The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-06


only by their courage. were already using
all the appliances OF the science whose
mission Is tp detect the hidden SOURCES
Of disease. and combat their operation. The
voluntary offerings oi our own people in aid Of
the efforts Of the various associations, both In
personal services and In money. were used with
Discriminating Judgment and made the situa-
ton Of the sick and the destitute more tolera-
ble But where there was SO large q field for OK
various wants to be supplied II was Inevitable
that help must come from without the State or
oil efforts to continue the system Of relief
which had been organized must 10 abandoned.
| And what n condition OF restitution, and suffer
lug. and woe. must ensue II that should come
| At this juneture came tho voice Of compass
| slonate sympathy. and the free gifts Of sub
stantlal aid from our ister States ana IN little
| while these were supplemented by liberal dopa-
| tlons rom foreign countries City and town
and hamlet Wed with each other In proportion
to their ability and SO lavish was their generosi-
| ~ that the contributions would doubtless have
| been more than was needed but for the long
duration OF the epidemic and thu exceptional
condition OF our people. Never tefore has any
! meet II. Poverty has made sad aud rapid In
roads upon us within these last few years. The
| sources Of wealth seem gradually 10 have dried
no. The stream OF commerce which renovates
the body polite and adds new vigor to it's ener-
gies had elther slackened its course or ceased
% How. and sundreds may not say thousands,
VINO could formerly help others now needed
help themselves.
The liberAl benefactons which came from 30
HlHHg HUuTcbS, IN HnStlnfpu me- ASSURE. lifted
W from the abyss Of despair into which the
dread Of Inability TO minister to the necessities
OF the sick. the needy and the dying was about
q pIanga U.s. AZ he measure q generosity e
TO those who gave. IL is meet right aud our
bpunden duty 70 return thanks for all blessings
hearts Of His servants to do these eoodly deeds /.
next to those who yielded to the generous I'm
pulse and dispensed their bounty with such
l do not recall any other Instance In which the
donations we're 80 numerous. or Ia the aggre-
gate 80 large, or where they were 50 entirely
sa'y-no studied parade OF the causes which
made the donations essential. Tho simple un
rGi ~ Il Inc hsve1 eah was
undergoing or were likely to underRo-of tho
heroic efforts the physicians. and nurses and
charitable associations, and clergy, and all the
inhabitants were making to abate The -seourge.
and to minister to the wants OF all who needed
help. went straight to the hearts OF all the peo-
evoked the active spirit Of benevolence In a
manner and TO degree never before exhibited
that remember.
How many dying hours were soothed by these
generous deeds. the donors can never know.
How many orphans rescued from suffering and
deah-how many widows comforted-how many
OF the poor who were dependent upon daily
labor for daily bread rescued from despair and
sstarvation-no, earthly record will ever show.
Life. and Of truth they who thus cast their
bread upon the waters shall find 1t return to them
Increased an hundred fold-ncreased by renew
cd blessings TO themselves and made purer and
happier by the consciousness Of having been
the authors Of 80 much happiness. tho averters
For II is truth that beneflcence II two. fold In
Its action. 1t does good to Its object by Increas
ing physical comfort, warding of physical dis
anS ana 'eH he q
Tone And 1t has reflex action also II gene
rates high resolves and noble feelings In him
who cherishes and acts upon it-exalts the mind
and pblpS tho rhprnptar
1t IL not tho philosophlo view OF tho principle
q beneileence. or 81 its action upon the indi-
Whom men are absorbed by a profound feeling
they do not stop to PHILOSOPHERS. And It Ii our
feelings OF grateful acknowledgement for great
benefits spontaneously bestowed that l am
called here to- night to express.
Let then. our visitors. when they return to
their homes. tell those who sent their boun-
teous gifts to us that the people of New Or
leans and OF our whole State thought 1t meet to
assemble In mass meeting. that they might In a
toll them and all who contributed to cur needs
that our gratitude Ia as deep as their generosity
was exhaustless- that all through the dark
days. when death sat enthroned In cur midst |
and welded his seeptre with ruthless hand. |
our hearts weled no with thankfuness |
to them for what they, were doing In our
and tears have given place TO smiles. and grief |
to Joy. save on those faces and In those hearts
whose Borrowing cannot yet be assauged now.
when the noise OF trade and the hum OF busy
life is beginning to DO renewed them that
we do not and shall not forget whence our
suceor came. And this message of gratitude
wo send also to the people Of those foreign
who were alike our benefactors, for
by their benefactions they proved that no race
and no CLINE can exirpate the feeling Of a com
mon brotherhood, or destroy the sentiment Of
common humanity.
Ny friends and fellow citizens, II have not
delivered the message you commissioned me to
send In as fitting words as you wished Of as the
occasion merited, trust you will pardon my
This know-tbat no woods can
III. tul tnI
you feel to those who remembered you In the
lOur Of your bffliction. and who did all they
could do 10 alleviate 1t.
DIR. BRUINS.
IN behalf OF tho committee on resolutions. sub
nited the following preamble and resolutions:
Whereas, during the summer Just past, New
Orleans. IN common, with many Of her sister
titles OF the South, has been scourged by q
plague which closed all her revenues If trade.
iraint 4 her resources. and utterly dried up
Ter means Of self help; and
Whereas, In her lmpovershment, mulitudes
" her sick and suffering citizens, from lack Or
God aud clothing and medical care. must have
,ry and have persisted without remedy had It
lot been for the aid received from abroad, and
Whereas. II ia becoming that tho recipients Of
charity so free and abounding should make
iue acknowledgement of their unalterabe graft
ude to tho hearts that felt for and the bands
Int saved them IN an hour OF direst calamity:
~ReSoiUed, by the people OF New Orleans. In
mass meeting assembled that the annals OF hui
nan suffering aud human sympathy show no
Darallel 10 me active DeHeVOlenc8 exhibited by
III classes from fellow cOuntrymen towards the
ity Of New Orleans In the late af1liction. Not
merely were tho naked clothed. the starving fed
nd the sick and dying ministered to. but our
arkness was cheered and our sinking spirits
by charity which descended like
ONE heavenly messenger. bringing healing On
ts wings to them that were ready to perish.
The first wall Of distress had hardly gono no
rom our terror stricken community before the
Ronizing cry for he IN was answered Across
be broad expanse Of q vast continent from
forth and South. and East aud West the tr;bu-
airy streams Of benefeence rolled In oneun-
bling tide Of overlooking generosity. Into the
alley of the shadow OF death In which we
talked. 1t poured it's life-givlng waters. fresh
rom the gushing springs of human affection.
lever has any people before been the recipients
so grand charity; never can Its impressive
,ssOn Of humanity be forgotten.
ResOlUed. That In this universal testimony Of
ur fellow-countryment that we are one forever
lore in woe as In veal. we recognize the: be-
ignant voice of"a great people, which should
Hence with stern rebuke the evil utteranees
wicked men. who. for ignoble and selfish
nds. would arouse once more the clamor5 Of
ectional discord; and we declare. as our unan-
nous sentiment with the affected sincerity OF ,