The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-06-24
From the y. .. Bulletin.
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While there Is not. perhaps any commune
ty To whom charitable appeals are more fire.
quently addressed than ours, the very
promptness and liberality with which these
demands have been meet have invested the
Crescent City with reputation for benevo-
lence uneclip in the local history OF other
places. Sustaining this prestige or rather
augmenting the fair fame of thu people that
spirited organization, THE Central Hancock
Club of louisiana composed of some OF the
most tried aud trusty citizens of the State,
comes forward in behalf OF the "Orphans'
Home" of Lauderaale, Mississippi and un-
restricting It's generous aid 70 the clrcum-
scribed limits of its sphere, asks support aud
aid for sister institution, that. like itself.
extends it, fostering care beyond the pales Of
its immediate locality. The cause In which
the Hancock Club has enlisted It's sympathy
and action is indeed, q noble one. The
President OF this club, personally alive 10
the calls of want, and ever ready To respond
in practical philanthrOpies 10 the petitions
of poverty, has lead of in ais matter by his
eloquent pursuasions TO the club. and il T.
materially to the fervOT ofhs appeals a. well
as to his influence that the IlancOcks espOus-
ed the cause with so much zeal. The claims
of the Lauderdale Institution 'plead trum-
pet-tongued" 10 every Southerner VINO,
cherishing the memory OF the departed n
willing to fling gentle thought on the altar
where, in the general sacrifice Of faith. gal
Iantry and courage, though all were wreck
ed honor assembled in halo Of glory.
the very TeueCtiOu OF WHICH still
LIGHTS it, consecrated shrine.
Mrs. Laura Reed, whose credentials-
certainly needing no investigatIon-haye
nevertheless been endorsed by Gems. BeiAre-
gard, Bragg and lIo ID, represents the con-
dition Of the institution a deplorable. Her
statements are 10 the effect that unless "a
requisite amount Of money j. raised within
a brief period, the enterprise must 20 down
in disastrous failure. DevOting her zeal and
energy to the cause, with the warm senti-
ment of a womanly nature, she simply seeks
the Hancock Club as an agency through
which to inaugurate measures Of relief An
entertainment has been agreed upon a the
most feasible and practicable means Of OBJ
tanning assistance, and 1t - for this purpose
the club have appointed "A committee charged
with the contamination of this affair. That
the Hancock Club will execute their COM
mission with fidelity is as sure as that the
public will cooperate ardently and earnest
". a few may claim exemption from the
general tribute we anticipate on the ground
that charity begins az home" But when
it is remembered that the children educated
at this school are, in the language of the
circular, the peoples wards" when u h
considered that all orphans are indiscrim'
inately matriculated there, from whatever
State they may be sent, the heart l. cold that
does not warm under the appeal, and the
blossoms that spring as well from noble
deeds as from yiTtuOus actions, viii wither
for want of the dews of common kindness
and the sunshine of kindred feelings b keep
them fresh and fair forever.