The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-14
THE NEWS MAIL BAG.
Human Poisoning by Law!

TO THE EDITOR or THE NEws;
SIR-Reierring to the comments in the
Sunday Journalupon the anti vaccination
bill In the Assembly, the community
ought to feel grateful to The Journal for
such an able and exhaustive article upon
a subject in which is involved the life,
health, happiness and liberty of every
man, woman and child in the common
wealth, and of their descendants to the
third and fourth generations.
Vaccination consists in seizing a child
by force, (as little Barbara Barry, In Paw
tucket, was seized and poisoned To death)
marring its little beautiful healthy body,
perfect from its Infinite Creator, and in
serting into the wounds, thence into the
blood, poisonous matter taken from
sores on diseased persons or diseased
animals, which contains the most
deadly and filthy diseases OF man
and beast; and repeating the opera
tion to prevent the vaccine disease from
being eliminated during life. The State
has virtually enacted decree that every
citizen within Its borders shall have a dis
ease put into his healthy body, as above
stated, to endure all his life and bequeath
1t 10 his children and chlldren's children.
Vaccination does not prevent smallpox
or modify it, but the vaccinated take the
disease more readily than the unvaccin-
ated.
Doubtless the honorable member from
East Providence Is not'in need OF any in
structions from The Journal In relation
to his duty In this great crisis, in the
struggle between an outrageous tyranny
and the people. struggle that not only
affects the welfare Of the people OF Rhode
Island, but the freedom and happiness OF
the whole civilized world No Legislative
body ever had more important work to
do and which will test the humanity,
patriotism and capacity OF every member.
And no State ever had such an opportun-
ity to take tho lead in delivering the
world from the greatest curse that ever
afflicted the human race, and acquire an
honor that will be handed down in letters
OF gold to generations after generations,
and entitle IL TO monument that Will
reach the clonds. There is also another
question to be settled at this session OF
the Assembly. The people want TO know
which is going to rule the Legislature
the people or the Medical Society.
No intelligent man can believe in
vaccination after be understands 1t
unless he has a pecunirry interest in IL.
Every unbiased layman who approves OF
vaccination IS completely blinded by the
medical profession; and their attention
is called 10 the awful responsibility they
take upon themselves. is there any rea-
son why vaccination should be compul-
sorry? A man who wishes to compel peo-
pie to poison their children against their
will and Judgment. is q cruel tyrant or
grossly ignorant. The Medical
Trades Union need not be
alarmed IL they have got their
1000 voters bought or coaxed, and have
frightened the msjority OF the members
of the Legislature, according to their new
method OF controlling legislation for their
interest. III their L1an will work, we
might as well bid goodbye to all preten-
sions to liberty and give ourselves, our
children and all our animals up to the
doctors, to become their slaves and be
poisoned and cut up alive and tormented
at their viii. But We viii give their plan
a fair trial this year; and 1t is believed
that people will get their eyes open in
another year SO that the doctors will be
contented to attend to their Legitimate
business.
II the pro-vaccinators have any argu-
ments besides "sbysters and Idle Pre-
tenders" Crank" "Hobby," "Old
Fashioneo," "Long Haired" '.Snake
Charming" ""Cancer Curing" "Elderberry
Tea Drinking, Faith Curing, Bone Set
ting Crowd" no DOUBT the people would
like to see them in print. Now, doctors,
be good enough to print some of your
knock down arguments; we want you to
awfullyl IL you can't do better you can
reprint that circular you printed last win
ter, with quotations from the speech of
Lord Playfair that had SO many mistakes
in it.
Everybody is eager to see your wonder
full arguments for poisoning children, but
they want to see them in broad dsylight;
few people can see in the dark as well as
your owl can. And it would be exceed
ingly interesting to the people OF the
State II you would print in your next
monthly the names of the 1000 voters you
hpve control of, and the names OF the
members of the Assembly that you have
pressed into your service. Perhaps you
would better print something more about
the smallpox scare at Riverpoint, where
there was nothing but chicken-pox, and
light at that, as found by an expert who
examined every case.
In obtaining the names OF two or three
hundred voters, all substantial men in
Providence and Woonsocket, to sign a
petition to the Assembly to repeal the
compulsory vaccination law, 1t was found
that 80 per cent. signed without hesita-
tion, per cent. wanted to consider Ii
and per cent. refused to sign. SD.