Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1867-03-22

is complete successl This Orphans Home
is the one splendid monument that the PEG.
pie of the State should erect to the memo
ry Of their precious dead. Go ask dying
Soldier what monument he prefers-ia pol
ished shaft of Perian marble, or a Happy
Home for his helpless children, there is but
one reply. Then let MS make this Asylum
what it should be, a Monumental Institution
worthy of the dead.
There is not a stand point from which the
pleadings Of this Orphans cause does not
come with urgent force. Christianity lifts
up her sacred voice and pledges the constant
protection of her God to the helpless Orphan.
Humanity pleads by every sentiment that
enobles the human heart. Patriotism lifts
up her strong voice and sends II rolling
through all the land, demanding that the
Soldiers Orphans be rescued from destruction
and made blessing TO the land for which
the Sire has bled.
Noble people of the Volunteer State: ~
The Orphan children of your fallen Soldiers
are before you. They have no brave Father
now TO protect them from suffering and want
in the fierce conflict of life. Listen to the
last words of the brave Soldier as he dies on
the battle field: "To my God and my coun-
try / commend my fatherless children. -
Hear the piteous cry of those little ones as
they stand trembling at the door of your
happy homes; sour noble Fathers died for
the land that gives as neither shelter nor
bread" Oh my countrymen who, that has
the heart of Man, Christian, Soldier,
can bear this shameful reproach The no.
BILE enterprise to establish an Orphans Home
is now before you. Let us all sustain it lib
orally, and make it, what it should be, the
very pride of our lend. With one united
effort let us rescue these Orphan children
from their deplorable condition and make
them blessing to the land for which their
Sires have bled..
LOCATION.
j The Tennessee Orphan Asylum has been
located at GAINESVILLE, Tennessee, accessible
by Railroad to all parts of the State. A
beautiful place of $50 acres of land, with
good improvements, has been secured at @
cost of $4,000, about two-thirds of which
has been paid, and the establishment well
furnished. The Institution is in successful
operation. Including the Officers of the In
stitution and the necessary employees, only
a few more Orphans can be Accommodated
until additional buildings are erected. TIC
enlarge this Asylum to the dimensions of a
State Institution, so that every County can
send its destitute Orphans to it, will require
large amount of means. Hence, the Peo-
pie Of the State are urged to make a large
cash donation Immediately, 10 put up and fur.
nish the necessary buildings, and also tc
make liberal annual subscription to sustain
the Orphans from year to year until the In
T stitution can be made selEsustaining TIL,
annual subscriptions is indispensable to the
success of the enterprise. It will not do 10
collect several hundred Orphans together, ant
not have some assurance that the means fol
their support will be forthcoming. If every
person in the State will pledge himsel
for something the Institution is success; i
the people will not do this, it is failure.
MANAGEMENT OF THE ASYLUM.
The affairs of this Asylum are administer
ed by a Board Of Managers" consisting o
the Officers and twenty-five other Ladies
chosen at the annual meeting on the thirt
Thursday of May. To this Board of Mana.
gers is added a Board of Counsel consist
ing of nine Gentlemen, whose duty it is to
advise with the Ladies about all the bushes
affairs of the Asylum. The Superintendent
under specified regulations is charged witt
the operations of the Institution.
1t Is expected that these boards will b.
f enlarged next May so as to embrace per
sons from various parts of the State.
SUPERINTENDENT.
The Board of Managers have procured 70
this important position, DR.. S. Fl. Stout for
, merlyMedical Director of the Hospital Depart
q ment of the Army of Tenn, gentleman OF EN-
inent ability and large experience. He ha
already entered upon his duties as Superin
, tendent of the Institution. With DIR. Stou
A at the head of the Asylum, every army maj
can vouch for the ability with which it will
A be administered.
PLAN OF OPERATIONS.
i The Agents of the Asylum will visit ever,
n County in the State, and wherever twelv
c Ladies will pledge themselves to labor for tn
: interest of the Institution, County Auxilia.
S ry Society will be formed and furnished
e Charter, having authority to elect its owl
r officers, and admit any number of associates
1t will be the duty of these County Societie
r to appoint earnest working Agents in eacl
e Civil District in the county, these Agents al
n ways to be residents in the Civil District Il
which they operate. These District Agencies
should be given to such Ladies as have tn,
time and energy to prosecute the work thor
u oughly, without delay.
DISTRICT AGENTS.
The Agents far the Civil Districts In tn
several Counties, will have placed in thei
hands a Subscription Book, appropriately ar
ranged with n printed appeal, form Of sub
!, scription, form Of payment full record o
Orphans sent 70 the ASYLUM, and specific in