New-York daily tribune., 1865-12-28
A TALK WITH THE STATE PRESS

lying at Quarantine III the IoWcI puy ioi '"
weeks past. has been released from durance'
and now resumes her trips. Whether the seeds
of pestisence which she brought will germlnate
in harvest of death next Spring, is known
only to lorg-sufering Providence; whether
they will he allowed to do so, without any geu'
eral effort at prevention, depends upon the
honesty of the Legislature which meets next
month. We have idly watched the cholera
moving westward through the Summer. like a
distant prairie fire; the filth is here--as some
Of us have remarked before, have we not land
the Atalanta has given warning. One good mas
already been accomplished, for the AtaIanta has
for few weeks compelled public attention, re-
vealng the extent of the possible danger by the
sudden terrOs she excited.
The movement toward securing sanitary re-
form by legislation, which was begun II leoo'
AMI 1as been reviewed every year since with In
J crossing lower, will he rcaeved dunny the
coming Winter and will strive for success.
II consolidates in the Metropolitan Health Bill,
in nearly the same form as it assumed when 1t
was lost last Spring, ard tho metropolis was
given over 10 Boole for ono moro year. liah
the bill passed, it would have taken elect III
June. and We should have been saved the cost
of one years support of our Brnacie iainhyi
the s,--,,-oleaniug =, contract would have been
aver,ca-aIthouch that bill did not assume
stree,-cleaning-and the Atalanta would not
! have found Ncw-York unpeparcd. The yea
is past, bn, the penalty is too surely not all
maid vet. A new Health Bill vii! be presented
at Albany. Oh the side Of which ell the wealth,
enlightenment, science ani philanthropy OF
Ncw-York-all, we mean, wh'eh Will notice the
matter It al--will be arrsysd. Opposition
will be fierce. Turn over every stone IN the
field. of Spring day, and yen shall see lively
scamperiug Of small reptiles which bad been
! fattenng underneath; and de you expect 70
overturn such comfortable hospital for poliu'
cal sore he ads a. our sanitary be aTds VIGOROUSLY
! are yitloat resi,tancei Mr.. Boo.e will repair
again To- Albany; Registrar Ramsey VIII col
leot hi, p..ndoIuas aud imprac'icable statistics;
iercry owner Of bono-boiling, slanghtering'
Isxill.milk and other nuisauccs, will hurry u
the Cap it'll. We hereby give warning TO al
who hv by political corruption to bc lively and
initiate Dcu.otrius of ancient Ephesus.
! 80 long ago as 1859, the Health Bll-then
bat "A eve compared with that Of to-day-wa'
lost 70 waat of three votes Inst Spring i
wantc, about siX. II was made party measure
ard W. a. lo-t simply because the interests of tho
DEMO cratic patty required that the fixed party
major lty in tL.s city should be saved from th'
possil dli'y Of receiving damage by so radical
rsforI H. The fanlt of its rejection lay with th'
count ry members, who sacrificed The mctropo
tea patty bohest, or a pecuniary argument
Mosi of the offenders remain at home. and th'
pros, Decs Is that the measure cannot again b'
crus ned, but we know too well the power o
the lobby to be over sanguine.
! + rom time 70 time, the country press ha
oopi I'd articles depicting the wreichcdness
New s-lork. 1t has come 10 be expected tha
aLo ut four times year the metropolitan jour
nal will " show up" the metropolis-its tenant
hou se1, its swarming cellars. its fearful NOR
talAty rates, Il, municipal plunderings. Thes,
have been edifyng statements, serving well a
texts for homilies at conference meetings; they
have been fair reasons for wonder that TN!
wi, ked city escapes the fate OF Sodom; they
have illustrated Cowper's God mado the
couriry, but man the town." they have proved
gref: cities to be great sores; but did you eve
consider-yon Of the country press-whethel
any of tho guilt Of New-York lies AZ YOU
ou,, Joora7 We noint the uupstion al
Won now. The misery OF this city
T is natter for serioIs national con
: ccsn, and if you persist in dssociating the in
torests OF the metropolis from those Of the State
q YOU will be convinced otherwise when New
9 York is made place Of terror by pcstilence, !
!. not before. Your merchants, your students
G your Young men travelling for pleasure, maj
]. bring the seeds of disease back from The city u
|" - your village doors. ii it is not at all your con
10 cern how the metropolis is governed, at leas
e see TO il thai when she asks you for assent Z
y her plan for her own relief, you allow her to
iulcc aud do not answer nay. The country ha
% had to reverse the city's political verdict, i
d nearly every general election, before the caus
ne of right could succeed; the country, throug
r. tho Legislature, has given the metropolis a
I the reform sho has obtsined and when ths
:. metropolis asks to be governed from without
" particulars where sclf.goycrnment fails, can th
country refuse-dare it refuse again
a. In all which these columns have contained
n. for two years past concerning the mortality
l,,., ityh GAN