It comes : the cholera keeps its steadfast path across
the world. That which seemed an abstraction in the remote regions of Turkey or Russia, becomes a tangible reality now that it is in the coun- tries nearest to us : it holds possession of commercial Hamburg, and has actually entered the capital of fashion, civilization, and revolution—Paris. It cannot be kept back, like the armies of the greatest human potentates—no Thermopyhe will hinder its path ; nations cannot fly from it. The only safety is in a spirit of pa- tient courage, of careful but cheerful vigilance. It behoves all to be diligent in their appointed duty, and then to accept the re- sult with perfect trust.
The Executive has obvious functions ; which, it is to be hoped, will be performed in a spirit of zeal proportionate to the need, and altogether disproportionate to the faltering conduct of its legislation. Even from the patchwork legislation of the past session, we shall derive some advantage.
For its part, the public must not rely on the nostrums of well- meaning ignorance : the authoritative advice of our appointed Sanatory Commissioners has been issued both in London and Dublin, which is trustworthy, reassuring, and distinct. There is no occasion for panic. The Commissioners seem to have esta- blished these facts,—that the disease is non-contagious, so that no danger for the attendants lurks at the bedside of the sufferer; that the early stage is easy of cure ; but that all who are seized with sympto:ns suspicious or even equivocal, should at once'invoke the aid of du: '-constituted medical advisers. It appears to be pro- bable, that with the simple observance of such rules as common sense will dictate, any one may escape ; and that if the bulk of the people can but do as they are bid in this matter, the storm may pass over the land comparatively harmless.
