Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-02
- cATTLE PLAern.

Objections are urged 70 the law forbid
dug the importation Of cattle for tn
prevSution Of the cattle disease, o
t.-iuderDest,n in this country, that ~
provisions are too stringent. A good
many editors write on the subject VIII
something Of airy Indifference ami seen
disposed to pooh, pooh the matter q
:ney saw in England. Even the Ne"
York Tribune SAYS
Tae defect Inzhe bin for The prevention O
fla tr1udgrpesI ls. thet lie e2eeIilgLi Ns l5l.
compulsory and absolute on tile olies> o- .-Ii
Government, instead OF pelLlA lsl----t-7s- - -
I=avIu. reasonable discretion lli tL-e-L ~
II is -l principle r1e same az ~ - ~. ~
ehoIers = in Europe. We lisse4 q ~ -
f.l rra landIuE oi FssseIt'fs irlIll all paris ol
me u-0rId-au uni versll- and l'eFilellil aal
tius7
The principle Is not the same. There
Is a civil necessity, As strong an time oi
Dsace as 8 military necessity in time Of
war, that people shall pass to ana fro
over the ocean between Europe ana
Nmerica. but there is no necessity that
we Shall import cattle, or the hides OI
cattle. when doing 50 exposes US 10 I'M
minent danger Of Tremendous loss.
The cattle plague Is one of the most ter
rible of the mysterious desToyers that
bsve -svace,S theearth. Itisnow raging
in England. scotland and Wales, de-
stroving great numbers Of cattle. The
oDini0n If those best Informed Il, that
the number Of sick and dead cattle re
ported IS far below the setaai figures, anu
yet the return published by the Neterl-
nary Department Of the English PflNy
Council, for the week ending December
thirtieth. gives the following account OF
loss Of stock by the disease, from Its COM
mencement in June 10 the close OF the
wear eighteen hundred and siXty-ive:
an England 4ssJs animals were attacked
during the whole period, and of them, ----t-
were El-l5l preventive measure, -,l aI'sp-
lureiv died OF The disease, a,1l5 reoNe erred from
the attack ana os elseslsea aI-L.l'ss Nslg , r. -
recorcssl In Sli5se4ue returns
"Iu Wales the disease was confined TO the
ruocouuries OF Dsubigh ana Flint, and lie total
number attacked was ~ OF these sa were
KILLED. l7 died rs recovered and 81 renamed
under observation
In scotland. 22-2lS animals were attacked;
gs9 these were killed. l4.7s9 died s,l5l recOY-
ere5. au1 s.6-I eases were Undetermined.
Ia Great Britain, Therefore, the aggregate
numbers stand thuss Attacked 4d-lts- Eilled,
rfgsl1 I5r cent or the artacksI are brought f0--
7vsrf into uccOuut for eighteen hundred and
E-E-y-slE-"
All this destruction, and the disease Is
stfTf spreading and devOuring like an un-
queuchable IRE, comes from a single
ship l0sd OF cattle from Holland, that had
the infection among them. Would II be
prudent fCr US 10 brave the devastation
Of this horrible distemper by taking half
wsy measures with il, or leaving those
o whom the execution OF the law Is COM
mirted, discretion that, II III used IN
single instance, would plant the spark Of
pestfience in the cattle Of America, when,
as sl experience in the matter shows, II
would sweep like a conhagratiOn through
our herds2
The North British RerieJr, for Deoem-
Der, contains an article on the cattle
plague, which takes up the subject at the
point where "a gTievous muTrain' smote
The cattle OF Egypt as one OF the means
Of sOftening the heart Of the Obdurste
Pharoah, sud coming down % the pres
ent plague in England. The RerielC
says.