, 1862-11-20
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Eal;e15 Chicago Ttinu1e:

SC0RA2IAtAB EDDE.
Ea1iers Chicago T1iaune:
In your issue Of the 18th inst, YOU publish
IL proceedings OF The ANNUAL raeeting OF the
ll':l:'ls st. AIdreEs' Society, w;serei.i i: a2,
pta!S that q committee VAS a.,,oiptet to
"ec1..tr with the Scotch citizens o1 Chicago,
70 spiic7s sid for needy Ders ems 5's Scvtl47tG''
w1:& aic rendered Ed ellr1J because OF the
sea1'1y supply Of ccttnn tr1m the United
s!a'ts. Now as . charitable project simply,
Fave Ho doubt that it would Be n vety c1ccI-
lent 1}i"= for the St. Andrews committee t.
St I'd !''oncy and goo:'i3 donations Of the nee
e:fe1i-s q: hic 10 iI.ir re1a: :oEE in "U.d SEQ
fla,'-lr would Re avery creditabIe display OF
l:hctattfy on their part, would Fl ad well in
1}tt I5:iI Us, a1.i doubtless meet win graceful
Etk,iHir~f! !:ItntE frcslrtise needy Recipients
tAs.tot gu the otcsc side OF The Atlantic.
But. tor bnc, DorG to se,: the efforts of the
con n:i!1ce in Ih's regard co:up!:1ely 1izzle
Gut, 2: d That the EXPENSES OF taking up the
c5.tT1bC:ione viii abuut eqIa1 the amount
cont1ihuted! Tits / desire, not through :,ay
spirit "t1ostili:y te The S,2ieiy iss,ii, nor
o! Cpl o=isjc: to the cause oil charity through
cnt 1ht Ter]d, but hec=u:: it is t,taslg ut va
rance with tue present condition OF Our
coootEy-thc ccu*try of Cur adopli3n-to
st.'t c@itEibutions ahrrad. 70 help sne needT
poor OF 1:reiGn lands, while thousands Of des-
1itute widows and oxphans-made eo By The
sac751iGe Ct their husbands aud fathers in at
.SGlEiiIS 10 CRUSH Ill INFAMOUS felCllIQst
against civil l1berty-sry to us at our oEn
o.:c1S for tread.
1t is al iucou:estible TACT that most, if not
all OF the wealthy Scotcnlrvn Of 5nis city,
T c:ille to It poor. Had they remained at home
| they would have coctinHet 73cor; and as this
| country has done SO much Tor them, in giving
| tls1l, advantages which their native land re-
fused, it is but consistent, il is but Just, that
| Rbstever surplus chcnge they have to expend
il charities, should so to mitigate the s,1ftr-
| ings OF the destitute OF America, and not
Hose Of a country 1000 mile $ away-and that
TOO dt2t2.ds7scy ii an arrogant power which
thTeatens to involve us in war On tue 1i-st
1imey Pretex;. No: here is where Scotchm
haEe made their money-here is their home,
| AID here is where they should, in times like
tLtse, dlshurse their elexmosYnarY pence
"chaslty begins at thome," and not {, 900 miles
| away
Let ths st. Andrews Society reconsider it,
! proresltlon, and if its members are sincere in
| w17llng to undertake. q work Of charity, the
Scotch 1amlEes in this city who have relatives
II f!le aT1ny and need assistance, will do frs,
rate 10 lgactise the rudiunsnts OF philanthropy
rIf:n. Ihcre are many netdy Scotch famiiie:
in lhe city whoarc wor hy and the patron s airi
will he amply Sloriiied, and the Society re-
celSe lis iuai l1eed Of prsise to attead to tht
wants ol such rs these. By earnestly pushin:
this local work Of benevolcnce It will BE- lounI
10 sufficiently Geple1e the S. Andrews eS
che9uer, without sending 1c1alttances abroad
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