The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-10-02
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jackson and her citizens. The cause of
offence in the eyes of the writer are, lst.
| That ''the city Of jackson, the head
center of sundry virtues, which the
writer ironically attributes to her, but
which she never boosted, has kept up
a continuous howl for other places and
done nothing for them herself. This
statement is simply untrue. jackson
was one of the first to contribute to the
sick and suffering of Grenada. fund
was raised for that purpose and forward
ed the very day news of her calamity
was received. Lake, Bolton, Dry Grove,
Greenvile and other places can bear
similar testimony. These deeds may not
have been trumpted abroad. She did
not seek notoriety as glyer of aims.
She was doing good, for goods sake.
Her critic in the Democrat is apt in
quoting scripture, but he does not seem
to know that "charity vaunteth not
herself-is not pulled up" nor to remem
Der the injunction that ''when thou
doeth aims let not thy left hand know
what thy right hand doeth, that thine
aims may be in secret" The writer pro-
Claims bosstingly what Natehez has done
in comparison with jackson. We are
not surprised at the generosity of that
city of brave and generous men and
beautiful and true hearted women. She
has grand historic name, and we will
not hold her responsible for the pharisee-
ism OF the creature who brays through
the columns of the Democrat at her
neighbors. That jackson has done what
she was able in obtaining help for others
and to alleviate their suferings, i'll add
ton to what she herself could do, we
will not deny From this point tens of
thousands of dollars have been distribu
ted. 1t was obtained by appeals sent
from here by the Grand Secretary of
| Masons and Grand Treasurer of Odd
Fellows With what Astounding liberality
these appeals were answered, let Vicks-
burg, and Canton Grenada and
Water Valley Lake and Dry Grove
Greenvile and Bolton Port Gibson
Holly Springs and Tallahatchie answer.
In like manner the jackson Howard As
ISOLATION has literally constituted itself an
instrument for helping the ue-smit
ten towns. Its President and Secretary
have been constantly on the alert order
ing, receiving and forwarding supplies to
places where they were most needed.
No demand upon their attention, nor
upon the means of the Association, has
been neglected. Not only so, but sup,
plies which were sent for the use of the
destitute of their own city, in case the
evil day with WHICH she has been threat
ened for weeks, should come upon her,
have been forwarded to other commune
ties.
ID. That Jackson has accummula-
ted fund for her own use in case of
need" Well, what is wrong in this?
I" But if any provide not for his own, and
hath denied the faith and is worse than
an infdel says St. Paul. And Solo
mon has written, " Go to the ant, thou
sIuggard, and consider her ways and be
wise she provideth her meat in the
summer and her food in the harvest
Within a radius of fifty miles, north,
south, east and west, the plague has
ragged with the fury of a tempest. This
town has been in daily, almost hourly
communication with these places by rail
road--some of the points within less
than an hours travel. Thus surrounded
by the plague and almost in contact with
it, We could scarcely have hoped to es
cape it. Four weeks ago, the physicians
officially announced its appearance in
the center of the town. The plague, and
the suffering and destitqtion which attend
it, were imminent Under these circum-
stances, our citizens provided fund,
and organized an Association to meet the
emergency. Our Mayor, seeing what
had been done by the Federal Govern
ment in providing rations for other com
munities, with a forecaste creditable to
his head and heart, addressed a commu-
nication to the Secretary of War setting
forth the facts precisely as they existed,
and asking rations to be used for the
benefit of the suffering, in the event the
storm should burst upon US. The ra-
tions were sent, ard the Howard Associ-
alton, the Mayor concurring, determined
not to use them unless the disease should
break out, but to send them to other
communities. The resolution was pub
lished and was Immediately answered by
the following letter from the government
OFFICE CoMM'sARy-G EN'L OF SUBsTrENcEl
WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 23d. {
Jas D. Stewart, President Howard Associa-
ton, Jackson, Miss:
The Secretary of War authorizes the issue |
OF the rations sent TO Jackson by the Sub |
sistence Department, L. 5. Army, to desti- !
tpte persons and families, in Jackson and |
the presence of yellow fever in the South.
fsIGNED.l I. J. HAINEs,
Act'g Com.Genr Subs'ce.
The strictest Interpretation has been
given to this instruction, and small guam
titles of rations have been administered |
to the most necessitous and suffering |
cases in our town which in consequence
of reports of yellow fever has been quar-
antined against and is literally in state