Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-11-15
THE FAMINE--wHAT SHALL BE
DONE FOR KANSAS.

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There Is but one answer tothequcstiou.
The Northwest, New England and the
Middle States, must take her and her suf-
fering population into their charitable
keeping and as long .as'the famine lasts,
share with them the abundance with which
Providence has generally blessed the land.
There must be no delay, no donbt, no hest
tation, not much caxiling MS to methods.
There is helpless and starving people.
In New York and New England is money.
amdin the Northwest there are corn and
pork. The problem, then, is not, Shall
we give?' hut, How shall the money of the
East, the food of the West, and the fam
ishe1 people of Kansas most speedily, sure,
ly and economically be brought together?
That problem must be. solved within the
month, else the ears of Christendom will
be salutcd by wall, wrung from hungry
men and starving women and children, the
like of which has not been heard since
Ireland went through her great tribula-
ton. unv
The terrible fate which threatens to over
whelm that brave and loyal people, and
the necessity for instant action, leave but
little time for concerted effort here, or Tor
weighing proposed measures of relief and,
among many, choosing the best. What
is done must come from the generous and
spontaneous impalse of those hereaway to
whom Kansas is looking. She cannot
send mp the number of agents necessary to
make personal appeals to all who might
give. She has neither the men nor money
forthat. She can but state, in the public
prints. the facts of her situation, and then
sit down and wait. 90 h'6> ! al
The first she has done. The most care
full estimates say that forty thousand peo-
pie see nothing before them at the end of
sixty days. sbut exodus or starvation; that;
OF these, full ten thousand have not the
means to get through November. and that
other thousands are pinchel by hunger to-
day, and except as their neighbors, almost
as poor as themselves, divide with them
their scanty stores, they know not whence
their next meal is to come. This is the
story, and it is substantiated by testimony
that will everywhere command ready and
implicit belief. The sun burned mp the
crops. The cattle died for want of water
and grass. Kansas is starving. Will
Illinois, Wisconsin. Iowa and Indiana res
pond to her appeal? Will not the people
in each town and village in all these
States, take instant steps to act together
in this matter and in subordination to
some general authority? Let them call
wherein the case OF Kansas shall
be debated. Kansas herself is about to
hold State Convention which will ap.
point agents to speak in behalf of the
whole people. not for this town, that
church, or the other society. but for every
man, woman and child in want Of bread.
Instead of waiting this authorization Of
men to act in her service, why not let the
work Of collecting money, clothing and
food go ong Why not have our auxiliary
societies in every township, which shall
not only appeal to the men who always
give, but to every farmer who can spare
side of bacon or a basket corn? 1t must
be remembered that the measures of relief
adopted, must not be the result of charitl
able spasm, but the fruit a conscientious
to do what the emergency
save every one of the lives
wimperilled by the approaches of famine.
The work is ono of great magnitude, and
wherever it is taken up it must be SYSTEM
atically pursued. and all who have the gem
erosity to give, though never SO little,
must be sought ont and included in the list
Of Kansas bene!actors. For this purpose
mast be kept up. and those
who direct them must put their hearts into
the work. aud for what they do. seek re-
ward in an approving conscience, which
is the smile of Heaven upon all good
deeds. Our readers will see that it is no
light task to carry forty Thousand people
through a season Of famine. furnish them
with seed IN the spring. and the means to
feed the laborcrs. who will tend the ex-
pected crop. 1t is like maintaing an army
in an enemy's country; bat great and ex
pensive as the task is, it must be done
Let us begin now before the winter shuts
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