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Editorial
June 23, 1849
Arkansas Intelligencer
Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas
What is this article about?
Editorial praises Providence for sparing Arkansas from disasters like fire, flood, and pestilence in the current year, notes prosperous enterprises and abundant crops, mentions contained cholera and small-pox among travelers, and commends city authorities for health measures.
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Whilst almost every other part of the Union, during the present year, has been scourged with the visitations of either, fire, flood, or pestilence, Arkansas has been singularly exempted from all. Providence has spared this State, probably, far above its deserts, and emotions of gratitude towards our great benefactor should be awakened in the heart of every citizen.
We are not only blessed by the absence of terrific visitations, but it seems that every enterprise engaged in by our citizens, has prospered beyond expectation. Our fields smile with abundance and the crop of gold, harvested this year, will lay the foundation of future permanent prosperity
We do not wish it to be understood that the cholera, and even the small-pox, have not been introduced into our State. For such is the fact; but both of those awful diseases have been introduced only on the highways, yet they have been confined to travellers, and neither has appeared in the forms of an epidemic.
Our city is "distressingly healthy," as the doctors would say, at present, as it has been all time. It is free of all kinds of disease—epidemic, contagious—local.
Much praise is due our Corporate authorities for the measures they have adopted for, and the attention they have paid to, the health of the City.
We are not only blessed by the absence of terrific visitations, but it seems that every enterprise engaged in by our citizens, has prospered beyond expectation. Our fields smile with abundance and the crop of gold, harvested this year, will lay the foundation of future permanent prosperity
We do not wish it to be understood that the cholera, and even the small-pox, have not been introduced into our State. For such is the fact; but both of those awful diseases have been introduced only on the highways, yet they have been confined to travellers, and neither has appeared in the forms of an epidemic.
Our city is "distressingly healthy," as the doctors would say, at present, as it has been all time. It is free of all kinds of disease—epidemic, contagious—local.
Much praise is due our Corporate authorities for the measures they have adopted for, and the attention they have paid to, the health of the City.
What sub-type of article is it?
Moral Or Religious
What keywords are associated?
Arkansas Prosperity
Health Exemption
Providence Gratitude
Disease Containment
City Authorities
What entities or persons were involved?
Providence
Arkansas Citizens
Corporate Authorities
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Gratitude For Arkansas's Exemption From Disasters And Prosperity
Stance / Tone
Grateful And Commendatory
Key Figures
Providence
Arkansas Citizens
Corporate Authorities
Key Arguments
Arkansas Spared From Fire, Flood, Or Pestilence Unlike Other Parts Of The Union
Emotions Of Gratitude Should Be Awakened In Every Citizen
Enterprises Prospered Beyond Expectation
Fields Abundant, Gold Crop Foundations Future Prosperity
Cholera And Small Pox Introduced But Confined To Travelers, Not Epidemic
City Distressingly Healthy, Free Of All Diseases
Praise Due To Corporate Authorities For Health Measures