New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-21
THE QUARANTINE REMOVAL.

THE QUARANTINE REMOVAL.
We h.ve, Oh one or two occasions within the
last year, had hard word TO s,y Of New-Jersey in
relation TO Qusrsatine AID Sandy Hook. We h.ve
thought her chursh In refusing her consent to the
use OF barren promontory. which can be, under
any possible circumstances, OF the smallest possible
value to her, bu. which is Of imue0se importance
Lot only to half million Of people in ant s5)a,
this city, but II the whole country, IN 1t, relations
to her greatest seaport; ~e have thought Ger short
sighted in standing IL the way of the establishment
in the best pace of QUARANTINE, which is needed
just as much for the protection Of jersey City,
Newark, EhzsbethtoTD, New. Brunswick, Trenton
and ITobOkru from pestlence as il for the protec
tioD of New York .sef and We have thought tn st 10
assuming spd maintaining the attitude she has upon
this subject. ste bss been governed by mean sud
petty jealousy, whicl however 6,ly it might chara,
teriss the Safe of Csmoen and Amboy, was alto
eethtr unworthy Of a people calliog themselves q
Sovereign St,te, and who pretended to souls any
THU above ten cent, apiece. Nor have We changed
our opinion Oh ans Of thes, points. Wa still think
Of NeS Jersey 80 We have for-we vii not
say bow long back. But though We see no real ek-
cuse for the Jerseymeu, a document which may be
found, in letter from al Albany correspondent,
in suOtrer cOumn, is one Which they ght, with
some chow Of reason, urge 10 palbatoo OF the
shstbiuess aud Vi thei' Legislators.
To break laws il, as we all unbappily kno~, by
no means an unknown thing. But law breakers,
at least open Law breakers are usually those whose
stake in the good order and peacs of tne commu-
nifty is Of the smallest and whose Intelligence as 10
law or the necessity Of law is not of the largest
But it is rather anew thing to see gentlemen OF
character and standing, gentlemen, who undo ubs-
edJ pride themselves on the breadth OF their IN
derstapoipgs as well as tho depth of their peck.
cts deb, rate,y invoking the ed Of the Leg stature
Of a neishboripe State TO nulfy the laws of that
to " bich they owe allegisnce We presume there
il no cl.ss IL the community more tenacious
Of obedience TO the Statute, VITO would
more promptly fiji Castle Garden with crowd Of
inoigp sot Law snd order mep, aeany serious Unrest
eriIg ST 81 Infringement Of the laws. 1t uust,
however, il is clear, be a cs,e in witch they are
likely to be tue sufferers. When the law aud the
Slipping ihtete sre on the side, there would
BE- 10 room for caVi. Bot vita the lew Oa Ons
side aud the shipping interest on the other, It is
quite different matter. Depth of pocket aud
bIesdth of undertaking, perhaps, VT must still
acknowledge as belonging to our eminent f7go".
citizens; bet to this depth aud thi, breadth Eust
also DO added q 9itth-s latitude of morality for
which our respect is bot SO profound
Wehave nov toe positive evidence Of that of which
we before had only q norel CONVICTION, ihat the
Quarantine w,s not removed BECAUSE It suited
,oore or two Of gentlemen slOug the whsrSes Who
owr ships; that freigca we're lot to be lowered,
ana lehteIsse Increased to ss'e bali mIlhoa or 80
Of coDmcn people, who we're not sbip-o~bou,
from yellow fever apfe7er, cholera I'D sm,u Ps,.
Bot for the conviction and determination Of these
Qeutlemen thai the law Of sss State for tia re nOv.
Of Qasrantne Vas Dot TO be, snt-as Distinguished
shipping merchant sad a, ore Of De-. fhomp,on's
Lice dinners. last Suum-V--shouh not be obeJ ed,
that Inst,,utIon wcuo be, e. this ,mens 1t Sandy
Hool the Hospitals Staten i'ian3 would never
have been burned cowu; regiment of troops
would Dot have teen KEEP, uuder arms for tRo
months to keep the peace; sad 10 short I'll the bac
blood that b, been epsendere6, all the money that
ba, been spent, al the property toat has been de-
stroyed and ell the di.cus.oo, alteration aud df
fcuity that ut this moment environ tire qnss'oo
would have beer saved, had il pleased tsese
gentlemen to permit tee laS to tair It's csurse,
ana 70 refrain iron "IsmoASrr .sisg"-sh:,rver
that NAY mtan--wi the New.Jen-y Leg,sa-
ture 10 insure IFS Modification. We trust, bow
ever, that now that this document has come TO
Fisht, it will Rave its Cue weight. II is Salus-
DE 90. only for ;ssl:, bet for ~h,t il suggests.
IL i. sn index 10 tie whole history Of Qi.raosine
for the last ten year, and the Legislature maS
Iesrn from II TIE eI.ct state Of public oyulop Ga
the Quarau,ne removal TIE Lanes Of al gco
sre opposed to it are sigued to this memorial
OILY tselvemontk sitter the tine wosn About s7e
hundred people had died on Long Island and Staten
I.,.bd az YELLOW freer