The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-27
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siderpd the quarantine advisable under present
f ofenmstanees To- M the police Jury being wh2nt
object t5 tue Doctor answered no. Yet he stated
that m the disease could be carried in, WOODEN
The genial james Stewart the eourteors and
attentive superintendent Of the New Orleans
and Donaldsonyile Railroad was next called
upon to express his Views. his experience being
large aud his means OF knowing larger still.
Jim cane square to the, 'front.', i am opposed
20 o ss so5a to eo qo H. ang sad he
to you with the same candor thatI would were
not CONNECTED with, the railroad"
Our Intelligent and worthy friend, E Pugfs
one OF the lights Of the Ascension bar. differed
from the opinions expressed by the non-duar-
tantine gentlemen, and spoke at some length OF
Whereupon Gen. Brent uuered whether It
, ,Wo9id ba ns. z parochlai or municipal board OF
heath srnnt h Ihs aneisti9n broqqght aeain e the
who. In words that burn and thoughts that esp
tiyate, once more to the breach, rescued the VI
tality Of the question, and proved the utter fal~
lacy Of ths proposed quarantine.
It hes been represented. said be. that 1t re-
auired money, and to use the words Of one who
TO establish @ quarantine In this parish Il has
bee. been represented 70 you. gentlemen, Of the po-
ish was without doiar ID its treasnry sur -. Rhaf
may be very correct, but how is it~-and this
sa say to the M glory @ Of our toWnsmen and parish
ing in lavishing their surplus upon the needy
and the aftllcted-hoW Is It that Gut few mos
m mants n ego saw the names of almost every one
in this hall signed to q list Of voluntary contrf-
and generous Howards of New Orleans? 80
popo1 Wh 70 saH aeon sP eoep g aeb i il i 5 Yh maT 5
OF our peopie2 The. parish treasury may ba
empty, gH but who (which or what, ig the parlshf
reasonable 10 suppose that when we are ableto
offer assistangs to our. distant brothers. We
SHOULD be- much more able to do 50 at home. "a.
n is,rta ~.
ability to preserve the life Of single man by
establishing quarantine IN this parish, tsD so By
al q means mean it Is yonr solemn duty t? do It; bps
your Jngtlacati9n5 We have probably not of
traton Of our property, and We have had no oe~
casiQn TO complain. Now you hold In your
hands our liees-the lives Of our wives of our
We trust In you In the name OF God be- true ta
yourselves and to us, and act not d Ia lsgere.
Upon an interruption Of Con. Breut of.
,What, then. do you advise. Mr. Reynaud, un-
der the circumstances"
My advice, sir, is to keep wide open the ,gatea
possible, ths portals Of tho parish of Ascension :
to receive In our midst the afflicted and tha
stricken; to nurse and provide for them; to
Providence would 80 have 1t, les snuuer ON les
sujDTe."
The manner in which the remarks OF our
friend Reynaud were received settled the quar-
antinS question.
John #. Ilsley, Jr., JOS. Ferner, Dir. yander~
grief and Henry HeymHn spoKs against quar-
antine. Mr.. Heyman ts q mefnb8r Of ths poItce
jury and a colored man. and he could NOT see
why the quarantine question eame at this late
hour. The people. said he, might as well die OF
one thing as "tother" (alluding to bread and
meatJ Gen. Brent then moved that inasmueh
as tho sense of the great majority Of the people
Of the town and parish we're. opposed 10 ths
establishment OF quarantine. that there should
be NO quarantine decrssd until the town au-
thorities. In legal assembly convened. should
order the same.
Amidst enthusiastic applause from the by
standers the resolution was unanimously
passed, and once more the people Of Ascension
| and OF the noble little burg Of Donaldsouyille
vindfcated their rights and went up In the
| scales Of common sense and humanity.