New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-02-10

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* Msg Of GU Mississippi cotemporafies appear 4
be unnecessarily excited about the continuance Of ts
qgarautine zystem Of Louisiana, adopted by oul
Legislature TIVE or three years since, as we'll ~ ii
regard to the adoption and enforcement Of rigorous
precautionary measures in ttei,. own State.
This excitement has all been ca.,sed BY a briei
paragraph icklife snessage, recon- ending
further trial of the quarantine system until The
experiment proved 10 be valuable Or vaueless. sug-
gesng some further provisions to bring si6lates Of
law TO punishment, and ramor that has zone
abroad no one knows the why low or wherefore a.
that the Legislature iE,ended to repeal tho entire
systeu and thus wantonly expose Inc whole Missis
ssippi valley 70 epiderlic vlsitations, ~ 4 800
80 far as the asion Of the Louisiana Legislature
concerned w feel warranted IN saying that We can
aiiay me of orr Mississippi brethren
thing is done with onr quarantine laws, they
will be improved and rendered more eficient-noi
repealed. We have strong hopes that d salutary
cation and impto yement will be effected The
awssre susceptible Of useful amendment, in several
particulars. They can be made to bear less heavily
upon commerce and communication with near and
distant ports, without imperling the public health
ID the slightest possible degree The experience Of
the last few seasons has demonstrated this fact and
they can also be made stringent and comprehensive
their application, that without unnecessary oppres
sion, vessel having on board epidemic disease q
any nature or kind dare not and cannot pass any d
the quarantine stations established by law. ,i,...
We are not as strongly in favor Of guarantees al
we were some years ago. Our faith in their efficacy
has been shaken but not quite shattered to the leye
Of unbelief We have been somewhat disappointed
in the workings of system upon. which we at one
time placed unhesitatng reliance but as that sys
tenn has not had fair trial. al was necessarily de
ectye as such systems usually are OF the beginning
and AS up to the present season when there
no epidemic even an Indication Of epidemic the az
for proper enforcement Of the laws were
BY no means as perfect as te.natnre Of the case de
manded, NE earnestly invoke the attention Of oai
legislators to the matter eall upon them to revise and
Improve the laws in allneedful particulars in accord
ance with the advice of experienced physicians and
the suggestions Of sound policy and see to it that an
opportunity s afforded to test the merits Of dement's
Of this peculiar sanitary regulation, ssy W. s4t
The medical faculty are divided to the utility
iuutlty of guarantees and aslong as the able and
practiced members Of that learned and honorable pro
fession hold antagonistc opinions, the people win
never rest contentedunder the infections of epidena.
les and will be everlastingly clanorng for the es-
Enlistment of some similar system, without regard
to benefits, inconv Or expenses. But, keep
the law in efficient operation few years longer, and
the point indispute will be settled one way or
another finally and eonclusively setted-and then
science viii be enlightened doctors will ceaseto diff
fer,and the citizens not only of Louisiana but of
other States of teSouth western valley WILDE salts
fed by time and experience. ~
The Jackson Mississippan, of the 4th inst, thus
concludes long and feelingy written article this
subject 91Ss # ~ 7s1
As the Legetnre Louisiana aBou enaen, LIT the
Ieasa.are 4 Mississippi enact Let system Of guaran,iue
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armed witt, midst and power Of man
period
n.ercSusss New Matches be
tss Nsss md YksepFg and hs Crescent II
mississippi nif hut what these derivs
entire ps si sS he deadly ' II
alternative evils rterly dpropoonae thai there
/ We deem the recommendations of our Mississippi
| contemporary not well founded. The system propose
would be expensive, annoying and useless, we ar
Il firmly convinced. The fever usually breaks out Q
comes epidemic this city, and when it does becom
epidemic in this city, NO human power has yet bee
ape 70 prevent its spread. The history of Natche
4 n 1854 Or 55-where the quarantine ,cas carrie
out in spirit Of Understanding yigor n-ampl
| demonstrates this proposition. The great objec
should be to prevent the introduction spread Of tn
fever here There can be no danger threatening tn
Gulf coasts or the towns and villages ON the river o.
in the interior Of the adjacent States as long as tht
metropolis of the valley of the Mississippi remai
| free from epidemic disorders. e A7,a3s 4tesy'
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