The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-04-25
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Address offhe Mississippi Val.
lev SANITARY Fair

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| ST.. LOWS April 2A-AThe comiAittee on
publication, Of the Mississippi Valley SAM.
tary Fair, (which isto be opened n this city
on the 18th of May next, have issued the
following address and most earnestly re.
quest that the editors of both secular and
religious papers, throughout !, the country,
will giveit place in their columns.
|. The noble mission of this great patriotic
festival should be tnadc known to- every
hamlet in the land, and the success of the
fair should be commensurate with the 81.
credness -four cause and the greatness Of
FarEsm or rHr UsIoS our: gsllant
soldiers have wrested an empire from tie
grasp Of treason, they have planted the ban
ner Of the Republic upon the cspitols Of
many redeemed commonwealth, they have
opened the Mississippi, and enabled its wa.
tiers -unyexed by rebel blockade to flow
resistless valor, which on many o blood
stained field has dashed down the hopes Of
the rebellion we owe the, assured restora-
ton of national amity and public tranquil.
ty. An imperilled nation cannot forget its
preservers. A free people will not neglect
the defenders Of its liberty.
Republics have been proverbial for in
gratitude, ours must be free from this his
t0ric reproach. Our Government, though
providing for its armies with q liberality
unprecedented in the history Of other coun-
tries, is not authorized to supply many com
forts sick and wounded soldiers need
Thousands of our brave defenders are now
lying i'll in camp and hospitals and their pa
tient endurance of hardship and suffering
and their patriotic exposure Of their lives
that their lives that their country might not
perish, bespeak Tor them the kindliest treat,
ment. Their sufferings plead eloquently for
relief. 1t is the object Of the Mississippi
Valley Sanitary Fair to afford this relief.
Within the last three years the Western
Sanitary Commission has expenced more
than ST. 100000 in behalf of our disabled
soldiers. In this benificent ministry no sec
tional determinations are made; the slmo
ners recognize only the claims of our CON-
mon country, the need OF relief is to all
! alike, guaranty of supply. A new levy
of 100000 men is now brought into the
! field and the resources for sanitary relief
unless largely augmented will be inadequate
to meet the emergency. Patriotic charity
must now contribute with lavish hand to
. prevent the unnecessary defamation of our
armies BY exposure or neglect. The exc
cutive committee hope to raise $500, 000
Every saleable production Of earth or ocean
every work of skill, every article, choap or
costly, perishable or enduring, useful or
luxurious, native or foreign, which is regis
. tered in the inventory Of the world swealth
is earnestly solicited and will be gratefully
received at the halls Of the Mississippi Val
lev Sanitory Fair. A novel feature of the
fair is special department i'll behalf Of
freedmen and Union refugees. On these the
storms of war beat with pitiless violence.
Thousands Of freedmen are without homes
or present emploJ ment and without the ha-
bits or means Of self support are exposed to
great privations and suferings. t e.
Union refugees for the crime OF patriot.
ism, have been prosecuted, robbed and
driven from once happy homes in penniless
restitution, The helpless freedmen " those
kindred are valiantly batting for the re-
demption of their prosecuted race and the
maintenance of the Union. The self sac
rifcing exiles who knowing that loyalty
would ensure their own destruction, yet
dared to be nrue to their allegiance, are en-.
titled by every consideration of duty and
humanity, to the sympathy and assistance
of the nation. ,r
NoTE-All articles should be distinctly
marked with the address of the address of
the donor and directed to James E Yeat
man, St. Louis Mo-, for NJ. VS. Fair. A
bill of lading should also be sent to Major
Alfred Msckay, corresponding sec'y, ST.
Louis Mo. Donations Of money should be
sent to Sam. G. Golf Jr, Treasurer; ST. Lou
is Mo. The leading railroad EXPRESS ccm-
panies generally give free transportation Of
all contributions to the fair. Signed
CHAs. r. DAVIS,