, 1864-04-26
TEE ST. LOUIS SANITARY
FAIR.
Address Of t1ie Committee.

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.l >
ST. Lor1s, April q, 1851
The Committee On Publica ion of the Mis-
sissIppi Valley Sanitary Fair, which is to be
opened In this city on the 18th Of May next,
have Issued the following address, nnI most
earnestly request that the editors ofbotl Sec
mar and religious journals throughout the
country will give it place in their columns.
The noble mission Of this great festival
should be made known to every hamlet
in the land, md the success ofthe Fair should
be commensurate with the sacredness of our
cause and the greatness Of the nation:
llFrends Of the Union: Our gallant sol aiers have
have planted The banner Of the kepubllc upon tie
capitols Of many redeemed Commonwea1ths they
hare opened ste Alasssippf and enabled It waters,
ocean. To their heroic and resstless valor, which
on many bloody fields has claaved down the hopes
Of the rebellion. We owe the assured restoration Of
9n ea naten an snao sst is an Fee
people will not neglect The defenders Of their lber
IT, Republics have been pEoyefbial for insratitude
Our government though providing for iss armies
with a lberality unprecedented fn the history OF
other countries, Is not authorized to supply many
Thousands Of our brave defenders are now lying
III IN camp and hospitai. their patient endurance Of
hardship, want and sickness, and their patrfotfc
not perish, bespcak for them Immediate sid and
kindlieet treatment. Their sutIerings plead cio-
guently for relietis is the object Of tho Mississippi
Valley Sanitary Fair 10 afford this re.fef. Within
the last three ycars the Western SANITARY com-
mission has expended more than 81 800 600 In be-
half Of our disabled soldiers In: this bencflccnt
charity no sectional determinations arc nado In
the idietribut!ons Of their bounty. The almouers.
forgeiful Of Stats lines, recognize only the claims
Of our common countsy: The need Of relief is to
az alike gua1autee Of supplies. new leyy Of
5C0,CO0 men Is now brought into the 1c}d.
The resources for sanitary Iellef. nnleas largely
augmented, will be for Inadequate to meet the
emergency, Every recovery Is equivalent to
new recruits. Patriotic charity must now COZ
tribute with layish hand, to prevent tho 1nceas-
Ing defamation ofo armies by exposure and neg
The Executive Committee hope to rai.e $780,
00H By the mississippi Valley Sanitary Fair. Ev-
ely ealeahle production Of earth or ocean, every
work Of ekill III al! the numbcress branches ofin-
", pctishable enduring, usefnl inxurions H.
cray eE domestic native Or foreign, which Is reg
+ Tic hs % of sho spS assissp M % WHY ssaitss ssssg
a novel and noble feature Of the Fair Is special
ofVar b st With ritiless Violence In thels trans.
ons to Liberty th9usanda Of i.senen without
or habits Of fsupport, arc exposed to great pfi.
yatfons and eufcriDge. Union refugees for the
crime Of patriotism. haze been pessccnted robbed.
and driven from once happy homes, IN pcnnlless
dcBsitutfuD.
The helpless freedmen whose kindred asc vail
nntiy tattituG for the redemption Of their prose-
cutel race, and the maintenance Of the Union, md
the eelt sacrificing ex1cs, who, knowing that low
alis would ensure their own ruin pct dared to be
e:de1ation Of duty and humanity .!to the sympathy
and assistance Of tho nation The nearness and
success of the fair demands immediate and en-
dent action. Let your bounty be proportlouAte to
The Justice Of our cause, and every necessary com
fort which onr brave protectors need will soon be
Ko1E,EAW articles should be distinctly marked
with the address Of the donor, directed to Jas, E.
YeatmBp St. Louis, No., for II. Y. s.. fair. A bill
Of ledlng should also be sent to Major Alfred Mac
kay, Corresponding Secretary; =: Louis, Mo.
Donations OF money should be sent to Samuel
Camp, Jr,, Treasurer, st. Louis. No! The leading
Railroad E1prcss Companies generously gage
PHee ehel, Wm. McIIenrY, Chaz; g. ramsey c: E.
Davis, Z. j. Montague, D. n. Griswold. u II. Par
sona, Josiah Anderson, Theo. Olishansen, Daniel
Aertle, E. H. 6aschitsky. Geo. Hitigaaltnc!, Jos.
DcgGcndor, ChEe. DauseE, Ernst CarGua> =: Wa
tethonse, VIM, Homes, Samuel T. weed, Z. F.
Str6ley. eam. slawson, Chas- y. Osborn, Edwin @.
Eueb, C. Betuays and John F. Hume, Chairman.
F. II. Jameson, Secretary, and Committee On
Publication.