The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-08-24
BROTHER BoUToN says:

Cairo as the port Of entry from the South, should
establish a proper quarantine not shutting her
doors in the face Of everybody. but OBTAINING those
whom physicians say should not pass. and taking
care Of the sick at her gates, like Good Samaritan
II she is not able To bear the expense Of qiaran-
tine hospital the great state OF l'''nos will. and
should, assist her. Cairo should then suppress
the newspaper reporter 10 the Chicago press who
daily procllimS, mo yellow fever in Cairo"
Cairo has now a reasonable quarant ne
She does not shut her doors in the face of
everybody. Whatever safeguards she has
seen proper to adopt are quite as much in
the interest of the people of the state Of
Illinois as OF herself, and she has yet to hear
OF municipality even recognizing her ac-
tons in this respect, much less contributing
a dollar to Tighten the burdens we can lily
afford to bear. We would like to play the
part of Good Samaritan to all the sick
everywhere, but to undertake the task our
friend assigns us would involve US hopeless.
ly in a week, and from being charitable
ourselves il would throw us upon the
charity of others. We cheertully indorsc
the suggestion that the sensational reporter,
telcgraphic and otherwise, should be sup
pressed, and if the suggestion was amended
so as to include the sensational doctors it
would correctly express public feeling on
the subject Between them they can keep
a community, just at this time, constantly
on the ragged edge of despair.
THE street-COrner orators have cooled off.
A day or two ago some Of these valiant
gentlemen asserted that a couple Of the
members Of the city council deserved
hanging simply because they wanted the
board of health to proceed according to
law, and to confne itself to legal exercise
of its powers. We hear that one Of these
blatherskites threatened all sorts Of dire
things to THE BULLETIN because it crit
cised the vascillatrg, unce. tain and pal ,ial
course which for few days characterized
the action of the board of health The
BULLETIN has all along demanded a quarn-
tine--not blockade. 1t has demanded the
adoption of clear, stringent regulations, and
the impartial execution Of them. 1t OPP
posed blockade that was being constantly
broken by the issuance Of permits to Ger
tain interests while they were denied to
others. 1t saw that such quarantine as
this was farce, and it said so. Itbelicved
that the board of health should establish
regulations based on reason--rcgulation
that would be legal, and that
would withstand the assault of
those who might feel disposed to break
through them. The regulations of the
blockade would not have stood for mo-
mcnt in law, and the men who were making
all sorts of threats as to what they would do
even in violation of law, understood the
difference which attaches to speech and
act,on--the freedom of the first and the re-
sponsibility Of the latter. Now, that rea-
son has partially returned, and with it new
regulations and rules Of quarantine, the
public demands that they be strictly en-
forced without fear and Nithout favor
Let the board treat all alike. 1t claims
to have settled policy. We hope it
may stick to it.