The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1832-09-11
ticre-fallows the "Crced."
nnTgclzs or FAITH.

yer, cholera, and ali other ills that flesh
is heir to, come only by contdgioa. All
sickness originates in the contact or pre-
ssnce of some other sick person. Hence,
III. ! believe that the first case ofsick-
ness nmoag men, was produced by the
presence of another sick person., who
was previously sick.
III. believe TINT all disease comes
from cw1af. 1t originates no where,
while, nj the same time, 1t comes from
almost tUcry where.
~. believe that man wnuld be m-
mortal, but for the presence ofhis fellow
men. No man has lhe elements Of dis
ease within himself. His only danger
consists in imblhing those elements from
his neighbor, vino nevertheless, has no
srch element within himself, and is in
no danger, except from others.
V. believe that no epidemic or
lague ever originated in any city, town
or spot of earth, under heaven. When
ever srch diseases break out, they are to
hc traced TO some foreign source. Or,
fit b, conceded that they sometimes
sofiginitc SOM where, that place IS mover
the place where reside.
VI. ! hslieve that as all diseases come
from abroad. so they almost inyarinblo
come by ,Dater, aud that the health of a
town or cIiy is more endangered by the
afriga! OF ten healty, temperate sen
mon in ycsseI. than by the arrival Of q
hundred discussed epicures in gigs and
stage coaches. Hence.
VII. believe that sea air and sea
wl.er ars exceedingly deleterious and
deadly, lnsomuch Tint any person who
has been, for any length Of time, expos
Ell ~ them, ought to remain at quaran-
line, aud be exposed To them little
Ioager before he is suffered to pollute,
with his sali breath, the salubrious lanes
un1 alleys of .our cities.
VIII. believe that-all ships, sea yes-
SIS, and steamboats,, are inventions Of
Saian, 10 poisnn and destroy mankind
and that all substances whatever, are TO
he considered deadly or wholesome, ac-
cording as they have or have not, come
in contact with these sole receptacles of
all evil. That is to say.
TX. believe that hides and horns.
rags and ribbons, and many, if not all
KINDS of merchandise, coming from on
hoard vessels, are infected end dnnger-
Gus whereas. the same articles, prov'd-
ed they have never bcen on board any
vessel, may he piled i'll our yards, stored
in our ware houses, inspected by our
dealers, and handled by our laborers and
mechanics with perfect inpauity. There
fore,
Y. believe that a aperpesaal and uni
versal quarantine, would put an end to
n' diseases, prevent the scent of salt
wa'er from polming our ale houses and
broilels, restrain the "running to and
fro" of sailors aud missionaries, check
the progres Of priest craft, aad the cir
culaiioa OF bibles aud tracts, and thus
elevac all the world to the healthy aud
enlightened condition of the Hindoos, in
the interior ofIndia, where it is pretend
cd by the l,erciics that The cholera com
msnced. tt+
XII J believe that the pes,ilence a.
inong the lsraclits in the wilderness, was
occasioned solely by the arrival among
then, of the steam boat Boston, Capt.
Com sto:k, from New York.--The com
monty received account of ITS origin, is
oaly n fabrication OF Moses, or some
other Grnl'ami'e got up to cns!ave the
peaple, aud irighten them from eating
80 mnny quaiIs and Holsters.
XII. believe that the human system
Is so constituted that it can receive no
possible injury whatever, from The re-
ccption of any substances into the sto-
m,c'l, unless indeed cold water, coarse
bread, and simple food, he allowed 10 be
exceptions. Articles OF high aud lux
urous living, aud slinnlating drink and
spices are never hrrtfuI And even il
they should have arrived among us,
from across the salt seas, hy means of
shipping, yet these. unlike other merchan.
dlzss--ire ncrir contagious. Gu.
cunhers aud sole leather, pepper auJ
hot enhers. green corn and grape shot
string bsans aud rope-yarns, clams and
cut nails, brandy and nqaaforlis, being
III strong or hard articles, can only tend
70 make men strong and hardy, wher
taken into the stomach. | believe there
f,fe, that those who donouncc the use o
se.ah articles in time ofcioIera, aud ,rus
porc ~ temperance than to quarnntincs
a-e psisserabie, deluleJ fanatics.
Kill ibsliese that no degree or spec
iss of Ldli whatever. either PHYSICAL ol
s.sor4l, 10 oar houses, or streets, os per
rops. or habits. cnn ever produce the
rhoIera. or other epidemics, unless IL Ian,
been imported from abroad. All at.
fssnpfs tI.ereforc at domestic publication
shouId be rejected, as fend;ngio the ne