Mariposa Democrat., 1857-11-26
lCOMMuNiCArED.
Thanksgiving Day.

"A merry lnanksglNlilB 10 All your TeaueIs
to the ladies', God bless them; to the little
prattling children, who win make the day more
Joyous by their merry laughter, while caroling
on the green; to the sturdy men of toll and
enterprise, who have made California what she
is, and are making her all she hopes to be-
come A merry thanksgiving to all-young
and old, married and single To-day is one Of
those cherished and never-to-be-forgotten
epochs of the year, which recalls all the fond
recollections of our youth, our home. The
mother whom we left, in vain endeavoring to
subdue her sobs at our departure the father
who sent us forth and bade us battle manfully
with the world, like honorable men; the ten
der sisters whose bright eyes were dimmed
with pnrest tears, and whose throbbing bo-
SONS told their deep affection when we last
embraced them and left them perhaps forever /;
the festive board, the blazing hearth, where, in
childhood, we were wont to indulge our curious
fances, as the complaining wind moaned like
wandering spirit, vending on or angry
ratified the easement, as if endeavoring to cf-
feet an entrance to the comfortable quarters
within; the church where first we heard the
minister exhorting us to be thankful on just
such day; the schoo-house and the Ginning
bells Of all the neighborhood, ALL all seem com
muning in silence with us, so far away, for it
is Thanksgiving THE Thanksgiving of our
childhood again--the Thanksgiving of our
manhood-the Thanksgiving we all love. To-
day our hearts are more expanded, and warm
selves better and purer beings; for we seem
surrounded by some sacred influence, some
hallowed charm.
Let us, then, remember and hold dear forcv-
er such an occasion, here, on the Pacific coast
here where we are all so highly favored,
and where we receive from bountiful Heaven
all the blessings man desires below. Our gov
ernment is prosperous and our people are hap
py Look back to the old Thanksgiving day of
our ancestors, and then cast a glance at the
present, and the true, Union-loving American
heart is filled with gratitude to Providence.
Let us endeavor to fully appreciate our supe-
rior condition, all over our confederacy, com
pared with the condition Of other nations; let
us but glance at the European journals, and
think of the condition of our fellow mortals
across the far oceans and then turn our eyes
homeward, and we will find that we have been
and are being blest by the omnipotent Ruler
whose nod the nations obey
| Here godke libertys hercuean youth,
Graded in peace, and nurtured up by truth
To full maturity of nerve and mind,
Shall crush the giauts that be.tride mankind.
Here shall religions pure and balmy dmught
In form more from cups of state be quaiied.
But flow for all, through nation, rank aud sect,
Free as that heaven its Tranquil waves reflect.
Around the columns Of the public shrine
Shall growing arts their gradual wreath entwnc,
Nor breathe corruption from the towering braid
Nor mine that fabric which they bloom TO shade.
No longer here shall Justice bound her view,
Or wrong the many while she rights the few;
But take her range through all the social frame,
Pure and pervadng as that vital fame
Which warns at once our best and meancst part,
And thrills hair while it expands heart.n
M0oRE.
To-day we should make good resolutions
for the future. Let the desponding once more
rouse themselves to action. All the opportuni.
ties an honest man requires are at hand on our
golden hills, and our valleys are teeming with
agricultural luxuriance California is pregnant
with wealth, and will be for years to come.
Let us cast thought also on the dear ones
eparted-those who have gone down before
us, whittier we all are going, into the dark val
ley of death. Let us remember our ill-fated
fellow-eitzens who have perished by sea and
land, and the families whose Thanksgiving has
been turned into day of sorrow for their un-
timely fate, and perhaps by proper exertion
we can prevent the recurrence Of such deplo-
rablc accidents. We should set high value
on human life, and condemn, in the strongest
and most unequivocal manner, the pampered
monopoles who have brought desolation to our
hearths by their neglect and avarce. While
rejecting on the fate of departed friends, we
may be taught the uncertainty of life, and per-
haps be made better men, And let us thank
Providence that we, who have escaped the Vi
cisstudes of the past year, are yet so prosper
Gus and happy in the enjoyment of our annual
Thanksgiving.