The governor of the State of New York should put at the head of his quarantine establishment. if such a man is not now there. a superintendent who will get on welliwith the United States authorities. and the Secretary of the Treasury should put at the head of the national quarantine establishment in the city of New York. if he is not already there. a man who will get on well with the State authorities. and there should be a public sentiment in this country that will not tolerate questions of etiquette or petty quarrels between the national authorities and the New York State authorities during the coming cholera season. Mr5I. President. while I have endeavored to forward the national and State preparation that is being made to keep cholera out. and while I cheerfully and cordially support the bill which the Committee on Epidemic Diseases have reported. after all I believe the danger is so great that we ought to suspend immigration for one year. and I deem it to be my duty to place some argument in favor of such a suspension before the Senate. The evidence is conclusive and overwhelmin that cholera does not come in the cabins of the steamships. It comes with immigrants in the steerage. This is not an invidious distinction to make. It is a distinction that is forced upon us by irrefutable facts..
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