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ed what they felt it to be their duty to do for Greece, and for Ireland, and for Lancashire, when their necessities cried to them for help.  But if prompt and eager and munificent giving was a duty then, what shall be the measure of their contributions now that the Wail of Distress comes from those of our own household, from men and women and children who are themselves Americans, and are known to be such throughout the world?  Can we withhold from them the succor we gave to the suffering poor of other nations?

We earnestly request such cooperation, on the part of philanthropic men and women, in every part of the North, as shall make it possible to do more for the relief of the South than has been done by them in answer to all the other similar calls for relief.  Clergymen are especially desired to bring the subject to the immediate notice of their congregations; women are as earnestly requested to make it one of the objects of their patient and heroic endeavor; and every man, whatever may be his political or religious opinions, is solicited to give his help in providing the needed supplies.

The utmost care will be taken to secure a distribution that shall reach all classes of sufferers, without respect of race or opinion, and it is believed that the States in which the distribution is to be made will pay the expenses of transportation.  But the first necessity is a Treasury kept so full of money that large sums can be drawn from it to purchase supplies.  A million of dollars expended for the relief of 100,000 sufferers, would be no more than ten dollars to an individual.  But the number in need far exceeds a hundred thousand; and an average of ten dollars' worth of the plainest food to every member of a household, would be a meagre six-months' sustenance for a family.

ARCHIBALD RUSSELL, Chairman.
FREDERICK LAW OLMSTEAD, Rec. Sec'y.
EDWARD BRIGHT, Cor. Sec'y.
JAMES M. BROWN, Treasurer.

NATHAN BISHOP,            
JOHN TAYLOR JOIHNSTON,    
FRED. G. FOSTER,          
HOWARD POTTER,            
JOHN M. BRUCE, Jr.        
Wm. T. COLEMAN,
SAMUEL D. BABCOCK,
H. PIERREPONT MORGAN,
GEO. CABOT WARD,
CORNELIUS AGNES,
E.C. COWDEN,
Executive Committee.

New-York, Jan. 31, 1867.

[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]]

[James M. Brown, Esq., of the house of Brown, Brothers & Co., having consented to be the Treasurer of the Southern Relief Commission, remittances may be made to him, 61 Wall street, New-York, from any part of the country; and reliable facts, showing the extent and severity of the destitution, in any section of the South, together with applications for relief, may be addressed to the Corresponding Secretary, 99 Park Row, New-York.]