Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-01-23
Local
Measures for the Relief of the Famine
Sufferers in Ireland.

small in numbers but very earnest in the
matter before them-the relief of those in
Ireland suffering from starvation. 1t was
much better gathering than more people
with less earnestness would have been.
Mayor Balthis in calling it to order said
all the sympathy of his heart was aroused
by this cry for help from our starving fel-
low creatures, which came across the At
lantic. After some discussion as to Wheth-
er the audience present would justify car
rying out the osramme OF number of
addresses by gentlemen selected for the
occasion, Mr.. j. Yost gave a happy prac-
teal turn to affairs by reading letter
from Maj. E. Mcmahon enclosing SCI from
his employees ard $40 from himself for the
cause. and another letter from Maj M.
Hanger enclosing 30.
In answer to calls from the audience,
Mr.. Charles Graltan made a hands ,me ap-
peal in behalf of the famine sufferers. He
spoke of the ties which bound this nation
to the Irish and especially this locality in
habted as it is by so many of their descen-
dants; of the profuse generosity OF the
Irish which had became proverb and of
the fact that such thing as miser Of
that nationality was never known. He
contrasted our harvest fields of the past
season white with bending grain and
theirs stricken by nature season afte,sea-
son with barrenness, and concluded With
an eloquen tribute to the chief virtue,
Charity, "the greatest of these three
Father McKeefry, of st. Frances church
followed with a touching and eloquent de-
scription of the famine-stricken sufferers
at home. and concluded by saying to the
.chail man of the meeting, that his action
lin calling it together would be long re-
membered in the hearts of Irishmen.
Mr.. Jno. W. Stout, whose opportune
aud exceedingly well-delivered appeal was
several times interrupted by applause, fol-
lowed and concluded with an apt quota
ton from the poem of Abou Ben Adam.
Capt. Ell. L. Hoover with great humor con-
fessed his modification at finding that it
was the fashion here tonight for all the
speakers to have Irish blood in their veins
dlaughter), and to know that he was, as
usual, so far behind the fashion as to be
nothing but a Dutchman great laughter).
IT. was well known that Dutchman never
suffered for something to eat (laughter).
Turn ing into serious vein, Capt. Il.
then gave a graphic description of the
horrors Of want OF food. He said the yisi-
tation upou Ireland was one of tie mys-
teries of Pr evidence, for which there was
no better exp TAXATION than that it might
arouse in the hearts of America, with her
OVERLOOKING graz 'ary. an active charity
Rev. r. r. S. hSough, of the Methodist
church, after enter tanning his hearers with
one or two anecdotes, suggested that the
meeting should go to work in the execu
tion of it's purpose.
Mai. T. G. Elder. City Attorney. made
short and earnest appeal in which he paid
a high tribute to our Irish citizens.
Col, James H. Skinner, closed the ad-
dresses of the evening with an appeal full
of eloquent beauty, which went straight
to the hearts of his hearers.
Capt. T. D. Ransom, then opened the
tangible business of the meeting by an
nouncing that a subscription would De
started and in a few moments agoOd many
more dollars than there were people Tres
eat. we're contributed, and few minutes
later the silver coin pitched down from
the gallery kept those on the stage employ
ed in picking it up.
The subscriptions were opened at $40
each. and when Mr.. Ed. Burke saw that
and went SIS better, the crowd testified It's
approval by applause AID when rom
Burke of Ours put down his name for S25
there was more applause. The same DEM
constructions followed the subscriptions OF
Father McVerry, Father McKeefry, John
Burn. i, the veteran Johnnie Long, all of
whom are natives..of the Emerald lsle
Capt. T. D. Ransom, offered the follow
ing resolution:
WI vKEAs, The accounts which have reached us
of rh. restitution and suffering in Ireland have
excited ssSh interest here as to induce TINS gene
raj NEE ting to consider measures lor eAIenuins
Reso1ned 1T. That deem it proper to declare
that this OF ine Of any poitica
mn vement INIT il prompted solely by the sympa-
thy we feel for our so and by the desire to do
something practically aid speedily Tor theif re
lief. So, .,s+o,n of late az
general in he United States, M extending succor
by communities to those locahs ees Luuei 81 t a.
visitation of misfortune, as hlgnts "o;,.Iizstion
our people and credita bic to their tas conntrv
That the practice has done much III Iiia tinnsl
to heal the wounus of War and subdue SCI ~ ,itu
bitterness. and trust that this, tne eAtrtA ~,
of IRELAND may be regarded 10y the British govern
nnent aud people their great opportunit "
cement the union by removing all the causes o.
generosity.
3D. That to this community, in the old county OF
Augusta tracing so many of its family tradi-
tIe,nS to homes i'll Ulster, no lrlslInan WAS ever
Alien, and as we have welcomed many, we will be
dad to welcome more OF thar sturdy race 10 snare
" sth the fruits of a kinder sun and SOIL ana a
mo- e HnrrammeIed industry. believing, from tne
,nsnv worthy examples now among US. that We
NAV tx ,ecG from the shores OF ireland class
If i,nmjp wants as deserving of our conhdence as
49,, md % tiZens brave and honorable, as vlr-
tuous and II, dusIrious. AS cheerful and lntellgeht
as free from t.. e mean and dangerous vices OF So
ciatv az any ,,es saDtry on earth
o' az That IN r lief OF kindly and generous
race in this their dire distress. we Will giadiy
contribute OF our ~s now aio 80 omg a M
sth That i'm addition to the collection OF to
night standing commit ee pc appoaaLedh oy srS
% 4h ~ i,w and two ladies' 10 shall be members
at large, with the Mayor enai ;aa.' ~ - tba
k 1r,s% Relief Fund OF staunlon. whose duty i
shall be TO CANVASS the city for L'bsef iptiouS ~
n,,sy ana provisions to this object. 10 keep open
lists for the same, to receive and keep Acsoun
Of all cont ributiuuS, ALL TO make rep otts " ehel
transactions to til executive com a.. ~
6th That said executive committee sn .n te re-,
ceye and KEEP accounts OF all collections, th* e.
necessary steps to ensure the proper an i HtH
s.ious application OF the fund III those locatlLieS
~ ireland where the distress may. from lme w
time he greatest. and make pubilc the resu'Is "
their operations.
The following well known citizens are
to act under the 5th resolution OF the
series: W. l.. Balthis, chairman; Messrs.
III. Wayt, J. T. Byers, Mike Cox, W..
H Peyton, G. u. Pearman:, H. M. Nell
ha1y. w. A. Burke, w. FL. IL. Lynn. +.
w. Bayley and John McQuaide; aided by