New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-13
KANSAS RELIEF MEETING.


large hall of the Cooper Institute. large number
the solid and benevolent men of the city were upon
the PLATFORM
SETH b. HUSY, esq, called the meeting to order anu
the Rev, DIR. GILLETTE offered prayer Mr. HUNT
then nominated VIM. G. Bryant, Gee, for Pfesde' %
the meeting
Mr. BKYAsT, on taking the chair, spoke in substance
Us fellows:
The ohiaet If tlSs meeting is to take measures for
the relief ef brethren IN hansis sulerlas Ioh
famine You viii hear an socount OF whatIhey en-
dnxe and agoesi0ns for their relief will he hnd be-
fore YOU sure that the story OF their suhenngs
viii awaken yolr warmest sympathy ana that tne
pians fer their relief will 40 FAR as they are wise, re-
ssiye ycur ready concurrence. few years slnce !
when l. Gland overtaken by sudden dearth, and |
her people dying, in their villages and hamiets
of hut ger the cry of distress, heard from the other
side oF The Atlantic moved all people with pity,
ard instant succ0r war lent them. a little while
since call for aid came not only across the Atlantic,
bat from regions beyond Europe lrela the coast oi
wes'eIn Africa, from the houseless and furnished
Christians Of Lebanon, and your hands We're IN
sfartly opened Tor their relief. But now the cry
OF want arises within our own borders; 1t Is our
ON countTymen and women, with their tender chr
dfen, who perlsling for lack Of food our
Kindred, our late neighbors, turn their eyes to
for htip pray you TO consider that the case o. a
newly settled county overlaken by scarcity OF Ioed
is different from that OF an old community, In old
communities thes accumuauons OF wealth, teere
lie goia and silver there bunk accounts the rlch
aid their poorer neighbOrs. Bat into new country,
Ike Kansas, the cOlJniss carry nothing but their own
strong arms and their wives and children. II they
had any money at first II Is expended III provdng
shelf for their families, and ~ purchasing oxen and
the implements OF cultivation. Iley depend ios SUD
sistenCe on what they Immediately Obtain from tne
sol il the earth denies her accustomed honesty, lney
are in despair, if We, who more fortunate come
not TO their aid And the earth has denied her honesty
To these poor people. ] remember that III my y0uth,
when tie petitions to the Throne OF Mercy We're more
loba d In ne ami lluQu8Le
brew Scriptures good ministers were wont, IL
season of threatening drOuth 10 suppIc'te the UNI
yersal Father not Withhold either the early or the LAT
Ger rain adding make not the heavens over our heads
brsss, the earth unOer our ieet ashes Nhat lney
dem ecated in these terms has beien tue settlers VI
Kansas. Both the early and the latter rains rave been
with ED; again and again has the seed been east ht0
the pomd. and peIisled there unquchened-Onee
wien tie fields were sOwn Tor Winter gram, ana aglh
an Spring when was scattered Tor the mer harvest;
The latol Of than year mas been truless neli
after fNl6 has been burning for rain; month after
month abrzen armament has stood over their heads,
and when in due season the reaper has visited lhe
titled feds bis head has sunk within bln as he saw
that tkev were but beds OF ashes u II dreadful
thing when these juices OF the stomach winch are
given 20 convert the 1ood we take into heaithfdl
chyle, aud To awaken wholesome appetite turn
their ei.ergies on the organ Which contains then,
ana torture ii TO agony until their wretched
creature gives up the breath OF e IL can hardly DE
accounted less than mercy when some wasting cpl
oemic isterposes and snOrens the pangs Of ianlie
We may, if large and immediate relief be- not given,
hear OF the rayages Of strange dstempels among these
people such often sent 10 reduce the number OF
LhOse who survive to somewhat OF an equality Win
the means OF subsistence.
When he had concluded Mr.. Hunt nominated Norris
KetehUm and X. II. McCurdy as Vice-PresidenS, and
John T. Cleveland and Edgar Ketchum Secretaries.
