The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-05-14

A "SNEFR AND TAUNT"-We print below
the entire article, from which the Argus selects
the passage in italics to justify its assertion
that the proposition to bestow portion of the
fund raised by the Freedmen's fair upon the
widows and orphans of our deceased soldiers
at home, was received by the Press with a
sneer and taunt." 1t will be seen that the
proposition which we were considering in this
article was not to divide the tund raised at the
first fair but to hold another. 1t is of course
for others to judge whether the language to
which the Argus takes exception is really
sneering and taunting or suitable reply to
sneer aud taunt. The article appeared in the
Press of March Z, 1866:
s"oNE MORE FAIR"
A writer in the Argus, who adopts the signature
"True Charity has repeatedly urged upon this
the wants of the widows and orphans who have been
left in deetitui II by the fortune of war. To the
with their lives s in their hands. the Republic owes
dc6t which can never be disputed. For them and
for all who were dear to them, grateful county has
already made provision to a limited extent. This
public provision is charity it is the payment of
adebt and it is only partial payment. Every com
munty owes to the disabled soldiers and to their
widows and orphans in its midst such aid as is need
full to establish and secure their domestic comfort
There is no room tor two opinions on this subject
III
come rward with some practical suggestion and 90
to work, can assure him of hearty cooperation.
Several of the managers of the late Freedmen's Fair
have expressed their willingness to assist in this oth
er good work, and We doub not all who contributed
in any way to the charity named will be equally
ready to meet the new requisition upon their time
and means If True Charity" does not choose to
move himself we hope somebody who is true in
than an assumed signature will take the matter in
hand. 4.e 0..-,- s.-4 .
We cannot dismiss this subject without adverting
to the inuidious tone which pervades 'sTrue ChaI-
collection Of moneys for the education Of the Freed
men, ,cere a downright fraud upon the dtserving
class Of scose care he is the self constituted adpo
cate. "Ihey haze pass a., he says, Through an in
clement aCater UNDECIDED and uniought OF, enduring
pennrg and Indulgence in this cold northern latitude
Has, this lind Of rue Charity is Of an DID, old
pattern. Readers sc remember hoao Judas Iscariot
proposed that the costly ointment Of spikenard should
SHOT, says the sacred Driter simply, mot that he
cared for the poor bM because he acas thief III
fair he has sgnaly failed II he would retrieve his
own character he must now do something besides at
tempting to deprecatedhe benevoence of his neigh
bors And we can assure him that the sense of JUS
tce which feels the claims of long oppressed and
miserable at the South will not be slow to rec
ognze still higher claims at home.
PROFESSOR HENRY has had prepared from
the materials of the Smithsonian Institution
complete digest of all the facts known respect
ing tue Tdiulall Vi N1dlue, ior IHc use Vi the
Superintendent ofthe photographic Survey 1t
clearly illustrates the dependence of CONNER
cial interests upon science, that thus a great
State cannot make suitable exhibit of its
chief resource without the aid of the meterolo-
gist and Photographer. Congress ought by
donation to free the Smithsonian from the
pecu1,iary burden OF the nauseuna,so that the en-
tire income might be devoted to the legitimate
objects of the bequest