The Grand Haven news., 1865-12-20

have come in contact with diseased cattle
/" That the OK tribe is alone suscepti'
bic 10 the disease; and that the morbifc
matter on which il depends, lies dormant
10 the system for period not less than
seven days, and occasionally, according Ia
some continental authorities, as long al
tsoeaty days, before the symptoms declare
themselves. g8u $50 aaea n,
"That the deaths often amount TO 90
per cent. ea g B aasssasa-
"That the malady is one in which the
blood is early if not primarily affected
and that subsequently, the mucous men,
branes throughout the entire body become
the principal seat Of the morbid changes.
That all varieties Of medical treat
ment which have rs vet been tried have
failed in curing the disease; the recover
les which take place having for the most
part depended on the healing power Of
nature. SER W Ge
"That no fear need be entertained that
this destructive pest will reach our shores.
It's present great distance from us would
Of itself afford fair amount of security !;
but when we add 70 this that no cattle
find their way from thence directly or in.
directly TO the English market, and also
in the event Of the disease spreading
from Galicis, it would have TO break
through hundreds Of military cordons,
one after the other, before it could posi-
bly, reach the soestern side of the German
States, and, moreover, that for years past
commerce has been unrestricted with re-
gard to skins, hides, bones, DC, of cattle
from Russia and elsewhere, all alarm, We
believe, may cease with reference, 10 its
importation into the British isles"
8. The duty of our government Is to
guard against the introduction Of the dis-
ease, into the United ,States.--ln a gov.
ernment Of so great an extent it is no
easy matter to protect the nation against
the introduction Of epidemics, or epizoo-
tics. Still, effective quarantine regula-
tions may be adopted 10 diseases like that
ef the rinderpest, which is not atmospher-
ic in any application of the word; il is
strictly contagious. Let us not rest in
fancied security that it is too rapid dis
ease to be continued in a voyage across
the Atlantic. We see that the disease
may be, not dormant. as is the term, but
undisciosed, for t,genty days. Suppose
an animal, just infected with the disease,
to be taken on ship with others; it NAV
be near our shores, or indeed on them,
before it is known TO be diseased, or il
the disease is developed before being
landed it would have communicated it to
Others, and these would be in apparent
good health when arriving here. Two
measures can, therefore, be adopted by
the government: It can require that no
animal of the cattle kind shall be ship
ped in vessels coming to the United States
from Great Britain or Europe unless
they have been in quarantine there
for three weeks before being put on board;
that when any animal is attacked on ship
board by the pest, il and all others on
board shall be instantly killed; and that
places Of quarantine shall be prepared at
certain ports, into which only shall cattle
be brought from England or Europe, and
there held for one month after landing;
or else positively prohibit the importation
of cattle whilst the disease remains in
Great Britain, or from any port in that
Europen nation in which the disease ex-
lists. The importation Of cattle where
this disease is, is nothing less than treason
to our agriculture. All other measures
guarding against the introduction Of the
disease through clothing Of persons who
might have had contact with diseased an
imal on shipboard will have to be adopted,
if importation Of cattle is spermitted. How
far it is necessary to restrict or prevent
commerce in any parts Of the cattle kind,
as the hair, horns, skins, &C., with coun-
tries where the disease prevails, must be
left to the judgment of that department
that has commerce under its supervision.
But it is not the duty Of this government
10 rest, as did Mr.. Simonds, in the fanci-
ed security "that no fear need be enter
tained that this destructive pest will
reach our shores, by reason Of its
great distance from US" or that it cannot
break through the Gordon Of the Atlantic
to desolate our country. s.
Let the government imagine this dis
ease prevailing in the west, injecting the
herds there; injecting the cars that bring
the beef cattle from the west; injecting
every pen in which they are kept at the
places of market, every butchers estab.
iishment, and then imagine what kind Of
meat will be exposed 10 sale Mt the butch.