The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-05-26 00:00:00

Each n an and woman inti;i;

d ju,tify a neglect of that

which true enlightenment and nal tvorali'y would acknow.
ledge as an obl•gation binding upon each individual of the

community

It this indolent exemptien be urged by each individual
of sne:et v, why 1..11,111r1 we wand, r thht any collection of

I )et rx

hit Get/Ist-Ives- as victims of

tte incubus of this mortal t aralysis or niAtmare. Are
they not waiting, too, for tort heractsot Pat'lament? Are
there not Hops in the way ? It tired nr.t require acts of
legislation to set a good example, to urge a moral pro-
priety of conduct to instigate to a virtuous task which
may be strewn to bring its own reward with it. Uotivic-

eacourdgenient are better I.pells

easily urote tl at

defeat their own ends than ettb,erve them. Soe'ety
must take another view of this went moral question
boors the end is.gaioed of making their fellow-creatures
. .

nil, ..fry" I rn rwai! nit, aria /thi py. A 114:talcum's WHIHI
n•ichr he .1!own to be mrre credit-worthy then than the
cap• bility of ail act of parliament to reneer a people virtu-
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mointtit—millealihy,(k

of prec, ding acts of parlitimehi. Her danger it; t

gious visitant, is oair g 10 the sam

d having got so far, she cannot atpresent pi °reed

it ory ise wltivut anotlirr

lid if io recede eve

were a saft r position, yet this alternative is

her. The body social court not dolicod. It

cows help: a dwy lies btfoie them, definite

its at.peal, end eiery on

eividual influrt,ce towards that po nt, is a bad politician.
'Precious time is now rapidly running away, and wiirn the
sat,ds slain have run out from the twur-gb,ss of Father

gold will be offeied in abuntitn"lee for their re

s more. valua

Yet the boon can never be regained

he laws of natur

carob under their unmitigated operation. whilst collective
Lodies as writ as individuals will learn the bitter lesson
of self repr. ach. I am not singular in this conviction,
nor alone in my earnest desires to see another aspect of
•

solitaty medical man. lam gratified to find that. a warn-
ing voice has been raised of lar greater wriat than mine,
not only in the publications of the Health of Towns Asso-
ciation, but even in toe ephemeral newspaper of the
cur-
rant hour. For a medical man to venture rout of his
direct sphere, and to write in a newsparr, is a step which
is only justifiable by the pressing importance of the sub-
ject. He is liable to have unworthy motives imiutt-d to

at,d he may cause the sensitive delicacy of the mind
of order to quiver, and shut up its leaves like the sen-
sitive plant. The strong impulse of duty alone urges and
sustains the right-minded practitioners in this rt-luctsur
cour,e. Let the profession itself sit in judgment, as well
as the public, whose interests are concerned, and the ver-
dict must be a unanimous justification, nay, a cordial

London
L Times. of the 13th, contains a letter from the
able pen of Dr. Pettigrew, a well known sanatmy ailvt.cate,
warning the nation ot their unprepared stale for the. xpecten
visit of the cholera. If the warning be taken, a blessiug
mac result; if slighted universally, a hecatomb of victims
will probably set forth the danger and consummate folly
of advice disregarded. The entire letter should be re-
minted and circulated. Small politics should be laid aside
for the study and pursuit of social econOmp, and duties
which lie at the stumbling feet of all, whereby a great
calamity might be successfully anticipated, under God's
blessing. Toe purse that would. ut,aer the poignant in-
stiga;ion of present dangers and common risks, endow a
cholera hospital, ought now to of en up its treasure, with
prescient charity. and. to use a figure of speech, prepare
for war in time of peace.