Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-02-28
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From Kansas.

LBAvESwoRTH. Kansns. Feb. l5 1861.
The signatures TO the following statements IN regard
10 the dcsiiion In knDsns are those OF the most PROM
inent ciii1ens:
We feel called upon the friends Of Kansns moi
credit the recent statements Of Tbnhdcns Hyait IN
gard 10 The sirrngs of our people There have been no
authenticated cnscs Of dentll by stnrvnon aud II the
contributions continue as bouutiiy heretofore, until
June nexi, we hope they will, ilierc will be none,
AgOrT oSE-fIprli ~ THE PEOPLE MED HELP YRoM |
ABROAD. but The statements TINT Kansas is a charnel-
house, ha, all casses approaching starvation, ihat
there is but step between City thousund aud sarva
ton we believe, reckless and Migrant fasehoods.
W c. nfcpowrtt. Jnuvcf +, Jud,cial p,-sie,.---.-.I
A. w. PnzEn Pastor Presbyterian Church.
!; kvsr BAHIlrrr Editor Daily Times.
Jous NJ. LAiSG, late Of New York.
CHARLES w HIM, Editor Daily News.
q. J. PARK. Secretary Central R.lief Committee.
c. q. BARTHOLOMEW, Pastor OF Christian Church.
JAMES B. LAiSo, lutte OF New York.
The bulk ofthe population Of the State lies in the conn
ilnn ordinary desiliuiion There Inns undoubtedly
been much suffering from cold and exposure amog those
coming from distance TO the river towns for relief and
the winter hos hcen unusually severe. II is estimated
that $4,000 people will need aid provisions, clothes and
In seed 10 enable them 10 secure harves,s
The above is taken from the Statesman.
In copying it into our columns VIC have two
objects in view; the first is to show the con-
diton of the State of Kansas, as given by
those who are disposed rather to underrate
the wants and suffering Of her people, than
to exaggerate them--for the Statesman is
prejudicod against Kansas, and will publish
nothing that is likely to show her condition
worse than it really is-and the other is to
call the attention of the readers of the Ga
zette to the above card, as published in that
paper last week. You will observe by COM
parison, that the editor has ied ont entirely
that part of it, that we print in small caps
We are not disposed to judge rashly of the
motives that actuatc any man, hut when we
see the editor of public journal, whose
whole object should be to give correct ac-
count of the wants and sufferings, as we'll
as the plenty, peace and prosperity of the
people, peverting or Withholding the truth,
and publishing such twaddle as the following :
That, the way the distribution was managed, the gift
fund would he exhausted by the time real wu would
come upon many families.
That, one mnn Ind got load Of potatoes, and sold
them in the town where lived, for 81 Is per bushel,
uner begging his way across the ferry.
That, men. worth several thousand dollars, were on
the list for relief aud receiving H. the expense
| Of poor women mud children.
Thn one innn Ind sold his corn and then feeding
| relief corn 10 his cattle.
Which reminds us very much. of what
we have heard at Sabbath School celebra-
ton among the children about the unequal
distribution of refreshments. We are dis
posed to ''cry aloud and spare not" A man
may withhold his owa charity, when suffer.
ing humanity asks, and we do not find faul,
with the editor of the Gazette for having
done so-but simply say:
slut whose hath this worlds good and seeh his broth
er have need, and shucth mp his bowels Of compassion
from him how dwcllc,h the love Of God In him."
But when man will suppress or garble
tho truth and make use of his position a.
an editor to dry up the 70 untain of charity
in Others, when as in Kansas "about one.
fifth of the people need help from abroad"
or 100, 900 people need aid in provisions,
clothes and seed, and starvation is only tc
be avoided, ''if the contributions continue
as bountiful as heretofore" VIC are inclined
to hold him up in his naked deformity be-
fore the gaze Of charitable, Christian com
munity, aud ask, what fearful responsibilit,
rests on the shoulders Of that man?