Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-04-22
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you thas Pam With you heartand souiin
the great work Of beDeyoIenes and char
II which you have entered on. 80
Il has been my duty 70 make ginquiry
As to the practical working and benefit
Of the United States Sanitary Commis-
sion, and It affords me great pleasure To-
bear testimony, 80 far as the army i
concerned, 10 the inestimable benefits
and blessings conferred by this noble
association en- the suffering, sick, and
wonpded soldjersss Kssbx 81 r
A few facts in connection with this
point may be Of nse to you. SD +
At the battle Of Gettysburg the Num-
Der Of wounded Of our own army alone
amounted, by official reports, to thirteea
thousand seven hundred and thirteen
Q3,7l3;) those Of the enemy left on she
field were estimated BIZ DUR medical Off
GERS as amounting 10 eight thousand
This would make in all nearly twenty-
two thousand suffering beings requiring
imnre az care aud Mention to save life.
F'ew people can realize such large
aumbers, but when you tell them that
should they ill and pack your Academy
Of Music ia Philadelphia, (Which holds, !
hslisye, some tIsriS4ive hnnered peeple1i
sfe times, and then Imagine every 500
III this imiaeuse crowd wounded, : tlley
sill havo.a change ideasof She grfatvprk
for humahily on the field OF Gettysaasg,
y Nbg. aIshDa ghl the 5Gosfrhmcnt Is
mot liberal ,spd generoas IN. All il pros
xigions Tor tie sex and wouhded, vel It j.
SifapQssiblslt 10 keep 'e5Issfaahg On haHa
either the, Rereoguel pr sapples Eeqaireqi
] IN an emergency Of this KIND -
CID addition 70 ahis tilIiealty 81 GetFs,
tslrg. wsx compelled % pnrsge tbe re-
{ treating foe, and IS expected ia few
days 10 have another battle at sOme. diA.
taui point, il vas absolutely necessary j
szsould carry away the greater portion 81
ms surgeons and medical supplies. so
that the wounded "a GettysbarE were, ~
measure. dependent upon such extra
ssslztance a. the Goxernment- eould
haetly COLLECT, aud upon the generous
aid sa ctseerfuily and promptly latforded
BY the Sanitary aud Christian Counts.
I sions, aud the various Stats ard Soldiers
/ Aid Societies All the additional aid
from every source was here most argent
/ ~ needed. and i gives me. great pleas.
+ IRE to sag Chat, from the reports Of my
medical oiIicers, am satisiied the United
/ States SANITARY Commission, as we'll as
I the others above named. we're fully up ia
I shelwork before them. .s8iNaAA
What has occurred ia the past may
locecur initlns agtuEei There Is no uoblef
work Of Christian love and charity lfifd
I IL the Y,iices OF the lr.lse soldiers sresol
any influence, you may rest assured you
lhaae thsir9 hearty wishes ard eternal
5Fi 4 snssslrsspee.fbliy and staly yours .
LII e.fs - - GEoRaE q. MEADs,
Maj General, CONS Army Of Po,ouss,
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A TaUe sAYISa ". Pearce, b
proaiiSsnt peansyissnia politician. laa
editor Of the West Chester Repn5liedA
4 ard Democrat died Suads6sy at Wash
! ingson, on Thursday the I4si inst The
last article Mr. Pearees e sar eensributet
"a. his.paPsr s-lsllsF. dated Washing
ton, April Sci. having reference to tbs
address delivered b. Geo. W. Thompson
30 Che Hall Of the Hoase. The night be
( fore, In that letter .sse find The follow
! ing stroagiy worded paragraph
rs II have read the speech Of Alrs Thomp
son with some care, and whom he said
An attempt 10 unite thelefets instiau
ton OF slavery--the essence of which 1
despolism with the free institutions o
the North, was an attempt to bridge
over the gulf of cegturiss--io reeoncii'
things in their very nature incompatible
Ian attempt to secure solid and per
: petual Union on principles at war wit
the organic law which regulates the ex
istence Of human society, be utteee
truths which are inconiroyertible W
have tried 10 ignore theul and to prov
. 10 ourselves that slavery and freadoG
could exist together, but after three-qual
ters Of a century of compromising wit
wrong aud outrage, aud discriminate
to eoptinue 20 walk ON through the meri
gloom, the Almighty God, seated on hi
throne OF eternal Justice, launches fort
/ the thunders Of bis wrath in the preseE
war, and ike Paul stricken to the cart
in the midst Of his prosecutions, we ria
aud ask, Wtsat shall We do3'f
6rEREILtLS-A gaag Of 6ny or SCI
, eiifv-kye duerflllas are infesting u