Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-12-18
The Firstiing of the Abolition
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We copy the following from the col
umns Of the Cincinnati Enquirer. 1t is
worthy OF a careful persual and consid
Grafton of its arguments. 1t shows the
beginning Of the end, in the enterprise OF
negro. philanthropy and portrays some of
the consequences Of Abolition fanaticism,
as drawn by itself in light the verse Of
attractive
"AID FOR EMANCIPATED NEGROES"
ga meeting of quite a number of our
leading citizens, was held Tuesday after
noon, at the Merchants Exchange, to in
stitute some plan for relieving the press,
ing wants of the hundreds and even thou
sands, of recently emancipated negroes
mostly women and children-now com.
ing inside of the Federal lines. Mr.. w
Nj. Taylor was ch ,sen chairman, and then
H. Taylor Secretary. a paper was then
read by Mr.. Geo. l.. Davis, presenting,
very forcibly, the claims this class OF peo-
Pile have upon the charity of the prosper
Gus citizens of the North. They suffer
only in slight degree the burdens Of the
war; they have, it is true, contributed TO
the relief of the soldiers families, and in
various other ways contributed to their
means to promote the comfort of those
connected with the army; but all this is
nothing compared with the losses incon-
venencies and suflerings Of those in the
midst of the rebellion.
81 he negroes may be the cause Of the
war, but they are the innocent cause Of it.
They neither instigated it, nor do they
willingly aid in the rebel prosecution OF it,
therefore they are not barred from oul
sympathy and charity. We have even
opened our purses to relieve the families
of rebels, and whJ should we not save
from starvation those colored people who
being loyal fed from rebel servitude? Ii
is not proposed to bring them North, THEN
choice is to stay South, but food and
clothing are not to be obtained there at
present; they must have relief from the
people of tbe North, or they will suffer
| and die.
There are said to be from 5000 to 10
600 of those helpless beings at points be.
tween Helena, Ark, and Cairo, demand.
ing immediate relief. No doubt the lii.
eral minded and benevolent in every com
munity would contribute tor this purpose
il responsible and ready chunnel were
open for aiding them
There are from eight to ten Thousand o.
these helpless beings at points between
Helena and Cairo. Their number is dai
| y increasing. There are in the North, and
within the lines of our several armies
nearly hundred thousand of the same
class, and in the same state OF destitution
Our armies are increasing in number as
fast as possible; and when the programme
is complete, upward of four millions o.
naked, homeless, thritless human beings
will constitute the vast total of those who
according to these gentlemen. have claims
upon our sympathy and charity, and
without which in the form of material
relief, they will suffer and die.
Perhaps as christians, we ought to be
glad to witness the field of our philan-
thropy so much enlarged. We are also
opening other fields. Exhortation is be-
ing made in favor of the destitute in the
cotton manufacturing districts in England
--destitute in consequence of the stop
page in the culture and supply of cotton
While the negroes are keeping holiday
amid the blessings of hunger and naked
ness, white men and women, deprived OF
employment by our war, and famishing
in Just as profitable idleness. Have not
they claim upon our charity? "They
neither inStigated the war, "nor do they
aid in the rebel prosecution of it,"
These negroes never before were in ma
kedness, nor in danger of starvation