Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1838-11-29
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Thursday, Nov. 20, 1898.
WIIIG NOM NATION
FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
ii T. N r Y CL A Y,
OF Kentuckv
Of Kentucky.

be observed as Day ofPublic Thanks.
giving and Praise. The following com.
muiiication on this interesting annual
festival, was prepared for our columns
by an unknown correspondent. Who
ever he may be, however, the produc-
ton is in every way highly creditablc
to his talents, and we should be graft
fled to hear from him often.
ANEW ENGLAND THANKSGIVING.
There are with nearly every ma.
tion periods set apart from the tedious
hours of its existence, when the hearts
Of men are glad when their mental
frame seems to shake off the burden
of sorrows, and the yoke Of ease and
when their whole soul breaks forth i'm
joyful symphonies.-Somet a peo-
pie gather around the flag OF liberty to
shout for freedom and the rights of man I;
AS when in free America "fair free
dom's throng come up to hail her jubi-
lee when the banner Of freedom is
waving in the breeze, when the cannon
of freedom is heard pealing along the
echoing hills, and when the sous of
freedom collect about the privileged
Fourth OF July orator, TO listen to the
story Of English tyranny,-to "battlcs
fought and victories won," and to the
immortal career Of a Washington
Sometimes the foolish, and vain, and
supersti,ious of many countries, arc
wont to repair to some common rem
devious, to fit away season of mock
solemnity, in mummcry and idle pa
gcantry as, when the votaries of
Popery throughout Catholic Europe.
journey at stated intervals to desolated
Rome, and, mid her smoudering relics,
act the ludicrous farccs Of q Carnival
Sometimes communities may be seen.
with full hearts and bright faces, as
scmbling around the altar Of n kind
GoD, to thank their Father for His
many mcrcies: as when New England
asscmblage is collected at the sound of
their Church bell, to listen to the
breathing thoughts and burning words
of Thanksgiving Sermon.
Whatever day the inhabitants Of any
other portion Of the United States may
celebrate with JOY unspeakablc, it is the
of New England alone that
can realize, to its full extent, the sacred
Institution, and peculiar propricty of
distinguishing this interesting and SOL
cln testival-our ANNUAL THANKsG,v-
ISG. This whole section of country an
ticipates its return with an enlivening
sensation unknown to its sister Colon
les !; and when at length the long wish
editor day arrives, IA happy cxhiliration,
a full satisfaction, is observable among
the moving multitude.--The whole
population are joyful in the rich expc-
rience of unrivalled social, political and
religious prosperity and new thrill
Of thankful JOY is felt, rs they look into
he history of the past. They cast an
yc into the dim distance of two hundred |
ears, and see Pilgrim bark-frail
oPe of religious freedom-encountcr-
'g the surges Of the broad Atlantic
hey see the May-t'lowcr, like bird
! passage leaving the chill atmos phere,
nd joylcss shores Of persecution and
tolerance, and winging its way to the
enlal cline and bright sunlight of the
'hrIstlan's libcrty.-They see the Pill
rim Fathers, though wasting away
nth toll, and sickness, and famine.
fling up their hearts, even in the midst
this apparent leanncss, in Thanks
wing to mercilul God.-They glance
bout in nearer circle, and see the
eacon torch Of political liberty, light I
d mp by them OH Bunkcr's hcights.-Iji
hey feel conscious that the fountain
ushed from their own hallowcd soil
Inch purified the Nation.-They look
their hcarths, and where shapes hot
nth persecution and grim Tyranny ,
rooded, the bright forms of universal =
'lerancc and equality Of right, are ,
zen. II,
With what emotions, then, must n
cw England Patriarch gather around !;
IN, on this festival, his numerous de-
cndants. The old hero Of genera :.
'ns gone-by; perhaps Of &c; his q
oughis roll back into the ocean of the J.
st, and the tear drop Of sympathy. ,
lstens in his eye, az il takes in the :,
bors Of nation struggling into cxis- :,
nce.--He glanccs in the mirror of the |,
escnt, and smile of triumphnl ioy Il
hts his carc-worn features, as he
es, reflected there, social bliss, po- y,
lcal prosperity, and religious purity llt,