The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-04-15

The decision of the Court turning
this property over to the claimant who
is declared to be its righttul owner
diverts it from the benevolent purpo
ses of its founders and deprives the
Orphans there collected and provided
for by the hand of charity, of their
home.
1t is sincerely to be hoped that the
parties who were paid for the proper
| ty, and who guaranteed title to the
Directors of the Home, viii yet act in
good faith and secure it to them. In
default of such action on their part,
considerations of humanity call loudly
for contributions by our whole popu-
lation for the relief Of the bereaved
childrin.
The following extracts are from a
letter of the Superintendent to the
Meridian Gazette:
The Trustees are determined not to aban-
uOh tic DOulC II dfOlQ It's Jul Luue
far they have been able to take no action.
that provides for its permanence," beyond
the foreclosure of the Mortgage held by Mr..
Speed. This much is certain; the orphans
have lost their present Home, and with it all
the funds, that had been contributed Dy their |
friends to provide TOR them shelter, unless |
the parties from whom the Trustees made !
the purchase, will refund to the orphans the |
money, which they received for the proper |
ty. With this amount refunded, the Trus- |
d.
other point for these children; without it
they cannot. As matters now stand, these
orphans will Inevitably be turned adrift.
unless their friends come to the rescue.
In connection with your editorial of the
Both ult., you copy an editorial from the
Mercury, the writer of which attempts to
show the position occupied by all the parties
from whom the friends of the Home pur-
chased the property, and also attempts to
fix the extent of the moral obligation resting
upon the parties, make this title of the prop
erty good to the orphans, as promised in
their bond, or to refund their money.
If the object of these articles is to inform
the public, as to the true position occupied
by all the parties connected with the pur-
chase, then the surest way to accomplish
this object, is to state the date of each pur-
chase, and the amount promised to be paid
for the property at each purchase, from the
date of the mortgage held by Mr. Speed to
the present time. Such statement will give
TO the public a correct view of the character
If the agency referred 10 in the article from
The Mercury. Several of the Trustees live
in Meridian, and from them all the facts
with these transfers can be ascer-
tanned. Every merchant, who purchases
goods, and then sells them to the public, at I
a profit, may with equal propriety, be called
an agent for the people. !
Our object, now however, is not to answer /,
The article from the Mercury, and which :
was copied by the Gazette, but to let the
friends of The Orphans Home" know the
hanger, that threatens even its very exis- !
,ence. The friends of the orphans can save !
he Institution. The Trustees unaided can {
not.
We thank you for the kind interest which
rou manifest in the continuance ofthe Home, ,
md we believe with you that some other ,
eligible location should be secured instead !
If trying toretain the present one. !
5. S. CRANBERRY, Superintendent. ,