American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-01-12

- When Dr. R. V. Pierce was a candidate tor
STATE senator, his political opponents pub
hshed a pretended analysis of his popular
medicines, hoping thereby to prejudice the
people against him. His election by an over
Whelming majority severely rebuked his ira
ducers, who sought to impeach his business in
tegritYE No notice would have been taken of
these campaign lies were it not that some of
his enemies land every successful business
man has his full quota of envious rivals) are
republishing these bogus analyses. Numerous
and most absurd formulas have been pub
> l1sheds purportlng to come from high authori-
ty; and it is a significant fact that no two have
been at all extraordinarily proving the dis
honesty of their authors.
The following is from the Bufdlo CONNER
cidl of Oct. 23d, 1877:
'fHardly a dozen years ago he (Dr. Pierce)
came here, young and unknown man, almost
friendless, with no capital except his own man
hood, which, however, included plenty of
brains and pluck, indomitable perseverance,
and Unborn uprightness. Capital enough for
any young man, in this progressive country,
If only he has good health and habits as well.
He had all these great natural advantages and
one thing more, an excellent education He
had studied medicine and been regularly Ii
censed to practice physician. But he was
still a student fond of investigation and ex-
pertinent He discovered, or invented, important
remedial agencies or compounds. Not choosing
to wait YEARLY for the sick and suffering to find
out without anybody to tell them) that he
could do them good, he advertised his medi-
cines and invited the whole profession, of
every school, to examine and pronounce judg-
ment upon his formulas. He advertised iiber-
ally, profusely, but with extraordinary shrewd-
ness, and with method which is in itself a les
son to all who seek business by that perfectly
legitimate means. His success has been some
thing marvelous-so great indeed, that it
must be due to intrinsic merit in the articles
he sells more even than to his unparalleled
skill in the use of printers ink. The present
writer once asked a distinguished dispensing
druggist to explain the secret of the almost
universal demand for DIR. Pierce's medicines.
He said they were in fact genuine medicines
such compounds as every good physician would
prescribe for the diseases which they were adj
Vertised5 to cure. OF course, they cost less
than any druggist would charge for the same
article supplied on q hysician's prescription,
and besides there was the doctors fee saved
Moreover, buying the drugs in such enormous
quantities, having perfect apparatus for puri-
flying and compromising the mixture, he could
not only get better articles in the first place.
but present the medicine in better form and
cheaper than the same mixture could possibly
be obtained from any other source.
6 1t may be thought that all this having ref
erence to DR.. Pierce's private business has
point whatever when considered in connection
; witH the proper qualifications of candidate
for the Senate. Perhaps. Butitis the fash
ion now, and will be for fortnight more, with
sundry journals, to make sneSEing illusions to
this very matter. After that brief period
they will be quite ready to go on doing his
work as before, and as ALWAYS before, to speak
of him as great public ben1faetor."