Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-10-21
DIR ORPHANS.

-.,i. y, sr-,,ksn .wn b. fell disease, are not
The Orphans al L h"measead only, 'hey
,-s .s,r.t relics. h,9u:athsd by sslt-deT"ieu
.,y,,r. /, gi;.'e,a' country. All history Gill
...f ,,;,s.,s,s as VITA L ,nlrs sublime spectacle
r:,,u ,ha, 1T tho uui,junted and yet almost
IN Use .us tsudiuesz with Which cur people
have ii raj t!oir all upJa this uoaalfy'" ai'aIF'
Taxes ,.,4eard i IL. other land are et.osfi"i.
J.; n, u a,.d readily yuil. Tithes sr' a''.'
.r:d oy:n before thuY Are due. oo'n p"1"
M. ,.;;,,hsa and wLois regiments leu ny VIC
,ss,,,,, # Individuals Al the troops
ma =, 10 ria m,rehaa, brings his tobHceo
ool IT,. L,tmur fFers his produce, anI tho
,,,,,.ry, VI ary s.idisr i'd heartily welcome 10
a.; b. leeds Mothers knit und weave aud
rri: .o. heir darling boys il tho field anu IN"
rjrJs i.s mss. in their well-iilel boxes. S!s-
lars w.rh aud manage iur cousln anu k'hs"
p..u. and add sweet words VI hcro and ttlec'
.i,. l., ,Ls substantial gifts From town ard
..n;;,, Irom n,yun.a;u side aud hill and cal''
.r,m ia .ni ncar, como help and c.m'"'l g
~, weary oau.p. Avoued every hearth, II
,,,ur,., aud chapel, il every closet and every
.;lsat ..e..s;, rise prayers iunumeraa'e Tor tho
beloved cats who have gone out to lace death
mad o,,.uaer for US tie blessings Of peace
And, when ,hey are wounded or sick, there IS
ma ,.c,: Of skilIu, aid to heal and cure, no want
Of light hands to smooth tho crumpled Pillow
u.A set the long-tossst bed Alright; sweet
s.otliny wcrt; fill upon the sufferers ear, al'd
the Grand cam!,rt Of Cots holy word brings
psaco aad hopo and strength TO his fainllng
:,ehli.
And il The work oil done when the last sigh
is l.,a5sd, ard the brave, valiant man has
made tha last, tho greatest sacrifice OF all
I, tho i;tsis we have done for him, the pa1try
pay, tho s,anty food, the rare rGsistaDce' tn
equivalent i,r his precious life! DO We owe
him y. ling moro than handful of money,
few kidd words, aud some token OF our sym
natby, OF Dc We ows him our life, our property,
our happiness and that Of our children: And
70 whom con we pay the heavy debt thus in
cured Net ~ the desolats mother woo
locks 60 nrother world for consolation Hot u
the tesrl.s!rioken wife, to whom all the world
;s n, nothing after he has left her. But there
a7o h:u children, precious hsirloom-'o'
objects Of charity, sparinsly granted and IN
tolen!ly doled out, but our creditors, WHO nave
a sacred RICH. to claim our help and whcm We
should delight to foster end cherish.
We are heppy, therefore, to see that two Of
our leaiing Churches have taken steps to pro-
vile for lhe grstuitous education OF the SONS
Of dscc,csl soldiers. We trust their ert:r-
p-isa will rut shipwreck on the natural Jen!"
ousy, with which ali ssctarian efforts are ap:
to be regarded. Much may, no doubt, DO dono
IN .ha. way, end we wish them God e2eed with
al ca, heart. But their endeavorD must, after
all, remain ra0rc or losa limited by the nature
Of their origir, aa4 the unequal distribution
Of their adha:ent5 in different States must lead
- great Injustice to tho orphans in many dis
tr;c,s. Wbilrt we hope, therefore, that they
nav meet with all the success they SO largely
deserve, va cannot think that their efforts
relieve the country at large from 30 solemn Il
duty. Il rests, Of course, with the National
Government neinly, and with the State Gov
ernmcrts next, to ses to it, that the childrtn
oftaoee, to whom We owe the existence ti
each State, and cs the Confedsracy as whole,
shall be we'll taken care OF, supported and
educated. Nor will it do to postpone tho
tulf!raent Of So sacred duty to the day when
| peacs SHALL be restored to our borders. Mule
than three years have alIoady elapsed aud
thers IS SCARCELY holnstaa1, tEnt has not
uvurosi iuf a beloved one. The duty spress-
ipg, i, III sht not to BIO delayed moment Is-
7ozd the Inns, when proper steps can lie
taken for its performance. Colleges and
SCHOOLS still abound n thu land ready and
sbia to giro instruction; We are not 30 poor
yet but We can feed anl cl0the every child Of
departed soldier. Every child, We say with
purpose, ior why should the sons only be
thus provided for? There is no need for
pointing GU: the grievous loss nation endurot,
whoss sons are left without education lor n
aeries OF years; not only the professions but
oil the walks Of life, from the highest to Tho
hup,blsst will bear the sorrowful marke Of the
priyatiou for mere than d generation. But
shall We 10 nothing for the daughtersP Can
ne f.; rot for n moment that they arc to be tho
wives Of our cisizens, the mothers of those who
will erj0y til, fruits Of our Victories tho ma
irons who will fashion and shape the character
Of cur young nation? The war has taught
III With VIA. readiness boys. mere striplings
can adapt themselves to life Of hardship and
suffering, und ore the tender vines, that can
40 longer press closely to the parent stem and
there fad shelter and strength, are they to
DO left exposed to the storms of life and
tho sc17uws of suffering We are conGdent
there is not family in the land but would
chacrGully aid to its joys and it's pleasures by
receiving one of those lonely ones in its bo-
sem; no. a teacher but would willingly add
her to the little class already formed; not c
father but would prsss her to bis heart and
bid her Welcome as his own child. And where
the means may not DO equal to the will, surely
every county could, without feeling It, provide
for their support; every State, by slight tex,
raise enough 10 leave not an orphan uncared
for and uaconsoled. We have suffered much,
it cannot be denied, by the selfshness and
GOV etoususss and all the demoraliMng evils
which ever follow in the wake of war but
they are al, VIC firmly believe, abundantly
outweiehsd by the noble qualities which, like
certain fragrant herbs, emit their sweetest
oiors under tho hsrshest PRESSURE Among
tGa1e, hsaeYolenos has shone forth in our
midst will, radihut brillianoy, and We are sure
a,ihina ,,,crn Ia nuadad tfhnn "a noint nut q