Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1867-04-18
THE SUFFERING POOR.


More than ever have We been ad-
monished of its perfect truthfulness
since the evil days when war and
inundation with their train Of calami-
ties came and settled like pail upon
the devoted heads of our stricken
people.
The narrowing annals OF poverty
are as sealed book to the grasping
and selfish mind, and can only be
read and fully appreciated by the
true philanthropist in his quiet walks
along the highways and by-ways of
life, disseminating bounties from his
charitable hand in that unostenta-
tious manner, mot seen of other
men," and claiming no other reward
than that realized by an approving
conscience and sanctifcation of the
Divine will.
The work Of charity and benevo-
lence is, from the nature and condi-
ton Of society, underwriting and to
be wisely and judiciously performed,
should be systematized in such a
way as to have every one, as far as
possible, sharer, in proportion to
his means, of the burden which at
taches to it, and which too frequently
falls upon a few comparatively Of
the citizens, and those very often
the least able to endure the To-
peated calls which are made upon
them for aid and assistance.
The best because the most useful
and benefciaD, system of practical
benevolence, is that which, while en-
downing the recipient with food and
clothing or means to obtain the same,
furnishes him at the same time with
a species of labor adapted to his
physical capacity or skill and ena-
bles him thereby to make such re-
turns for the benefaction rendered
him as can be turned to his pecu-
mary aid in the future. To this end
the establishment of warehouses for
the poor and manufactures, should
be encouraged everywhere, and we
are glad to perceive that movement
tending in that direction is seriously
contemplated in our midst.
Several Of our enterprising ladies',
we are told, have taken hold Of the
subject, and are determined to put
the gentlemen to the blush by taking
the initiative for building a cotton
factory in this vicinity. To pave
the way to SO desirable consumma-
ton, it is intended that the proceeds
that may be realized from the tourna-
ment exhibition and public dinner to
come off next month, shall 60 to form
a nucleus towards further ingather-
ing of funds for the erection of the
factory. This looks like a small
way in which to begin the founding
Of SO expensive an enterprise, and
yet it appears to be the only feasible
way at present, in the absence of all
requisite capital and public spirit to
push the matter through at once
The ladies have taken hold of it and
with the determination they evince
to accomplish their purpose, who will
say that they will not sooner or later
bring it to successful issue Per-
severe, ladies, and may God speed
you in your noble efGts to push on
the car of progress, redeem our fallen
land from the slough of despond and
inertness and provide the suffering
poor with such fields of labor as will
leave them room for no excuse to
work in order to earn their daily
subsistence. ....
There is not more eligible site
in the whole country for manufac-
tories Of almost any description, es-
pecially cotton, than is to be found
at Baton Rouge or in its immediate