American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-03-15
pERRENNIAL MASSACRE.


The morality among children born IN A.
meriean c;ties. bears an immeasurablyS high
er ratio to the whole mortality than in any
of the cities, even the mos, unhealthy, in
the Eastern Hemisphere The deaths re-
sulting (iom improper medical treatment.
and lack of prompt attention end care, are
higher among the odul, population in this
country, than in any other county, savage
or civilized. Throughout these United States
of America god bless them y there is not
one household in "a hundred that has 70. It's
graves. ~ 8
People may we'll begin 10 take this solemn
fact 10 heart, and ask, is this AWAY to be?
We justly pride ourselves on our superior
intelligence, but is itnot humiliating to us
TO be obliged 10 acknowledge tina, through
our own oversight and carelessness, life has
become shorter and more uncertain among
us Than with any other people Let us
pause moment TO inquire how this awful
mortality is produced.
The women of this country are proverb.al1
for the implicit reliance which they place on
ments {: which they are subject. For rea-
sons which we do no, purpose here TO dis.
cuss the inevitable consequence is, tina, wo-
men are always i'll, or nearly so, aud their
children, in whom The effects Of that illness
are perpetua,ed, are constitu.ionally affect
ed, so that for them prolonged life, in ma
Jotity OF cases, is a sheer impoSsiblity. short
OF n miracle. Again, the extremes of tenn.
perature in This country are SO far apart,
and variations occur So suddenly, that with
out some means OF maintaining the system
in well balanced condition, that is, with.
out some means of preserving the blood
pure, and keeping it at an equitable degree
Of heat, standing good health is utterly be,
yOnd attainment.
Then comes the mcmenous question:
where shall we obtain that grand "desdera,
tum'' which is to avert illness OF TO remove
II in all these cases Innumerable nos
trums have been proposed, ard the more
high sounding their pretensions, the more
complete has been their failure. The Gully
universal remedies for disease that have
Stood the test Of time that have served g.
like the lofty aud the lowly; that have clio
tied the unqualified encomiums of the high.
est medical talent that have received the
approval aud patronage Of royalty, even;
that have laid three Continents under obi
cation; that have never yet been pronounc.
ed notifications By those who used them;
that have never yet failed to benefit the sui.
ferer are ilolloway's Pills aud Ointment.
This is no high. flown and exaggerated eulo-
gy ut is plain statement of fact We
have no interest in putting Professor Hollo-
way or his medicines They need no such
equivocal recommendation as that. We
have an interest in the welfare Of humanity
and so las he. He is a cosmopolitan Ga Cit
izen of the worldly his sympathies are con-
fined 10 no cline or race. Every man is his
neielbor, and therefore he feels bound 10 10
good 10 him as FAR as he can And how can
he rendor him better service than by be.
slowing ON him The greatcst of all blessings
HEALTH. His medicines have already
met with most enviable appreoia ton in
this country. Butlhey cannot be too wide
| ly diffused. Every man and woman is liza.
bic 20 sickness; therefore every man and
woman should have these Pills for com.
plants OF the system, and this Ointment for
local Affections, such as wounds ard sores
Every family should be furnished Is it'll both
How could better provision be made for the
yearJust begun than TO provide against the
misfortune of i'll health and The thousand
and one other evils that follow in It's train.
Ncg YORK Sunday Mercury.