New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-03

tie reeNnstlsret, src jcstce ofSis pnsfon' s-cn
pvisapce, i i.usui..ptd, !. va tn QGIartlne
Es,sbhslptrt upon SLstet hland Orgesy IN
hn ,olsied position, Ire g,Os OF tbs s'estcin O"
JTs,ssd if. people out In every dite,tian. aud IN
none roore rstQrtly aod inevitably ttsu aero"
il, beautiful bay. thouestsss Of danger. or th1sIre
TIA. when population ard frequency Of intrrcour'e
T'ih such ucirsge should make its renoTA de-
sirsbe thst reuoTsd i woud cer1.nJ De.
Tia. tine, 81 lepsth, caue. For years the iaee's
was seitat,d, I'll frsIly TIE assembled wisdom o'
tie State At A,bsry decided tsst such Sc Institution
wss dangerous IL is proximity 10 tie people and
rust be taken elsewhere. Subsequently, we
are r'ehily infor ned, it wss Indicted by Grand
Jury. Here, Il en, were provided al the requisites
10 rsmo7al; TIE acknowledgment t1.s iS pro
prqui'y vs. dsI gerous was unisers,; tie popular
fe,r Of IT, AID the popular de,Te 70 te nd OF iiiWefe
ovtTYbtlnirgly strong; the Government OF tie
Slate lad decIeed in Ieuovs', aud provided the
means; and the Gr.nd Jury h.d found true bhl
tgsinst it ss perDicious to toe community; aud Gil
III. vas 8. less: two years ago. fe: there u
stood, its typical yellow fog asppiDs IS dehaotly
il tie plesssn. b,eezss Of the bay as ever.
Nov Why was this How could 81 act which
the lsW bad decreed, AID which tie strongest ioei-
III in Il human breast. the instinct OF se.t-PIe-
seIystion lad demanded and clsnored for, be
eysced On this point there IS not, that We know
o. ary evidence that would be deemed conclusTe
IN Court Of Justice, but teele ia mora! proof
witch is sometimes stronger than that sckuo@-
a. III
ttiole the Leg stature At Albany 1t vas met By tie
s.ICIees. adverse influence from tie New-YEk
merchants. But In our own State their efforts
were unsuccessful, cur Legislators wisely deeming
that men were Of mere worth than merch,n-
dse-that the putlc health was more worthy
Of protection than the shipping interest
Tie ssme fuence followed the Commissioners
10 New JeIsey, ard prsyented-we are telling al
oper ,ecIet-!he purchase Of Sandy Hook. Thus
ibe Staten IsisudeIs saw themselves condemn
yeaI after year 10 tie dsr gerous proximity Of az
uDwbolesOne Lszaretto. II is no wonder that on
such fruitful grcuud the seeds Of excitement aod
Isnic, with once sown, should fraciify aud grow
With marvellous rapidly. Legislatures and Gcsud
Jures they felt 10 be poweless against the gold OF
gree dy AZ unscrup pulous tradesnep, aid when the
officer, whose duty IT was TO protect the comnu-
nty against pestleDce, let out into spotIcal meet
irg men who, ss they believed, were reeking with
.Le vuus Of srlslpox or yellow fever, and when
the latter dlsea.e presently broke out 10 several
localities, ard was creeping ro N infected shPs, too
soon released, into tbs city the feyered people
were rcapsble Of or ger ps,ienre ssd fr.ss shat if
tie law for the removal Of the Quarantine were
ever to be obeyed it must be by their taking it into
their own hards and usuiirg its fulf'lueut. They
wsrred the officials on Wednesday evening, several
hours before ttey commenced the work of deIno-
liiion, If their intentions ard when the tine came
carried them out, whether violently or gently per-
btps ia OF easily told now.
For such an act Of disorder thep, We condemn It
unheti!atiDsy and unequyo,aily as an outrage
sgsinst law; ard We mourn, not merely for the
sick and suffering who were exposed by il to al
sfgrsvation Of di,esse AID ssony-sgony OF mind
as well ss well q. OF body; but We mourn also for
weak and risguided men who could not patiently
voik for good end, aid patiently bde its certain
cOnirg. But nevertheless we cannot telp looking
behind hi, act Of yioleIce and outrage to that oog
tlsin Of ciIcuustsnces siny With tie selfshne.s of
oonmeIc si greed, ard black with the corruption
OF scheniog Itssos which has led at length, rnsn
ieroIapt, " accustomed 70 reflection self conttol
and nadtered BY psLc sad excitement, to the CON.
initial ofa deed which may cost some of them their
lives. To men who haze the faculty Of thukiGg,
,uch 81 event appeals most sOlemnlS and earnestly
foi the solution Of momentous question; Wnither
are we ter dirg when al lsw and order GRE delber.
ste)y set sside BY the mob, because no l,w which
conflicts with any class interests can be legtlmateiy
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