The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-08-10
THE INV oRlEANs DEMooRkT SATURDAY AUGUST u. Is7s

Tho tFauapo of grain t9 Europe aatd the
only regulator Of the rHIl and freights between
iIis WesE HEn aud Eastern maFksts How would
aud International policy Ii the great outDort
upon whose agencies L s success In11Pt SO tnueH
aepesd gh9ua be q annalg nrozeraesa fas ~
epidemic of terror Of all communication with
the tropics overspread the entire Interior The n
whole policy W II be paralyned or perverted to
be exclusive aelvant age of the Eastern Atlantic
ports. Il is sudden end strange soleelsm that
these daring and enterprtstng m rehants
whole continent. shut themselves. within a
picket guard Of physicians, warn on with guns
the Wayfaripg traveller and prostrlbe every
passing package as contraband OF health.
It is, we trust, made evident that New Orleans
has been aetua sd by iudieious and generous
motives in seeking to preserve this intar-eonM-
Mental commerce. 1t Is not especially to her
interest to maintain q severe and expensive
blockade against tropical Infection. to seal her
port for four months every year, and drive {.
lucrative trade from her own market to that OF
her commercial rivals. New Orleans can con
duct this local trade end intercourse with very
the commercial agents end pleasure seekers OF
other sections, the population OF New Orleans
re M asansd m p 9p
of the Iaboring, meuial, and to some extent. the
mechanical operatives are guaranteed against
Orleans might, therefore. reaaily abiicate the
exclusive Responsibility for every s. tse OF tropi
eal disease that may eomre into the country
ehor. debarred Ill intercourse and denied all
sympa by: The ,iialeney yt, q modern aqaran-
dsaaoa The aaar5o ~ may Sc too at5 easiIz aa
avoided Passengers from Injected ports
need not ,disem,b,,a,rk at ports procIaimned 2 cd
West or Pensacola. and take coast
steamer coming into NeW Orleans. Mobile or
Charleston With clean bills of health, or may
small risk Of detection in either case This eva
sion Of quarantine may intrnduce-as 1t has in
trodueeo yellow fever. into the towns OF the In
terror without the participation or cogni5anoe.
and against the vigilance Of the Gulf ports.
Such has been the difficulty Of guarding against
the invasion OF this Invisible f3e e! that ths out
The natural distrust and. perhaps he mercen-
airy interests Of places liable to this invasion
have rendered them suspicious, and general
inlerrurtton of all intercourse has resulted. It
is therefore reasonable to expect that this COM
pusory time quarantine should undergo res
vision by the legislatures Of the States. II may
! be deemed just that Congress shall take exclu-
sive jurisdiction Of the commerce between the
STATES and with foreign countries, and that ma
| tonal regulations shall be prescribed for the
| transit Of passengers. mails and goods. which
shall be alike respected by and enforced upon
corporate cities, railway stations and river
That New Orleans may respectfully remind
her sister cities Of the interior that this arrest
% %and ann ef s . Of
| debtors and creditors, this blockade # travel
ers, mails and merchandise, may. If not ar
| rested, become ltSelt epidemic anu fe-HcG upon
other communities and produce sincere sym
pathy with the troubles 1t has oeoasioned New
| Orleans.
| That II this general quarantine against New
| Orleans ls to become q commercial regulation
Of annual recurrence, 1t may become necessary
| that New Orleans should ndopt q oounteractinE
policy In self protection. That this policy might
consist In making no proclamation OF time
| quarantine against tropical ports to employ
simple. means Of disnfection for ships !; and /, oi
| To make no special aluson in Its health re-
ports or other publication to any imported OF
| impoFtabie epidemic and to treat such diseases
| as other cities do small pox or scaratina. Dis
| claiming. therefore, any exclusive RESPONSE
| hlity for the importation of tropieal diseases
| New Orleans may leave to other cities to regu-
dictates Of their own Interest or of their own
apprehension Respectfully submitted.
| r. 8. HOWARD,
| Vice President and Chairman of Committee
| w. O. RAYMOND,
| A. ECHRETBER.