New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1878-09-28
q 49, NTINR QUNaEION.

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IN fron
aboVs the separation Of the lepcrs
2 z : lsy iticus, shrcugh the stringent
II and lions of che LazarettO, the bar
fom order that stevery plagued
should be taken out Of the
Sc m a. the fields, = there to die or
ontesis @ 10 the organiged quarantine
the Iee, and the later health codes
a ~ W. lized nations, mankind has
lawi aed the protection Of q re-
the Intercourse against the con-
3 iiseases which may be COM
ssd By contact Of persons or
atsd M ng BY the application of this
'revenI DIe in other places and other
nesee Il has become the duty Of the
Assem- i Of New Orleans to inquire
ay in quarantine may be necessary
'S;N.us i WIZ protection Of life and trade in
for i own port, and what peculiar
sction of restriction may be best
'ss 2 4 to that object.
Legisl. ns take view Of the con-
I 'Isei;o ssGs Ne@ OrIeaus at the com-
parish ent Of the epidemic which is
aa a.. 81 devastating our city and its
more cree. Our health authorities,
n from the obligations of State law
axa.I Ior makes it compulsory upon
De al make and maintain quar-
2 the had early in the season pro-
~ N Ds d almost every tropical port of
nor neequence nnder quarantine.
lge I; q 81 50 New Orleans was, in ef-
le pes Anding guard over the whole
ion on ts Of the Mississippi Valley.
,ona;5 sraa ties Of the interior accepted
al olec bstrnction Of our own trade
liz objection, since it was a
{ Fl FL lon to them. When, however,
expiri emic had succeeded in break
!, ! eise isS st our guard, what was the
Of those cities and their
e am dependenciesf They quar-
~ ,ss,;s u the passengers and packages
Orleans so as almost entirely
rty.tu st our intercourse with the
'brog Che United States. New Or
as thus insnlated-cut off by
4 Ib;.,e = quarantine with all ports to
rly 81 ID and excluded from access
Arior trade by the panic of
As . result we find that
II \ .5s N n produce, which must for
nufae have awaited the end of the
: l, Eeq bic to reach a market, has been
the Eastern markets by rail.
! ers also manifest that the goods
tazal would formerly have been fur
w .ns v to the interior from New Or
'edina re now supplied by rail from
hun tern and Western cities. Nor
or y been the worst consequence
misfortune. A number of our
le la mated people, estimated as
Ee forty thousand, have left the
9eS GrI.. safety elsewhere. Assuming
med atc Of expenses for these abb
cn during the summer months,
4 M ora d have had Withdrawn from
inss hital Of our city certainly as
l;esI Redi IS 9I2, COO, 900, without making
4 81 innate for the loss of the ser
aolIs1 these citizens had they been
dsn Us. We do not add the ex-
'ond1 nary expense attending the
.a .9a illness, and the total disor-
N ion of trade. We have re-
donations Of the most liberal
- ter from our friends elsewhere,
0rlss iill the waste and loss is
Gus.
. An % not complain of the restric-
}. is' nposed By others upon an in
see With us. It is impossible
% 4. on with human terror or with
interest against the impulse
IS P. er New Orleans, however,
= palisd TO consider the conse-
cAR 0f compulsory aud pro-
time quarantine, and deter
COLI whether she will not be COM
9 70 adopt the same modifca-
TER otheE tropical and semi-trop-
gtn.
inigr
zrna egrot 70 say that we consider
Agsn nnal loss Of three months to
Ag2 glnesa population as an I'M
RSl drawback on the commerce Of
and as a loss which il is
olle t TO avoid. The BEST, per-
only. exclusive trade left to
Il. Orleans is The Introduction Of
oduqts Of adjacent Spanish
= States and colonies BY land
ef. TO close Or obstruct this
sas l, 9 delay Of ton days at q
hen tie ports Of the East do
so' g q similar detention, has
and must continue 10 divert.