Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-11-28

: ground on the question of Equal Rights
This failure chilled the enthusiasm anC
dampened the fervor of the true UniOI
men, We do not rejoice at this result
Indeed we warned Union men not to be
come disheartened and called on them tC
rally to the support of the ticket and plat
form as it was But the falling off tc
which we have called attention was ma
tural and inevitable. Had the Union
platform been in accord with the advanced
sentiment of the people, the Union ma
jority would have been ten thousand larger
on the Reserve alone.
Historical Notes Concerning the ChOi-
The London Times says: On the ques-
tion of the eontagion or commuhicability
of the cholera, the experience of this year
will offer copious but conflicting evidence
1t is asserted positively that the disease
was brought with certain shipload of
passengers from Alexandria 10 Constanti-
nople; it is undeniable that the ports at
tackled by cholera are ports of call for
Mediterranean steamers, our own South
ampton being an example; it is said that
the disorder was brought to Leipsic by a
particular passenger from the South, and
it can be argued that countries which es-
tablished quarantine were preserved,
while countries which neglected the pre-
caution were attacked. Barbary, Sicily
and Greece enforced quarantine, and
have had no cholera; Marseilles, Gibral-
tar and Malta had no quarantine, and
cholera fell upon them. But the excep-
tions TO the rule are as numerous as its ex-
amples. Many ports where there was no
quarantine escaped the plague; many
places where no steamer touched or called
were heavily visited Cholera reached
Paris and it reached Madrid, but not bv
any visible track from the seacoast to the
capital. As far as we hear, indeed, there
has been no prevalence of the disorder in
France or Spain generally.
at has been observed, and, indeed, re-
corded as an illustration of known law
that each visitation of cholera since 1881 |
has been less destructive than that which |
preceded it. In lS49 the mortality was |
less than in 1892, and in 1854 than in |
1919. Hitherto, the same law has GER
tahily prevailed in the present year,
though, perhars, not uniformly. If the |
plague has exhausted itself, and if its eff
fects can ba already measured, the vista
ton has undoubtedly been light. This
has been particularly evident in Madrid
and Paris, where, although the mortality
for a certain number of days was high, it
was not lasting-indeed, it deserves special
remark and consideration that the disease
was more easily controlled, or more quick
ly exhausted, in the great capitals than in
the seaports. The duration of the epi-
demic was not half as long in Paris as in
Malta. This may be due perhaps in some
degree to the advance of the year and the
cold weather, of which the later sufferers
got the benefit, but it is still extraordinary.
If the result coula be traced in any way
10 the sanitary improvements which have
recently been accomplished in many
great cities, it would give lis both assur-
lnee and encouragement.
"A general assenthas now been given to
he proposal of the French government
or comprehensive inquiry and combined
'esearch. We have an arduous but not
hopeless problem beforeus. 1t does appear
hat at intervals disease is generated, if
lot in India, at any rate i'll the East,
which rapidly acquires the character of
orinidable epidemic, and devastates Eu-
ope in its course. We have also the ad-
-antage of knowing that the history of
his disease is comprised in narrow limts
t is true that Sydenham described the
disorder, as existing in his time, although
he omission Of a siugle symptom, though
e speaks of it as an autumnal epidemic,
le does not call it plague. Cholera may
ave existed before 1917, but not with the
covers it possesses now. Fifty years ago
was not known even in India. When | ,
first broke out at Jessore it was regarded |
S a new disordsr, and, as the event prov
d, with good reason. From that place it
nally reached Europe by track only too
lainly marked, and twice afterwards ran
he. same course. This year its origin and
rack is different, but it has still shown all
he veritable characteristics of moving ;;
estilence. Now, is it unreasonable to hope !
hat we may do something or learn some
hing by studying this plague at its source q?
We know that it is controllable in its
fleets; may it not be comfortable in its
rigin2 Few people would venture to an
wer these questions confidently in the af- ,
rmative, but few also, we imagine, would 7
eny that they may well be asked and be-
studied. +