The Arkansas advocate., 1832-03-14


 oJ fhe General Disarmsng-- -Stafe of the
 French Propinces-.4 feso aoords as 70 fhe |
 French Commerce, .laaufuctures, andfhe 1sMe Editor ef the .forai,g Chronicle.
 Pa1s, .hou. s, 1881.
 SlR-And now you arc all frIghten- ing yourselves about the Cholera Alor- bus The enemies of Reform Ill Eng- l land desire most sineerely thai this ma lady should spread, and become the rublect ol all thoughts and iii anxietles They hoped for an European war to restore us to sorderlf but the Kings ppaasines, and dare not yet attack the Revolution of July. They will do 50 when they think they are strong enough, but at present this IS not the case! Asa war has not yet helped the ltuti-itciurmers out oi their enbair;tss- ment, why they now desire the spread of the cholera, and they hope that ncn's minds will become so distracted in England by this plague, that they will abandon the question of Reform, and throw themselves upon the tender mercies of Christendom The Duke of Newcastle would give half bis for tune to see the cholera at Newark, not because it would kill or afllict, for do not accuse him oif iiIlil1maIIiiy, but be- cause it would give him the time and opportunity necessary for doing what he liked with his own.' Be not then thus cajolcd by the Borough-mongers Allow not the sensible and cool-headed people of Egland to be frightened to death about the Cholera! Itis an evil, as all the other ills and diseases of life, but it is not that plague of plaques which the tories represent it 10 be, and desire you 10 believe it is. The chole- ra morbus is an answer to the errors of Nialthus! 1t is permitted by Provi- dcnce to spread through Europe to rc us of some of the redundant popula- hon! War, famine. and pestilence. al- ssayss hare afflicted the world .as.,, al
 ways will, suppose, alllictit; but while human nature IS the same, we must not expect roses on commons, nor grapes on glaciers. Instead Of alarming your- selves about the cholera, council the keformers to examine well, and with the facts before them, the history of this malady. Icould supply them with 1t myself. did l not feel that the subject will be much better treated upon b, you; but cannot avoid sending You tlle result oi correspondence ] have had with an intelligent medical man resi- ding in St. Petersbnrgh-and from whom only this morning had a new communication.
 St. petesbuFgil contains population ei at least 3O0,000 souls. l speak in round numbers, and am not far from speaking exactly. Well, the cholera Morbus has now for mouths past been what is termed by the timid, raging in that capital-and yet, up to the 2ist October, only 9,I46 had been attacked, of whom only 4,693 have died. Thus. out of 300,00O souls, only 4,693 died . from cholera morbus- or in other words. 1 only one person out of G4 has been at- tackled at all. And now let tie timid remember--lst. That the greater num- Sber Of victims who died. were lost in sthe,ifrstfew days before the necessary means were adopted for the cure and prevention, and relief 2d. That the cholera which arrived in St. Peters burgh came fresh from Asia, and was yirulent and strong. Sd. That as it has extended in Europe it has become fec ble, and may be compared to the small l pox, which when 1t attacks an indiyid | -s;s! ;s! previously iiosuiated with the COW | pox, IS almost harmless. 4th. That at st. Petersburgh the lower order are ig- norant, brutal, and superstitious, and 5 oui1 i,t't consent to be cured, but when | seized with the complaint, abandoned | themselves to despair and death. 5th. | That the medical knowledge possessed l in Russia is very small when compar- ed to that possessed in Great Britain or in France. 9th. That St. Peters burgh IS inhabited shya mass of persons who suffered most from the cholera who live on bad food-are exposed greatly to extremes of temperature-and are neither nourished, lodged, nor clothed properly. 7th. That the position and climate of St. Petersburgh are favora- ble to the progress of the disease. Sth. That there existed when the disease arrived in that capital an ignorance of the nature of the malady, and of the best means te cure it, or prevent it's