The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-08-30
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Nd tl.t agitation Of International poli''oh Il
De.tlons, the forms and policies and en- u
ioaobmfnls Of government and have taseh
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rest b, live, how easiest TO cross tue "as'
low. 90 shorten distances and 10 ekcno
,re,ter International traffic and intercourse
md now best to preserve and prolons i'o
,pS grow In material and inteliec'uai
-i:hes are now the questions thai oi'ehes'
F.tract notice and receive from statesrnon
the greatest attention. All the cNinHeu
peoples are recognizing the brotheIhoou Oh
man and that what affects one nation Is u
conseq to the others, more paruoa-
arly now In this age Of extended ana COM
mon travel, than ever before in the history
Of the world. Increasing triendliness ana
intercourse between the nations Is
adding more and more annually to the ne
cess,ty that is seen in many quarters TO ex-
list for in,ernatonal congresses to settle
dee nitely many of these great economic
questions that are impossible of satisfac-
tory settlement by sny one nation
Among the many suHiects OF the charac-
81, mentioned not one equals in import
snce the matter. of the health OF tie people
of the various nationalities, and not one is
| more difficult ofpractical and satisfactory
| settlement without international concert.
Enforce quarsntipes as we may,'so long as
the people of other countries, and with
whom we mingle and sustain commercial
relations, are negIectful of sanitary meas
ures and persiet in such manner-of lille and
practices as breed pestilence, we are men
aced as ,cerainly and dangerously oas II
hostile feet were lowering upon our
coasts. Europe may quarantine against
Egypt, but so long as Egyptis suffered TO
remain cholera and an epidemic breeder,
Europe is menaced in the most wal
poipt. The United States MY
quarantine against Cuba, Mexico and
South America and remain ever so clean
but yellow fever may be anticipated IN our
southern cities SO long as it is suffered TO
break out in those quarters3 ust mentioned.
The suggestion has been made, and Is re-
ceiying extensive appreciation from the
southern press that our southern congress
men set on foot a movement that shall
speedily result in an international SAM
t,ry congress, and we trust our Texas
delegation will take the matter into con-
sderation. The establishment OF such
congress is feasible, and may be clothed by
the various governments with powers suft-
Gent to carry out thoroughly effective
8 stem OF international sanitary measures,
ID instead of quarantining against stop
he origin of plaques and epidemics IN
rose filthy sections of the world from
which they now commence their deadly
m riches. The idea is not only a
,od one but growing in public favor, many
of the leading southern newspapers takln e
It up. and a call has been made upon
the president to recommend congress to
Ike the initial step for the organization Ut
1cb body. In advocating the establish
ment of such a congress, and in discussing
the reasons therefor, among other things,
the Memphis Appeal has this 10 say
1.-THE Appeal cordially indorses what its
contemporaries OF Georgia, Florida and
Alabama say upon this subject, and unites
with them In urging upon members OF con-
GEES, from the south especially, the press
| ing necessity there is for abating nuisances
| like those that prevail in nearly all the
Spanish American countries, and from
which as from hot-beds the yellow
fever springs full-armed for death
every summer. Germany levied fine
ard made France pay it, as the dis.
turber of the peace OF Europe; on The
me principle the nations that are in a
sanitary condition should make those pay
fines that are in filthy and unsanitary
state, the breeders of pestilential diseases.
II .yana is chronically in such state, and
| is, above all other places, a constant men,
ace to the lives and fortunes of the people
of the Mississippi valley. 1t ought to be
brought under the discipline OF inter-
national public opinion, and its people
should be compelled to live not like aui-
m ais, cropping and alternating in theirown
filth, but as human beirgs, charged with
all the responsibilities that devolve upon
the most favored races in this advancing
nineteenth century. Human life is worth
more than any thing else in this world, and
the man, or men, or nations, that endanger
1t must be made TO psy, and pay dearly, for
their brn al and brutal'zing luxury"
|
Fever and ague. malarious fever, bilious