Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-01-17

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4 {hs rsSSvidshcs u GA ~ 'hass IA
| bf0oIbt tbr6ugt another year, Of thb fro
ttac1A struggle, between oor govefmept
striving tor continued existence, upqA -
broad principles Of freedom and right, ah1
Our little bard has hbJfcd On thrUugh
many discoungehAents; and though our
muses. Aayo 1uts bssn - gssotaas We
could wish. or had rsaso0 70 expect,
consiAsaiae the nAgnituds Of IL work
and tho nDceasity FOR continued e0Oft
NhieA still exists for industfioas per
siseekt effort: VT We look back upon the
mast yeir With thank kfnlncse, IN view Of what
Ne hsgo net ablsto ape@Dabh in thscnuse
NV 1 times when our 1an1s were low,
and We knew not how to replenish onr ex-
hausted treasury, means haye been provided,
oftsn Nom most unexpected sources show
ine that our elEbfts were appreciated BY
many whose libcrality was cqualed BY the
goodness of heart which prompted It.
In May, 1884, by {. unanimous vote Of the
Society, we dissolved our connection with
dc anltazy C01ill l1iSsi0n md becunke Anxil-
iary to the Christian Commission, In doing
this We were influenced by the earnest con-
viction that we could work to better adyan-
taee than formerly ~ We should be labor
ih9 for the spiritual ~ we'll - temporal good
Of our brave men in hospital and camp
So far from cessing our efforts in supply
ing sanitary stores, rs some have erroneous
" supposed, we did but add to our former
lAb6rs, thdt a supplying reading ulattsf for
the mofal and spiritual improvement of our
soldiers, separated rs they necessarily are
from. thc purifying snd retf.ining influences
of home fife, and exposed to the deMoralizing
surroundings of amilitary camp. az
That our efforts have been approved and
appreciated by the Christian Commission,
We have abundant reason to believe, Having
received the most gratifying evidence, in the
grateful acknowledgements and encouraging
words sent in return for goods forwarded
through Them We have never regretted
the change, but have thus far peacefully and
harmoniously labored on, rewarded by the
consciousness That We have done what we
could toward lesscning the amount OF human
suffering caused by this cruel war. We have
no controversy with those who send goods
through other commissions, but hail them
as fellow -laborcrs in one common cause, aud
as such bid them God-speed.
At the close Of the last year, the Board of
County Supervisors made an appropriation
Of $4,000 TO the Society tot the purpose OF
relieving sick and wounded soldiers. We
provided home at which they could be &C
commodated, receiving every attention they
might require In addition to this, many
applications were made to us by soldiers
destitute families, for whom no other pro-
vision was made, and whose cases were of
such peculiar character rs seemed to cut
them off from all other sources Of relief; to
such we felt warranted in extending help
ing hand, belieying that those to whom we
were indebted for their 1iberality, would cor
daily approve our course if it were possible
to acquaint them personally with the neces'
sitics Of such cases ii,
z The State Orphans Home too, had engaged
much p our ?saenia0n ana TIME; o,iglnatln8
as It did, IN the nople ncais ana cicaI nead
OF loWas most ialtnuI, anu neIge uangn.
ter, (Mrs. Annie Wms!e1y ven cn.uang
eer e .ne Ssssns ~ ss''','ss ss,s
soijiorls .ogphan, children, and set
On hsHt nv the Convention of IOval
women AZ MusCAtilc io .a.so
has appealedst0 oar WOM3Hly 0ympatnieS,
49, have ots;ven tn Land our aid and 60.
t~s~s ~ ,S-.!f1 to;t ~Esa = . -
Seyepsi. ,lsdies Of the Society canvassed
the 6ity and Collected several hundred dol