The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-05
NEW IRISH RELIEF FUND.
The New York Herald Heads the List With
100000.

The New York Herald Heads the List With
,.= 100000.
BY millions In the United States this morning,
will create profound sensation and arouse
to active sympathy the people from one end
OF the country to the other:
NEW YoRK. Feb. 4--The Herald special from
Dublin gives q tabular statement. showing the
severity OF the distress In ireland In Villages.
towns and counties. Il says: Every day reveals
new horrors In the catalogue OF suffering. The
outlook for coming months is gloomier than
any prediction has yet painted No language
can describe the appalling privations and utter
deetitution which Or. vail. II is impossible tn
overdraw the situation SO rapidly do matters
become worse. What might have been m ex-
agaeration yesterday will tomorrow be an
underestimate. Three hundred thousand peo-
pie are slowly starving and can only be kept
alive by superhuman efforts on the part Of their
fellow creatures. Some OF them are living on
more are consuming their last potatoes. Local
Efforts are becoming feeble. The people are
looking to the world for suceor.
In an editorial referring to the distress the
same paper says: The Herald. In making this
appeal to the benevolent, deems 1t fitting to set
an example which will be taken rs proof Of
Its sincerity. The Herald therefore opens to-
day subscription for Irish relief, heading 1t
with the sum of 100000. It sollcits other people
to give In proportion to their Willingness and
their means. It will receive subscriptions for
any amount. down to twenty. 1--WE cents. care
fully publishing the name and residences Of
every subscriber. aud when desired The place
or his former residence In Ireland. that the
people relieved may know to whom they are
indebted.
In the face OF such an appalling calamity
MS Ia here depleted. It will not do to hesi-
tate longer about the amounts to be sub
scribed and the methods to be pursued In be-
slowing our charity. Let US all, 81 far rs we
may be able, emulate the superb muniflcence
Of tho Herald and give to the sextent Of
our means. Az Americans we may
feel Just pride In the magnificent
action OF our greatest journal, and
lament our inability to bestow an equal
amount for the relief Of the thousands of
human beings In Ireland,
but we can all, even the poorest ,of u.s. do
and that something, however
small, should be given at oncs In order that
t may help to procure for starving men and |
women the food to sustain life.
Impressed with the urgent nature OF the
,ase and being anxious to aid the movement
,et on foot by the Herald. the DEMOCRAT Will
this morning open subscription to the
HERALD IRISH RELIEF FUND,
heading the list as m evidence OF our sincere |
for the unfortunate and distressed |
people Of Ireland, with the sum Of $500.
We will print the names Of subscribers, with
tho amounts donated. and forward the money |
vt once to the Herald for distribution.
We know our people are not able to give rs |
as their hearts would prompt, |
out we feel certain they will respond to this
appeal with the generosity which Is charac-
.erlstic OF them, and Of such rs they have
give freely and promptly. The need Is great
md most urgent; fellow-beings, In the Island
which has given to the world some Of Its
brightest ornaments, and whose people are
POUND to ours by ties Of consanguinlty, are &C.
,ually dying Of starvation. or our bounty,
ct us send them ample store, and rebuke Pc
furious England by showing her that Ameri-
% will not stand by quietly and see the Irish
people suffer while she has the means to
.elieve them.