New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-10-29

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There has not been. pgQbsblY. since IL
years Immediately succeeding the Revolu
tianasy war, q winter which has found q
many people bereft Of the necessaries o
life a. the coming season will find. w
speak only as regards the people Of thi
country, however, for foreign nations hsv
endured privations and calamities whicl
have been unknDwh t0 US ~ = nSSl06.. IT,
Nws;hsve been spared hitherto, il hs
been through the medium Of mercy rattle
than justice, for We have seemed BY on
reckless daring and careless disregard o
consequences to call down misfortunes wors
even than those which have overtaken siste
countries in the shape of famine, psstilenc1
and fire.
But this month, October, has been 6llei
with all the horrors of CONGREGATIONS
sweeping away man and beast, life ani
property % mere chat before the fames
1t must long be remembered as q month o.
terror by those whom it bereaved of home
and kindred, as we'll as those who heard
from afar the tales of blight and ruin which
rese upon once happy, prosperous section
Almost beyond comprehension are the
facts Of the Chicago fire, and yet there fol
low'on its footsteps quickly other con1ia.
grations equally unexpected and appalling
Michigan and Wisconsin; even while in the
act Of extending relief to the Chicago sui
ferers, are called upon to stay their out.
stretched hands, ana learn the cad lesson
that charity begins at home" The fire
fend has supped ON Chicago only to fii.d
how sweet to his palate is the taste of
human Mfe-blood, and, licking his angry
jaws, sought for more sought and found
and the happy villages Of Michigans lum-
Der regions aide into the capacious mouth
Of the insatiate monster.
We, Of the South, the. sunny South, can
scarce realize the extreme suffering attend.
ant upon being left, IN On instant, houseless,
homeless, without Fsiment, without food,
the charities of tho world, for
the genial warmth Of our cline prevents us
from feeling the full force Of the situation.
Our teeth may chatter little with cold,
but we never experience that numbing SEN
'stiOn which brings treacherous slumber
which betrays US into the arms Of death!
We may clasp our babes and keep them al
most warm by the pressure OF our circling
lrms; We are not called upon to feel those
rims grow dead to the weight they enfold,
md see the innocents sink, unresisting, into
10 stupor Of sleep which precedes death BY
reezing. The wind does not come like
harp knife to cut the cord (which binds us
0 earth. The snow does not fall like IN
valaDche Of woe to bury US forever under
& white pail. No, We do not feel al the |
orrors of being left without roof to shell |
er NJ from evils such as are incident to |
older chimes.
Winter Is coming, with us; winter has
pune to Chicago. to Michigan and to Wis
'nsin. Those poor burned-out, desolate
lhabitants are feeling what we can but
lmly perceive, And many one feels that
lere is winter IN the heart harder to bear
ian that represented by three calendar
onths.
Some have seen the best loved of their
sartsl perish in the remorseless flames;
me have seen the home Of their happy
with cherished associs-
ons, full of mementoes of the dead and
me days-blaze and sparkle, and sink
to ashes 1t their feet; others look on
miles left to their care, naked and
lngry, and know that they have not q
Mar, nay, not cent, to purchase raiment
food for these helpless ones. Aud still,
mid all this desolation, winter, cold
inter, is coming on with unimpaired step
add to the restitution which already
igns. i
No warm clothes to protect the cold, blue
nbs from the biting blast, no soft blanket |
shield the frame from the rigors Of winter
,hts! All this, and horrors yet untold,
lst be found within the limits of our land | I,
Is year, unless charity wearieth not in | ,
IL doing! II is not enough that We give ,
literally Of money and of food
must have . care lest we exhaust our
ength and our arms prove too short to
lch to the end Of the time when this help :
needed. Donations to these afflicted ones &
pouring in ION every side. Under the I
werful impulse of sympathy men are
,erly offering all that they can give, and t
these offerings be rightly managed much
this winters trouble may be avoided; it :
possible. But if there be not judicious :
then this winter must inevita. a
witness such trouble and suffering a. p
lowed the revolutionary war, when win. :
found many, not only men, but women +
babies, with scarce clothing enough to Q
vent death from cold, scarce provisions II
ugh to prevent death from starvation and =
hing left them but that indomitable spirit G.
energy which gained the victory forthem G
that unequal strife, supported them .
ough the perils that followed, and finally a
It up this nation, whose destitute alone a,
nber more than double the whole popu.
on OF that day and time. v
he coming winter must be prepared for, m
lght of, and some course decided upon IL
ch will shove off the wolf from our door. tt
give to our unfortunate countrymen at &c &c
t shadow of a chance to make them
es new homes and to gather around
N such necessaries as life demands. "
course there are many who lost by the ~
fires and are still able to sustain them. u a'
es-of these We do not speak, but &C. &c
Ter OF the thousands whose daily bread a
earned by actual daily labor. .h... til