Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-11-05
p r o G L A M A 7 / . N
BY THE ..
GOVERNOR"
II H A N X S @ I VI N @ I.

thisS ate, in with those Of otNer States OF III
Union, have many reasons for observing that honore
custom. Daring the past year, "
He has preserved from the visitations Of pest
lence. ..-
He has caused the earth to yield an abundant ha,
vest
II. has contlued to the possession OF civil ID rel
gious liberty, and the security eflaw. ..
He has sverted from the nation Of which We form
part, the evils Of internal dssensn, AMI Of forei
war.
For these and countless other blessings vouchsafet
US, should be profoundly thankful. Let then en-
ter "into HIS gates with thanksgiving, and Into hi
courts with praise" bow the knee in grateful &C
knowleagm of his merces.
1, HENRY H. SIBLEY, "Governor" Of the State O
nnesot,. do hereby designate and appoint THURS
DAY, the 24th day of NOVEMBER Text, as DAY Oh
PUBLIC TaANKSGIviNG, sni earnestly recon-
mend the People of that they abstain
asecuar employmens that day. and repsir to their
respective places Of worship, to psrtic pate in the ie
gious exercises appropriate 20 the occasion.
No business will be transacted that day in any Of
the Departm .pts vi STATE Government
In testm my Whereof have hereunto set my hand and
Caused the Great Seal o. the state to be s1ix ed
LIS. a. st. Paul, the Capital thereof, the twenty
seventh day # O.; ober, In the year o sc thou.
sand eight hundred and 6fty niue, and Of the
State the third.
HENRY H. sIBLEY.
By the Governor"
FRANCIS BAAsKH,
Secretary Of State. oc27
In copying from the Pioneer, with all it's
big " Governor" display, the foregoing eman-
alton from our bogus Governor, We cannot
help observing, that whipping doeth children
ani childish men, a power of good sometimes
The above proclamation is vast improve
ment, in one respect, upon the Thanksgiving
mandate of Mr.. Sibley in 1858; while in an
other respect, there is also difference, which
is not SO much an improvement, as change,
indicative of Mr.. SIS consciousness, that the
days of his ill-gotten power are short, and it
behooves him to pile on the Governor ago
ny very high, to leave the impression strong
on future generations that he really was
Governor, however surreptitiously or basely
he obtained the title and usurped the Office
which Alexander Ramsey was twice elected
by the people to fill, and Henry Hastings Sib-
ley never was once.
The Improvement" which, in the first
place, we alluded to, consists in the more re-
ligious tone of the present proclamation over
that of last year; when, instead of his recon-
mendlng the people to give thanks to Deity
for blessings conferred and evils averted, be-
cause Of the inward promptings of his own
heart and from high obligations of gratitude
to the Supreme Being, he approached the
Throne of Grace merely because he was "re
CURED to do so by laao," o,"-approached it with
the same cold tone, in the same cold manner,
and for the same reasons and causes with
which he approached the Legislature with a
votoed bill in his pocket, or with his 81 nature
to the appropriation bill granting himself a
$4,000 Contingent or Stealing fund, accom-
panied with 81 protest" against the stationery
and postage stamp Steal Of the members -
This Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1858, it
may be well in this connection to revive in
the recollection of our readers, which we do
by rcpuolishing it as follows:
PaocLAuATIox-The "Govcrnor' is required by
law to ''set apart one day in each year, as a day
of solemn aud public Thanksgiving to Almighty
God for hIS blessings to a State and Nation"
/ do therefore designate and set apart Thursday
the 18th day OF November next for that purpose,
aud l earnestly recommend to the people of Min
nesota that they abstain from all unnecessary sec
ular employments on that day, and repair to their
accustomed places Of worship to render thanks to
the Most High for all his merces vOuchsafed to us
State AID Naten. ..., .... ....
No business will be transacted on that day at any
OF the departments OF the State Government.
In testimony whereof have hereunto
" ...,n al -.
L.. ). OF the State to be affixed at st. Paul,
the capital thereof this 30th day of Uc-
tober, A. d., one thousand eight nun
dred and hity-eight, and OF the State
the second. HENRY. II. SIDLEY.
BY the Governor"
FRANCIS BAAsEN, Secretary.
On the publication of this cold, heartless.
formal and unchristian document, it will be
recollected that the MINNEsorIAN loudly pro
tested against it, as wooden in sent. .ment ::
bald in expression /; without expansion OF
idea or generosity of thought--as redoaent
only OF the narrow-mindedr.es:s got by trading
In beads, blankets and bree. -clouts in rib.
bons' sf,.:ouds, calico and moccasins without
Displaying an iota Of that big -seuled apprecia-
ton Of the gifts of Deity which an honest
Christian gentleman, if such position, would
naturally give utterance to. That, judging
from this strictly legal proclamation thanking
Deity according to law w"-and from the
fact that the year previous, Mr.. Acting Gov
ernor, Secretary Chase, had favored US with
Proclamation which did not even recognize
the existence ola Deity at lr.-it would seem
as if God Almighty and the Moccasin Demo-
cracy, were on rather distant and formal
terms-more so than the people of Minnesota
at large We're or desired to oe---and as the re-
cent election has prov ID they will not be!
And it will be recollected, also, that at the
same writing we gave to Mr.. Sibley two pat.
terms for his future Thanksgiving Proca.
mations-the one, being the high toned pro-
clamation of Governor Banks of Massachu
sets, and the other, an original documen,
containing some home truths, little roughly
told by us, but none the less true.
Of the two alternatives we then presented
him, we are rather glad our whipping at that
time administered to him, has SO far imbued
him with grace, as to have made him this
year pattern somewhat strictly after the pro
clamation of Governor Banks; and though,
wherein he has deviated from the pattern he
has not improved either the sentiment or its
form of expression, yet we hereby loudly
praise Mr.. Sibley for the intent to do better
and only blame his education and Nature ths,
did not give him more literally the facility o
affording his intent ADLER or more felicitous
expression . "a. -..- -
With these few observations our readers
will now comprehend the force of the applica.
tion; of the trueisln expressed at the beginning