Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-12-04
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year, ssys tie Aavocate. for several year
past, a body Of men calling themseIve
The "soutLern Aid Society,"" have bee
in the habit Of meeting in the city c
New York 10 concert measures for lii
spread Of the Gospel in the Southern
States OF this Union. The "Society' ,
composed principally of the most sancii
monious shepherds of the Northern cIer
gy, and its annual gathering is general,
a little spilled by the attendance of al
ad'niring light Or so from Virginia 0
Maryland, who deem 1t their privilege Il
make an annual address of thanks to thu
said "Ssociety' Tor its efforts to CONVEX
the htnighted South to The enjoyments
of Northern Gospel.
It would be throwing away words te
intimate to these Mrs,Je|l&bys that "chari
~ always fegins at home,' and a waste
of time to try to ~acquaint them with the
notorious fact that there ars scarcely SO
many human beings in the Southern
States requiring their sort of laid" as
there are to be found in the god!y EN-
pire State alone. Il, however, we sug>
gest to them the proprie,y Of taking the
ten thousand and odd doI|ars-the total
amount Of their last annual receipts in
their exchequer and appropria'iug it to
the purchase Of wretched soup for the
maintenance OF the w1etcbed poor OF
their own city during this Eke|y-to-be
severe winter, we beg that they consider
us not ungratefuI for the good intentions
they entertain towards the Southern
heatbens. To the New York "Southern
Aid Society,"" whose special vanity
like that Of the good Shepherd for san-
garee-~seesns to be the diffusion of Cos
pei in the South, WI say, keep your
funds and Intentions at home; resolve
yourselves into a Universal Soup Society
or into aa Association for the Distribu-
ton of Greek Bibles among the Sepoya,
or soma other absurd organization for
"
the propagation Of ciseased philanthropy
we'll zone of it among US. .
The contributors to this Northern
"Sou.befn Aid Society" are undoubtedly
a self-depriving set. Among them we
have a lady in Connecticut who sends
two gold pieces, the gift Of a deceased
friend (nost se|f-deoying lady, tbat,)Ioog
kept as 3 remembrancer, but now cou-
tributed in hope that they may assist in
~enzightoaing that portion Of our country
from which SO many Withhold their aid"
What q blessed Saint! rs great Won
der, an& a pity, too, hat her Savior
taken a liking to her before this,
and called her away from the depravi-
ties Of this ioco rrigible sphere. A gen.
tleman from Maine "beiug of opinion
the evils ~ofslavery will be mit;ga,ed
or cease to exist Gully through the inhu-
OF the Gospel on the. hearts of the
Observation-Disclosures the recent action
Of the parent Society in Withdrawing
from the Southern field, and so divides
he small pittance he has to be$tow, aud
~ncloses " ten dollars for the Southern
Aid Society,"" Duly obliged to iIles'ge,,-
iemau from Maine,' as also the profess
iona gentleman OF New York, who en-
the society's report by accosting
me of the officers in this gem Of uupar-
pleasantly:
IL ows you a small sum Of m%onev."-
No! | suspect not" ayes, | d." re-
lied the friend. Il contribute a GER
ain sum annually for Home Missions |
:ve given one-halfto the bretIleren who
0 the Northern half Of the work--and
S you do the Southern half, | hand you
bis. Besides they say you have not a
wv bad fellows down South. | want to
and some Gospel after them"
This is good for the "professional mani
is rather superb, and comes fully up TO
10 standard Of b%enevolence and geuer
sity practiced by the Pc ks.. ,Ha1 school
f phiIzn.|rropis.s, q school which we
has obtained mastery in the d.