, 1863-11-07
yHR HTWWRSTERN FA1R.

33e NCftATeS{crn Eaff LOT tle pcucQ& u
The Sanitary Commission. It continued
Hull tide Of success until this its last day |
promises to give result which shall hap
lilly cap the grand total, and close up |
roundly and solidly an enterprise which
stands altogether without parallel in ]
tie history Of such undertakings.
No other Fair held for purposes Of be-
rcYolcncc has ever yielded similar results.
MT to orerBtate its receipts, and prefer1ins |
TO await the official report, We make this |
comparison and leave il for the figures to |
Sustain it. I
K 1t las been an enterprise that has doub- |
3y blessed and honored It's originators,
..nanagen and the people npon whose IN
Ainching loyalty all itsprotuse drafts were
honored. II is quite time to give credit
due for such result. And first, It is not
10 be arrogated as 8 Chicago institution.
Ave may well feel q pride in the manner in
Hhich our city has Graded and tostered
1Ac scheme We may not even insist on
strict Interpretation Of the appellation Of
the Fair, It was NortApestern only by
locality. We cannot forget that on its
altar were laid contributions attes!ing the
kindred sympathy Of all our Northern
States The daily published lists OF con-
tributions have sufficiently impressed thus
upon our readers, and the spectacle gains
in power and interest from the fact..
With this splendid result the whole
Dcople are to be credited, and their great
F.. offering Of sympathy and aid to the army
nf the Union aud Of Freedom will shine
long after the turf has smoothed our scar
rcd battle fields, and peace has turned our
cannon foundr1es to the uses Of her mech
anic arts It will prore their resources by
lie wealth Of the offering, and give key
For the historian to unlock the secret oi
our successful coping with our national
pcri1. From Maine to Minnesota, the
manufactures Of the East and West, the
glass and iron Of Plttsburg, tho products
Of the prairies, the dainty handiwork o
the wives and daughters Of homes scatter
ed from the seaboard to the western border
the Great Fair was the result Of all, gath
cred from all, grand proof Of unity au'
harmony divested OF local pride and jeal
pusy. Chicago is honored in that 1t hs
been thus made temporarily a focus Of 10y
ally, and sympathy with the cause {
Union in care tor its defenders.
And tue LOYAL press deserve credit fo
The ca1nestness with which they have kcf
this enterprise before the people. On
readers may have wcaricd with the al
parent eameness Of the appeals mad
through our columns. They cannot Rno'
as do We, by means Of our exchange
That similar faithf1lness Of purpose in th
loyal prcss, from Maine to Minnesota, hl
been freely advertising this Fair for weel
1,ast in their columns. No less powerf
an agency, and only thus powerfully e
crcised could have given point and dire
lion to the popular sympathy Il
result Of which now stands splcndi
ly recorded in this Fair. A1
now even the loyal press mu
pausc ut sl1nrc Of the record too onero
for the most willing columns, the hono1
Die mention Of those to whose andiV1du
efforts credit is due. The list would re-
like pages torn nom the directories
more than one city and town on eth
side the lakes, {wcre it the custom to e
The fai1cr halves OF our households plt
IN those compilations) We know VIII
we might begin in our OWL city, but
should scarcely know where to stop, fe
tul lest the name Of some self sacrifci
woman, worn by the labor Of The psst 70
night in connection with the Fair miEE
not stand among her peers. Let it p'
lllen accredited to Loyal Womanhood, t
graceful exponent Of tile great nstio'
heart.
Thus much Of the machinery for
collection Of this sacred fund Sea
need 10 speak Of the already tried
tested mechanism Of disbursement,
SANITARY COMMISSION whose name
live in the soldiers memory and 60 do
into history with the deeds Of the Arm,
The Union. In their hands this fresh {
pouring will share the coinage that
already blessed our soldiers in the can
carried sunshine to the hospital,
nresscd in among the horrors Of the
tle.deld, with a quality Of mercy and
ncticcuce in Offices angels, might envy.