore
II. ,l,,.h NM il.