The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-01-26
DEsTITurIoR At me SOUTH.


DESTITUTI0n At The SOUTH.
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Relief Meeting M the Cooper Institute.
very large and influential meeting was held al the
cooper Institute last evening" convened for the purpose
OF presenting before the people Of this city and Of the
state the destitution prevalent throughout great
portion OF tho Southern States and to devise 6easures
y which me sympathy lna s2!hsry feeling Of the
,nss,,,S - "Aas @oS .Ac,icai for their relief Tho
ouenc. go led for hslfpast seven. but In cohse-
delays from travel the invited Tor 'ne
: sion were not up to time, and 1t was IL .sfe
after eight before the proceedings were cpened
The large hall Of the Institute almost ,ed lars~
proportion Of tho audience being isss who, yEetbsr
the occasion be one to IRE the Of the pder 70 do
battle for the right or, as saSI evening W present the
claims Of the vanquiaM 10 the bss& sympatbev OF the
wcsors are always foremost in yhe good work. The
Ase aoaience tDat had assembled, notwithstanding the
VI patiently awaiting the appearance the
p.Ao OF those to whom the duty OF speaking on be-
A' " our late wiring, but suffering brethren OF
~ SCUM was entrusted, ready to listen but more
anxious TO 20 SbmSshins in the way Of asviaton when.
eVer pM u operation should be agreed upon.
NIUE after eight several Of our most prominen,
citisens took their seats upon the platform, among
whom were the presiding oces Mr. Danisl Cooper and
th> orator on the OCCASION, Rev Reary Ward Beecher
TIC appearance Of The latter gentleaa was hailed with
Hearty greeting by the aesemblasA ~
ina meeting was called 70 order BY The appointment
Of W. DANIEL CooPm ~ President Of the meeting Mr.
Cooper said he would occupy their time with but
rsw remarks He thanked them for being invited ID
preside at meeting called to inaugunte movsmen.
that would thousands from starvation and death
Many Of these people were a few years ago engaged
in the work OF destroying the Union. Thank God
the Union was saved-a Union that 10 now able
and willing take into It's shetering arms every innab
tant Of the country. North, East and West now
anxious to show the Southern people that they never
were their enemies. Applause.) Notwithstanding all
that had passed. an xious TO do Southern
neghbors all the good We canapplause)and after We
have helped to alleviate their present suerngs there lie
nothing we can do more important for them and for
ourselves than insist upon every guarantee that will pro
tAppause We trust they will join US In asking for such
measures as will secure for them and for and for
pos'erity all the blessings Of good government
list OF Vice Presidents and Secretaries was then
read and their appointment confirmed unanimously.
MR.. BR1GHTs REMARKS
Mr.. BRFGHr, Southern gentleman was then intro
duced He had no particular information TO give OF the
state Of Southern affairs but what he had learned from
letters received from there and the Information thus
acquired he was anxious to give to them. The
as sas vssa s oy
full destitu,ion in the south. and what could be
dome for It's relief The result tina. meeting Of
gentlemen was invited to attend at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel for consultation, and at that meeting this
ment originated; The North vas now showing
been in arms against the government Applause.l
He had heard from a gentleman who lately travelled
corn crop had been gathered in the last autumn and
that there was not now enough Of food in that State
from GsorSa who informed him hs, in The norhern
part OF The State the distress OF the people appa
ling, and that Alabama was in similarly wretched
ditAoD. The Hon Mr.. Curry had telekraphed him that
he did not know county in Alabama where there
breadsiuf enough to feed the people for month, and
cAive and acknowledge any assistance they might re-
ceive from Northern hands. Help must come from
perish in great numbers and now the clergyman m snS
other influential parties ready 70 receive and dis
tribute the charity q the North In one case woman
bread to feed hor children Tho destituton was wide
spread through Mississippi Alabama, Georgia. south
to be counted BY the hundred thousand Nothing
but an organized system throughout the North give
little sympathy with the rebellion Is any man in this
assembly Mono could be further from what is
vengeance Is nine And again. aif bv enemy Sunssr
feed him, and you will heap Goals Of IRE on his head
That principle he was sure wonld be made luminous to-
night by the eoquence Of OF tho great ministers Of
tho gospel The speaker gave brief and interesting
review Of his experiences 10 the south times when the
sympathy and charity OF Northern people drew forth the
most grateful acknowledgements from the most deter
mined enemies or the Yankees He looked upou the
meeting tonight and tho result that would follow as
tho best policy or reconstruction that could be de-
vised. Who knew but this new valley OF Achor would
be the say through which would pass 70 Teconstruc
tion and brotherhood worth thousand fold more than
all the most munifcent could bestowf (Applauss.)
RRsoLUTIoNa
The following resolutions were then submitted and
adopted
Resolved That the intelligence which reaches Of the
81 e.. . sections Of
lations Of appeals with rcssble force 70 Northern
s:
% snS
Resolved That Southern Relief Commission be appoint.
3D. Consisting Of thirty men, with power add
20 an S Ss ~ I n Nth an
70 do all .ha. they shall believe 70 be raising
s.soss Ts9 s ?. s no or oDnSSn
.as ana sa na
how invaluable il the help OF in alternating human
lief Iomnsson win be Of The best assurances of It's
Resolved That the phsnhropc men and women OF other
,nes and communities throughout the North be respect
he blessings of work that calls for sympathy
sPKrcH or REV. Mr. EsscHEn
Rev. HENRY WARD BEcHyR was then introduced, and
to address Se% a du ,ae ,S s. yro
een years OF bis life he had been present on verv anv
occasions on which the citizens Of New York
7ened 70 taRe into consideration the state OF tho
ry especially ~ affected by the relations SIGHTSEEING
between the North and South. He remembered saving
l
Fears ago, at which, however, he present. be-
'ause The object was not peculiarly In accordance with
his views II after the passage Of the famous Fugi-
live Slave law which at the tune supposed 70 be the
medicine for all our ills That was extreme OF sub
ss sr prSfousdy nnmi.ns was time vhsn
iomination eliminated That great wheel which God turns
has made complete revolution So great has been the
'hange that men scarcely know Themselves and
hardly MAINTAIN their Identity II they 60 back fifteen
sixteen years But the change which had taken place |
individuals certainly greater in kind than that
which had befallcn whole communities Ideas are |
Just ~ blossoms change In the germ
md grow into green fruit and the green fruit changes
INTO the ripe The country has changed its views-not
'ne man, but millions Of men, Not only that. but the
hange went by by the deep moral instrument
atty that touched the very vals OF fe There has come
change In the public sentiment upon points which |
hey were least agreed, and now they willing 70 |
iand before God and the nation and TO fealty
he natural rights OF without distinctions artificial
u otherwise. And that sentiment God-lke q smith |