The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-05-11

horrors and epprr-siJns 10 which
they are subjected. to read the heart.
scndin; stories of dcstitution and
starvation which prevail th,oushou,
considerable districts of country in
the older Southern States. and to
hear the aronizing cries Of starving
orphaned children, and the unan.
swcred petitions Of hqgcsrei men
and helpless women for bread,
bread ~
II is diiaoul, for Us, who have
never heard the tramp of an inva-
ding army, to conceive the msgai-
,ude Of the devas,ations to which
other lcss favored localities have
been subjected, whore whole districts
have been made waste bowling vii.
dernesses Of blackened ruins and
gloomy desolaiions aud il is alnoei
Impossible for Us, who are ha-king
in the sunshine Of prosperity. aud
living in a land Of plenty, where
granarics aud store houses are abun.
daniiy supplied, and no case % ac.
'nal want is known. to imagine.
much less believe, the horrifyine
stories of hunger and starvation
which come TO US from along the
line Of " Shermans march to the sea
aud from other sections where a hos
tile foe poured forth destruction in
laya-tidc Of wrath and ruin. But
such IS most unmistakably trne
Men, women, and children, in Nir.
GINA, Georgia, Alabama, Florida,
and Arkansas, aud in fact in all the
States visited by armies in the late
unfortunate war, arc actually beg
cared aud starving. What thin.
yisaged, ghost-iike beings fit before
oag minds, as VIC reflect upon these
,hings-aod how untiring!y they
should haunt US, If We permit them to
remain unfed. Through the Icing,
cold winter Just ended, feeble women,
reared in wealth, and ease, aud lux
ury, and qualified to adorn aad fill
the highest circles in the most rs-
fined society, have been compelled to
wander homeless and helpless, through
that desolatcd country, hungry,
wet, and cold cold wet, and hun
CRY, in the vain and fruitIess search
for food, and have at last, from sheer
exhaustion, lain them down and
died whilst others have been forced
10 ait in their bleak and drcary
homes, aud whilst listening to the
pitiful means from the pallid lips of
their helpless little innoccnts, and
hearing their feeble cries for bread,
have seen the 'ifc-Grss fade and die
out on their tender checks, ard thcn,
worn out with wAschings and hun
. ger, died themselves.
How much like romance these sad
recitals seem but they are dim,
taint-skatches Of lamcntable truths.
Then will we, can we permit the cx-
istence, continuation, and increase, Of
these destructive misfortunes, without
making = strenuous effort to relic 70
tho starved and starving inultitudea
who look to US for relief? viii VIC
withhold our alms, loek up our treas
uves, and sss them dis2 When starry
ing Greece appealed to Us for help,
our hearts wore touched and purses
opened; when furnishing ireland,
with hungry voics, called on ~ for As
sistance, our ships, hssvily fisi GIFTED,
werc sent hurrying on their God like
mission Of love and mercy To needy
people now that the cry for bread
comes to us from those Of our own
household shall We be less bepeticent?
No, but let there DO universal, libeEs
al, immediate donations, each re.
Numbering and i'npressing upon his
ncighbor the great truth that he who
gicss promrtiy is t,cics a sirsr.
Then gise,-gise largely, give with
speed
NOUS tho time and the hour Of need
The following paragraph from the
Atlanta Opinion, Of the 18th ult.,
but tamely expresses tho sad and
sorrowful condition Of tho people in
and that other destitute portions Of
the country;
There WAS gentleman In the city
yesterday frcu Newton county, who
bad started West on missi0u Of relief
for tbs suffering people of his nsighbor.
hood He had with him certificates,
which, together with his own ststsmsnt~,
proved that many Of the cisissss fthai
county, not forty miles from AslantA,
were almost on the poiae VI starvation
The cry cones up from, alas, too many
scctione, for c0rn-f0r bread alone
Meat 10 not expected, nor any Of The
varied articles Of food which Ia 0edina-
~ times ara .oand on every table. II
isdistysssing beyond measure 10 reject
spon the actual suffering in our land,
and We can but regard Il As sinful for
any one 10 spend aossy for iuxusis. or
noa-sssontials, or sslash pleasures, when
our neighbors are suffering Or perhaps
dying fos the want Of The bread thaa
such money might purchass. Thsss
ara two months yet 10 pass through DO
fors any relief can coas FROM our own
soil. How Art the pour = b sustained
through this trying tims,
The appeal Il nsds 10 the heart Of
every nan and woman who ars posssss-
ID Of plenty. Are you doing al ycsr
duty in the premises :"
Tho following additional item il |
copied froA the columns Of tho
Nashville Banner Of the 23rd:
Col. Denver and Mr.. A. y. Msrshall,
The first Of Polk county, and the second
Of Atlanta, Georgia, have just arrived in |
our city on nsissios Of bcnovoIsacs. re-
lating to suffering poor people in tho
former locality. We leasa from them
that II this momeus Mos loss than twenty,
raven hundred r..ot,ie ara in o.~d af |