Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1839-04-05


Established at Washington. ID. G.
jan 9Th. 1888. !
ADDRESS TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
FELLOW ClTIZENS;-At q time like
the present, when our country ~ literally food
ed with nostruuis brought from foreign Chimes,
YOU may perhaps think il an act of trmerty ia
Us to offer, as q candidate for your favor and
patronage, Medicine which is strictly AMIR
fcAs. Common sense. however teaches Us,
that those herbs which spring spontaneously
from our native soil, must be better adapted 10
our constitutions than foreis medicines, how
ever useful the latter may have been in the
countries TO which they belong. The climate
Of the United States stands unriyalled for the
production of medicinal plants, and very little
investigation will suffice to convince the most
skepiical that our oten county is able TO sup
ply all our wants, independent Of ioIeign a.
sistance.
In bringing a medicine before the public for
the first time, it is generally thought necessary
10 impress the people with an idea OF the diff
cuiiies encountered in its discovery, or the an
fiquiiy of its origin thus one tells Us that his
medicine Is "a ne,cfy dtseopered chemical
compound, the result Of many years infeass
study and scientific research - and smother
ascribes the honor 10 somebody's GRAsDFA-
TIER, &c. Now, as the success of a medicine
must depend on its own intrinsic merits, and
not on the time or manner in which il was dis
covered, we cannot see the usc OF fasify ing. for
the puTpose Of investing It's origin with fcii-
iious antiquity. Sucb auSiGIies are not need
ed on the present occasion, as a single dose Of
( the Indian Purgativr will suffice 90 convince
every invalid (snd TO such only We look for an
impartial vrrdict) that its carafire effects are
intellectually superior To ih'se oi amy ofher med
icine now IN use. Proud of this snperioriIy
VIZ scoIn fictitious aid, but give il IN the world
for what il is, SiPMLY A compound of FOUR
SIMPLE HERBS, used Cor The cure of dis
case, BY THE COPPER CULORED WAR
RioRS OF THE WEST. One the herbs
. is 40 eJpeeforGnf, one a sudor,fc, one dir-
! refic, and one a eafkGrfie. The proper COM
binstion Of the above firms medicine, of such
EFFICACY ard POWER ~ has BEEN hith-
e Ia unknown in The art Of healing. Its mode
% curing j. FIRST Ia neuIfaize all putrriactive
matter in the body; second 90 cause The expul-
sion Of the same through the proper outlets,
provided bv nature for that purpose; consr-
qucntly its action is not confined 10 the bowels,
although il is greatest there, but extends Ia the
noStfils, throat, salivial glands, lungs skin aud
kidneys.
Each orthe above drains 10 intended by ma
ture for the discharge of an tscIetion or impu-
rity peculiar 10 Itself, and although we may fnf
lime compel the constitution to evacuaie the
whole through one drain, such treatment eau
not fail % derangc the mechanism Of the 5ody
and utterly ruin the health Of the pa,ieui. u
Is true that all diseases arise from impurities OF
the blood, but il is also true that nature has
provided many different channels for the dis
charge of these impurities; therefore We are
not likely 10 benefit the patient BY tramphug
on the laws oi nature, in Bringing all the DIFF
icreni kinds of sxcrrtnry matter through one
channel; hence the evil 81 attempting to euro
NIL diseascs by acoarse &C sweating. or voniit
ing, or physicing, or any other method which
Opens only one class OF excrctofies.
No me,Iiripe deserves 10 be caIlel Unirer-
sat Remedy unless its effects extend to each aud
every one uf the natural drains, and this pow.
er is not even claimed by any medicine except
the Indian PaFgaiivr. Ia accordance with
these several properties, the operation uf ths
Indian PuIgative is regulated by the state ol
the patients body. Thus, IL the nbsiTuctine
matter IS lodged in the urinal cxcrtories, il
will act Rs dluntie: IL ia the bronchial YES
sells or pulmonary rxcrcioties, il will induce cy-
p-cinIaiicn; ifin the cells Of the crlIular mem.
b. ane or cxcreiolies of the skin, gentle and f
fctual perspiraiion will he kept up; and, ui.eI
every combination Of ciscumsi ances, il will aci
mole or less rs o caihaltic. Here IL is proper
to remark, thai ali hough the puigaIive always
4 induces an increased Dumbcr al slvine evacus
tons, and Is capable of overcoming the mosI
obstinate cases III cosiivencSs, IL does mot rass
a" hurricane" in the bowels, nor waste the
healthy Juices by over-action. Its effects ex
tend 10 every pant Of the system, and for that
reason are not iiabr Ia over action in any part
The inestinlable value of q medicine which
will act on all the excrctories, al one aud III,
same time, Is more apparent when reflect
that the human body Is complicated machine
consisting of nunbrrlcss diiiennt and distinct
mrnihcis, all of which ART ~ intimately con-
iseeted, and mutually descendant, that no one
part, can be injured without producing cor
responding degree Of injury On every othrl
rart; therefore, one paIi of the body cannot be
diseased, and another part healthy; neither car
one part be cured while another part remains
diseased. Disease begi,is in the blood, aud as
the blood flows 10 every part OF the system,
every part of the system must become more oI
less diseased; no disease is cured unless the
cause is removed, and 10 remove the cause we
must restore the blood 10 healthy state and
ifthe blood is made healthy, every part Of the
body must be The same.
We have now illustrated the natural OF In
dian system Of p, acice, and the more il is in
lves,igated the more reasonable IL appears; as
regards It's truth, we have only TO reflect that il
was taught by NATuKE, and therefore must b
true. When the body stands in need of nnur
ishmcni, we are impclled by hunger TO eat; and
when il is diseased, we arc impelled BY instinct
to use medicine; and there cannot be doubt
that ii we lived in state of nature this in
siinciive feeling would ALWAYS direct as 10 the
PROPER MEDICINE; hence the SUPERIOR
" of the Indian System. The art of healing
was first learned in the woods and To this day