, 1879-04-14
4 BTATE's+HTGHT DIHTrNorYnH.

LILO uophto IN tho llonEo on Bhtntt1nY Inst
brings out q now p1laso Of tho Domocratio
doctrine Of State Rights, aud makea dis
tinotion which is quito novel. It WINS claimed
BY the Dngadicrs quito carly In tho session
that tho General Government had no right
To establish n quarantine or talse my sanitary
measures TINT would provont tho yellow
fovcr from entering tho South md spreading
ovor Tho country. Tho Southern cities nro
notorionsly dirty md unhealthy, and It is
equally notorious that thoy won't clean mp
their dirt, "a tho whito people won't work,
and tho blacka don't wnnt to work for
nothing, having tho nistnken idea That they
arc free mon. anil therefore untitled to COM
pensation for thoir labor. It is notorious
nlao that the police regulations for enforcing
aanitnry measures nro not carried out, and
that yellow fever In consequence has
M unobstructed fold of operation.
Inst SIMMER tho charitable people of
the North came forward voluntarily,
opened their hearts md pockets, md
holpcd tho South out Of its wrotchod plight.
As all tho signs Of return Of tic tlisoaso this
summer wcro apparent, The North conceived
another humane project for Southern relief
BY tho introduction Of bill authorizing tho
National Government to uso It's money nnd
power to do for tho South wl1at 1t cnn,1ot do
for itsolf, lf,-uamely: establish rigid qsaran-
tsnos and ward off tho threatened visitation of
tlns horrible disoaso. Immediately the Con-
fotforate Brigadiers aroso, with Virginia at
thoar bend, and furioussy denounced this
humanitarian project as m invasion of Stato
Rights, and an unwarrantable and inso1ont
interference with tho functions Of tho States,
They were willing that the Northern pooplo
should contribute thoir money and supplies
to help tho South In It's extremity, but tho
Goncral Government nhould nevor iutorposo
its powerful arm and hold the yellow monster
at bay,-never, mover, not ovon "hartlly
eyer." But one man Of tho whole Southern
delegation, and ho the ono who lind TO-
maincd at hia post like hero 8ghting the yel-
low fayer,-the Hon. CAHEY YOUNG, had the
1nanlincss to atnnd up and support tho bill,
while tho othar Brigadiora, who Ind rusti-
cnted in the healthy Northern cities during
the progress Of tho epidemic, beloved their
haircd Of the Federal power and thoir lovo
Of State Sovereignty.
Now. aftor this display of mnlice toward
tho General Government and of determiun-
ton TINT 1t shall not intorpoDe its power in
bohalf Of sick mon, como those same BriRu-
diers, With Virginia ut their head again, and
aak the General Government to spend ita
money and intcrposo it's powor in bohaf Of
sick cows in tho South; in othor words, to
authorize Federal officers to whit Southern
farn-yards and kill a!l cattle suspected Of
having p'ouro-pnoumonta. It sooms, then,
TINT in tho miuaa of tho Southern Brigadiory
thero is, SO far rs State Rights are con.
corned, radical difference botwoon d
man with tho yellow fevor and COW
with tho pleuro-pneu1nonia or bog with
tho cholera. Tho Qonorn1 Government can
help tho hog, hut It must not help tho man. !,
This Is Inconsistent on It's faco. II tho Gov
orn1nent cannot Interfere to provont yellow
fover, it has no right to eradicate plouro-
pneumonia. If 1t must not como to tho re-
1lof Of sick mon aud womon, 1t certafuIy
must not holp aick cows and hogs. II tho
South tcW have yellow foyer rather than
giyo up its doctrine Of State Rlghto, then lot
it havo pleuro.pnsumou!a also, aud all tho
other diseases In tho category. If tho Gov
ernmont cannot DO permitted to llolp mon
and women, it is MI insult TO nsk It to helm
cows nnd hogs.