, 1864-05-22
HOMES FOR THE. NEEDY.
Effects Of The Wzr-Po,ersy In -Chleaso-
Aid for. s,ldiers,, Fanllles-Homts >,
: :. t-,..,,. Wanted. :, {, =
Shall They be Supplied 7

ted, and the room for e1paDglou give 0pportun1.
ties to tho least provident, OF securing his fair
shaze Of this worlds goods, aud tha absence ofin-
tense competition prevent that pessistent crowd
Ing down which begins wherever few Thousands
Of families settle down together, and continues to
increase IA the village becomes a town, and the
town mcrges into aty. Ouf Republican
institutions forbid that one sided class legislation
which ID relic Of tho ftudal ages. hut tbs natura
selashness ot man always leads him to crush down
comparative elevation. Tho lsr2a clt1os Of tbe
old world present uniformly the extremes Of luz
ey ana she depths Ct povs r. st tas tEoars
the opposite more'acnta arc .o!ways exactly equal
posed Of ihe houseies ana foodless W5ndssers Rho
snsI y aaS Aasts1 Att a
States he he .aae tendency has long ago manifested
itss,a Thf 'ot,y Esh s!snus msasion ass il
q. IL Boston Po'ss: ssssa Rsas%sSi e. MI
lionsire and tho ,whastrat Here In CHI
caeo tho cause hss not been 80 lonz in
achieved hut tbe difference Is in deres only not ia
kind. The marble mansions OF our AcaIgso AZ.
cnue md their anttpndcs In numerous other p1.ts
removed ihercffom. .1e speak not now Of sics
and poverty rs being identical thougs they sru oiten
:otnd toce1he:. aud aru always closcl5 aasosi1tel
belongs ,nore TO the unlostunsen class, one which
springs tcm the working Of tbs inev|tab:e law that
whenever one man or cla7a gets muFe or does less
ting Iefs than hts natural share falls on o.hsr1.
There "a too, nlways }arCc number ot nuiort1-
mates, who 1rom various eauacs, arc erowdsd out
isweones tsn TOO plainly tho story o: muscles kept
iuvolon.azt'y unemployed or remuaeratci only
on the starrntion Fcale Of prices.
dust row the normal course OF these inuuences
is modelled anu distorted by the uae for>cs which
this unnatural rebellion has brought INTO opcs.-
ton. The 'd!e1s and undsr.p,.d workers had. be-
lore The Tts, begun to Assume quite formidable
proportions In Chicago but this c,ass has been cut
down IN ole direction BY the enormous increase IN
'hs a.ional consumption and TIE dsals.len Of tho
hsEdreds Of thonaanils IN Tie .dsld. Idle men ate
not here Q: II they be It their own n.s Or m,s-
tens o sassenno i.sor. and thoasd n ~ reats aes
high end prorIsions desr; md clothing aud facl
command age asqre: yst there IL no nn Of or.
make decent living for his family IN
spite Of ta!a,iou and war prices. Bat ehs burden
made widows and children rendered fAtSericss
by the var: Tie bread winner Or ths lsmily Is
they arc leItin solitude. aud ID poverty 10 noun
his abecnee Of loss. This Is not tho icaqt Of tho
c1i1s easailcd BY v1s. These form now the lower
foundations on which fortunes hare heeu built
aud prlnc*ly palaces rcared.: The shrlcks of tho
wounded. he g1oans Of the dying not more than
checks, sttennsted iranc., their halt-cl.d, bsIly
sheltered bodies give the obverse Of the uedatton
on which tn this c1y inscribed the tr17mphs Of
Feu except the actual sufferers eau form any idea
q TIE misery, the shifts. the penufy, tho utter
blank Of aespo1deney rhlsa resta upon tho beads
r. fstnrr. A.f our Fctirin: ch?irman q t6e G
City War Fund Commlttee-Ex-Aldesman +. g.
these fanilfes, and what m1no Of untold suffering
be hss every Icsson to beltsye l!es deep aova be-
-.nade. Then inquire Of the ladies Who have gone
i1s oas q sae ' sssS
hned np or Seste4 20 youss
spend few lelsure hours IN visiting he tenants ot
rtckcty tt!nctnres crowded even in their lJnel-
sSioars e M rn das
wind and sunshine LOOK At the floor, old rotten,
ia!ni.ase. Tsen 1ss sit down on ihst Zoo!
