Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-04-18
the visions of the blest!

of our fallen comrades helples
orphans will not come before yo
in vain! Your generous heart
and liberal hands l have counted
upon in accomplishing this goot
work. Give me your energies
and this grand enterprise can b.
made a splendid success. He'll
me with your tongue and pen t.
plead this noble cause upon every
ear. Over many a hard fought
field, amid trials and sufferings
we have struggled together in q
cause alike dear to all: here let us
strike heart and hand again-the
cause is as sacred as the grave
and never let us rest from our
labors until this grand enterprise
is a complete success! This Or
phan's Home is the one splendid
monument that the people of the
State should erect to the memory
of their precious dead. Go ask a
dying soldier what monument he
prefers-a polished shaft of Parian
marble, or a happy home for his
helpless children, there is but one
reply. Then let us make this
asylum what it should be, a mon
umental institution worthy Of the
dead.
There is not a standpoint from
which the pleadings of this Or
phan's 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. HUI
manity pleads by every sentiment
that ennobles the human heart.
Patriotism lifts up her strong
voice and sends it rolling through
the land, demanding that the SOL
diers' orphans be rescued from des-
truction and made a 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 word of the
brave soldier as he dies on the
battlefield: "To my God and my
country l commend my fatherless
children" Hear the piteous cry
If the little ones as they stand
trembling at the door of your hap |
,y homes 'Our noble father died |
or the land that gives us neither
helter nor bread" Oh my coun-
who, that has the heart of |
man, Christian, a soldier, can
,ear this shameful reproach?-
Che noble enterprise to establish
N orphans home is now before
,ou. Let us sustain it literally,
nd make it what it should be-
he very pride of our land. With
ne united effort let us rescue these
rphan children from their deplor-
BILE condition and make them a
to the land for which
heir sires have bled.
The Tennessee Orphan Asylum
las been located at Clarksville,
Tennessee, accessible by railroads
o all parts of the State. A beau
iful place of $50 acres of land,
With good improvements, has
'een secured at a cost of $25. 900,
bout two-thirds of which has
een paid, and the establishment
veil furnished. Theinstitution is
a successful operation. Including
he officers of the institution and
he necessary employees, only
ew more orphans can be accommo-
ated until additional buildings
re erected. To enlarge this asy-
am to the dimensions of q State in
titution, so that every county can
end its destitute orphans to it, will
equire a large amount of means.
Hence, the people>of the State are
rged to make a large donation ina-
,ediately, to put up and furnish
be necessary buildings, and also j
0 make a liberal annual subscriip-
ION to sustain the orphans from
ear to year until the institution
an be selfsustaining. The an
ual subscriptions are indispensa-
lie to the success of the enter
rise. It will not do to collect
everal hundred orphans together,