National Republican., 1886-09-03
Helm for Charieston.


There exists o rare consensus Of opinion
among the newspapers of this country with
reference to the sending of assistance
promptly and plentifully to the ruined city
Of South Carolina. Our bright and light
hearted neighbor, the Critic, is not much
given TO the melting mood, and, in fact,
accepts ordinary calamities as mixtures OF
q sermon ana a tonic, to remind one that
man is MORTAL and TO brace him up to
meet fate with a laugh, cocktail, and
cigarette. But the present oc-
casion is treated in quito alb
normal style. After recountlng in
n spirited and sympathetic narrative the
story OF Charleston's sufferiugs from war,
pestilence, famine, and the elements, the
Critic concludes by saying "To-day the
city is wreck. Tomorrow she will be
beautiful again. Fated to suffer, she Is
made grander by her suffering, aud her
people, through more than two hundred
years, stand bravely byher They
lift above the ruins new throne for their
queen, and whole nation joins with them
in their loyalty TO the beautiful city by the
sea-" We cannot help saying that this IA
fine writing, and, which is Of much more
importance, It is "excellent" good sense.
Our esteemed contemporary, the Star
already possesses the nucleus OF fund,
and the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN is prepared
to cooperate in every way for the advance.
ment Of a cause which is emnently national
and which appeals loudly to the instincts OF
men and brothers.
There should be no sectionalism, no class
or creed feeling about the business. Charles
ton does not call for help; the very reason
why she should have IL at once, bestowed,
after the American fashion, with a gen.
erosity as free as afr.
During the war one charitable lady bought
o sack Of -four and presented It to some re-
| lief association for the soldiers. That bag
was bought over and over more than a
thousand times, and went the rounds of
the country. Some "scholar In politics.
said II was the greatest sack since the sack
Of Troy. The present time does not require
such contrivances, but 1t calls for just such
another assault upon the friendship Of the
| public, which, not being without experience
OF distress itself, has learned how good O
thing 1t is to lend timely aid to those who
sadly want It,
The New York Herald, rarely lugubrious
has a magnificent editorial upon the sub
ject "Our Stricken Sister City," from which
we quote paragraph, regretting that the
article cannot be reproduced In full:-"WC
deem It probable that no such petition viii
come from them now, even under the terri
BILE stress OF their new calamity from earth
quake. But what they may not ask thu
friendly north ought to be eager to offer
and to insist upon acceptance as the prlyl
lege Of brother toward a brother. TIL,
firstsconcern Of stricken Charleston will b.
to preserve her commerce and her manufac
lures. The volume of the latter, all OF II
Of new creation, was more than ten mllllol
dollars last year. That Of the former wa
nearly seventy millions, calculated upor
the cotton receipts and the exports o
fertilizers and Of naval stores
rice, lumber, ana other agricultural
products. Let no sister city strive to TAX
advantage of the interruption of Charles
toms trade. Let all who deal with her, es
peclally the business men of the north
double their orders. And let 1t be anon
the earliest duties Of Congress to provid
forthe quick completion of the long d,
layed improvement Of her harbor, and 70
/ any other desirable facilities of export mn
import that are within the fair reach {
federal legislation"
The leading papers throughout the cou
try are, without exception, in the san
. position, and, with such a public sent
, ment, there can be little difficulty e,
q perienced In placing this gallant city one
more upon solld--and let us hope til
time-upon permanent basis.