Weekly Trinity journal., 1864-06-04
The County Sanitary Festival.


the auspices of the women of Trinity, set even
in that brief period it has met with most hearty
response from every portion of the county from
which We have heard. Liberal donations have
been made the sale of tickets for the Rattle and
Fair is unprecedented, and the prospects arc
bright that the approaching demonstration in
behalf of the suffering heroes of our country
will be one that viii rcfec; honor upon the pa
triotisu Of our people, and be q substantial bcne
fit for those who will be the recipients of their
bounty.
There can be no nobler mission than the one
which now makes its appeal to our hearts.
From almost every hamlet in the North. the
West and the Border States, brave and true
have gone forth under the banner Of the Union
to uphold the Government of our fathers. 1t
was sad, a terrible necessity which called them
forth, but the bloody hand Of treason was raised
against their Countrywide dark cloud Of rebel
lion hung like pail ever the notwithstanding
to destroy its liberties and when the call was
made upoa the tIen of America, they went forth
with sword and spear, holding their lives IS
nothing, their country all. For three years they
have stood as wall of fire between their coun-
try and its focs-for three years they have pressed
, onward wreuchng star after star from the rebel
fold, and replacing them in our own bright con-
stellation. The path of duty lay before them
and needless of the brstlng walls of rebel bay
oncts dark lines of death-dealing artillery
that barred their way, they have gone Onward
onward until at last victory rests upon their
banner and the doom OF treason is sealed. 1t
has been ordinary conflict, the ground has
been stuJboraly contested every inch OF the way
and the bones of gallant martyrs to human free
dom whicn the plains Of a thousand battlc-felds
Bat i. is not of the dead of whom we would
speak. They have fallen like heroes. defending
the right, and their memories will ever live
sacred in the hearts Of their grateful country
men. But when the battle is over, the last
Oh lrgc sounded the last voley sent after the re-
treating foe, then comes the scene which calls
most for our sympath;es. Manned and mutil.-
ted, TIE wounded lie scattered over the field,
their life-bood cbbing away for need of proper
assistance Then it is that the SANITARY CON-
MISSION comes in its divine work of Mercy. is
members are found with every Division of oar
army--its train O. supplies is ever at hand, ready
to minister to the wants Of suffering, dying pa
ticnts. Ittcndcriy lifts the crushed and manglcd
from their CORY bed, removes them to where
comfort and safety can be found, forestalls their
slightest wish with thoughtful care, and like to
Il tender mother, cheers them in the agony OF
sickness, CT watches through the long. dark
hours Of de!irium, AMI if pcrchance the 7afercr
is beyond the reach Of haman sid, it so5.hc5 the
path way to the grave, delivers tie last wishes oc
the dying to distant friends, and performs the
last sad rites to humanity. These are bat Z few
Of the good deeds Of the SANITARY CONFUSION
its full need of praise never be awarded
Can there be higher, noblcr or holi:r mission
than this
"Thc drying up = single tear has moro
OF honest fame t!aa Shedding seas of gore"
The horrors of the Crimcan War were in some
degree aleviated through the miuistcrings Of
Florence Nightingale, who will hcnccforth be
rcvcrcucci IN Angel Of Mercy while history
lives. In the carly days of the American re-
belion there wer6 not wanting individual in
stances Of true devotion to mercy among the
women Of America, but it was reserved for the
SANITARY COMMISSION give to Dcncyolcnce
more systematic arrangement which should cover
the whole of the vast territory which felt its
need.
Such is the cause to which We arc now called
to respond We trust that the response viii be
such as to reflect honor upon the citizens of
Trinity. We far away from the sceucs Of
bloody strife-two thousand miles stretch be-
tween US and those with whom our hearts and
sympathics heat alike. The hurthen of the war
has rested lightly upon Us thus far; it is only
when some bullet reaching further than the bat
tle-field has stricken US through a remembered
dear one that we appreciate the full magnitude
of the struggle now going But let our SYM
patbies be shown in something more substantial
than mere words Now VIC have an opportunity
which should be improved. The ladies, true to
their sex, always foremost in the works of Mer-
cy. Love aud Charity, have started the move
ment, and let every lover of his country and
suffering countrymen aid it along 1t is the
least VIC can do TO give of our substance while
brothers and friends giving cir lifc-5lool.
We think, nay, we knew, that the approaching
FESTIVAL will be 4 succc5s-that Trinity county
will do well for the Commission bat, if possible
lct her DO MORE than we'll.
THE SgcREr.-The German Democratic ora,
1T Cincinnati, which is ! shouting Frcmo3tcr y