New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-08-11

any such thing unit, his petitioners sooald hrst eau'
,h;, hearers to cleanse their streets, houses yards
cIoses Sc Of all cfentive snd noxous mater "hlcs
"a. cslcuI.. tod "a generate Cholera; that done, he
tbouoh, i, would be time to set about praying Goa 30
avert yisitations which not he but tue Pe"pe
own neglect and fihiness were likely to orng spon
them. And though the Secretary's answer was 10
nouncei by hi. petitioners in6ie we are sure tue
common sense of the cyilized world has stamped IL
not merely as pertinent and just. bat highly bench
cent. Its worse than absurd 10 invoke salamites
on our OWL heads by dinegsrdng or violating those
general laws which Ged has benignsnty appointed TO
guard US from evil, end then weakly suPphcite him
TO arrest their operston and remis their penalties
The Cholera is hencetorth TO be regarded as pc
riodcal ysitant of all countries where foul air Is
generated or other melting exists natural as
measles or fever and sgue II will be preSaens
in crowded cities or closely built villages than 10 the
broad. open countryin Fat and marshy grounds than
on high, breezymou ntsirs-near stagnaht or Impure
water than by springs which trckle pure and refresh
ing from beneath hills of granite But there s no
locality which can be relied on as afordng perfect
INN unity from its raysges; nor do we connde IN any
regimen as an absolute safeguard. Tho lntemperate
are far more exposed to it than the temperate moder
ate drinkers than the rgdly abstinent; the careiui
eater at regular times than he who gobbles down oo-
ser salads turtle SOUP ice and pine-apples at
any time from morning till midnight; YET good haons'
though most important do not always prevent Choera
Perhaps if persons habits were al Jnst as tney
should be. he might calculate with tolcrabe ssie'! on
exemption; but the careful man is compelled 10 "orA
too bard or sit up too late, or to make severe eAeT
ton in some emergency; or be drinks TOO inuch ICE
water. or is caught by Storm and so his usual CIR
cum ,pecton goes for nothing Cholera has It's origin
in social rather than individual vices, and Its c0nse-
quences are experienced accordingly
If there be one spot on earth where pleasureseek-
er conorepste that we should have deemed certain OF
e,euptop from its ravages that spot is Niagara Falls.
And now we believe a thousand dollars wisely e1-
pended in keeping the huts of the Irish laborers
around the Suspension Bridge clear of filth and whs-
ky and providing them with ventilation would have
insured the Falls against single case of Cholera.
But nobody supposed it of any consequence to Re-
.rectabty and Elegance whether those poor aOorers
lived like men or like hogs and the consequence has
been most disastrous not TO them only but to the IN
terests of the place The mortality among the labor
ers checked the arrival of guests; the rsFdeath OF
lady of eminent social position by Cholera sent tho
pleasure d. ing headlOng in all directions; and
now the Falls are said to be almost deserted The
hotels alone will lose by this stampede twenty times
what it would have cost to keep the place clear OF
Cholera altogether. We trust the lesson will not be
lost on any place except this City, here Systematic
cleanliness seems to be a moral impossibility Be-
tween the upper and the neither milestone OF function
aries and contractors NewYOrk seems destined to be
forever pundered and poisoned and there is no help
for her.