The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-04-23

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make prompt remittances. A great many Of
these accounts have been standing for year
and more, and it is absolutely necessary now
that they should be paid
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FEED THE HUNGRY. 4@
.:In faith and hope the world win Disagree,
| But all 1nankinds concern is charity;'S
Is the noble sentiment Of the poet, but, we
| much fear, notas true as noble. And although
| it almost sounds like a travestie, we are tempt
| ed to say that here as elsewhere we find the
application Of the homely adage that what is
! everyheay's business IS nehodys business
| ''The drying UP Of single tear has more Of
honest fame, than shedding seas of gore'' reads
| very well, but finds unfortunately too little
practical faith among men. No Sermon lee
ture or essay is needed to tell us that it is our
duty to feed the hungry, and clothe the naked.
The obligation is universally recognized. All
that is needed is to bring the sense Of obiga-
tion home in such manner as to cause an eff
cient discharge oft duty @
We have heretofore in the United States,
and more especially in the South, been singu-
larly exempt from calls of this kind The poor
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| While this undoubtedly was very pleasing fact
| connected with our late social system, it was
not without its advantages; inasmuch as those
| who have the poor always around them, and
! from childhood have been taught to look upon
the dispensing of charity daily duty, per-
| form it, as matter Of course, to the extent Of
| their means In times of famine or any other
unusual calamity, every nerve is strained for
its relief, and no spasmodic sentimentality has
to be called into requisition to further the
laudable purpose. Calls for charity here have
been Of such unfrequent occurrence, that we
have almost forgotten that this is one of our
regular duties. The war also, we fear, with its
concomitant evils, which have spared but few,
! has contributed largely to increase our selfish.
ness. We are too prone, because now less able
to give to shirk the duty altogether.
It is unnecessary for us to tell our readers
that never before was there so much want and
suffering in South Carolina and, in fact, an
oyer the South. The efforts to procure relief
have been many and widespread. Noble
hearts in every part of the country, touched
with the tale of distress and suffering, have re-
| sponded, in some GASES very generously, to this
| cry. But this relief comes slowly and is en-
tirely inadequate Why is it that these appeals
go forth to the North and the far distant cities
Of the West, while we at home do little, almost
1 nothing, for theErolief Of those Of eur. own
household. We know we shall be told that we
are too poor, our resources gone, trade lanRuid
| times depressing anu ....... y .
] gloomily lowering over US. And we cannot
gainsay these facts, and assistance cannot be
rendered without considerable self-sacrifce.
But this sacrifice must be made. Charity is
not charity when it costs nothing when We
merely give of our abundance. It then ceases
| to be charity, and becomes the qualification Of
sentiment, the indulgence of . refined luxury.
It is clearly our duty to share what we have
left with those who are suffering for the neces-
saries Of life. If it is the duty of those 1t q:
distance to aid the suffering among us, how.
! much more is it ours' to come to the assistance
| Of our brothers, our friends, our neighbors! z
Governor ORR, has recently made the start
ling announcement, that over 10O, 900 people in
South Carolina, do not taste meat once in so
days, and thousands know not where to find
bread for their !, starving children nay, more
than that, he says that many cases Of death
have already occurred from starvation. Many
who hcve not troubled themselves about the.
combination of circumstances that ::produced
this result, express surprise at this alarming
state Of things, and permit their prejudices to
mislead them as 70 the real causes. Mr.. Bur
LEa in Congress-, FoRNEY in the Philadelphia
Press, and others equally prejudiced,; can only
see one cause for all the ills Of the South, L e;
the politicians. So others. nearer home, IN
then. selfshness ascribe ! al existing evils =
the personal indolence Of the sufferers. How
this will account for the small crop Of corn
everywhere prodnaed because Of the general
drought of last year or the morerecent freshet,:
or the high price Of breadstufs, and the great
scarcity Of money, we cannot see-- The war is
certainly thefrst cause, the disorde er in our sys
tenn Of laborEthe next, and the unpropitious
seasons. perhaps the greatest and most ina
mediatelY felt OF ALL Y. 5' Ss$a y
Some may have suffered because they cannot
readily adapt themselves tothe change induced
BY late events: But these are few. and fewer,
still are those who are suffering they ana their
families because unwilling to, work. There,
may be some unworthy; ard it is impossible s.
all cases to distinguish clearly. But we are
not Gale upon TO do this: Shall We let the
innocent perish, for fear Of aiding: the guilty?
Does not al law and policy, both divine and
human teach the CONTRARY = God maketh His
sun to shine upon the just and the anjust.s stses
We need say no more. Onr course IS plain
and we earnestly hope this admoni ton viii be
needed. It is a duty from which no one is ex-3
empt: \ And then when We are doing ali We can
ourselves for the relief Of these tnnates,
and still fall short Of offering adequate sucoor
las re know:win and must: the case, We
can With the more confidence appeal 20 Others,
to come to our aid. Z. s: +.
= -3t ~ isY,
Il REGIsTRAT1ON OF vOTERs.
I We published yesterday paragraph stating
that @ ". Oar had issued q Circular, ddressed
70 the Clerk, Sheriff, Ordinary, ana connis::
sionor Enn;fv nf. tho ri