New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-01-26

into our Ines. They are not made FREQ at home ~
many bnt are obliged 70 escape aon onr dis
Consulate aud Wrctched in search Of freedom. And
now, what shall he done with tiemi shall they 80
there and be left at Vcksbure in miserable nuts.
diving from want and diseaset They were far rom US
nj yicksburc and forgot the poor thousands on
the banks OF the Mississippi Is this the freedom 70
which the coored Of this country are to DC eaea,
and for which we have been laboring and prsyingi on
/ moi We have n debt we owe to them. deep anu
solemn responsibility rests upon US IN regard 20 -
their behalf what will freedom do for themi nosS
that the hearts Of the American people VIII NC opeASu
! 10 the charity which now calls upon them.
| REMARKS OF EDGAR KETcHUM, EsQ
FprlR KETcIUM then read letter from the pastor VI
Methodist Church in small town in Connecticut ~
is addressed TO G. G. Leigh. ESQ.,. and IL IS looWs;
for be eoaTed people freed by Cen sherman with millions
Of CIra. Of he land hsye been long pa , bs eaf free
dom there must Of necessity be temporary suneihs
a when delivered o n S o 5~, But
these 20 out empty handed, aud from rome source ey
inflated movement forward some supplies but ieei
that there immediate need and without az sms Io
naksi SICK and but recently i@gri.oned% feel ina. !
did do something Tor them could never aia rsy
this niqni,os may be the breaking OF every DoIu
the fns comes the necessary duty Of aiding 'hem' for
time al L. ait after they freed , -,
My .afy aaord ne bare support so tibet am a hs
TO DO little nothing from that but have ,hs ,ossd
II bad more ths, wa. svsiabe should be tempted to sna
Having no money that can SEND sIt ~ tbat form
sfnds $50 bond with accrued interest, Masking 'nH
about ssh co. When the Committee have sced' we 'ha'
have something more to send
4 (rhe name is omitted by request
i Mr. KETcHUM said that friend OF bis having read
the letter wished the clergyman TO Know tha' .no E'
should not stand alone and added as much to IT. MI;
X referred to the fact that the negroes al fort NY
received the lowest wag"s paid Tor abor IN tne W.T.
country Within few months Gen. Saxton ORGANIZED
hau They crowded the doors OF the Duiu-
ing and il had been the speakers privilege 10 place on
their accounts lin Government securities tne hinoul ~
$4,000 His belief that these freedmen from
Savannah would show the same industry and thrift.
Gen. STRONG followed in few remarks urging tnu'
we should tire In work which has the SANCTION
collection was taken up after which the Rev. Mr..
Dunn read the following resolutions winch were
adopted: 49, A., .,.r,,
Of the South our duty and the safety Republic require
these freed millions should not remain in state OF ignorance
R.oed This, we highly commend the action Of the National
Freernens Relief Assocetion In esaD shins Schools s'
the Freedmen believing that tho only safety oil h"puOe
ts Ron G n Wv immediate needs 81 the freed
Mon brought into Savannah BY shermas march, the National
Froedmen Relief Assocaion BE- requested MAKE an
,ea % our citizen. fr aid and hst an effort be made by
". taken up in our ehurchc,
and tho money thus be raised be paid the Treasurer o. e
National Freedmen, Relief Association to be spilled to meet
R,,,ei That experience teaches ,ha, the most s1han
tl and permanent relief Tor Tie redne ana 'hJiI
Hon md cnlvson OF the soil d the South IN connection with
ent-rIrisins white emigration from the North
a Committee was appointed To collect inhds, consist
ing OF w. &. Bryant, G. III. Marshall Peter Cooper
Feazer A. Parmeee, w X. Strong. j. q. shaw WI
Lam LenoI Kennedy. John jay, j. H. Collins u. u
Ward.
AppRrss OF CAPT. CHARLES II. MARSHALL.
Capt MARSHALL said he was both unacenstomed ono
unurepared 20 make speech, but he felt II there was
people on the face Of tho whole earth that deserved on
tyuipathv and that We ought 10 for 1t was The
freedmen who had been thrown upon the country nome
less and destitute lCheors. lie regretted TO see s.
ANAL audiences he was IA hopes the hal "oul m,
been ned but the little they might do lie had no douD
would lead to greater things. Their ,ympatDcs wer
called toward these people FAR than toward 10,
people oi the South" they had Of late heard 30 muc
about through the newspapers. He bad told gentle
man who had urged the Chains OF tic people OF SFan
, uah that be shold wait till he heard more paftil4hI
from that place lie had since heard all aboni H. a
there was not that distress existing among the white pop
uaiion Of Savannah which had been represented IN h
public press. For bis own part lie would give nye dol
ars 20 The freedmen whore lie would give one dollar u
the Rebels IN savannah. lcheers 1t US show tnes
roor fr,eaAen our regard for them. They have Tough
our baScs they have shown that good soldiers can b
uade Of them and hence suppose that good citizen
can be made Of them.
MAYOR HAGGERrYs REMARKS.
i. Major UAGGEETr was neat called upon, ana ne re
spOndcd IN most eloquent address IN behalf OF the 90
ecf. OF the meeting. Ho had not learned antSlayer,
in America His Instincts had been strong enough 4
b strike at slavery. II his reason had not lie rclate'
some instances which had come under his personal OBJ
sorygion and argued In striking and ro9nenty witt
. language, for charity TO tho suffering freedmen.
g lie meeting then dispensed