Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-11-05
APPEAL ~ BEHALF OF THE con.
FEDERATE ORPHANS.
Ars Address 60 Pastors Of Churches
aasi superintendents Of sunday.
schools I'm the state OF Tennessee.


Ans Address 60 Pastors OF Churchc.
asst Superintendents Of sunday
schools I'm the state Of Tennessee.
We beg leave to all your attention
and through you the attention of your
congregations and Sunday-schools,
to the condition of the Confederate
Orphan Asylum at this place.
Immediately after the close of the
war, the ladies of our city and vicini-
ty formed the noble design of estab-
fishing refuge for the orphans OF
these Confederate soldiers who had
persisted i'm the war. In the face of
every encouragement, they have pre-
served, until, they are now the own
ers of comfortable buildings and
grounds well suited for the purpose,
all paid for. For four years they
have succeeded in taking care of and
educating many of the orphans of
our heroic dead, and there are now
G5 inmates in the Asylum.
The treasury Is nearly empty. They
must have help, or be compelled to
abandon an enterprise very dear 10
their hearts, and turn those helpless
children out upon the cold and pre-
carious charities.of the world.
They do not believe that n humane
and Christian people will permit such
u sad termination of all their heroic
struggles, if the condition of the child
rem under their charge should be
brought to their attentions; and they
have bcsought us to make an appeal
to the charitable and Christian pub
lie relief.
In their names, and on behalf of
the destitute children under their care,
We respectfully and earnestly entreat
you to read this paper to your con-
gregations and Sunday-schQols; to
speak a word in season for this sacred
cause, and take up collection in
both your congregations and Sunday
schools at the earliest day practicable.
No nobler monument can be erect
ed by our people to the memory of
those who fell in the cause of the
South, and to see that their little
children are rescued from the curse
of ignorance and the pangs of help
less poverty.
Soldiers or the Lost Cause Can
you forget the comrades you buried
upon lonely and distant battlefields,
and who were not permitted, like
yourselves, to return to their homes
and the embrace of their families.
Men of the South You who were
strangers during the war to the hard
ships and dangers that fell to the
soldiers lot, give freely of your sub
stance to feed and educate the child
rem of those who died in your stead
in the gloomy hospital or upon the
perilous edge of battle.
Women of the South Your un.
selfish and undying devotion to your
native land during its mighty but
unsuccessful struggle, assures us that
your generous hearts will respond
with a bound of joy to this appeal.
Children 0fthe South Come with
your little offerings to help the
soldiers orphan child and cheer his
lonely lot.
Christians of every name and or.
der! Remember your Masters great
example, and forget not the fatherless
in their days of their need.
To all who have u heart to feel for
the woes of humanity and hand to
relieve distress, we make an earnest
appeal to come to the help of our no.
BILE women, who are struggling with
such undying faith in this holy cause.
Hold up their hands and cheer their
hearts in this crisis in their glorious
enterprise, and they and their little
orphan charges will bless your names.
We deem it proper to add, that, in
its organization and management,
the Asylum is entirely free from ali
sectarian influence. A Union Sab
bath. school is taught at the Asylum,
in which all the denominations are
present.
All contributions will be at once
forwarded to Mrs. A. G. Munford,
Secretary and Treasurer, GAINESVILLE,
Tennessee.
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