The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-07-04
the 5fstaIs Of Freedom.
,,vreaee, Saturday. July 4, 1851
Remedies.

Remedies.
n;,..se exists everywhere, among all
,;,;ore and classes of humanity, as
II a. animals, corporate organizations,
i governments, as a cause for, and rem
I;ss suiting the nature of the case, are
m,8e apparent as legitimate effect pro-
4n1 from such cause. And, too, in
.I.,ost snv form of disease, whether ply
:,,l or POLITICAL each one has a remedy
tod TO the exigencies of the malady,
n certain Of effecting radical cure, yet
,-,b remedy totally different in its nature
IN the others. Thus. in that most
anon Western disease, fever and ague,
u,oI;es innumerable are recommended
= dabblers in the ''art opathy," and these
i. victims swallow, irrespective Of the
..;5p or chemical nature of the vege-
lido or mineral potion, and seemingly
,rcOnscious that among so many RENE
-, there NAV be some whose. action are
o-,gouistic. though, if taken separately,
N work toward the same end: but to-
thor thew retard the progress of conva-
-.-cepee. weaken the system and aggra-
yate the disease.
So TOO in other maladies of the times,
,,litical or physical. Treated by quacks,
rosre tvros in their profession, and know
no 10 more than to draw up prescrip-
ions on general principles, without the
last reference to the peeuliarities Of the
,iIment-it is no great wonder that all
kinds of disease spread with great rapid
~.
The corruption of elections-prostitut-
ins the elective franchise to serve the az
srarian aims of weather-cock politicians,
oHice hunters, and political aspirants of
every degree-is disease which has
yained a vantage ground in the United
States, despite the efforts of the principled
few TO prevent it. As in fever and ague,
svery one has his own remedy for that
eril-we have ours; but, lest we be class
ed among the political Boluses, we will
n. advance our prescription. The dis
disease is in ertremis, and it might require
more powerful antidote to completely
nd the system of the corrupt matter
which has been so long accumulating.
Atthis present time, the whole munich
Tal organization of the Empire City is
,ufering under an aggravated case of dis
ease, produced by the malpractice of its
physician, Fernando Wood. He, like other
quacks, political and medicinal, sought,
during the first stages, to arrest its pro-
TeSs; but, administering remedies antag-
anistic in their action, he finds it beyond
bis control, and DR.. KING is compelled to
9rder prescription of nine regiments of
military, as the most effectual antidote to
the effects produced by an ignorant prac-
;itioner, who is or should be amenable to
the laws for unprecedented action in the
premises.
The Territorial organization of Utah is
diseased beyond measure fostering
mass Of corruption. What remedy will
] the council of II. DIS at Washington pre-
scribe in the case? Vegetable pills will
hardly answer Its necessities; and so we
suppose, as last resort, DR.. Buchanan
viii recommend very strong administra-
ton Of minerals-nitre, sulpher, lead, &c,
Fith small potion of cQrtonis tegetablis,
% render their action more effeetual. Or
perhaps nc will administer allopathic do
'es of popular sovereignty, in the hope of
reaching the seat of the disease-prescribe
as quacks do calomel, on general priincii-
Fs', trusting TO fortune for favorable re-
AT therefrom. But, Oh the principle that
1esperate diseases require desperate rem
el.es," the former viii doubtless prove of
mere practical utility than any other; and
oath as botanical professors are to recon-
mend mineral preparations, they must ac-
knowledge cases where such are useful
and necessary in order to remove the
eauses of the malady, which done, the eff
iects viii disappear of themselves.
The legally acknowledged political or
sanizatiOn of Kansas has been diseased
iFOm the beginning-from the raid Of the
AlssOurians to the present period; and
many and various are the remedies pro-
posed, both by local political physicians,
aud By the faculty in the college of pro-
lessons at Washington. The former have
Lot the power and influence necessary to
aproper consideration of these remedial
Measures while the latter, with charac-
'enstle quackery, prescribe, or have pre-
'enOed, ON general principles, not once con-
''uofilS the cause from which proceeded
'ach effects, or if considered, not needed,
anul the case has become SO complicated
'lai they can hardly judge of its nature,
AID SO are in doubt as to what healing
Aauenees should be brought to bear upon
l. Thus with the Territorial diseases in
ne hands Of national practitioners, as
via physical ailments and individual
IsePles of Belus, not knowing precisely
Ae origin and nature of the disease, treat
" % the general principles of physical or
'uueai economy, aggrayating the case,
-a rendering it FESTIVE and unmanagea-
We Is an untamed Arabian. Antidotes
=" 'Ae political poison imbibed by Kansas,
az numerous as those for physical mala-
YES; and the question is, which will
4''e available in the premises? Prescrip-
~'Gs nom the medical college, at Ls-
'9pton are by no means to be considered
Isncial' unless upon the principle that
l: s hair OF the same dog viii cure the
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