Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1858-11-27
From the Daily Mnnesotisn of Thursday.
ThanksgIving Day Proclamation


to be affixed at ST. Paul, the Capitol there
LIS. OF, this thirtieth day of October. A. D.,
one thosand eight hundred and fifty-eight,
' | w HENRY sIBLEY
By the Governor:
FRANCIS BAAsEN, Secretary of State.
The foregoing is the authority under
which the pious people of the State of Mime
sofa are to-day called upon to offer up prayer
and Thanksgiving to the Giver of All Good
We protest against it, as cold. heartlcss and
@I.chTistian document. As wooden in senti-
ment''; bald in expression; without expans-
iyeneSS of idea or generous in thought. AS
redolent only of the narrow-mindedness he
got bv trading in beads, blankets and breech-
clouts: in ribbons, strouds, calico and mecca
sins; without displaying an iota of that big
souled appreciation of the gifts of Deity which
an honest Christian gentleman, if in such
position. would naturally give utterance to.
The Governor being required By lap," sets
apart this 25th day of November as day of
thanksgiving. "As required by law
Heaven save us! We, the people of this ex-
treme frontier State, whose destiny more than
perhaps any other, rests in the hollow of Gods
hand we, who as individuals, are looking to
the turn of the dice of fortune for our success
or failure in life; we are to thank God and
implore his blessings according to lao! Does
he doubt the existence Of Supreme Being,
and deny the saving potency of prayer? 1t
would be judged so from the tone of this
proclamation, in which he appears to fix day
of thanksgiving, not from any feeling Of re-
ligion or from any inward promptings of lis
own heert, but because he is required so to
do BY lac! He approaches the throne of
Grace with the same cold tone, in the same
formal manner and for the same reasons and
causes with which he approaches the Legisla-
ture, with vetoed bill in his pocket, or with
his signature to the appropriation bill grant
ing himself a $4,000 contingent or stealing
fund, accompanied with a protest against the
stationery and postage-stamp steal of the
members. Itwould seem as if God Almighty
and the Moccasin Democracy were on rather
distant and formal terms. Last year Acting
Governor, Secretary Chase favored us with
Proclamation which did not even recognize
the existence of Deity.
But Democratic legislature has since con-
ceded this much; and Mister SIBLEY in his
proclamation ventures so far from the path of
sale Democratic precedent as to quote the
admission contained in the IaU : but nOtnng
more. The Moccasin Democracy are afraid
to praise their enemy too highly.
Contrast this outpouring Of our Minnesota
Lycurgus with the following proclamation of
Governor BANKS, of Massachusetts, whose
people observe this day in common with our
selves and with the States of Maine, New
Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Ma
ryland, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa,
Missouri, Mississippi Vermont and Alabama.
Note its high moral tone, the pure religious
sentiment it contains, the eloquent reference
to the condition of the people of these United
States, and the still more eloquent allusion to
those great movements of art and civilization
which are healing the feuds and animosities
of nations and linking all men in one common
brotherhood. Not word of this in Mr.. SIB-
LEf's production. "The Goceynor is request
ea by lac," &c. "No business miU be trans
acted on that day in any Of the Departments
ct the State Gorernment" Important news
And winding up with, In witness whereof,
the parties to these presents" &C., &C., with
all the solemnity of deed for Mendoza or
Traverse des Sioux lot, or an assignment by
the Wakpaykutay tribe Of their treaty mon
ey to Mister SiBLET. But read Mr.. BANKS
proclamation:
PROCLAMATION BY Gov. BAxKs-By advice and
with consent of the Council have appointed and
do hereby appoint Thursday the twenty-fiit dav
OF November next, day of Thanksgiving anu
Praise and recommend to the people in observ-
ance OF this ancient and religious custom of the
founders OF the Commonwealth, to suspend ordin-
ary vocations and pleasure, and to assemble on
that day IN the usual places of public Worship for
the purpose of acknowledging our continued de-
pendence upon His Providence and to render
thanks to Almighty God for the manifold and sig
nal meIcies He has bestowed upon us, upon our
fathers, and upon the great family of man:
That He has preserved our people in health, in
prosperity, in peace and in freedom.
That He has secured to us the rewards of intel
hgence. industry and the wealth of the SEAS the
Soil and the seasons.
That He has crowned with success all our inst
tuiions and labors for the moral and mental culture
OF CIR people, and the relief of those oppressed In
mia, In body estate.
That He mas protected us in the endowment of Il,
PrlFlieSe OF a government which combines vii i.
rare felicity the freedom of individuals the s,nar
vision of the family AMI the auth rity of the state
mat lie has suppressed traditional feuds and as,
suaged the animOsities of nations, leading them
thronyh the marvellous developments of science to
catN ate civiiizng and hristian intercourse with
eacn Other, insteau of increasing the atrocities of
war, and strengthening the lust for dominion.
ahI especially that He has given us that fixed
snu aoiua,g iaIth IN His providence, which sus-
tans US anld the drest caami ties and teaches ne
that all events in life or death-sometimes ;nter'
preted py the imperfect wisdom of man as misfor
Iuhes|nay De oHerruied through His grace. for
name. o' ~ AL"
Given at the Council Chamber, in Ros.o,, AZ;
twenty seventh day of October, in tho - ~, %
our Lord, one thousand eight hundred ana &C. "
eight, and Of the Independence of the Unitsd
States the eighty third.
BY his Excellency the Governor, with the advice |
Of the Council.
NATHANIEL P. BANKS.
Oliver WARNER. Secretary.
Our readers having all perused and been
refreshed by the above, suppose they allow us
IN default of a proper Proclamation from the
bogus head of the State-and in virtue of our
position as one Of the tribunes of the people
to offer the following as substitute for his. |
for this time only:
PROCLAMATION.
The Governor, being required by law to |
set apart one day in each year as a day of
solemn and public thanksgiving to Almighty |
God for his BLESSINGS tn us nc St.tosr
tion," does hereby, in accordance with tbe |