American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1867-02-09
ICE. ODD FELLOWS, HALL-rHlRD STORY.

and vigor as before the war, 1t Wollld
not have been possible, simply ior
want Of implements and draught, lof
animals to produce more than lal1 a
crop. You are told very correctly
that there were terrible floods IN the
spring over large portions OF the
South. There was an enormous ana
almost unprecedented drouth that
swept very probably half the entire
South; and the want of means 10
pIow the earth to proper depth, ana
to properly cultivate the crops, rem
dercd the effect of this droUth four
times AS disastrous as it would have
been under ordinary circumstances.
The persons suffering comprise all
classes, of different views, of the late
contest Of all raccs-they are all alike
suffering throughout nearly all the
States which we're formerly in rebel
lion, excepting perhaps Texas. But
from the Mississippi up to the Poto-
mac there is one universal cry OF DIS
trCSS.
They have no food, they have no
seed for their crops, they have none
Of the materials and means by which
labor, especially in our day, is rem
drrcd efficient. Now. then, II the
Northern people should lock at this
simply in the light Of seIt-nteFeHt, !
sav HAT fem millions of dollars diff
fused over the South Immediately, in
thn form of food and seed and impIc-
mrnts would return a hundred mil
Tnns in the cron of this present wear
Observation-Disclosures LARGELY con
t,it[n+;nm to the wealth and prosper-
;", NJ V0rtbarn industry and North
nr, M nonmnrcn rs well as that of the
Snrth If has plcascd God to make
rS ono nnonIn for all these purposes.
"ot "o On nnIr nnlitiral Lut commercial and
,,N. "ar;oI 1", and if isnot possibIc that there
Should he nrosnprity at the NORTH
,n'' nnoI ,,on,inn hearty prosneritv,
,,.hii, ,J' +Ioro 80 nrostrotion and want,
and snttnIinm and incapacitv to pro.
Jnro @ ot thn Sonth, rApplause.7 We
t",I "rn h"HnJ %" far onr own sake. If tol
"it nothinw elsp to aid tbe South, TO-
Inr' tIat shn ,n,v hp enahlcd to pro
J,,no "% as Iarrp q rron rs possible fol
I,,e tho roar1sG7 ,
'N v!ith all vorr aid Won can only
W. W .t,i .,,a", .'' n,a1,o n 1,+tIa over baj
ne'p n,.',', ,"t"' th;, w ,oar TLovdid not max,
Tair irt ara,, af food last wear, The,
ii''lA " >''f 49,.
hn"T;,'n h'",,G ~, ~ thoir ENERGIES to fiat ON,
p,;'"," .",i''a, i,,+ : thoro needs to hr q com
NUS D", ,ntrno+;on of +ba irdustr,
l'rc'T r ~ e' S,'S Sn"tb ' mannfortnriuo apt
VI lno ;aoI ns walI as ,o7iruIttual, f
i,'v' !',,,I .'Gm ,T'' '.or,, mrch more importaD
.T,n n> "''''" "",. ,,oIitir Il reconstruction
r|,.,,r.,nSo t"n "n Thn industry of III
I,,tl, nrt ,'',' ,,,rst Iva revived and rc-eu
'yU"n ao,,.a,,nJ and ifit isonlv said that tn
So','I7 I1..,'r,, !, y" t,, w mo- f. heln tbe South
tan. ,", ~ +bon.amds will be cucoura ge,
=, ~, h,I,, u, tLo,nsnlvos and help cac
~ othnr | L,. tho moro tact that we her
onn ovn a,+t;nr fnrth rvprtionS TO hel
tto tho,p faw hushrIs of grain i
, onoh ,oimbhorhood and of uSefr
e"o, e"oh, and nm nfimnIemrnts of labor tha
eLI"' sLo,' ,'nnd ''n' and wbrn we sneak to til
t Gn,,+h sn, ..,,;nn ..try 70 helm yourselvc,
nnJ wa win ~iyc what help we can,
| there will he a revival OF nation;
! ,rosnor;tv and rational hrotherhoo,
rLi.h viii hn many times the valr
5 NrnHI ",,,r' l'n+ IL viii cost
, " Z % Ln hoI;evn thpn. that apart fro,
: ~ ,'t;ans "" Dt ,rbicb wonld thin
| ,'L ",,,oIrT;nata IT; all questions of politi,
= s"JV,,' sui ,,a,t Jinnrnnrrs if is the presel
, :,'.,' :..'''+ l''.t' ~ tho No,th to s1y to fl
t Gnn,L. S",o ..Dn rorr best TO make
; ',o',, .',' tl,i, ,.nor and trust to us to heI
{ ''ol, '"'S '".' .,,,r ,, noodv and to u,
e nIo,inont, o1 whenever they are neet
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J. '"' VIZ Sd, Lii hooir to r
J., nv" ''''''i i't,,;no ',!i from brT wbe,
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5 crop NeS't"'.t' a., ,nnrrfacto,in wi
Sooli' ~, l u .9,i .i,,+ tho wor destrove
oe IGo'''lS 'I'o,,I 'i''o +bonyonds of "
/. anu NUM- oIir,i,on I,; i, o,nnInvrd the,
l. '%nch men ,, 'uu VIA ,n.'Gt ho at,octivaiv emnIo
. %o VINO - '".,,u ,,'t;,.otinc ,.ot no tLe soil FrienC
/ eu III .u,tl, w, 49, haSnnch mon. vii
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i. lio '.. 'i0t ~ =" r;,,n ttnir onprGies TO tl
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Y No.M. IN ot,,nrd os 70 commence with
: ,,,i,.",;ntinn e,i, mvn en- nf n million of dolla
l. for His purposc, and am very Sul
u Philadelphia. Boston. Baltimore, Cl
II cinnati, Chicago and all the NeStel
= cities and the smaller towns To IN