North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1841-02-18

eoHtegtoass az not, drvWcd hiusr,t rs
martyr 10 the cause of mvdicsi know o.
sud hunantie. Whrn rallrd ~ xre pa
i'cnl wha had hrca attacked with thr chol.
era 70 SIS mnsi danRrTou. inrm, he retilrd
has 6le hy Is IN 10 ihr same hri with the
disrascd patient. But no. satisfied with
this experiment, he innevIate,! himself with
The matter rjrcted By Tie tick man.
We are happy to say that :le valuable life
u! shat n0hle aud generous hearted mao,
was spared, he not being alicttd by the
disease which, il contagious would have
taken effect upon bin, 10 consequence al
inoculatlnn aud contact. Thus lar the
nature oi the Asatie Cholera las bern
ascrfiaincd through the rxeriinns and de.
varrdncss OF man, whose high scientific
aitainucnls and Devoted hvr OF The hu-
man family, will render him dear 10 his
caunltymen.
II could not be expected that when
death with It's cold aud etasping hand wa,
in,li>criminaiciy hufrying To The tomb ih"
wicked and The upright, the nIle AID the
industrious, the high and The hnmhlr, the
rich and the poor, the odd aud The young
il could moi be expected. we say, Thai
I.pw,f Canada would not be visited With
the mechanically loss ot sone ui Us uos'
useful and viriums citizens. Several dis
Unpublished me,nhcfs OF the House ol AS
stnlly Tell victims Ia The Asiallc Cholera.
And of ali those Representatives who were
thus tnrn from lhrir Constituents by THIS
relentless disease, The loss al Daniel Ira
crv, Esquire, The member tnr the West
Ward oi the Civ Of Montreal, was most
severely felt. What the lnurderous balls
al the bloody 18th Regiment conld NOT e.
Zee, on the memorable and sanguinary 2lSt
al Nav, the implaeabIe epidemic canshn-
mated on the 18Th OF July following. This
uenerous and brave son OF Erin, the m
dauplea friend Of The presented Cahadl-
ans, the talented defender oi The irampled
cause Of sacred liberty, he, who al been
nrrsecuici aud hunted like wild beast on
account III his pure love oI popular free.
dom. lie, who had been thrown into jail h.
ransr he had dared tn make use 81 hts pow
erlul pen To proclaim truth, he, who had
hrrn hnnnred hv the RrInrmcrs with n
sent in the House of Assembly, SEALED With
the hnnd Of three Canadian martyrs, but
chered bv lawcss aud desperate faction,
he. who in common with the late Jocelyn
Waller. E>uuite, had made use of his great
talents To save The wrecked vessel oi Can
adam liberty menarrd and assalied by
faction the more selfish and arrogant IN Us
amhilious views as i. was supported by iht'
power.ul aid nj the tyrannical Governnf
DaIhausie, he, who WAS so dear 10 The
Canadians for the many valuable servlceS
he had rendered TO their to,lcfng and
nrarly hn; CHESS cause, he, who was the
terror of thuse who had cnnspired against
The liberties of the people, and who by hIS
immense nfleeuce and great oratorca
, mowers had attached the prosecuted
lrishnen To the down lrudden Canadians
finally, he, whose name was blessing Il
the reiormers of The Canadas, was not IL
he spared. His friends were called e
mourn his irteparahle loss nn the 18Th 81
july. The mtrtifrss cIolcra had marked
+ hin, for It's victim and snon began 10 Try
ia gigantic powers on the debiliInled frame
Of this noble Irish patriot, who, during 'hr
tanr suiicIinrs which hr had - pass 'Iirn'
during the unusually protfacird elret"n
If the West ward, had los; considerably o.
his natural strength. The struggle wa
too unrqual To be maintained, and after
/ FEW hours of the most violrnt attack oI the
Asiaiic Cholera, Mr.. Tracey sunk under
its malignrnt grasp. As soon as 1t wa
known that the talented Editor OF tic
vindicator was taken III, his house wa
,hronred with friends anxious In disalY"In'
The frll man,ier, which was rapidly has'en'
ING his end. DR.. Tracey saw the last no
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