Sharp County record., 1879-08-21
STRICKEN MENpU
The Accumulated Misfortr
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From the Memphis ANY, ANY
Let us look the situation iponf |,
day in Memphis straight \
Let us look, if possible, o bsr%i
quire OF the future what NV wv
and ruin it has in store | ~
present looks black, uclv
ding, made not so much ~ y
by croakers. The future >.
surrounded by a lurid hue tbs'
the frightful yellow tint, Tho a' \
ror, woe and sorrow. Tbo ~
the first case of which va! y
on the 9th, now counts its H.
tim. 1t counts more. Il
present destruction of the t,,S
dustries of the community, :.
ems the property which re- rsD,'
accumulations of the labor TS n
ent and preceding genersS.'
yellow fever is in front Of ps
it may easily be discerned 4
the incendiary, revealing fl.
thousands who to-day r' bs,,
source. Never was a citv IN m :.
able q condition. Most ofb,
men are absent. Of all whorI
er circumstances would be 4,
leaders and advisers, but a f.. ~
here to share the dan.
counsel the bewildprsi
pie what to do. Fr,.
has made provision for bir.
those dependent upon him,
has not been one word hesra
of the poor, no provision has,
for the safety of property, MI
has been subscribed to msipt
tegrity that once asSailed bvEn
be found very weak, indeed,
Government is powerlesS and
1t can not use one dollar off
in its treasury for the purpOg
tending with the fever or sucD
poor and needy, and it can
tax for that purpose, and i
could not collect it. As for IN
Government, it will take no
concerning us, for if it did ip
suit in nothing. The Statec ca
ute nothing for our benefit;
Federal Government can do r
be seen. Our condition is \
without any reliefs. The dot
ready for work, and many Of
sanguine that they are to have
it. We are in as bad a cOnd
the sporadic cases had Join
forces to make an epidemic, b
til October, perhaps Novea
been as effectually killed asith
16 we had 1900 cases. ThoaI
left US went under the spur
most of those who remain hsr
with that sense of security with
peace of mind or health are in,
All along our lines of railroad
are prepared to enforce quarsl:
their own fashion, regards
rules and regulations of The
Council of the Mississippi VAL
The railroad people are our fri
they can not do any thinghp
that the quarantinists will no.
But this is not all. Our stock
ceries are very low. The der
them the past few weeks has b
out precedent. The Howard
ton has but a few thous nd
begin operations with, and thei
remained over from last yes
hands of the Trustees has almI'
ed zero. The situation, it viii
seen, is full of gloom, not mert
count of the presence of theyel
but because of the long train
may bring with it. Memphl
more sitting in the ashes Of
despair. Out of this conditiOl
but one avenue-fight. Th
must get away from the yell
and the doctors before an ep
declared. No one who
had the yellow fever 'i
permitted to remain here,
as we'll as whites, wheth
will or not, should be forced Int
1t is better to live bearing thets
inconvenience of camps or ne4
cities than to drag out a mlse5
istence here in daily dread, pei
timately to die like a dog; an'
be cheaper TO sustain such caI
to pay the expenses of thoussH
and it may be the funeral eSl
thousands of dead. To accon
desirable AMI beneficent a plal
ations not a moment should H
kilograms elsewhere it will Oes
DR.. Porter has already takena
ing to such a hegira. But the
will have to do better. They
to take our poor away free
this remembering their 'lnD
kindnesses and charities last
are poorer now than then, anu
nothing. Besides, we can DIV
that the world will again help,p
erously and lavishly as it dla
We can not expect that the " y
help a people who do not D. D