New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-09-10
,,uDoog.E,s SANITARY CAMPAIGN

thought TO be very potent in putting 70 hlehl
evil spirits; Mr.. BODIES bells, which are warn
iprly rung in advance of Mr.. BODIES carts, are
equally scatterers of evil smells. 1t is hardly
time as vet to boast; the labor is Augcan, ana
Mr.. Boole may not be Hercules; but he has
grappled with his undertaking with such hearty
energy and good will that we may reasonably
hone for comparative miracles of publication.
We are happy to find that Mr.. Boclc does not
intend TO conine his honorable labors to high
ways and by-ways. lie is the sworn Zoe oil
instances, whether patent or latent, ana thiikS
that if his work is worth doing AZ all it is worth
doing thoroughly. In fact, FIR. Boole is about
70 cultivate intimate official relations with the
Butchers.
A saughter-housc in the very heart OF a
crowded population, presents an anomaly and Il
crime for which there can be no possible excuse.
II IL concrete of brutifyiug sights, Of poison
Gus smells, and Of painful sounds, to which no
one has legal or moral right to subject the
eyes. tho noses and the ears Of his neghbors.
4 man nav be fond enough Of beef, and yet not
care 10 be witness of the slaughter oil the
primest cattle, or to have q rivulct Of blood run
Ming by the very door Of his home. There are
certain processes which should be confined to
places of decent seclusion. There are certain call
ings, honorable enough and in themselves neces-
sary which q regard for the public veal de-
mands should be followed under rigid municipal
regulations. In nothing has society made a
greater advance, at least in England ard France
than in its recognition Of the duty of systematic
effort against diseases and mortality promoted
and aggravated by a reckless disregard Of the
g-ea, scientific knowledge Of the age. y mu-
nicipal corporation which should make no At
tempt, by proper sanitary provisions, to stay the
rayagcs of pestilencc would be justly regarded
Az barlarous and unaithiul. But it is not the yo-
lent, frightful. and shor;-liyed epidemic, which
crowds the cemeteries. The Bills OF Mortality
are aggravated By the constant presence OF IN
saubrious influences, which mercilessly murder
the nowly-born, and shameiully waste human
lie in It's very beginnings!
The report Of Inspector Boolc, which we pub
lished on Saturday last, states that there are
Two Hundred and Twenty slaughter
houses In operation in various parts Q! the city
l-,ha, wherever they exist tie value Of rea! e.
tate Is diminished, forcinga settlement IN Their
vicinity Of the poorer classes, who, from neees-
s.ty or ignorance, are most likely to neglect
proper precautions against disease; and lac pre-
lscu.s mass Of information, derived from The
best sources, 10 show iha, the removal Of these
shamblcs In Paris Gud London was followed by
n marked improvement in the local health
He recommends tie establishment Of iour
aha'ioirs upon Tie Island, and TO n modified
= adoption Of the French system. for the particu-
lars Of which We refer our readers To the report
already published
or coursc, nobody Is crclulous enough TO
believe tia, Mr.. Boolc Will accomplish this
great work which he has undertaken, without
cncounir.ng fierce opposition, and without
raising "a clamor concerning the inyas Of pr
yn,e rghis A private night to poison = whole
ncichborhood-to malc the lives of men, We
men and children uncomfortable ard unnatu-
rally unccrtain-to present daily 10 the eyes Of
paseri-by succc sion Of disgusting spcctacles.
to hll tie air with Tie cries 81 dying beast. and
The CUTTERS with their nos,me ard dcoaynE
blood-to compel houscholdcrs to close ihcig
windows during the heat oi midsummer, or 10
leave them open 10 tie entrance OF u m'asma a.
fatal 70 life a. ratshane-th.s H. private right
indeed, which Cry Inspectors a.e not bound TO
trrst with particular ,endcrncssi Murder is
murder whether y0u LII 10y inches or at a sin-
rlr stroke by creating bad atmosphere or
WELDING n bludgcon. There cannot be, from
Tie nature Of the case, any sanitary regulations
properly enforced, without an appearance,
ut least, Of trcnohing upon private rights.
But the city has no choice IN this
matter Of lifo and death, Of decency AID dirt,
81 wholesome mir and Of noKious gases. 4 rich
citizen who should be- annoyed by one Of these
shnmblcs would undoubtedly have n RICH, Of
action, and upon proving damages, wouli be
entitled TO recover them. The poor citizen. the
struggling woman, or the unoa!ed-lur child, II
entitled 10 the protection Of the public author-
tics. II they cannot or will no, take caro- of
themselves, the swaming dcnizens of tie tcne-
mcut houses must be- subjected To the mild and
benevolent processes of the law. Ii they re-
fuse 10 obey the summons of Mr.. Boobies bell.
/ they must be taught obedience sharply. Ep-
denies break out in the back-sums; but they
have irighIinl way Of wandering into more
81 CANT regions. An Inspector like Mr.. Boole,
apparently bent upon doing his whole duty,
without fear, favor, or affection, is n public
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