The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-02-15
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Union, with u spirit worthy of the
moral dignity of that people to
whom the Almighty first gave the
moral law, and through whom he
gave it to the world, and with a
liberality becoming race distin-
guished from the days OF Abraham
for its devotion TO the sacred prin-
tiple oil benevolence, heaped high
upon the altar of charity their gifts
10 Louisiana. Catholics and Pro-
festants, and men of all nations,
and of all shades OF religious belief,
and OF no religiouscreed, WED with
each other i'm the noble cause of
philanthropy. Thebridegroom went
forth from his chamber, and the
bride out Of hercl0set, and together
they gave for our relief the jeweled
souvenirs OF their plighted faith.
Little children, too young to realize
the value OF their pure sympathy,
and oopure hearted to understand
anything but the G0dslike llnowl
edge that they were helping some
rone in distress, begged to be lifted
mp TO reach the contribution boxes
which a thoughtful generosity had
erected IN the Northern cities, that
they might drop therein, for us, the
gifts of parental affection. Men
whelby the hardest daily manual
labor were scarcely able to keep
the wolf of hunger from their wives
and children, gave daily OF their
meagre wages to swell the sum of
our relief. Physicians and wolun-
teer nurses from other and in many
eases distant States hurried to our
rescue, and manyof them laid down
their lives in their noble efforts to
save our own.
I'm the last week of this short
session of the General Assembly, n
/ realized too clearly the necessity
ri finishing the important work
Esefore us, to consume the salsable
tune of the Senate in speaking at
length upon this subject, and as
l,ecislls do I realize my inas,ility
10 do anything like Justice to it.
Yet. Though the resolution is,
properly, one of thanks to ,citi-
zens of other States and offorelgn
countries, 4 trust I may be par
doned the brietest possible alln-
sion to the selfsac,ihciag labors of
some of car ewn people daring
that fearful pestilence 4 need
alot say the Howard Association
of New Orleans fully maintained
the prestige it had won on the
field of charity in conflicts with
the yellow fever, duling period
of nearly forty years. No word Of
mine can add anything to the eS-
allied reputation ,oI the blessed
memory OF its living and dead
members. 1t was through this
association that the larger portion
-s,f the money received from other
States and from foreign cities,
aggregating over half a million Of
dollars, was distributed. Tn its
noble and nnfaltering effarts, so
simply and sexpressivaly declared
IN its constitution, ito relieve des-
titute and SICK in periods of cpl
sdemics," this association was last
wear ably seconded by the Pea
body Association, the Young
Mems Christian Association, the
Firemen's Charitable Association.
the Homeopathic Relief Assoeia-
tion, the Jewish Benevolent As
sociation, the French Benevolent
Association, the italian Benevo-
lent Association, and the st.
dieoraess Society, all of this city,
aud by other societies here of a
similar nature, whose names / 4
have failed to obtain. The Sisters
anf Charity, a society of Catholic
latlies whose llabors are for the
saiiaf of human suffering have not
only pre-eminentIy distinguished
their ORDER, INT have INTERVIEWED
1t with the mest precious memo
sfes OF the Crescent City, went
quietly aud calmly iuto that terri
Bile fight with Death, while brave
men stood trembling and tdismay-
cd, filled up for one hundred days
and nights the tnll measure OF