New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-01-03
TIE a N K SEWING.

Among the notable days which come crowd
| ing in upon us, at the present time, with 9
rapidity that leaves hardly any line Of demar-
cation between them, there are few that have .
more general Observance in the older States Of
the confederacy than that one which is intended
| AZ m acknowledgment Of the many blessings
and pleasures which have been enjoyed during
the psst year The custom is older than our
own land older than England; older than
Rome in fact, has an origin coeval with that
of the world and the time when Adam offered up
praise for his own being and thanks for the
many pleasures that accompanied il.
Whatever the history Of the observance may
be. however, the observance is, in itself, well
known and widely regarded. Our English an
cestry, in the rigid days Of the Coyenanters and
CromWellians, we're reader to do penance and
appoint fasts; but. even they, after any great,
browning mercy, had Thanksgiving ceremonies
and expressed their qualification by means Of
times and seasons specially set aside for their
ntterance. We, following their habits and GUS
toms, have made Thanksgiving day . great festi-
val, not less notable than Christmas over
shadoWed only By the Fourth Of July. It is
the period when general acknowledgment is
made Of the favors that have been received and
their continuance invoked; when 80 much Of
the country as comes within the scope Of any one
State proclamation, to a greater or less degree,
withdraWs from business to enjoy its fruits,
end celebrate its results. Il is period when
families, long sundered, ere once more reunited;
when the great table groans under Che immens-
ity Of the edibles and drinkables placed upon
it; when the large parlor is opened; music and
the dance brought forward and happiness en-
joyed, 50 far as can be. On the morrow, labor
renews itself, to the end that there shall be
cause for still other thanksgivings.
The general blessings for which we have rea-
son to be grateful are manifest to all; the indi-
yidual blessings can be known only to their
recipients. In these which are common, how
ever-to the highest as well as the lowest--the
blessings Of life and health, the pleasure Of
seeing and hearing, Of loving and being loved
thereis ample cause for gratitude and thanks
to the Omnipotent Power which has 50 consti.
tuted US that we are able to enjoy them, and SC
blessed us that We have them to enjoy. In the
prosperity, growth and power Of our city, ane
State, and country in the permanence Of gu,
free Institutions; in the rapid progress we con
tinue TO make among the nations Of the world
are other reasons for the same celebration Ou,
individual, our civic and our national prosperity
taken together, render it highly appropriate
and BETTING, that in their acknowledgment
we shall show ourselves not unworthy nor un
grateful recipients, and herein, to some degree
entitle Us to their renewal and continuance il
after times Those who have enjoyed much
should be thankful that they have 80 enjoyed
and, those who have suffered, grateful that thei,
sufferings have been no severer Inasmuch
therefore, as we oil have some cause for thanks.
giving, let the day beso observed, and the &C.
acknowledgements 50 rendered, that we shall show
that we are not unmindful Of the blessings 60
beautifully shoWered upon us.