The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-07-10
The Relief Association.
AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC.

AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC.
No association among the many i,
the city of New Orleans can go be-
tore the community with better grac.
or a more perfect title to recognition
J than the one which now appeals t,
, the pubic for assistance in it's nobl,
work. The good it has quietly done
SINCE its Inauguration, the succor il
! has extended to hundreds upon hun
drcds' who were helpless and desert.
Ell but for them, the intelligence
economy and transformations charity
displayed in its management; these
constitute q claim on tho liberality OF
the public which it would be imper.
tlnent to ignore and impossible ia
deny. We give herewith the text OF
the associations call for assistance.
If anything could equal the fidelity
and success with which these gentle
men have 1abored in their benevolent
enterprise, it is the modesty Will,
which they state their case and the
SIMPLE pathos with which they appeal
to tho sympatl.ics Of their fellow
citizens:
1t is due to the donners to know
something Of our movement and of
our object.
We propose to find employment for
the unemplOyed-.tO extend relief to
the sick, to the destitute and the help
less.
We have found employment to
about thirteen hundred persons-to
many permanent homes-some of
whom whom were on the very. hqsaa"f6aa have e
given relief to about 375 families
whom we found in great distress,
amongst whom were those who never
had felt this burden before, and who
suffered in silence through long and
weary days and nights ere they would
gather courage sufficient to tell their
tale of woe, and then the wearied
father or emaclatcd mother came not
for themselves, but for bread for their
starving children. Would either of
your members 60 with US to these
abodes Of suffering, their report would
have more effect than anything We
could say. We only add, relief in
money or provisions is always pre-
coded by personal visits or reliable
reports from those we'll acquainted
with the needs and distress of the
recipients, and then dispcnsations are
made most frugally.
We plead for those who cannot
we'll come to you-for those of our
citizens who by toll and labor have
helped to make success for the fortu-
nate; they are part of us, we ask you
to aid us in tho full and proper dis
charge of our duty.
We know misfortune has never
plead in vain our city. We know
that incessant calls are made upon
the bounty ofour citizens, and yet We
feel that our own request will not I've
unheaded. For it is wlitten-"the
poor you have always with you.'
The rooms of the association are
at No. GO Camp street.-N. 0. Plea
yune.
We call attention to the above
appeal, and ask the especial con.
sideration of our friends thereto.
Many people here are in want of
intelligentand competent servants,
persons who are poor, but respec-
table, and are willing and anxious
portunity. Some have; already tire
been shipped here by the Grange,
part of them have not, it is true,
given satisfaction, but VIC are sat.
isfed that good servants can be
procured by application to the
Relief Association, and We would
suggest that those in need give
it a trial. /