Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-12-24

the briefeGt summary of their cares and
trials would swell this article beyond read.
able dimensions. Our women may well
feel proud of what has been accomplished
In the past, bat should not suffer their in
terest to Wane, or their eXertiOns to relax
now. Although the rebellion has been
crushed by the naconda-although its
backbone has been broken times innumer-
able, snake-like it still survives. We have
larger armies in the field than ever before,
composed of men fighting and suffering for
their country equally with their Predeces
| ssrs, and needing the same comforts. The
sanitary commission has issued an urgent
appeal for aid. What is the sanitary, and
what are its peculiar claims upon as Il
is simply We, the people, not the organ Of
any party, or clique, or sect, but q meAns
By which any one who wishes, without
distinction or reservation of any SORT can
help the soldiers as certainly as If they ac'
tualIy saw the gifts bestowed. The sani-
tary was the FIRST, and for two years the only
orgaUIEatiOn for the relief of the soldier
| Hence, besides the service due an old, tried
aud true friend, that has never failed
us, it has the further claim of an exPe-
rience which uses every contribution TO
the best advantage, with the least po5si-
bile waste. 0tner organisations, fol-
lowing on IN Tue GaC6 pGANGA out GY
the sanitary, may do good in their degree,
but after all are necessarily bat limitations
of that institution. The sanitary has
been content to go on quietly dOiog it's
work without seeking TO attract public
attention by trumpetiug it's good deeds
abroad; hence many people are In ignO-
rance of the vast extent of its labOrs. Be-
sides being on every battle. field, in every
hospital, from Virginia to Texas, saving
thousands of lives, soothing the last an
Ruish of those beyond human help by its
timely ministrations, iis care has often
prevented sickness. Il has Introduced
many Improvements with regard to tents,
camp drainage, cooking, cleanliness, &c.;
has established an inspection OF camps and
hospitals 10 every department Of the army,
from which are prepared valuable reports
of all circumstances affecting the health of
our soldiers in all latitudes, at every sea.
son of the year, and Eas printed and dis
tributed in the army works on diseases
peculiar to camps. IL has established
hospital directory, through which the
friends of any sick soldier can ascertain
his whereabouts. An agent has been sent
TO Europe to study their military pension
and invalid system, with q view to doing
something for the thousands of men this
war will disable. It is the only oFganiZa-
tiOn through which VIC can reach our un-
happy prisoners 10 rebel clutches. II
soldier is In trouble in any way, he has
only to fall into the hands of the sanitary
agents to be relieved, go that we do not
wonder At the delight with which Granps
men exclaimed, on seeing the sanitary
tent established soO1 after their arrival in
Chattanooga, "Whst, has it got here al
ready? God bless the sanitary commits
Wnnin fail 10
tell all the commission has done. vi
course there ara some fault 6uders, even
with so noble. so world renowned a chari-
| ty as this. However, they usually belong
TO that class who are SO fearful of bestOW-
ing their money on an unworthy object,
that they keep it all for themselves. But,
says some one, the sanitary commission
does nothing for the souls of the men. A
moments thought will show the contrary
Every one eau think OF Glergymen aud
Christian laymen OF all denominations
from their own vicinity, whs have gone
out as agents for the commission, often
sacrificing health, sometimes life, in mi0
isiering 70 the spiritual as well as the bod
lily welfare OF the army. Every box sent
contains religions papers, tracts and other
readings which are freely distributed.
BY and by, when there begins to sur
round tbis war something of the historic
glory that invests the revolution, will any
woman be willing to say she lived in such
glorious times and did no'hiog for such
an army, fighting in suoh cause2 Her
minister's wife, who besides her Own do
nestle cares and tho whole parish to be
polite to, has to entertain all those angels
unaWares, who forget that the minister
does not keep a hotel; her neighbor with
feeble health, and her neighbOr with the
large family, aud her Deighbor, the ''lady
who des her own work" as Mrs. Stowe
puls tt,-Rll those found some time to work
for the soldiers; but she "realiy could not,
she had so much to do, the children's
dresses to embroider, and so many calls to
make" Such will be her lame excuse.
But, though everything would seem to in
dicate that the days of the rebellion are
numbered, there will probably yet be sn
opportunity ter such as che to redeem
their characters. To parody the old coup
plet:
Let those now york, who never worked before,
And those who have worked, now work all the more
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