Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-01
I'D THE AFFLICTED.
An Appeal An Behalf of the Suffering


| An Appeal IN Behalf of the Suffering
South.
! The following appeal to the Catholic Tota
Abstinence societies of America on behalf Of
| the yellow fever sufferers has been issued:
| To the Members of the different societies OF
| the Catholic Total Abstinence Union OF
| America:
| The eighth annual convention of the Catholic
Total Abstinence Union of America has re.
ceived an appeal from the South asking aid in
behalf OF our fellew-members In the plague
stricken district, a cry of anguish and terror
Death is in the air they breathe; death is in the
food they eat; death is around about them.
Business is stasnant. All labor has ceased. To
the working classes all sources of supplies have
been cut off, their little accumulations have
been used up and they are poor indeed. Will
liam Walsh, president Of the Father Mathew
Total Abstinence society of Memphis. Tenn,
has made call for aid. The board of health
of that city declares that for the safety of the
people they must go into camp away from the
infected city. The Total Abstinence society
of Memphis have organized total abstinence
camp. We feel in duty bound to listen to the
voice of distress and join our voice to his to
try and prevail on all our Catholic Total Alb
stlnence societies to come to the relief of his
people without neglecting other calls that NAV
be made upon them from other quarters
equally needy and distressed. The golden rule
~ w uo uutO OtueIs as you Wish OtnerS TO do
unto you Brothers, suppose yourselves, your
wives and children in the midst of this ter
rlble plague. and suppose them stricken with
the disease without to purchase the
simple necessarles of life, with no physician
or medicine. You would certainly wish for
assistance. Then assist our brethren in Attic
ton. Blessed is he that understandeth con-
corning the poor and needy; in the evil day the
Lord will deliver him. You have all banded
together for the noble purpose to drive drunk
enness from the land. By abstaining from all
Intoxicating drinks you have saved little
for the evil day. Show your gratitude
to God by dividing that little with your suffer-
ing plague-stricken brethren. The terror of
the plague has become panic and all who are
able have fled or are fleeing from their homes.
The societies of our union in the South have
nobly responded to the duties the plague have
devolved on them. Their funds have been
spent in caring for the sick and in burying the
dead. Their available means have been ex-
hausted. In the spirit of noble charity which
is the foundation of total abstinence they have
IN self abnegation used their funds in aid of
their strich en- fellow citizens. They have
tended the sick and buried the dead. But the
plague is on the increase, and our societies in
the Sou b are no longer capable OF aiding either
their fellow members or fell,w citizens, and
hence have called upon you to help. Let yours
be no meagre response. From the largess with
which God has blessed you, we ask you to give
freely and to give quickly. We would re-
commend that at the meeting to be held imme-
dlately after the receipt of this subscription
be taken up in each society and such sum of
the funds of each society as can be spared to
be Immediately RENTED to the reverend pres
ident to be by him sent to the places requiring
aid. AUGUST BEssIoNs1s, V. g.,
Indiana.
T. O'LEARY. Minnesota,
Committee of Convention.
Societies of the Union of America are re-
quested to forward their contributions without
delay to the Rev. Hugh Roe O'Donnell presi-
dent, Boston, Mass, or the Very Rev. August
Besslonsis, Independent, Indianapolis, Ind.
9. M. MCCARTHY,
Sec. G. T. A. q. of America,
St. Paul, Mimi