The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-02-02
ACAMPAIGN SLANDER.

When DR.. r. Pierce was a candidate for
State Senator, his political opponents pub
llshed pretended analysis OF his popular
medicines, hoping thereby TO prejudice the
people against him. His election by an
overwhelming majority severely rebnked
his traducers, who sought to impeach his
business integrity. No notice would have
been taken OF these campaign lies were 1t
not that some OF his enemies land every
successful business man has his full quota
Of enyious rivals are republlshing these
bogus analyses. Numerous and most. ab.
suTd formulas have been published, pur.
porting 10 come from high authority; and u
Is a significant fact that no two have been
at all Extraordinarily proving the dis
honesty OF their authors.
The following is from the Buffalo CONNER
eidl, OF Oct. 23d, 1877:
"Hardly dozen years ago he (Dr. PIERCE
came here, a young and unknown man, al.
most fricndless, with no capital except his
own manhood, which, however, included
plenty Of brains and pluck, indomitable
perseverance, and Unborn uprightness.
Capital enough for any young man, in this
progressive country, II 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 licen'
sed 10 practice as physician. But he
was stiff student fond Of investigation
and experiment. lie discovered, or inven.
ted, important remedial agencies or com.
pounds. Not choosing TO wait YEARLY for
The sick and suffering TO find out without
any body 10 tell him) that he could do them
good he advertised his medicines and in.
yited the whole profession, OF every school,
TO examine and pronounce judgment upon
his formulas. lie advertised literally, pro.
| iusely, but with extraordinary shrewdness,
and with method which is itself a Lesson
to all who seek business by that perfectly
legitimate means. Ills success has been
something maryelous-so great indeed that
| iLmust be due to intrinsic merit In the ar.
ticles he sells more even than to his unpa.
rallied skill In the use OF printers ink. The
present writer once asked distinguished
dispensing druggist to explain the secret Of
the almost universal demand for DR.. Pier.
ce's medicines. He said they were in fact
genuine medicines,-suchc compounds as
every good physician would prescribe for
the diseases which they were advertised to
CuIG. vi CUuIdSt hhCy SVos ASso daah ahJ
druggist would charge for the same article
supplied on physicians prescription, and
besides there was the doctors fec saved.
Moreover, buying the drugs in such enor.
nous quantities, having perfect apparatus
for purifying and compromising the mix
ture, he could not only get better articles
inthc first place, but present the medicine
| In better form aud cheaper than the same
mixture could possibly be obtained from
any other source.
itmay be thought that all this having re-
ference to DR.. Pierce's private business has
no point whatever when considered In con-
nection with the proper qualifications Of a
candidate tor the Senate. Perhaps. But
1t Is the fashion now, and will be for fort
night more, with sundry journals, to make
sncering allusion to thisvery matter. After
that brief period they will be quite ready
to 60 on doing this work as before, and as
always before, to speak Of him as great
public beniactor.r