Daily Republican., 1878-12-04
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Congress and the Yellow Fever.
There is one thing upon which IT,"
Mississippi and gnlf State members in
Congress agree very readily and that is
for quarantine regulations to prevent
the introduction and spread Of yellow
fever. This requirement brings within
its scope the necessity of river and har-
hor Improvements. the drainage Of
cities and cleansing of streets, things
which the individual States and mu-
nicipal governments should do them
selves. This is one of the things in
which the Southern States are not so
particular about state rights, and they
would be very willing for the Z. S.
government to assume the whole ex-
p4nse so they could but reap the bene-
f., W. are not ,bjecting to this call np-
on the government for aid, for quaran
I ne regulations are amongst the things
n lispensable to the health and happi.
n IS of the whole nation, and in order TO
preserve them means must be used to
ward off diseases, and prevent their
introduction no matter what the cost
may be, and if III. states which have
been SO terribly scour5ed with the yell
low f~ver plague do not take measures
to prevent the reappearance of the
plague, theI it is incumbent upon the
parent government to step in and do
tIlr work. 1t has, we believe, been well
settled that the cities on the MissiS,
sippi which have suffered the most We're
imperfectIy drained, and proper att-n-
ton was not paid to cleansing the
streets. Every scientific investigation
points to the fact that malarial and in
fectious d seases are more virulent and
fatal in localities where there has been
no attention paid to practice of the
laws of health.
When the plague was gradu-
ally working its way up the
Mississippi, northern cities flew tothrir
spades, shovels, scrapers and brooms,
druggists did good thing in the sale
of fdsinfectants, and We have no doubt
that had this been done in southern
cities, even after the plague had mad
its appearance, its virulence would
have been measurahly abate |. Our
southern people, however, do not seem
to care about going to the expense of
establishing strict quarantine regula
ti,ns and putting into practice SYSTEM
o. street drainage and sewerage, as
w)lll stanl rs a bar against diseases.
We do not mean it in party sens,
wnen W. say that they are too much
o;cupied with the Science of govern.
ment, or rather the science of how to
get into power, to pay much attention
to the science of the preservation of
h4alth, and prevention of the introduc-
ton of diseases. That is expensive and
something which they call upon the
general government to do, 50 that they
may do the governing.
In pecuniary point of view it would
W. believe le much better for the Gov
eminent to accede to the request of our
Southern brethren, and not only drain,
but macadimaze the streets Of the in
fected cities, than to have periodical
outbreaks Of epidemic diseases which
not only unsettles but destroys the
trade aud commercial intercourse of
the nation. The money sent South
during the prevalence Of the fever
would have gone great way towards
draining and paving the streets of the
cities which suffered the most from the
plague, and it is a question now
whether it would not he cheaper for
tie north to contribute money enough
to improve, purify and cleanse these
cities than to be subject 70 periodical
demands for money to feed the starv
iIg, clothe the naked, care for the sick
and bury the dead. We think that til.
yellow fever subject should be minute
ly investigated by a competent com
mittee Of Congress, and that something
should be done by the government to
prevent if possible the introduction of
the disease from foreign ports, or if
indigenous to the climate and surround.
inss to do something to break the force
o. the disease and check its yiruleDce,
Vreaking Wills.
The disagreement Of the jury in the
Dougherty will case suggests few
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