The New York herald., 1871-10-15
NEW SUNDAY -QUADRUPLE


| Tho Grostrst Of These IN Charity.
| The great crusade or Charity, which has so
| suddenly reused the commercial world from its
selfish asceticism, and shown MS, as II through
a riff in the clouds, how much above the work
OF money getting the human heart Is, after all,
| still goes on, tho cordial enthusiasm unabated
and the generous impulses unfagging II has
become q noble rivalry OF Charity. The men
Of all parts of the world, who few days ago
would have hcsitatcd long over letting their
dearest impecunious friends have a few shares
| Of Northwestern on doubtful security, and
who would have hung their heads in shame
and feared to look their brother brokers in the
face If they had lost thousand dollars in
it business maxim never to let sympathy or
| friendship interfere in q bargain-these men
are now rivalling each other in their lavish
generosity to the distressed citizens OF
| Chicago. All classes, from the poor iaborers
| pinched for their rent money, to the rich gen
slcmsn Of leisure plcthoric with his wealth, arc
jealous in the duty Of contributing to the suf-
ferers. From over the sea the magnificent capi-
tails OF Europe--London, Berlin, Vienna, and
even similarly stricken Psris--have shipped
! their moncybags to the devastated Capital OF
the Prairies. From tho four corners of our
own Union; from her sister cities, 30 lately in
hot and unrelenting business rivalry with her,
| heaping dctraction upon her and blasting her
reputation, all in the way Of unscrupulous
business; from St. Louis, Cincinnati, Buffalo,
PhiIadelphis, Baltimore, Memphis, New Or
leans--the cities that went hand and hand with
her in the war for the Union, and the cities
| that confronted her on the other side-all have
| pressed upon her their generous offerings and
hearty sympathy.
But New York, magnificent Empire City of
| the Union, stands head and shoulders above
! them all in the grandeur of her giving. She
| is the Richard of the new crusade. Her free
| will donations to her desolated sistsr--made
up Of sums given according to their propor-
ton by nearly every man and woman in tho
city, and by every great firm, by every small
shop, by the great manufacturer, by the poor
little seamstresses, by the little school children,
by the places Of amusement, by the saloons,
by the great corporations and by all the great
institutions Of the city-amount to 81, 463, 900
in money and about six hundred thousand dol
lars in supplies. AS an instance Of the
unanimty with which all contributed, the
amount paid into the HERALD Office since
Tuesday last, when we announced our willing
ness to take charge of subscriptions, up 10
the latest hour last night was $10,523 &C,
which were given in sums ranging
from one thousand dollars down to
City cents. Some handed their con-
tributions over the counter personally,
others sent anonymous notes enclosing
them, the employees of firms dubbed together
and sent their amounts in as one man, and
others sent checks. As . further instance Of
the diffusion Of the charity which thus finds
its outlet through the HERALD, one gentleman,
too modest to have his name mentioned, has
requested us to take charge of donations which
his correspondents in Brussels, Berlin, Paris
and other capitals Of Europe have made. In
| the meantime, the amount collected ut this
| Office has been deposited 10 the Chemical
| Bank, subject to the orders of David A. Gage,
City Treasurer of Chicago, and we shall con-
tinue to receive contributions at our counter
as long as . dollar is forthcoming.
These show the charitable impulses of this
great City Of. Charities. Nor was abe lag
gard 10 the work. The flames Of Chicago had
hardly reached the height of their fury when
New York forwarded her first sadly-needed
subscriptions. Her railway trains, freighted
with the articles most precious to the beggared
people, furnished by kind hearts aud willing
| hands, sped to the relief at the rate Of fifty
| miles an hour, and electric messages, laden
with that substantial charity which never
faileth, flashed instantly and increasingly over
| her wires. Ont Of the black desolation which
broods over Chicago comes the one bright
lesson that charity is uppermost yet among
| the attributes Of the human heart that the
| selfish cares OF commerce and the rough, un-
feeling struggle Of existence have not ground
out of the money getting world that charity
that is greater than faith and hope.
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