Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-12-06
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The following Thanksgiving effusion of. the
Chicago Press and Tribune is catholic. and COM
prehensive -
"WHAT WE SHOULD BE THANKFU1 FoR.-For
life and liberty here and the hope of Heaven
hereafter; for the existence of the Republican
party. by which that liberty is assured and the
path heavenward left perfectly free to ali men,
subject only to the laws of our moral nature
and revelation from God; for the existence and
renewed vitality OF free principles, whichever
must Prccede the highest development of Chris
tianty; for our Republican victories in all the
North, and especially for our popular majority
i'll Illinois, and for the prospect of n Republican
triumph in the nation in 1860; for the Judgment
of the Almighty upon the perversity and wick
edness OF James buchanan; for the small crop Of
the year, and for the promise of more in the year
to come; for the Christening rod which has
taught the vanity of riches; for the necessity
which has impelled men to seek bread by labor
ana gam by economy; for the success of our
public and private schools, and the more power
tu influences ofour churches; for abundant food
and cheap fuel; for our Protestant cmigrants,
and for moderate rents and the low price Of
beetsteaks; for the rapid improvement of our
city sidewalks and the crooked walks of ourcit-
liens; for our Republican Common Counci; for
Republican Mayor; for such water as we get:
for sewerage bv and by; for the Nicholson pave
Inent; for more gas lamps on unfrequented
streets; for the moderation of our dearly beloved
brethren of the Irish persuasion since last
Thanksgiving day; for the new position of
John, Archbishop ofNcw York, that Protestant
ism has robbed the Church ofits paupers: for
the hope of their restoration; for the abdication
ofO'Regan and the Chiriquschstn;J for the ma
terial prosperity of Chicago released from Irish
rule; orthe lenlencY otcreditoIs and the prompt
ness OF Debtors; for large circulation and a
good run of advertisers; for such'prices as wheat
will bring; for such market as it can command;
tor the prospect that corn will rule high, and
that corner lots will feel its influence; for the
success ofthe sorghum experiment and the hope.
OF more sugar; for the partial repentance of
Douglas, and our anti-Lecompton majority in
the next Congress; for the probable alteration of
the Tariff and for home made iron and less i'm
ported bross; for the labor of Mr.. Hadley, the
friend ofthe poor and the fatherless, and for
the Divine impulses which impel men to give
the charity that he Directs for philanthropicand
humane efforts everywhere; for that 'one touch
of Nature which makes us all akin;' for the in
vention of Lager substitute for whisky, and
for the prospect that the world will sometime
grow wise enough to discard both; for such cur
rencyas our banks will give US, and for such
stray pieces of gold can get; for the decline
In the rapacity of shavers and the wants of bor-
rowerS; for any rate of interest less than two
per cent. month, with bullion for collateral;
for the steam plow, and the prospective Olsen
thralmento all mankind; for the sewing machine
and the emancipation of our wives and daught-
ers for tue Paraguay expedition, which will fur
thcr demonstrate the imbecility of our venera-
ble Magistrate; for subsistence of the potato rot,
and for the improvement in the virtue of Con-
grcssmen; for the treaty with Japan and the
discovery. of gold on the Platte; for the decline
in the vanity of the female sex; for the fashion
which makes calico admissible where necessity
demands that it should be worn: for the less
scandal in sewing societies and scandal bees; for
the Old Dominion Coffee pot and the prescrva-
ton of the sausage making art; for the mud,
snow and rain which give life to The rubber and
umbrella trade: for pro-slayery doctrines in the
pulpit and for the opposite truths to which they
lead; for every grief and sorrow, for every death
and disaster whereby the littleness and mean
Eess Of human ambition are demonstrated; for
every ennobling Christian thought and impulse
whereby mans relationship to God is establish
ed: for every act Of humanity and Justice in
which God is made nearer, and for every act of
worship in which His Love and His Mercy arc
acknowledged; for every charitable deed with
which Heaven is pleased; for this world as it is
with all its woes and wisdom, its crimes, cas-.
ualtics, curses, charity and Christianity
good with the bad-let us be truly, devoutly
and unfeignedly thankful; content with the as
surance that in Divine Mercy all things are or
dained for the best"
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