The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1832-07-31

deem cleanliness aIFd free circula-
s'on Of air Of great importance and next
10 tranquil mind, ond, 1 like to have
said' a console nee void of offence. :.
can readily conceive that an atmos-
phsre arising from. and hanging over
such an immense city as New-York,
may in its narrow alleys, and poor houses
predispose the lowest class of people to
suffer from the pernioious effects of a
choIeric contributions of the atmosphere,
Ito use the phrase ofshe English Physic-
ians Of a century and halfago j winch
would hardly take place in Newport, or
in Boston; and I will give you my rea-
sons for the opinion. The whole Island
Rhode Island) has its shores washed
twice in twsnty-four hours by the rushing
in ofthe tide ofthe salt ocean which runs
through the Narragansets passage and
through the harbor. and round Bristol
Ferry passage to the ocenn again aud
We all know where the tide runs strong.
a tide of fresh air runs with it.
/ therefore consider Rhode Island AZ
washed and famed every day, in pc
culiar and happy manner; and this is,
in great measure, tho case with the
city Of Boston. which, you know, stands
On Peninsula, snd with the ,ebbing and
flowing tide. there is os the same time
current and rc-current air, that hos
freshness not experienced in Salem.
cannot mention any seaport in the Unit
cd States more fivorably situated and
circumstanced than Newport and Boston.
The currents formed by the numerous
Islands in the bay and harbor of the lat
ter make it desirable residence and
the still more happy formation ofthe har-
bor. of Newport & the multiform beaches
which adorn our Island render il in my
opinion.an enyial'Ie spot to live on during
a generally malignant, or pestiIential
state Of the atmosphere. That such in-
scrutable condition Of our atmosphere
something's occurs, is confirmed by civil
as well as medical history; and that it
did occur not great while before The
settlement of North America by
whitemen, in the form ofyeIlow fever, is
rendered credible by Indian tradition.
Within my own recollection the cholera
among children swept off thousands.
1t would be worse than insanity to fly
from such place as Newport to any
other, especially at ,l'e head Of tide wa
ters; and the extreme Of folly to quit the
neighbori,ood of the ever moving
never ceasing, healthy ocean, the pnrcnt
ofvegetation-tI,e great fountain whence
flow all refreshing rains, and festiIszing
rivers of this globe.
Neal in his history Of the Psnitaas,
and afier him the Rev John CalTcnder,
called Rhode Esland,. hundred years
ago, the Paradise Of New England. IF
it had that character then, experience
has, ! think confirmed it since. DR..
Fothergill Of London often expressed to
me his wish that l would set down for
life on Rhode Island, for said he, it will
always be the resort of opulent invalids
from the less healthy South. lie adj
vised me by letter, when / was student
at Leyden to make description of X.
Island the theme Of my Inaugural Dis
sertation. But my knowledge was then
too scanty.
Boston is, ] believe, the most cleanly
city in the United States. I never saw
a Seaport equally SO in Europe or in
America. I, is washed by a never
ceasing tide. a. has a correspondent gentle
current Of air, and its police is admira-