The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-21
MR.. MADDEN AND TIE MER-
GIANTS.

tHlNIS.
The merchants and business men Of
Memphis are not apt TO be driven from
their moorngs or taken from their judg-
ment OF things; they are not apt to be
taken OF their feet even by untoward
events. they usually weigh well the pros
and cons before they take step in any
direction. II is n chief function Of their
business TO weigh and calculate. THE Ar
ZEAL is not, therefore, surprised at their
action yesterday, resulting in visit TO
Mr. MADDEN by the Presidents OF both
Exchanges, to insist upon more rigid
quarantine than We have had vet The
effect OF this visit was immediate. Mr.
MADDEN, after some trivial prcimnaries on
his part, soon asccriained that this disiin-
guishcd committee, accompanied by Gen.
Lake Wright, one Of the most notable
OF tho heroes Of rs, represented
sentiment that has been growing in
Memphis evor since quarantine was first
attempted "A sentiment OF want Of conf
donco not in the proclamations, but in the
ms rmcnts employed 10 enforce quaran
tine. These have been VIGOROUSLY incill-
cicnl, lax, and almost II not altogether in
different. That Mr. lIaddcn is n faithful
officer there can bo no doubt. lie per
forms his duty with singlcncss Of purpose.
But lac does not know or seem to apprcci.
ate or understand the virtue there Ia in
non.iu,crcousc with infected places His
mind has been filed up with the almost
criminal nonsense promulgated by the
representatives Of few southern Health
Boards at Nashville on Tuesday last lie
seems to think with these doctors that
one "li,tlc case OF yellow fever would
not count. But wo trust that the
facts oi the four eases OF yellow icycr
that have resulted from Spcnccrs death
/ by that disease In Decatur will cure him
II this and convince him OF the folly the
health representatives were guilty OF at
Nashville. The fact that q telegraph OPP
orator died nj Decatur q few days ago, that
Wilson died at wildwood ON Monday
Ncwbcrgcr at Louisville yesterday, and
another man at Decatur yesterday, all
as a result OF Spcnocr's ono case, should
convince Mr.. laddcn that when the doc
tors ut Nashville said what they did about
not quaran,iIing against ono case OF yellow
fever, they were discrcditing the facts
Of history, tho experience O, their
own profession, common sense aud
their own intelligence one ease Of
yollow fever has always to Memphis
been the seed Of an epidemic. This was
the case Ia 1873 aud 1873 The poo
pie remember this lIoncc the feeling
they very properly manifested yesterday
IN the matter ui uou-intucomsc. This
they insist shall be cSnc,incly en-.
forced against nh refugees iromnll injected
placra Aud they want II understood
once lot all that the person who enters
Memphis from an infected district does
80 a, the peril Of bis lie. lie comes in.
icclgd with fever aud is ~ dangerous as a
match 10 a powder magazine. lie comes
knowing this danger and should bc
lra,cj rs a man with q criminal purpose.
AMI a criminal intent TO spread disease
that invariably bring death aud ruin In its
train 10 Keep such persons cut OF Mem.
phis non-inlcwour-c should bc enforced
with a rigor that oyory man subjected To
Il would acknowledge as effective aud ".
member cor all time. Let Us have such
a system enforced.