The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-12-18
THANK SEWING.

i
eyer, TINT it has been observed by all
the citizens Of The Capital, without
distinction of nation or sect, This old
English custom, time .honofed by oh.
servance, il one peculiarly adapted to
the wants of the Republic ; composed
as it Is, Of all manner Of people, from
all manner of places, and entertaining
all manner of religious opinion. There
is nothing Id the observance Of Thanks
giving, for one day out Of three hun
dred and sixty.five, that can offend the
religious opinion Of any manner Of
people on the face of Gods foot stool.
The Jew and the Christian the Pa
gan aud the Mahometan, can each
kneel at the same altar on such day,
without offending the dogmas of their
several teachers which have been in-
vented as 'twould seem, ia order to d.
vide mankind, and destroy the bar-
mony which would otherwise exist. -
What a grand-what noble specta-
Gle to see twenty millions OF people
at the same moment, turning their
eyes to heaven, and Offering thanks to
Him who holds n system of worlds
like this, 10 the palm Of his Almighty
hand. But this cannot be at the pres
ent day. 1t would not do for the North
to offer up her thanks at the same
time with the South. Such thing
would shock the nerves of our own
demagogues, and throw The Northern
fanatics into Mysteries. What would
the Great Southern Convention say
should the proposition for general
thanksgiving throughout the Union
find favor? Why, the patriotic gen
tlemen there assembled, would put on
their bats adjourn the convention sine
die, and 90 home to attend to their
own business, in disgust.
It is astonishing that man who is
supposed to be a rational animal, will
not take heed of--and profit by what
is going around him. He sees daily
his friends and relatives tumble over
before his eyes, and beholds them
borne to bournesfeet foremost, from
which they have no power to return,
and yet he jostles along playing hypo.
critic by turns, unmindful of the fact,
that be is in the hands of some mighty
land for man. sake we hope meroifuD
God, to Whom he is indebted for
what he has here, and all that he can
expect hereafter Have we not all,
the best reasons to give Thanks, if for
no other reason Because we are not
dead 7"
TIL
The IsTELLIGENCE OF DEsPoT1sM
--Byard Taylor relates an anecdote
Of DR.. Spring, distinguished German
scholar, who was returning after thir-
teen years absence in India, with
some valuable Arabic manuscript:
On landing at Trieste, DR.. Spring
was gravely informed by The authori-
ties that his collection Of MSS. must
be submitted to the inspection of the
Censor before he could be permitted
to retain possession of them. why"
he demonstrated, they are Arabic"
)" So much the worse,' said the officer,
" it is the more probable that they are
insidious and revolutionary" But
he urged, the Censor can not read
them" THAT is unfortunate for YOU"
was the answer "you will have to
wait until we find man who can, for
there is no knowing what dangerous
sentiments may be concealed under
these hieroglvphios.' And SO the
traveller was obliged to part with his
treasures, until the sublimely stupid
Austrian government shall be convine-
ed that there is no treason in the hero
les of Antar or tho word juggler Of
Hariri Of Borah. |
-A4Aeze
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