The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-09

IF your enemy is in need, feed him.
He would give even the criminal
against whom he had just pronounced
the severest sentence of the law, a
crust of bread or cup Of cold water;
and he would not tell the wife and the
children, who appealed to his charity,
that their husband and father was a
criminal Let us listen to this cry of
the starving, and give them speedy
relief. ~ ii 4aaae ..f
MIR. Luke Grant, a former citizen of
this county, but now resident OF
Florence, Alabama, gave the meeting
some facts in his own experience at
Florence and Eastport, showing the
extreme want and suffering of the
people, which was the most practical
and touching appeal that was made
during the evening, although he said
he could noe make speech. He said
he had seen old men of sixty. years
come tottering into Eastport, having
walked twenty and thirty miles
through the rain and mud begging for
bread to keep them alive. Poor, for
lorn people come one hundred and
thirty miles from Georgia with dilap-
idated, broken down teams hardly
able to haul three sacks of corn. SUBJ
sisting their teams upon little fod-
der, with the hope of getting back
home with little corn to save their
families from starvation. Little chill
dren walked twelve miles begging
for meal. and were fortunate if they
could procure a half-a-peck to carry
home. And what aggravated their
suffering, much of the food which had
been contributed by the people of
Cincinnati and other points, had been
carried away and lost by the unex
pected 81 and unprecedented foods
which swept over the Tennessee val
ley IF they had received those con-
tributions they would have had tenn.
porary relief; but that hope of succor
was destroyed. Mr.. Grant said in all
his life be meyer saw such restitution.
Many people around Passport are on
the point Of starvation. and will starve
unless food reaches them.
Rev. George F. Penticost made
Strong and eloquent appeal to relieve
this cry of famine which comes to us.
He said that the great tide of sympa-
thy and charity whiehswas sweeping
through the North would do more to
reconstruct the South than the Sher-
man Reconstruction Act, good and
appropriate as that might be. We
are, nearly, three, months behind in
acting upon this subject, and we
should take efficient measures now. =
Y John Ingle, Esq, said that in reply
to all requests and inquiries which
had been made to him, he, had inva-
riably given the answer that the E. &
c. r. r. would carry over its line all
contributions of produce for the re-
lief Of the people of the South. He
said that our people were intimately
connected with the South CONNER
cially, and that no city anywhere had
been more benefited by the war.
which had brought these sufferings,
upon these people, than Evansville.
Here on, the border, we have reaped
rich harvests from our advantageous
position in the past. The South now
is doing much to support and make
usn riehs Z especially 8 the men of
trade and property. Here is an oppor-
tunity for gratitude, and bids for flu
ture, trade, Many Of our citizens
have made their thousands, yes,
hundred thousands by the war and
from the South. Here now is a
chance for the acknowledgment of
favors past and to come The cry
which comes to us for bread should
not and will mot be in vain, a'sT =
At the close of Mr.: Ihgles remarks,
the cemmittees Through Col. DENLY,
presented as their report the follow
ing resolutionsI3 sgsgqx8 Z %
= sRes9lred, That an Executive Com
mitteeiofaseten' citizensof Evansville
be appointed, who shall be charged
with the duty of making collections
for the purpose of relieving the desti-
tuition in the Southern States, and of
seeing, to tbs. distribution of the
weanssso collected. 80 iis@
Rssolpeds That there be appointed
By, this meeting two citizens from each