The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-03-15

EH7" 81 Fath a'At ~ Fttsts' A+A faftaat
len slau.bering around you why this
war should have mlde or richest men
Hoor aB8 gour wealthy men miliora-
Tres. and many oi your poor people
ludcprndgui Why Il should have
saaJehed from or lias Tie bread Of
iie, aud sent ar iaile childen supper
less 10 uub.ank ted betls.--w While geag
tables groan uader the weight d the
good things Of earih,--Nhy these
thing are 80 | ia rot know but such
are The facts. What we have been,
you are now ;--prosperaus aud hap
py ;---whai We arr. you may become,
blighted. ruined, beggaresl. Gel has
permitted our ehasllsenlent and our
sacrifices, land We submit cheeFiuly
10 The rod ;--while we rejoice at tie
blessings you receive.
But when we review the facts, the
question recurs with emphasis--has
mol East Tennessee jad and strong
cinms-no, lightly @ be SO aside. or
cruelty ignored to your liberal. gem
erous, instant. aid ! II She hMs. viii
you not, pumgtlg, meet them Do
moi be afraid you may be tempted to
give TOO much. Forty thousand fam
lies. more than 250,000 persons, must
be relieved, fed and clothed, till anoIh-
er crop can DC made, and il will be
August before they can eat the roas-
ting ear. One hundred dollars, for
each family, will be seant allowance.
At that sum. East Tennessee asks You
for SI000,000. Now il your heart
tells you ber claim is just, are you not
bound to pay il ii You are able. DO
not b. alarmed. What is that sum
divided among 25,000000 Of driving
people, and twenty,lhree great Siatess
The yeiiesl pittance. Perhaps God
has permitted this war, in good
cause, 10 make US poor and you rich,
SO that our desiituiion generously sup
piled from your abundance, might stir
up and iniermingle our sympathies.
and bring our hearts closer together,
and make Us appreciate, more fully
The in estimable blessing Of Union
Perhaps The Lord, through This chan
mel, may design TO show the poor mis-
guided rebel soldier that Yankees are
/ not "tle heatless yandal barbarians
Ithey are represented to lie by their
wicked lead rs, and that they are
grossly siandercd when Il is charged
/ tha. lhey hate, and desire to extermi.
naIe every body in the South. 1t may
! be that Providence designs, and be-
iieye lie does, this very condition OF
i lhings 10 advance and hasten the re-
Ium of honorable and lasting peace
i But Of one thing am entirely sure
our Kind Father claims all you have
as His, and intends you as HIS stew.
rards, to minister Of your abundance tc
/ the sufIerngs Of your brethren.
Some one worth million dollar,
/ will read this letter. One word tC
/ you, Sir, If you please. If you could
without loss, and with substantial snt
permanent profit, carry one hundred
Of ihese fomishing families through
their pinch, enable them to make {
crop AID save them to the country
and tosone another, if you could re-
deem seven hundred loyal hearts from
death, aud make them weep tears 0
gratitude at the mention Of your name
and besiegc the throne OF God iol
blessings on you and your childrel
through lite, would you not feel mor'
than inslitied IL doing so An in
yestment Of $4,000 Of your vast re
ce,pts in this beueiaeton viii accom-
pii>h all ] have supposed. i lher
any other investment you could max
of that amount that would produc
more pleasing and beneficial returns 1
your heart than this ? Besides, on
hundred OF these are soldiers. You
gift nerves their arms to strike lei
thousand heariipr. harder blows a
the heart Of the treason which wouli
destroy your Government and there
by your capital. How small sacri
fee 10 you, what an inestimabIe bleas
ing 10 the beneficiary
III | address man whose consci
ence tells him 10 give $1,000 out i
his wealth, 10 keep tie lamp Of lif
burning in 10000 sad but loyal homes
he oogh, to obey that MONITOR
Whete is the individual, corporation
Or State, than acknowledges the obli
cations Of patriotism, or humanity
and can refuse 10 lay some worthy Of
eriag upon ihe hreadIess table If
gallant soldiers famished family?
Ladies Of ihe loyal States i
: you | turn, with confidence thrice a.
] sured. when | remember thai you ar
{ mothers, wiies, sisters and daughter
Last at the cross and FIRST at tile ser
uichre Of the crucifed Saviour, you
: hearts. like His, ever palpiialc at I'll
sigh o. human suffering, and your GET
lie hands, like His, are ever open /
sooihe and relieve il. To the loys
: women II the last and West ! appes
] in behali Of tie true aud tried an
faithful daughters Of East Tennessee
whfn Yonr braye soldier lads came /
suffer ii cur mountains AID yallef
for oar common country, our wome
; gave Item sueh greeting as onl
ilne women car gise,--aud chan
: pion oi tie Onion eser toupd a We
come hone under tie Roof ot ever
: ioYas eiiizen ID our mountain iand,