Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1839-02-21
ADDRESS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

ADDRESS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
FeiIoao Citizens
At time like the present, when our country is
literally Hooded with nostiums brought from ioreSh
cllnes, you may perhaps think II an acl OF emerliy
in us TO 1er, candidate tor your laVor ano put
ronnge,a Medicine which is strict AMERICAN
Common sense, however, teaches US, HAT those
herbs which spring spontaneously from cur own
native soil, must be better adapted to our cohs'liu-
tons Than f0T6ign medicines, however useful the
latter may have been in tie countries to winch
they belong. The climate of the United Statos
stands unrivaed for The production OF medicine
plants, and very lite ns eslsatlon will suffice as
convince the most skeptical that our oaon countryoll
able TO supply all our wants independent II
orcien assistance.
Deeply impressed with tie importance OF the
above facts, we venture TO recommend the !NDk7N
TIVE 10 tie patronage of our ieliow cllI-
zcns ia every section OF The country, as ii natural
remedy apil cable to constitutions, and tompe-
enl To- the care Of every durable disease.
In briuai g Il medicine before tie public G'rthe
first lime, il is generally thought necessary to i'm
press the people will an idea al the difficulties en-
eountercd in lis discovery or tie antiquity of It's
origin; Il rs one tells us Mat lis mcdlcne Is ga
newly Discovers, Che'ni' al con p'und H. result o
many years intense study and scientific research
ana another ascrbcs honor 10 somebody's GRAND
FATHER &c. Now Ms the success d Il medicine
must depend on its intrinsic merits, and mol on lhe
'
use Of iatsiying. fer the purpose of investigating
its origin with fGct'cous antiquity. such auxl-
ares not needed on the present occasson, as
single dose Of the Indian Pureatve will suffice 10
convince every invalid (and tic such only we look
for impartial verdlc) that lis curative effects in
calcalaby superior TO those ofanv Other mcdicue
now in use. Proud of This superiority, we scorn-
ecticous aid, but give il to the world for what II is
SIMPLY compound OF -FOUR SIMPLE HERBS, used
for the cure ofdiscaseo By the COPPER COLOR
ED WARRIORS OFTHE WEST. One Of the
herds is an expeclorant, ono sodolif', one dur
attic, and one cathartic, the proper combination o
tie above forms an antipulrcsent and deohsruent
medicine, OF such efficacy and power as has been
hitherto unknown in the art OF healing. It's mode
e caring is first to ncuirneZe all purelaciIye mat
Ter in the body; second to cause The expulsion q
the same through the proper outlets, prnoldcd by
nature Tor that purpose; conSt quently It's acton IS
not canfned TO the bowels, dough it is gacder
there but extends to tie nustlii,, throat. 81 livil
glands lungs, skinand kidneys.
/ Each OF tie above drains is intended by nature for
the discharge ofan excrction peculiar TO ITSELF and
although we may for time compel the constitution
TO eyacuate the whole through enc drain, such treat
meut cannot fail 10 dcrange the mccanlsm Of The
body and utterly ruin The health of the patient. Ii
is true that all diseases arise from impurities oi tie
blood but it is also true that nature has provided
many channels for the discharge Of these Impur-
lies: therefore we are mol likely benefit the pa
ten, bv rampiing on tie laws Of mature, III bring.
ing ali the different kinds Of cXcretory matter
! rhrou III channe hence the evil of attempting
to cure all diseases by course OF sweating, or ply
sicing or any other method which opens only one
class OF cxcretorics.
No medicine deserves to be called Uriycrs; rem.
edy uucss It's effects oAicnds 10 each and every
of The natural drains and this power is not even
c,ainicd by any medicine except the Indian Pur-
gatiyc In accordance wth these several properties
tho operation Of The Indian Purgaiico is regulated
IL, >. l.i,,, I,. 4,
siructins matter is lodged in the arina oxpcctorIc,
it will induced copious splitting, if IN the cells ofthe
cellular membranes or cXcreui.cs Of the skin a gen
tic Lui ofuctuu rcrsIaton will be kept mp; and
under every combination Of circumstances, il viii
act more or less as caiharic. Here il is proper
10 remark thai aIthough.iIn purgaiiye always in.
drces an Increased number aiyine cyacuaiir us,
and is cnpal le Of overcoming tie most obstinate
cases Of costiveness, does not raise 'sEurcanc
in the bowels. nor waste The healthy juices by ~
evacuation. Its effects extend 10 every part Of the
system. and fer that reason not Liable to
action in any one part
No disease ever will be cured unless
by medicines which produce The effects above men
tened - Every 5, stem Of practice is more or less
perfect in proportion TO lis poAer of acting on the
different exctcores; and lie Indian system clnls
prominence only bccan,e il possesses tho power
Of opening and keeping open aii tho natural drains.
The inesliinahc value of the medicine which
will act on all tie eXcre,oiies, at ouo and 1t the
same lime, is more apparent when reflect that
teh hrmln body Is complicated machine,
consisting Of nnmhcress different ard distinct
members all which ARE so intimately connected
and mutually DEPENDENT THAI one part can be
injured without producing corresponding degree
Of injury on every oil er part; therefore any Of tie
body cannot be diseased, and another part healthy;
neither can one part be cured while another remains
diseased Disease begnsin the blood, ms the bluof
flows to eqery part d The system. must become more
Ol less diseased disease cured unless the cause
is removed aud to remove the cause We mutt restore
the blood 10 a healthy state and if the blood is
made healthy, every part CT the body must be the
same.
We have now illustrated the natural or Indian
system of practice aud the more it is investigated
the more reasonable it appeas, as regarcs lis truth
we have only TO TO reflect that it taught by Ma
iure, and therefore must be true. When the body
stands in need Of nonrlshing, are impeed by
hunger cai and when ii is diseased, we are ini-
peliOh 10y instinct to use medicine; and there cannot
he doul that IT, man lived in Il state of nature,
this instructive feeling would always direct US 10
the PROPER MEDI CINE; hence the superiority
of the indian System, The art Of healing was first
learnnd in the woods, and to this day the untuored
savage is the best medical teacher; for the Indian
practice Is the only which is consonant to these
eternal and immutable laws which govern the anim-
al economy
Having already proved that the Indian Purgave
acts in direct accordance with the LAWS OF MA
IURE, and is therefore equal to The cure of every
durable disease, we will now enumerae few
the complaints for which it has been tried, and
found ecrain cure among the Indians and VIII lite
settlers of the lar West. Thes are
FEVERS, intermittent, Remitlent, Nervous, liz
fiamations, and Putrid Fcvers; Measels, Eryspilis
Small Pox; nfatnations ofthe brain, Throat, Ston-
ach Lungs. Liver Intcsinps Kidney. and Rlad-