New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-09-27
ARGUMENTS FOR THE REMOVAL or
QUARANTINE.

the Report OF Quarantine Removal, made oy them IN
Albany on the 9th int:
GIsTLIxTs: TIE report just read is msde in par-
suance OF section three 81 the sw OF 1897 Tor aaIan
the R.u ovsl Should tie views therein e, forth
NEE: with your approval, are prepared 70 urn,'a
al nc-seary details, such a. are called
for w section four u said law. Before this can isw
fdy be done must obtsin your assent In writing 10
this preialnar, proposition, and NE tne same WIN
The Secretary VI state.
TIE reasons which have impened M 20 recommend
floating hospitals do not properly form part of sPe
cifc report on tie -eection If new Quarantine ate
as contemplated by law and VIC therefore beg leave 70
present. them separately:
petition of the people for years II hss been twice or
dered BY the Legislature; IT is Dictated by common
sense and the universal law OF seh-preservaton
makes u ar imperative necessity.
The late destruction OF the Hospitals q; Tompk ins-
vile a; season when tents VIII aeon be u.ees-, de-
mants Of Us immediate action; and assured oil tae
impossbhty of obtaining tie only site on land which
vii satisfy The publc-Sss1y Hook-~e are forced TO
the adoption Of the viers just presented.
This State has p.sie three several spphcauons,
through two sets Of Con missioners ~ the stafe OF
New-Jersey for sandy Hook, and three several Lss-
latiye bod~e of that State and two Goveruors nave
passed upon the question: Each Application has
been refused, in and more emphatic, until
the last met, not only by refusal, but by the
passage of sort Of retsliatory law making IT high
c7iine for slcky vessel bound for NewfOrk 70 touch
Jersey thereto adjoining The aid Of the General
Governmen, has been invoked, and Preadent
coming from the State Of New-iork refused TO give
the use Vt Sandy Hook without the sssent OF New
jersey.
Under these circumstances we feel justified in look.
ing entirely resources 10 remove the Quar-
antne, notwithstanding the rated assertions Of
deeayed politicians ana politics! brokers, VINO per-
suaded, ard would fan persuade us, tina, If their I'M
influence secured, the State Of New-Jersey
would succunb "a requests al once. Leaving
then, the magnificent schemes for great docks, i'm
men-e Warehouses and grand hospital buildings, which
have been frequently suggested adapted 10 the lat
tude of Sandy Hook i. viii be seen that we propose
to reduce the entire machinery Of Quarantine from its
present colossal proportions 10 much smaller scale.
We expect TO he told by some, that provisions
not ample enough for the great and growing commerce
Of the port Of NewYork and TO this point, therefore,
We be- TO call your attention in the outset.
The Quarantine established and is maintained
by tie State for the sole purpose of preserving the
Port Of New-York from the ravages Of imported dis
ease. Whatever placemen and politicians may think,
il s clear that the Legislature and the people have
desire to perpetuae the institution lever burden and
restraint commerce. for any other purpose In the
ENORMOUS increase of power and patronage with which
the great growth Of New-York City, and correspond.
ing enlarged legislation have surrounded the Quarantine
institution, its officers and employees the original OBJ
Jet Of It's creation seems To have oeeD lost sight Of
and from sanitary establishment, II has grown
10 be ponderous and powerful political nucleus, with
controlling men and things apparently wholly discon-
nected with il.
We propose at once to strike at the root of this evil
and TO the system pursued when the
wac al institution for the protection Of the public
health and that oaly. Confined within such bounds
We hope to show that very moderate expenditure
will accomplish all that the State demands or pubic
safety requires.
The ACCOMMODATING statements of medical
whose names or opinions need ndorsement 10 the
Effect that there lie necessity for severe quarantine
restrictions except agans! yellow fever and cholera,
tend il surtaned by the facts greatlyttD Dsrow the
sphere Of our duties and to reduce the expense OF
Quarantine removal.
Let US lock at the facts: The smallpox is found IN
every state and county in the ulion and It's spread
can BE- prevented without a quarantine, az well a.
with one q fact universally known calls neither
for proof dscn .sion, and dismiss il accordingly.
The ship fever has become nearly obspete since the
passage and enforcement Of the late law OF Congress
mulcting ship-owner in the loss Of passage money
for each and every death If Storage passenger
his voyage, a very significant TACT, and one easily
proved by reference to the hospital records since the
passage If said law, Oh which documents We rest for
sub-tantison OF the assertie that there y little
reed to provide e1ltAs.re quhrat tine accommodations
for ship fever.
But aside from all this, the city Of New.York has
large sanitary establishments on Wards Island, with
abundant room and accommodations for all paupers
who may be landed shores sick with other than
positively pestilentia diseases.
Those hospitals at Wards Island were bull. to re-
We
there, and the Emigrnnt Depot at Castle Garden, and
the Quarantine at Staten Island, having by some
legislative egerdemain fallen into the hands and
sgenent Of one board If officials, find the Qsar-
sntne hospitals Of late years entirely diverted from
their original purpose as pest-houses, and converted
into general slmshouse for the reception Of the sick
Of all diseases, and Of the buildings actually set
apart bote for people in perfect health, VINO are
unfortunate enough 10 arrive here from port which
tie New-YoIk Board Of Health declares siekly;
novel aud entirely unnecessary part Of what those best
Informed regard as the Quarantine farce.
We propose 10 Ills entire system; 70 eonfne
the Quarantine establishment the and purposes
tor which II Intended, and To provide acoomnoda-
tons for such officials and employees as are absolutely
necessary fer tie protection Of the port Of Newfork
and the proper ooIduct aud management Of an nsttu-
hon tor that purpose, ard no other.
Tie swarm Of -. yedores, bumbOatmen, runners,
laoGueys, and general hangers-on now qusrtered on
the Institution, are in opinion useless and unne
e,ssary and do no. propose, therefore, 10 furnish
acoo uDccatioIs ..r them.
But, with your assent, and VIII provide for all
"persons arriving at tie port Of Sewfork, sick with
yellow fever, other psstiieutial disease, well
Tor all ph ysicisns nurses, and such ether persons
are really Necessary and usefu in the Quarantine es-
talhsi nett
In prop. ring these changes, do not wish n be
understood 10 lay the blame oi the great abas which
have eIept into the management and conduct Of the
Quarantine establishment IN any man or So Of men,
On the contrary they are the resul; Of rpecoas snd
sledALN rsE-hnh' eAi"hninE through Elus -%flss oi
YEAR, ard tat so ilgenoUaly contrircd a. ~ rnde
the lLgance Of our legi-atOrs and quietly and APP
par.Liy with honesty secured meet new eInergen-
cies 10 slay sl suspicion the par of any iegis
later who might b. disposed to question the propr-
ETY. # the
We irrg 10 clsrges but W. state the far. broadly
and distinctly knowing il IN be- inconroverable, that
the protection If the public heekh does not require
one-.our;h the expense now incurred, or Of the ma
ehnery rox in operation a; the Quarantine station.
The removal Of Quarantine, and the simphfcation
Of IL machinery, would seriously conflict With the