New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-05-25

the protection OF one portion of the people require that
another portion should be outraged
Our quiet political gentlemen may cry ~ stuff"
poetry" &" al talk &c, but let them come right
down here among the people whose al lies within
reach OF the Infection Of this proposed hospital Let
lnzar.house grow up within sight Of their doors and
then let them say low much Sg there IN picture
OF the probable danger TO result therefrom. am not
altogether satisfied with the arguments against the
Quarantine, because they are largely based the
idea that prog-rig i 70 be destroyed. Thi, is Of
course serious evil, but II is game Of titfor-tat
that il we are that the loss of vessels viii atless
balance the loss o! property part If YOU want
nr,of of that fact come take look at the hgure-
heads spars and other relics Of shpwrecked vessels
that have come ashore here. Indeed, some Of our
ovtermep think the; the wTecking privilege will fully
Compensate for their loss their ular business
No. sir; this argument against the Quarantine
though strong one, Is By no means The strongest. Il
does not compare with the loss Of life which must
,,a,d the anchorage off our shore of the nf ted yes
seis II one single death from yellow fever should oc
Cur in this neighborhood from the establishment here
az the Quarantine that death will be deliberate
murder on the part Of the Commissioners who effected
The nurchase Of the Wolfe farm and will BE- of more
detrment 20 their peace of mind than will be counter
balanced BY the speculation in coruerut which they
are said TO have planned. Add to this the fact that
other and filter places for the Quarantine yht be
found ard you have an additional reason for the re-
moyal Of the hospital from Seguines Point.
SOuth,iSe, Maya la57
Well. Mr.. Staten Islander! there is your article
in print; and, looking it cOoly over in fair plain
type, are you not a little ashamed Of it We
have that large charity which makes us believe You
must be.
. Just look at the facts: there must be Quaran-
tine somewhere this season, and vessels quaran-
tined must lie somewhere. viii you deliberately
say that it were better to have this Quarantine at
Castleton than at Seguine's Point within reach of
two thousand households than of forty, And you
won't say this what do you mean!
It is Staten Island that has called earnestly for
a removal of the Quarantine, and We have always
seconded her demand. We have expected, and
still expect, that the permanent Quarantine will be
located on Sandy Hook, remote from human hab-
tations, aud where the pure breezes almost defy
contagion. BIT that spot could not now be OBJ
tanned. and the Commissioners decided to locate
temporarily on Seguine' Point. Possibly this wssa
mistake; but We have not yet been able to indicate
a better location. We trust this is to be tempo
rary only and that the pure air. active habits free
scope and clearly ways of the Soutbsiders will
shield them from any evil consequences. IT they
will only act and talk like civilized beings, We New
Workers will do our best to take the Quarantine
away from their neighborhood soon as possible.
Ii they zee fit rather to threaten, and bully, aud
burn houses, we shall not be so likely to hurry our
selves. SO far as Inconvenience portland injury are
involved in the neighbOrhood of quarantine we
don't know on whom We could with greater resig-
nation see them deyolye than on the mscreants who
burned the State buildings at Seguine's Point or
the more cowardly scoundrels who egged them on.
Let US assure A Staten Islander" and his
brethren that nobody here or in Albany wants to
kill them or their children, and that We shall all be
glad to see them relieved from their diSagreeabe
neighbor at the earliest moment practicable. All
that they are now called to brave or to bear, the
people of Castleton have brayed and borne for a
generation; yet We believe hardly one Of them has
been hurried out Of life in consequence. If the
Southsiders will observe due precautions and not
ii. af f-;sht ~~-G1Ant thar have long and
useful lives before them. And if they will only
help us devise and agree upon better location for
the Quarantine, they will very soon be rid of it,
and this without burning any more buildings. If
political demasOgues will stop their reckless cal
umnies and cowardly nsinuations, and sober men
will eschew heroics and return to common sense,
we shall hope to see speedy and happy end to
this trouble. lEd.
1rUr rSTTJy-TTON IN NORTHERN