New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-08

| calu,Dsss; but re DO no. recognize the absolute
necessity Of its discussion becoming sort cf moral
pestilence driving some out OF temper. 30 ne
out Of their com non sense aud some out of their
common boresty. II it be possible to get back TO
an average condition Of teIligeoce and self-Pes-
session. The question We think, may be brought ID
q speedy aud Tat opal solution.
There is one very important point Ia regard to
the matter which We think, may be considered as
settled beyoLd di.cus.ion thing Hjudicstrd;
decision from which there is appeal and that Is,
thst the Quarantine must BE- removed 10 the 10 ser
Bsy. II certaiuly is not a voieot s1Ppcsltioo to
presume this "a be s ratiorai coumonity, and no
.ueh community should ever coc-ent to quarsn-
tine remaining so Lear to it ss Ca.tleton, WITH
haiihourly intercourse with tie city intimate as
that between uptown ard downtown. Certainly.
! unless We are mad, ard in love with epidemics, we
DO not want laz.retto where ts pestll-utsl SHIPS
sha rlte st aDchor in as dangerous proximity to
TIE lower end Of Brooklyn. as they would be to
New-York if moored at the mouth of the Hudson
River. On that point, We doubt pot if the suf-
fraee of the half million people that dwell on the
shores Of the waters Of Manhattan Island could
nous decision. -Four hundred aud ninety -nine
thousand ont of the bali miDioa would without
the .lighe.t doubt, IN mercy TO their wives, their
children and themselves, vote that the Quarantine
should Dot remain where it has been through
another Summer; and the one tbOussnt-f so
many-wbo would vote the other way, would be
composed exclusively Of officials who have some
rta in tae the eff, of II.
tuton untouched. aud shipping merchants who
have the unblustiDg ef1rontery and nbuman deter
minstion to prefer their paltry pecuniary interest
in chip or two each. in the course Of the Summer,
to the health and safety of their ellowcitizens snd
the general welfare Of the city.
Where, then, shall this dangerous but necessary
establishment be placed It could not, it is very
clear, be in worse place, outside the city. than it
i. now, and it must be removed. Fortunately, the
must has its may 1t may be taken to Old Orch ,rd
Shosl-s spot well adapted for such pur
pore: isolated yet convenient; far enough oH
Yet not too far: cafe aud salubrions And
even if il was not all this, it is. perhaps, the
best that can now be had, and certainly better
"a thousand times better, in all the essentials of
a Qunrantne-than the spot ii now occupies
There is but one place better than Old Orchard
Sboal. and that is Sandy Hook. That place has oil
the natural advantages that could be desired or IL
vented for Quarantine station to such port as
New-York. There is we are informed on the best
authority, good reasons for suPposng that new
negotiation with New-Jersey may be success ul in
procuring this desirable spot. fit should fail we
h.n o,l,- I.ra 70 tbapk Of
Shipping interest who engaged counsel at Tfentop,
year. age, to eLliehten the NewJerseJ Legislature,
spd thr, ugh that the New-Jersey people, as to the
improperly If planting Quarantine on their ter
ritory If they shall better that instruction"
ard ,til decline to receive an institution whose ut-
bsppy management has led to such disastrous con-
.equences that Legislative acts have proved pow
erless for its removal and standing armies were
required to maintain II, We should blame rather
our own weakness than their State pride. 1t is to
be hoped however, that New-Jersey will be gov
erned this time by reason aud not BY prejudice
and give her assent TO q scheme which is quite as
much for her benefit as for ours. Perhaps, il a
reasonable share in the emoluments and govern
melt Of the establishment shal be surrendered to
Der. the proposal may wear a d!ereGt aspect at
aby rate, on some terms, it is to be hoped, tue
wi.hes and expectations Of Governor Morgan may
be realized.
There is however, party who are very loud
just now in praise Of Sandy Hook because they be-
beye 1t is impossible 10 obtain it, as they were
unwearied iu its condemnation, two years ago,
when but for their interference il might ha 'e been
bad. The same people, governed always By the
same motive, are at this moment decrying the Old
Orchard Sboal with objections, vague and uUfoanded
but specious and deceptive. Their wish no, 10 get
Sandy Hook, but to keep clear Of Orchard Shoal;
lot to take the Quarantine to New-Jersey. bu' to
keep it on Staten Island. II is these men who
have hitherto defeated the Will Of the Leg stature
ard who are, in fact, responsible for that eXas-
perated state of feeling which led to the de-
.tIuc,icn Of the hospitals; aud their hope nov
is That By prevsricatIon, mis- representation neS
app. ais to some narrow prejudice, renewed resort
10 cass-inrertst the tedum OF delay. and the diff
Guilty Of surmountiDg obstacles they may be able TO
postpone The question Of tbe removal TO Orchard
Stoal TIL some new outbreak shall still further
complicste the question, and tae Quarantine be re-
tsiped where il is. We will not believe that |
sgainst this opposition, cunning formidable and
up,crupulous as it il, the laws Of the STATE, it's
officers, popular sentiment and the public neces-
sfy, will always BE- pOSerless. Bat il is We'll to
guard against It's influence snd, 10 do so, it IL
first necessary to know Of its existence, purpose
and method. Their representations ia regard to |