The nominations were accepted
The Rev. c. c. HUTCHINSON of Kansas was then
introduced He said: Ladies and Gentemcn--You
have kindly expressed your sympathy for the suffering
by gathering here tonight. 1T remains for US,
come from the widespread plains Of Kansas tell
simple tale of woe and await the action which your
generous breasts will prompt. Tonight 1t ls well
known TO the reading public that terrible calamity
has betalen Kansas. Three months ago the blow lad
fallen, but those three months have history; and 70
that history permit lie briefly 10 call your atteuilJn
We had watched through weary months Tor the ram
which should cause fertile soil 10 yield Its accus-
toned bounteOus harves,s. Our hope was big aad
We did not give up, although Spring came and
went without It's showers. Then slowly drag
ged the sultry Summer months, and yet 10 rain.
Sill we did not despair. very light crop,
and consequently very hard times were seen to be
Inevitable; but none thought Of famine aud no oucry
was made. Men put cheerful cOuntenaDces, and
neghbOIs only expressed to eIo other Their most an-
gune hopes. As Autumn approached, the seventies II
tie care became more apparent, aud some began TO tS
OF serious consequences. Yet such were usually looked
upon tithle-s croakers, andcUunedto keeP silence
Letter-witers whether writing 10 attends Or 10 news
papers carefully reirained iIom exposing true
dition willie our local papers said nothing, or placed
matters in the most favorable light do you ask why
this STUDIED effort paint the picture tine brightest
possible cOlOrs Why, my friends, Kansas Was like
some noble family, which finds itself gradu dly de-
sceDding from afuence TO poverty. The reputation OF
Territory for fertility, the deblred influx OF lnm-
grafton, and esq ecaly OF cap u, al made 1t necessary
that we should so far az possible, A" keep up ap-
pesirances" Just IN proportion To man.
connection with the material Interests OF the
Territory was he tender this pOiht and our
speouatoIs and politicians and meuiL place and power
were particularly anxious lest some should say t-a
Kansas might need help. Al this JunetuTe settler In
Southern Kansas, Mr.. ii. &. Slllwell, who had evl-
IDENTIFY kept silence until the ire burned IN his bones
wrote "A letter 20 The NEw-iOkk TRIBUNE De-, HOllg
with the terrible patnOs Of truth the actual condition O
hs locality cay OF gnatiOn Immediately arose IRON
interested persons in the Territory and Eastern papers
wele flooded with letters setting iOrtn with nucn ee
ing that Kansas abunQanIly able To take care OF
hefs H. Blu tts letter led 10 other ami more Import
ant r,sults. Ii seen by Mr. Inaddeus byait, and
in the generous impulse OF bis heart, lie Immediately
deter ined TO go TO Kansas and Tor Himself. APP
plauie Tie news OF his resolution went Abroad aud
there Immediately followed telegram from Ledven-
worth 10 the effect that Mr. Hyatt need not
trouble himself about Kansas, bad enough
and 10 spare. The papers al LedvenwOrtn ana
In some other tOwus, Irrespective of party, united IN
declining this Witt sometimes presenting very ddOloIs
compliments TO Mr. Hyatt ana tue editors and Litter
Wliters we're for time In Iu cry endeayOnug 10 run
down The story OF want in Kansas. Mr. Hyatt as5O-
Ciated with himself two other gentlemen, residents o.
Kansas Gen. s. &. Pomesoy AID Judge w r. NJ.
Amy and passed from AtclisOn through Lawrence
into lbe int or At the Missouri River and on every
day Of their journey, they mo- great numbers oi sOr
rov.strcken and pOvertysnDtten settlers, who were
leaving their homes and seeking Land OF plenty, be-
cause az they SAID they had raised nothing, ana cOGi
GA. rattpg 10 eat. Nj. Hyatt soon found that, Tor
once tie Eewspapers were sI gk,y at fault, and did
no, wholly represent the sentiment OF The Territory
Sober ara discreet men, who did rot allow their JUG