The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-12-10
TIE room OLD SL.ITE.
AID Wnnted-Nu Appeal from the piney
Woods Of Georgia.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-.S;r: Uncle
Tom and his cabin arc things of the past A
figure far more pathetic than Unre Toms is
right here to-day. His suffering, and his worth
are u reality. as arc also his needs and his
claim upon the gratitude of the peop. of the
South. and upon the good will and helpful
Kindness OF any and all people. 1t is Old
Uncle Nod, with deep wrinkles in his simple.
black face; with his wool like winter snow
against his black brow or with the wool all
gone from the top ~ his head"
Unc- Ned took his hand from tho plough Mid
down his shovel and hoe. long ago. because his
strong sinews grew too weak for work his
broad shoulders too bent for burdens his eyes
too dim to see even the cotton blooms white
and hi, footsteps too lettering 20 get over the
ground save IN the ieebc-t fashion
:. Old Aunt i)inah. too, our Kind and faithful
mammy." whom We loved well in happy
childhood, She rocked our cradles hy day and
- night lul!od or restless infancy To sleep IN
her great warm arms, singing her quaint old
tunes and home words with u pa,hos
and a melody Wonderfully PHEASANT and sooth-
in- to baby ears, and which We have felt 10 lac
strangely touching and poetic since thu-" ears
grow Older. She w'l' porliy and harpy-lookin.
IN the "a plsntation days. She was n gondD
But, like Uncle Ned. slls is stumbling down the
NH now. '"ehIe and faint. grown strangely aged
and Erly sipc" ir'clom cams. with its brisht
regulations but un-atiSiying results.
=, Ihey ara ohy WORKOUT creatures now. bat
they We're faithful. Industrious lovn. and
kind in the old. bright days, hurled by sum
ter guns forever into the eternal past. They
wer" oytl. obcdient, helpful in The days that
%Ssa nai ae When So2 man s 9s ds S
were tried To the utmost tension. ana womrn's
arnn nssf RI; We're breaking Mnder burdens
lo-ophy, these old servants OF he South never
sw"rycd IN their duty. Hepless as babes.
methods. or shoulder tho Responsibilities ' II
life, emancipation uprootcd all thuir founda-
tons. and sent them adri on unknpwn waters
steer for They We're fartoo simple 10 tlgh, the
world, In their strong attachment for homo
nas %d lrnnh, many cgnS to thG cabins that
years but their young broodS lonl:rd to try
their WINS; IN many Instances they reversed
on. into the world lind what freedom meant.
VINO needs help more than these aged help
"s- 2nsS Nv wh9m Geary ana pnfnmGpy are
worthless sons and daughters who are alto.
grther degenerate scions of noble stock. who
ara too idle to shift Tor themselves thoroughly
:, NANNY" and .iaddy" in their sad lid age,
Go"d thoSa Of dollars for "t the nS%y tom
anu imprisonment ot tho young negroes We'll
they need improycmcnt Heaven knows and in
possibly conceive Far be it from me To qurs-
wbn %IhSF t the ry @ tn? moves or the
pliIanthropists. only suggest another class
VINO need assistance, who deserve u great share
81 the bless ngs OF life-peacc comfort rest in
their declining years
The South is fully sensible OF the debt it owes
T. faithful old "unces and "nuntics' Tho
south should come 70 their rescue without
the Old days. She would do 50 still. but Nil tho
world knows she Is too poor to even dream Of
So great charity. The same stroke that
placed the aged negroes in this dcplornblr con-
dition took from their former owners an power
70 relieve their wants. however strong might
=, This article is suggested hya paragraph in
tho Atlanta ConstiitOH To the effect that a
tho establishment of n homo for ngsd ne
grors.' So noble an effort should surely tend to
plenty Of kind feeling. strong will, and wisdom
To do this thing and do it vol but tho south
can only hope that some Of the capitnl that
may have been intended for the advancement
in Knowledge of strong young negroes may yet
be diverted to - still better object-the max ing
OF q home for their feeble, tol-worn parents
and grandparents. j. NJ. W.
PINKY MOODS Of GEoRoIA Nov. o. 1852