Litchfield enquirer., 1865-07-13
CORRESPONDENCE.

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 MEssRs EDroRs Many of your readers are aware that our State Legislature last year incorporated, with liberal charter, an institu. tion for the education and care of the children of our soldiers who. during the late war, died in the country's service. An effort is now be- ing made to raise the necessary funds for the endowment of this benevolent institution. The object is one which appeals to every loyal heart for sympathy and aid. But through your col. umns will you permit me to appeal to the members of cur State Legislature for sober second thought on this subject? .s
 An organization of the Board of Managers has been duly formed, the President of which is his Excellency, Governor Buckingham. The Rev. E, B. Huntington has been appointed an agent to present the subject before the public, and is authorized to receive donations to the object. Will each loyal heart respond to the call now being made in the spirit of liberal Christian charity?
 Let the silent grave of many a patriot soldier, which appeals to surviving comrades, to all who regard the demands of justice and the best interests of the State, be effective in aiding to carry forward successfully this noble charity.
 If we would see these orphan children, the blood of whose fathers has been freely shed upon the battle field, or who died no less for their countryin hospitals or cruel rebel prisons, kindly cared for and trained up for usefulness and happiness, you can accomplish this by lib- erally contributing to the Soldiers Orphan Home.
 When the dark cloud of civil war hung over our land when the very life of our country was in danger, and our nations destiny seemed trembling in the balance; these men whose orphan children now demand your care, went forth at the call of the Government, for its de- fense. Our prayers and sympathies for their success, you will remember how earnestly and warmly they were bestowed and now, when peace has come, to gladden. our hearts, shall we, can we be so ungrateful as to disregard the cry which their orphan children present r. They appeal 10 you jas patriots, as intelligent citizens, as philanthropists, more loudly than anything ever before has done, to open the treasury bountlully for their relief.
 And to all an appeal is made that they may not suffer with penury or be neglected to grow up in ignorance and vice, and thus through rsnnlnnt af -dat.r -,s .t haann,o n.;s.n.aa | to the State. H-| We who are loyal love the living soldier ;- we greet with thrilling joy his return from the war, and welcome him with warm-hearted hos pitality to our homes and fresides. Shall we forget those who have fallen ? Shall we fail to 1 honor them by kindly regarding their bereaved offspring, which have now become truly the children of the State |?
 What more noble and appropriate monu- ment can we erect to their memory than beautiful home for their children, where they can be clothed and fed, where they can be trained up in virtue and intelligence7 Will they not render by their future usefulness in the State, if so treated, more than equiva- lent return for it's bounty thus bestowed? Connecticut has not perhaps been distin- guished of late. where she could avoid it, for her iberality to public objects; but the pres ent demand is one that cannot be refused with out furnishing the honor of the State, without meriting the just reproach for ingratitude, for unrequited obligations to her heroic dead and adopting policy detrimental to her best in- terests. ..,. SAMUEL w. GoLD. WEST CORNWALL, June II, 1865.