The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-09

are In a great messare responsible Taere can
M no dec ut defence Ut their dectri"o to remove
che hospitals ION toe vicinity of ToUekesStue
90 the vicioIty of Seguioe's Pout oa toe same
elaDd. Que place was qaite a. good as tue
osher. Tue. the reeidebts aud iaodb T1erd Ia
'be peiebbObood of the present QaIrantoe are
prOhsb,S richer ia m ,uey AID po'sical ipfueOce
'bsu toe oyssrmen Of Pfi0ces Bay: hot we 40.
IJtbspd there Is no dooTin in our law @atct
Jnstfes the iti'ction of suffering uppn a poT
tnan in o'cer that leu maa may escape it
The communication bet~eeu the ctty aud the
prtsnt hospitals was not necessas i,y more fire.
quent tbaR tbat which must spring up between
doaI'y, ehoo.d yellow fever break out 10 the
,ioiu,ty OF the hospitals, the character of tue
country surrounding Sesuioe's Point might
give it a much better chance OF becoming epi-
denc, than the high h'lis and fresh air of the
pseeent location Can ever 90.
That the Quarantine is Ill situate on its present
Site nobody denies But it is equally certain
that ,he only site to which IL Oaaht to be re-
moved is Sandy Hook Sho Tiog it here, planting
II thsre. laudiag 1t elsewhere, for time,
OF for season. are mere foolish expedteots.
perhaps mainly resort. to for the purpo-e Of sr
rJiag out speculative operations ia real est sta.
Said y Hook is the only place in tia bay that is
suitable for Quarantine sta ioa; and if the
Commissioners and Governor King had had
dpgle eye to the public veal, they would haze
decided to leave the hospitals wherc they ere
until Sandy Hook could have been obtained A
fever ship safely anchored in the lower bay would
have answered every parpose, BY way of protec-
ton, to the city this summer. And mean Ebile, a
serious and earnest negotiation with New jersey
should bave been set on foot
Had it been the intention and wish of our
State government and II agents to defeat toe
scheme for the purchase OF Sandy Hook. they
would have acted precisely as they have done.
They would have sent perooos to jersey to talk,
instead Of acting. They would have carefully
avoided selecting men In whom the people and
Legislature Of Jersey have confidence. Tuey
would have permitted or instructed their organs
here to insult and revile the Jerseymen. TO sheer
at their State, to call them all the ard names in
the dictionary, and to exhaust every effort to
rouse their spleen. This w what would have been
done If the idea had been to prevent Jersey sell
ing Sandy Hook. 1t Is what has been done,
WHEN the idea was to induce her to sell The
conse quence we see before us-
1t is too obvious that New Jersey g real interest
Is identical with New York to warrant any sas-
picion that our neighbors, If properly approach
ed, will permanently refuse to make over to US
the said bank which now actually impa'rs the
value of Monmouth county. The negotiation
only needs to be undertaken in good faith. and
with Ordinary discretion TO succeed. But If the
removal Of the Quar- antine is to be made the fly
wheel Of speculations In real estate, and To be
carried out with laundering and hectosing, It
may be some time before things are settled to the
general satisfaction Of the public.