New-York tribune., 1879-03-12

crushed out at small expense, and there can ne no
doubt as to which is the wisest course AS all tne
plaques are alike the propagation OF the Polsol
70 70 adduce the experience of two adjacent
counties In Scotland when invaded bv e the rln1
derpost. Aberdeen raised fund OF t2,oOO, ana
though she suffered several successive inVaslone'
she speedily crushed out the poison when u 1aP
peared by slauGhteTing the sick beasts ana .H ds-
injecting the premises. The result was that niue
more than half the fund was wanted TO relmpuIso
the owners for their losses and the splendid heius
of the county preserved. Eortar, on tne oIhYi
hand set herself to cure the plague, with the result
of a universal infection, the loss OF many thou5thuS
of cattle a2d the ruin of hundreds OF farmers many
the malady crushed ont OF the entiIe isianu pi
the method adopted by Aberdeen aud Quiet "eh
advised counties at the outset.
EJACULATION INCOMPATIBLE WITH DIFFERENTIATION
incubation is condemned by all those consdera-
tiopg that would forbid quarantine and treatment
Whatever good there is in Inoculation depends on
the reproduction Of the poison in the system OF the
the lnocuated animal as to render 1t IN
sus3eDtible TO n second attack. An inocuatcd
animal il therefore infected, and Ike q Deast IN
fected III the ordinary way IS prOilhc source ol
The poison and a means of Its dInuslon lhOcniaIioh
has been largely practi-ed III Europe, but no
country which has rcsOrted to 1t cXtens!VeIY mas
ever succeeded III roofing out the pcsthence CaJte
nave been inoculated by tens OF l9usands' as SIN ID
Belgium and Holland; and OF an Lurope, tneSe
ar,. the countries now most eXtenHytly lhIcCteu'
France Prussia, Italy, Austria and England nave
each prac ised It on large scale, and each remains
a ho.le Of the plague. Australia has 70 lowed the
Practice and Is now and must continue an iutecteG
country. Our own infected States have lnocula'od,
and The disease has survived and spread III spite OF
it, aud even by It's aid. Whatever country has ded-
nitely eNterminated the plague (NorTay, ," eueA
Denmark Hoistein, Necklenburg SwItZerahd
Massachusetts, and Connecticut, that country has
prohibited iuocuiatOn and all other methods that
proceed Oh the principle of preserving the SICK ana
has relied on the slaughter OF the Injected ana
the thorough dlslnfectiOu OF their surroundings 90
Will IL be with us. If any State adopts OF alio"9
any OF these tempOIiZng measures, that stare WIZ
only repeat the experience of tie past alkc 10 the
Old World and to the New, will pcrpetnate the us
ease m the country will entail great losses on lts
citizens Will keep mp the need Tor constant Watch-
fitness and great expense by the ADJOINING states
for their own DrOteCtlon and Will md hnltey post
pone the resumption of the foreign live stock trade
which a lew months ago promised 10 be one OF the
most valuable branches Of our international COM
meICe.
In the present crisis nothing can excuse delay OF
inefficient Legislation or work TO be successiu,
all the infected States must act haImohloisiS, ana
any one that comes short of statute and 4elniIs-
tratiOn ri least thorough that OF on
that State will rest the odlum Of protr9ctlng what
cannot but be considered otherwise than as great
National calamity. Yours, JAMES LAM
byOOkllp, March 10, 1879