Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-01-31
VINO are the true friends of The somth :


II should 90 far to convince the South that
the people Of the North are their true
brethren when there is such manifestation
OF the TACT as the monster meeting in New
York. last Friday evening, to start the move
mcnl for raising funds to alleviate the dis
iresscd in the Southern States.
The chairman of the meeting was Peter
Cooper; the Vice Presidents taken irrcspcc-
tive of party, included such names as George
Opdyke, George William Curtis, VIM. Z.
Dodge, Frederick \. Conkling, Henry w.
Bellows, d. d., jackson S. Schultz, and
Marshall o. Roberts; while the chief speak
ers were Henry Ward Bccchcr and Horace
Greeley. The last named thus described the
necessities of many Of the Southern people:
. In the first place. there are to-day, |
think, "a quarter Of a million Of orphan white
children in the South, and widows whom this
great war has made--women and children
who were not accustomed to earn their live
lilood. They are not unwilling, they are
very willing and anxious to work for liv-
ing; but the means of doing il do not rightly
present themselves. Again, there are a
quarter Of million and more in the South.
OF manned and crippled men, most of them
heads Of famlics-tamilies whom they once
were able to support hut who, because of
their ailliciinns, because of the manning. the
mutilation which they received during the
war, are no longer help to their families,
but rather burdens upon them.
In this case there was an unusual desola-
ton; because, wherever there was II factory
where corn was ground or wooden goods
manufactured, wherever there was an iron
foundry, those factories and ioundries were
necessarily contributors to the support of the
Rebellion, and they were burned or destroy
Ell ny our armies as Il means of putting down
the Rebellion. And thus, at every place,
women and children were turned ont of those
establishments wherein they were earning,
Of course, humble pay, but earning their liv-
my anu the means upon which they lived
have not been replaced.
From Mississippi up to the Potomac there
Is one universal cry of distress There i.
not to-day in the hands of the poor the seed
which they need very soon to begin to plant
the little ground they have. They have moi
the food to give TO them the strength where,
with To make crop, and they have none d
the materials the means whereby labor es
pccially in one ,lay is rendered efficient.
In aid of these necessities. Mr. Creole,
said
$ believe that York City can well ailort
70 commence with subscription of ~ ,OO0,-
M"' Tor ihls purpose. Applause. am sur,
Il she does this, she will stimulate Philade
4 pima, Boston, Baltimore. Chicago, Cincinnati
and all the Western cities and the smaller
towns. 10 initiate her example. Lei MS say
Ia the south, he Of good cheer, The dark
hours have passed away, and the yery facl
+ Of saying that word 10 her will give thr Ms.
Sliancc that those hours shall pass away,
!, She needs TO be cheercd, she needs to he
encouraged She needs to feel that suticrin.
l is not her eternal inheritance that there ar,
hcttcr days come, and that there are Cheerful
1 words spoken to her by the people of til,
North. Friends and neghbors, in lehalf o
your whole country, in behalf Of the Nortl
/. and of the prosperity and growth of ihi
great and think this generous commercial
emporium, ! beseech you speak to you
friends and neighbors and make great be
ginning for this work in the City of New
York ~