The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-04-26

flow freely .o~shsroos1s = assess tha
heroic, resistlese valor which on many
bloody 6sld5 has olsvsn doWa ~ hopes 5
the rsbellios We hare The assured res.
toration Of Dationsl unity and public trss,
guilty. An inpssilsd nstion csuno,
forget il preservsss : : FREE people viii no
neglect the dslendsss Of its liberty. Rs.
publics have bean proverbiAl for ingnti.
tude; ours. aust bs free from this his.
torical repoasA. OR Gore 6lhnsss, though
providing for its armies with libsrality
unprecedented ia the history Of Other
countries, i not authorized to supply
many comforts wbich the sick and wound.
ed soldiers need. Thousands rof OUT
brave defenders are nov lying III in Camp
snd hospital: their enduran0s OF hard.
ships, wounds and sickness, and their
patriotic sxpessre Of their lives that theis
country might not perish, Lespeak for
them immediate cid and the kiDdees treat-
meut. Their sufferinga plead eloquently
for relief. 1t IS the object Of the hissis
sippi Valley Sanitary Fair 10 afford this
relief. Within the last three years the
Western Sanitary Commission has expend-
ed more thsn. 81. son. 600 in behalf Of our
disabled soldiers. In this benefcent
work no sectional Determinations arc made
in the distribution of the bounty; the A.
moners. fcrgetful Of State lines, recognize
only the claims of our common country.
The need of relief is to all alike guaran-
tee of supplies. A new lesy Of SOC, 600
men is now brought into the field. The
recources for sanitary relief, unless large
ly augmented, will be in adequate to meet
the emergency. Every recovery u equiva-
lent to = new recruit. Patriotic charity
must now consribute with lavish hand
to prevent the unnecessary decimasion Of
our armies BY exposure and neglect The
executive committee hopes TO raise $500,
900 by the Mississippi Valley Sanitary
Fair. Every saleable productioa OF earth
or ocean, every work of skill in all the
numberless branches, Of isdsstsy, evesv
article. cheap or costly, psrishahls q en-
during. useful or luxurious, domestic or
foreign, which 10 ragistsrcd in the no
ventory of the worlds wealth, 10 earnestly
solicited aud win be grsasfuIly secsivsd
At the halls Of the Aississippi .Vailey
Sanitary Fair.
A novel and noble feature Of the Fair
Is . special departmest organized ia b.
half Of the freedmen aud Union refugees.
Open these unfortunate cissses The sissps
Of var beat With pisiless vsolesce. Il
their transition, to liberty thsasands Of
freedmen. without hoass or present. em-
pIoynent. without the neans or Asbils q
self support, are exposed to grea4 priva-
tions and suEesiags. Usios refugees for
the orims Of patsio&isn have bssn psus-
euted, robbed end drivea froa oeoa hsppy
homes in peniless destitution. The poor
frsednes, whess Kindred ne vSiiistly
bathing for the rsds.pt;on Of their pssss-
cuted zace aadsishe msissainsnce 81 she
Union and the self f-aaeri6ciug exiles. Who
knowing that loyalty would easure their
own ruin. yet dared 10 be true 10 their
allegiance, ara entitlsd BY every consider
atisa of dusy and humsaity sc the sym-
pathy and sss;stsses Of the nation
The nesrness and success Of che fsir de-
mands i.insdiats aAd eficiest sctson. Let
your bouaty b psnportioned 70 the justice
Of our cause, and every sanisary comfors
which oss .bass defenders need will soon
Be fully supplied. aA
NSre---Aii articles should be distinctly
marked With the address Of The ,iooor and
directed TO JAS. K. YsArMAN, ST. Louis
Moe II. ". s. E.sasav eAe 77sf
A b,lisef iading shoald Aso be sent 4
Majer Alfred Msekay,e Corresponding
Secretsry.. S.. Loais, Mo. 7ss
Committee rooms under Lindell Hotel
Donations of money should be sent te
Samuel Ccpp, jr., Treasurer, St. Louis
No.
Tho leading railroads and express cofn
Ranies generally give free transportation
no all contributions 70, the Fair.
Il (Signed) wm. Mckee. Charles B
Davis, Natbsniel P aschal. W m. McHenry
Chas. G.. Ramsey, G. II. Davis, Z. J
Mossgss, d. NJ .Gfisolie, J n. p.rsons
Josiah Anderson, Thos. Olishansen, Dan
Herf1s, Geo. HiMgaeftner, Jos. Deggeu
dorf, Chas. Daenser, Ernst Csigns, Il
Wattsshsass,e VIM Holmes, Samuel r
wv eed, y. sP. 8sudlsy, Sam. Siawsoa
ChAs.Js Osbctns,e Kdward p. Bush, {
Bernays, and John F. Hulm. -
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