The Clerk of the Quackery establishment, with his usual
"_quickness of perception, honest purpose, and independence
of character_," has thought proper at this particular season
to address you on "the _essential qualities_ and _practical
knowledge_ of the Public Health!" IT NOW BEHOVES YOU CAREFULLY
TO CONSIDER "what class of Quackery you ought to support, so
that YOUR MONEY MAY BE SPENT AS CAREFULLY AS IF IT WERE YOUR
OWN." Recollect, THAT MEN WHO HAVE SOMETHING TANGIBLE TO LOSE
are the men most likely to be careful of the same.
£25,000 will have to come out of your pockets shortly (so says
the Clerk), for "the _judicious improvements of the Town_," and
fifteen _conscientious and determined_ Commissioners must be
chosen.
Beware, then, of self-interested partisans,--political
turncoats, and troublesome quacks--"past experience in Dudley
teaches the necessity of this caution to Ratepayers."
"O that estates, degrees, and offices,
Were not derived corruptly;--that clear honour
Were purchased by the merit of the wearer."