Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-07-26
From the Cincinnati Gazette.
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The Pestilence-1nfatuation Of the People
The heathen maxim, "whom the god,
doom to destruction, they first make nad.n
| is forcibly brought to mind at this time. il
Cincinnati. With a.daily mortality in orr
midst of more than $50, caused chiefly bv
the prevalence of pestilence, immunitv
from whose deadly touch is distinctly and
loudly proclaimed, by its history and char.
acter, TO be prudence in all personal hab-
its, and especially in eating and drink
ing, the mass Of The people yet abandon
themselves to indulgences in food the most
unwholesome Of any they can cal, and 10
exposure the most careless.
Market baskets are still crammed fnu
ofgreen indigestible, poisonous vegetables
which are borne into miserable abodes one
morning, from which the next morning
are borne out the dead bodies Of those
who eat them. Funeral professions. bio
mics, parades, are still kept up, though Of
the men who compose them one day. il 4.
| almost morally certain that some will De-
borne to their graves the next, in conse-i
quence Of the very exposure which they
make necessary, and Of the excess in cal.
ing and drinking to which they either d.
rectly or indirectly lead.
Intoxicating drinks appear 10 have as
sumed a new fascination among us, and
men reel home at night, with the burthen
Of whose lileless forms some ricketty cart
reels TO the graveyard the next morning.
Not only men, but women, stagger under
the influence Of the liquor from the stiIl.
and come with pestiferous breath and hap.
gard looks to ask advice, sympathy and
| assistance.
All this makes dark picture. Isi
fancy, now ? or is j, fact ? Like fancy L
reads, beyond question. But that Il il
fact, is seen. and heard, and felt every DIV
and every hour in the day.
II ordinary prudence is wholly thing
Of the past, are there no lingering rays
left Of simple common sense, by the aid Of
which the danger may be seen and avoid
ed? 1t is amazing, that people who sec
their friends and neighbors falling around
them almost every hour, will persist IN
carrying into their houses, and placiaR
upon their tables food deemed unwhole-
some if freely INDUCED in al any time,
and now known to be poisonous to the
system. 1t is wonderful, that men whose
judgments must be convinced, by what
they see daily, that the exposure which
midday professions make necessary, and
the excess TO which holiday excursions
lead, and dangerous at a time like the pres.
ent, tending directly to invite attacks o.
the prevailing disease, should yet join
themselves, and encourage others TO Join,
in such observances and pleasures. Its
wholly incomprehensible, without believ-
ing in sudden faulty, that men who Il
best can hardly bear up under the blight
ing breath Of the pestilence, should volun-
tarily take into their stomachs the draugh
that intoxicates, weakens, and, now more
than ever, destroys.
live were asked at what period, with
in the past five years, we had seen and
heard of the most drunkenness in this city
we should be compelled to say, the pres
ent period--the period that is marked by
the ravages of the destroyer, who is end
ing in death long cherished friendship,
separating husbands and wives forever.
tearing brothers and sisters aparttuue w
more united beneath the parental roof, and
laying whole families, within few hours
of each other, in their last resting place.
What time for dissipation! Yet this is
the time chosen.
II is settled practice, we believe, that /
those who will drink, must be allowed 10
drink. In our city, it is settled law, that \
those who will sell drinks, must be per-
mitted TO sell them, for consideration
no matter what may be the evil. II is al
SO settled practice, that those who willest
unwholesome food, must be allowed 10 esl
it. II is not, however, we believe, settled
law, even in this large liberty city, tha
those who choose to sell unwholesome n. Z
ticles in the market places, in times Of r 4
identical disease, must necessarily be per.
mitted to do so.
1t may therefore not be improper b
suggest to the members of our City Cour
Gil, the proprie,y of prohibiting BY ord
nance, the sale of certain articles now dai.
ly disposed of in market in large quaint.
ties. The Councils of Philadelphia srd
st. Louis, have not hesi,ated 10 forbid lhs /.
sale of fresh fish, fresh pork, green yee
tables, unripe fruits, and other articles q
teemed injurious, as exciting causes d
cholera. The vending Of some Of ihea
articles is also forbidden in Louisville
Would it not be well for the CITY Counca
Of Cincinnati, 10 make a similar prohibi-
hilton ?