1T W1er a1se Wben II sna o
wayfartr otten persisted vita cold. Inquire hoH
much incl was burned In that battered store, md
animal heat which the thin and tatterod garments
werc 20 II adapted to conserEe. Astea to these
pl:ints q % entlsFins these tsies ef des.itatton.
the number Of thesc unfortunasea is steadily iu-
creas1ne. tnk that the pittance do!ed ont 70 them
lsst year y ne city is exhausted md that there Is
them) horrible winter which ID nono TOO far dis
tant. Then ponder well On that future, and re-
solve, not iha1 "somethtng onsht TO be dons BY
shall te done, and that quickly WILL Do ALL
This is what Is wanted; this will answer and
past, snd for that the thanks Of natIon are due
10 the noble minded individuals who have 40 gene.
been done in the past and with the Increased num.
bcr or cnscs Of destttutlon coming upon rs and
calling out to ns fos atd in the next few months,
bucket-wLl weigh bnt as grain OF ssnd in The
be!anee ngainst The ful!ncss Of misery and want
vh;eb 10Y s1,sts in our midst and which w,'l se
have been rather toying with the disease
Ia the past than .setuag vigorously to
20, Tstk pss to eject t. .ss 'as Ssvn e ~
commensurate. With sheir growing NUMBER
~ IL hs @oua
1e q sh .s Il; to Fh
the brave defenders Of on. country, our liberties,
on5 properly. OR lives, our all Thsir natural pro.
y1dsrs arc dEhs!ng now for national sxistcnce
water on The ssacscd soil' oi reesesns State. aud
has eetn freely shed during the last three years and
wiii ho as .1eely ,s shea during three times TIRES
end i6r which We sle nov asht!nE Tsik III ssa, snot
| kaQ3S
who az for that bread and shetef which Is not f1r.
ntshed BY those who. In pcncefal tines, wopld give
sastenance 10 the family. It IL right. and should
Gibute that which Is netsliuI to thar suoocrt r. Gull
I The e1tstence OF these helpless ones Ia ueces.
siy Of the position It ia one Of the concomitau.s
depend tho success Of our arms on the way ID
which thls claim u met We would not shitk the
burden i + light - sils Father sS@p.1ed 70 tie
cauee which evolved 1t. We could even shut oul
eyss to t. for It does not ~ vt ont IN hian
pbnde tho sscs snd no ona 90 Tss
has not heart to relieve needs to Be called on c
pity. OF The hundreds who loll in carriages and
dream exsens sne6 Sfs sen
midst: they think that the warts "down Sodth, !
and does not trouhle rs. But be who !.
little looking Is wanted 10 ind objects enough II
GLisaeo-hc1e In our vetJ nldst 10 change e7en
Ss eil ees Il 9S Use AGa Is se w a.; e
one which hse attracted to itself 10 much Of e.ll
as Chicago. Hcr merchants have aourishea, and
nothing not bat IVA var prosperity could bare EItas!oot
} pe1hcad administration has mAdo 61ring the pas
yea1. Individually and collectively we hsye srow,
whe1cwi.h wc have been blessed abundantly. Eve,
II M Il wee a n noS Nasss is1 o1E r. dutyi Hear II
coats sse 70 bin sbss a:h aeas; as iii Ii a9 ass tSo so
@ Sss:ass 4 9sasss: Is + % set &c esss.ssT asz
, EAts rs .saoau eensR opkeeEcs o. 1a8unes
, Better that e1eryshing be dispensed witl
: lot DecetesrJ to our own existence than that on
should die Of cold or hunger, Whoae natural d.
fender is fighting in The ranks OF freedom. Bette
. al kinds should be thrown 70 the dogs thsn ths
one OF these itt1e ones should perish. Better tha
every ArisocrAtic mansion IN the city wese throw
open 10 tbs soldiers children than that thor shout
!, DIG IL the Euttc5: We may yet b called on /
. httle novi Shal, not we eire come heed to III
calls OF humanity, and Btep In to the suecor Of Ii
), widow and the oTphana. -.
. And let 1t be remembered that In 80 doing "
men msJ JET Be vanted to nnssh he vork.. II
. indieationa are that elouHh mny be now In th
:, deldt but NO know not how aoon another cry ma
y be hearf ringing up and acsos. the country ffol
The bsn1e men In 5hc Potomac MARSHES; - Com
u den Ok the csl1 WIN iall now On those who hs1
nothere or sisters Or wives OF children totally d.
u pendent On them for support. Thlnk Jon not th,
shs% w spFng to S.' Am; ~ the 9gre willingly AZ
properly cared for, and will not the sstne cons>ioa
ness neITe their arms when In the neld TO III
mora daring deeds, ~ knowing that
Home ties arc strong they are ali that, with son
! men asr worth living for It Is m exteuslon
The home feeling which constitutes patriotism, b;
ittsnot every one who rises above the less u
= R.espe The Greater. With many Of Us tao ft.t
teiyrs stacntIon when Tho claims Of the othrf a,
J.. sstiefed. II we would I'll up the ranks NC .ao
T. f1k care Of the losed ones ae homo and shAaei
viii II b il ths1s anheeded gg fos ala slali
mortal strife, with the coumon foe, taeiF na,1r
We vi not now insist on tho to.allty OF pro,
aton. which ell need to bs made belors next Vii