Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1878-01-24
A CAMPAIGN SANDER.

When DR.. r. V. Pierce was candidate fur
State Senator, his political opponents pub
iished pretended an; lysis OF his popular
medicines, hoping thereby to prejudice the
people against him. His election by an over
whelming majority severely rebuked his
tladucers, who sought to inn each his bu j.
ness integrity. No notice would have been
taken of these campaign lies were it t
| that his enemies (and every success ;ful bust
ness man has his full quota OF envious iivals)
are republishing these bogus analyses. M
merous and most absurd fosmu as have lie n
published, purpolting 10 come from high aa-
thority; and it is sjSnifi. ant fact that no
two Lave been at all extraordinarily
proving the dis hon, sty Of their authors.
The following is frcm the Buffalo Com
merciaL. of Oct. 23d, 1877:
Hardly dozen years ago he Or. PIERCE
came hear, young and u. known man, al
most friendless. with no capital except his
own manhood, which, however, included
plenty of brains and pluck, indomitable per-
severence and Unborn uprightness.s Capital
enough Tor any young man in this progress
i've country, ii only he has good health and
habits as we'll. He had all these great nat
u al advantages and one thing more, an ex-
cine and been regularly licensed to practice
as physician. But he was still a student,
fond OF investigation and experiment. lie
discovered, or invented, important remedial
agencies or compounds. Not choosing to
wait YEARLY for the sick and suffering to
find out without any body to tell them) that
he could do them good, he advertised his
medicines and invited the whole profession,
OF every school, to examine and pronounce
judgment upon his formulas. He adver-
Used literally, profusely, but with extraor-
binary shrewdness, and with method which
Is itself lesson to all who seek business by
that periC city legitimate means. His sue
cess has been something m .rvelous--so great
indeed that il must b. due to intrinsic
merit in the articles he sells more even than
10 his unparalleled skill in the use Of print
er's ink. The present writer once asked
distinguished dispensing druggist to explain
the secret Of the almost universal demand
for DIR. Pierce's medicines. He said they
were in tact genuine medicines,-suchc CONF
pounds as every good physician would pre-
scribe Tor the diseases they were adv ertised
t. cure. or course they cost less than any
druggist would charge Tor the same article
Supplied ON physicians prescription, and
besides there is doctors fee saved. More
over buying the Drugs in such enormous
qusntit es, havinsperfect apparatus for pu-
rifying and cumpounding the mixture,
he could not only get better articles in the
first place, but present the medicine in bet
ter folm and cheaper than the same mixture
could possibly be obtained from any other
source.
at may be thought that all this having
reference to DR.. Pierces private business
has no point whatever when considered
in connection with the proper quail
fications Of a candidate for the Senate.
Perhaps. But is the fashion now, and will
be for fortnight more, for sundry journals
to make sneering illusions to this very mat
ter. After that BRET period, they viii be
quite ready to go ON doing his work as be-
fore and always before, 10 speAk Of him as
a great public benefaclor.'