The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-13

In rcspone to a cal! for aid made By the
Louisiana Division OF the Army OF North
ern Virginie, the surviving members OF
that grand old army met in the hall of the
House Of Delegates last night to take action
| for the relief OF their fever-strcken CON-
rades in New Orleans.
The attendance was quite large. Among
those present were some of the most dis
1 tinguished officers and soldiers OF the Con-
federate army.
On motion OF General Bradley T. john
son, Governor F. w. NJ. Holiday was
called TO the chair, and Mr.. Leroy S. Ed
wards acted as secretary.
Governor Holiday, upon taking the chair,
said /:
My Fellow-solders and Friends,-Wc
have met ut the call OF our comrades from
the South in distress. 4 few years ago they
came to us from every part OF that beautiful
but now stricken land to help us to uphold
cause we deemed to be right and treasured
so sacredly in our heart. The bones OF
MANY OF them now rest around this oEce
besieccd city. which their valOr and con-
stancy contributed so much to make his
toric. 1t was then we learned 10 name each
other comrade.
Nor has that title lost any OF its signitI-
cance in the time that has since then gone.
When the clash of arms ceased ana we
had buried our dead, we stood alike amid
the wreck of our social systems, and we
went to work together with deepest synpa-
thy to build up from the ruins the fallen
columns OF our shattered homes. III, IN
the cruel and rugged viciSsitudcs Of war, we
stood shoulder to shoulder in common
cause, so in the trying times OF the peace
which followed our hearts beat in unison
with more quiet but not the less heroic
Sortitude and endurance for one common
end.
And now that our aims have been at
tanned and our society reduced from chaos
to order, there falls visitation from the
| finger OF God. Pesticncc moves among
them, and stays not its march in darkness
or at noonday-the most destructive. fear
full, and widespread their history records.
The common instincts Of humanity would
prompt us to their aid were there no bond
between US but that Of race. This, lam sure,
there is no Virginian who would disregard.
Rut thcrc comes now to Us 4 special call
from those in whose integrity and courage
we have full confidence TO aid them III a
crisis more desperate and with foe more
deadly than we together ever fought when
we earned the name OF comrade.
We cannot 60 to them rs they came TO us.
Our presence would give no strength to
their little army 1t would be but adding
fuel to the frightYul plague. But we can
in other ways recognize their claims upon
us. We can give them OF our sympathy
and our means. And they are far more ell
titled to our regard and admiration no",
struggling with the grim enemy during
weary months, going about with mutilcd
steps throughout the livelon" day and the
silent watches OF the night. than when they
won so much OF glory in the din and hurry
OF the battle.
And, my friends, while it will ever he 4
comfort to know that whilst we gained so
much of pleasure and OF praise when we
helped them to uphold the standard of our
cause oil so many Il bloody field, it will be
far more Of praise. as it ought to he OF plea
sure, TO give OF our poverty in recognition
OF their merit and their wants.
On motion. General Bradley 7. John
son. Colonel II. l.. Maury. General Lindsay
Walker, Judge George L. Christian, and +.
Courtney jenkins, were appointed conf
mittee to prepare and issue an appeal.
The secretary read the following letter
from Rev. j. William Jones:
RICHMOND. Va, September y, 1873.
Ler0y $. Ed,rards. Esq.,, Secretary Fn
qi11ia Division Army Northern Virginia
= | association:
My Dear Sir,-1 very much regret thai
IN engagement to preach III the country to-
night will prevent me from being rlcSen
1T the meeting OF our comrades and Trend:
to devise the means OF helping our suffer
ing brethren OF the Louisiana DlVlslol
Army Northern virginia.
I need not assure YOU OF the checriu
alacritv with which I will contribute III.
mite. and OF the earnest desire have to d'
anything in ny power to promote the Soot
object.
have the pleasure OF informing you tha
have twenty-five dollars which Il Sallan
Confederate colonel (who asks me t'
withhold his name) authorizes me to con
tribute 10 this fund. Draw Oh ne for TIL:
amount, and command my services II | cal
help in any other way.
With best wishes, yours very truly,
: j. WILLIAM JONES.
Mr.. Edwards stated TO the meeting tina
he had received two contributions OF =
each-one from Charlottesville and til
other from Charles City countY-irom par
ties whom he knew could il!-atford TO do it
The committee, through General Bradc.
T. johnson, presented the following apPea!
10 our Late Comrades IN Arms IN lie Con
.federate Service:
The Louisiana Division OF the Army O
Northern Virginia has appealed to us 10
aid in their dire extremity.
They have cared for their poor, they iav
nursed their sick, and they have buriet
) their dead, until now all resources are cN
] laustcd, save their own brave hearts ant
. the sympathics OF the world. That courag
, which was tested under Taylor at Port Re
5 public and Malvern IIill and under Staflort
t at second Manassas, has not quailed befor
the death which now strikes down thel
, ranks from the silent chambers OF the air
and which decimates their files in the still
watches of the night. They front the I'm
: seen and the intangible with the sam
, courage with which they bore the irol
) storm and the leadcn hail. Their means o
: defending their lives and their homes from
). the Invisible have been exhausted. and the.
C send to us for bread and for medicine--fo
] the means of supporting life and OF resist
ing pestilence.
We appeal to every true man whose hear
= ever heat under the gray uniform-whethc
l in army or navy, whether in Virginia o
elsewhere-and to all Virginians, to contri
0 butte according to their means to this piou
: purpose. As the widows mite, so the sol
: dier's pittance will find precious accep,
e ance.
We appeal to the women of Virginia
who for four years tended and nursed thes
: Louisiana soldiers in wounds, and illness
c and death, now to unite in sending aid t
: the living.
We ask Confederate men and wome
S everywhere in Virginia to join in collectin
! in oaah one,s xnhore such means as are NOS