Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-09-23
Communicated.
,,.ss;.,, Events nmd Pending Questions
Practical onclusiOn.

p.ssiug Events and Pending Questions
Practical onclusion.
Tr,nleasapt and melancholy as is the subject,
mare ,s nothing in passing events that more deep-
Il r;vets the attention than the mortality and suf>
fsrfng at New Orleans.
The spectacle of a great Commercial City n
which IN. Shadow Of Death darkens every object
where every business is almost suspended except
,bat ofsths Sexton where the Ships have desert
"A the Port--aud the merchants are few and silent
=, he Exchange--where mirth has fled, the
Theatre aud revery is hushed in the Barroom IL
where the news is only Of the changes and havoc
ar D.ath-gyhere the ear hears little else than the
grotns of the dying aud the mourning of friends
yhere the eye sees III every street carloads of bod
;es burrying to the already replete Cemeteries
yehere every breath even of the sweet air of Hea-
,.n is noxlous with the eIfilvia oil unbured remains
is sad and revolving IN the extreme, yet we
scarcely drive 1t away from the una gmatIon.
The revolving picture will ntrude itself into other
subjects which we attempt to think, and steal on
~ unbdden in the vacant hour--teIling us in Ian
ruaae not TO be misunderstood, how closely Nature
intended TO bind us IN sympathetic union with one
another and render it impossible for us to disregard
,he .ufForngs Of our brethren of mankind
Yet regard to own welfare Is a First Law
~ Nature and the inte rest of self preservation,
nrompts us to examine prospects of escape or
aftack In this case We are gratified TO find that
there IS no likelihood Of this terrible dream visiting
rs. and we feel compIalsant think Of our
ou,n cool climate and her luXuriant soil because
the general health by which they are accompa-
,,ied. aud the almost entire exemption from such
,rourJes which enjoy. Under the influence
ar such feelings we apt to condemn those who
bav. passed BIZ the poorer but healthier parts o.
,be country rushed TO the stakes ola higher tme,
where the pIizes luxury and wealth aud their
commandments, aud atteruates Disease aud pres
mature Death in their most prolific forms. In hot
md tropical climates man is almost the sport and
s,ye of the potent powers OF Nature, IN temperate
rlmas he is almost their master and can make
tber manifold influences subserVe his well beng
IN Southern climes the productions of Nature
are poured forth in wild rich luxuriauce and
,pre but little aid from man; but those mighty
AGENCIES. heat and moisture which are prolific
II ve rtab!e and animal life generaIy un4vara-
Ii. 10 him They often generate their fatal inhu~
,,pcrs before which he ''sinks the moth" and
p.,,es away 1t is different IN degree at least
yitb us ID these colder climates; we receive all the
comfort aud necessaries of lie through industry
and toll These the great powers IN oar lati-
tude whice o-oPeratIng with those oil Nature pro-
dace our homely plenty, aud being within our own
control are never So inevitable in their couSeqaen.
r-s TO us as the others those that 1--we under
hrIrrresstabIe influence. When disease
amongst rs = seems toe minister of Heaven, sent
to rebuke US into the virtues Of cleanliness aud
temperance, whilst IN hot climates It often appears
ne ain avengng furry which cannot be eyaded and
from which there II no escape.
Bat we must not grow too conn PLEASANT in the
contemplation Of our position aud advantages since
Drunkenness IS ia g,e1t IN shsIre the p 'cdi ar e
NJ If Northern Nations, aud which IN ttselt aud
IN, Other eYls which follow in its train, IS almost
sufficient 10 counter balance the dire disease that
iaf.<. he "CAmeS of the sun" yet with this dit