Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-11-22

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one o. TIE ffuits Of such mixing 1p Of satipo6s1.
9 Now ynen We are ffee from these disofde deere
CITY In The country. The spcaker never u,esnf =
oppose the win Of the peou1e e. throvv oief,rlss
10 TIE way d their desires Il had been staSed
49, mny g our cttzens are natises Of the States
VA proud 70 ~ that there wen in New E1eiasd
many gue peeioe, a true - any menin the coua-
~. but unfoItunatslX they we're lew, and largely
In the minority While be honofed those men,
and believed the time 10 be near Il hand When
there would be. many more Of them, and
when New England would redeem kefsei{
from the anatic bonds which eonhns her, he
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The 1sinmose CLIPPER had stated ths dreadful
fact that I'VE out of the seven member who vofsi
againstthis RESOLUTION wsse Catholics. fLaurhtsr
member Of church; bus when siv cbu,chs Va.
atsac ked he would stand up for that church, be e
what IL might, He would forget his state n he
did, ana when he forgot his duly to her and 70 his
Mr.. Price stated that he had intended a st,t. n
ne Hoard In few words tonight his reasons Tor
voting sgaina Thanksgiving day. but his own
We, views had been 20 we'll expressed by Nj. Miller
had not the sghfess objection g Tba MN
day, but he had thought IL unnecessary for The
Beard to be troubled With ifs appoinfu1ent' ne
bad thought thai the Mayor could ious psocla-
such subject, and he objected to legislation upon
. matter which manifestly, to his mind. BELONGED
70 the Mayor. While he opposed action BY the
Councils IN reference to IL be was In favor q the
Rsociamaton by the Mayor for the setting apart Of
MI. McNerhany had no word 70 nav In ,ust,acs-
tioa Of his vote, because he did not deem vindi-
cauon OF MS vote on the resolution necessary. He
Of Gov. Wise q cited here tonight He believed
that, phfenologically speaking, his own organ Of
reverence was ~ large As that Of any gentleman
II this Board who voted II fayo. q NE rhaais
sensible q and Grstefu for the manifold blessings
the Divine Author had bestowed on him, but
although he felt thus, be could not Zee nor would
prescribe the feligious duties Of any man He
believed that every true heart would and did en-
tertain these sentiments on this question He
thought the most dangerous people were the
ticians.n This sort Of sentiment which ssrecom-
meuded" to-day, would insist tomorrow, and we
should be told next when and how to pray It
Dad been well observed that thi. Thanksgiving
ton Of country that great and most appropriate
holiday Of Christmas was almost wholly ivnored.
That day, Peculiarly adapted and universally
ssI ana e. sPss y slmost the entire Christian
10y and . eni.ently hallowed in ali Christian
lands, and gratefully remembered by all Christian
hesrn almost everywhere, found no responsive
hearth stones q New England. II such was to
be the enect Of religious Legislation In this city,
be opposed IL now and forever In the region
whence this in.tisstioa Sspsangs tbeIr paIpis are
and him efacined," they preached the negro
Inanacled In place Of religion they preached
Sharpe's rifles and Kanns border warfare. In
see.d Of pseaching God, they preached Oawat
Ia. voting against the resolution he voted In sc-
cofdance with the wishes Of the copsfit nenfs
whom he represented In the Beard They didn't
a e,r,, saen holiday In iss5 when similar
and she workmsn IN he Navy yard were Der,
mftted to exercise their inclination a. TO whether
they wonid work or not, but ffty-eight men out
ployed there absented theniseives from ther recu.
lar work on that day. Now, II the Government
acknowledges this proclamation, the gates Of the
Navy Yard must be closed. Those hafd-working
especially on the Hfty-two days which The Divine
Author Instituted az days Of grateful rest; and he
never would force them Into hypocriticaI OBJ
s ss Of day which they didn't desire to
God, and bad men will not thank him ANYHOW.
IL men viii discard the Sabbath tezchiBxs IL thew
will fail TO be warned BY the divine oFdinances
a. P pr M from our Pulpi how win they
Mr.. Brown said that not only had II bean 70.
marked that "poitics makes strange bed fellows.
but profound thinker had said, Eve know what
II to-day bird had whispered in his ear that he
should this evening find himself defending The
Mayor for issuing the Thanksgiving procismstion
from the attacks Of his crowds Of friends on this
Ecssenger from the father Of Lies, and not from
tbs land q light and truth. And vet II wa even
20. For, whatever may have been the secret mo-
sss s wniss rso%Pssd The P.ociamat,on; vhether
The onspring Of = political maaeaver, seeking to
ride upon the crested wave which wa upheavino
the whole community, stili the act per Sc Of issa,
deserved, in his Judgment, al credit and prsiss
fos IT. Although the personal relations Of the
speakef with the Mayor were not cordial, vet he
shsated God he wss sin capable Of approving
that ssspicion. quarter, a. earnestly and thorough.
II - though the suthor was 'stwfnned with him
g the sa1ne birth The senior Alderman Inf.
Ounninstonl from the FIN Ward GoyS thanks
giving day IL psostituted In New England: that
every psecept there viii be fulminafed treason
sgainet the Consultation, aud rampant Abolition.
ism The speaker thought the charge mach too
sweeping, aud the accusztiom much too general
There might be prcccpts thus desccrateG bias.
phemy, Ike strange incense might arise on
thanksyiving day from tbe holy Atlas d the Most
High, butt hese constitute the exception even In
New Eafisad; for the speaker knew there were
!ben - devout, easne.tninded, patriotic, union
loving Clergyman, scnding up day BY day as fer
vent petitons - the prosperity Of this glorious
Republic, a In any other section Of the land.
True, there were In the North the Beechers the
Cheevess, the Phillips, the Emersons, and host
Of others, who In their churches dsnounce the
Uni0n a. Z s<covenant With heli;r but were there
not, on the other hand, the Hawks, the Potters.
The Muhlenberghs, the Hughes, and ! thousand
descended, and win be heaven preserved But
sugpose al The AIderman ssasfh IL ., doesat
fsiloy Tat eus prscspts II washihgten q be thus
Fl Sess6 sysass Is. spssles had attended the
vaf1oos chheekes u fhis cItyon Fhsnluxiving day.
aad neyef hnfd ythfna hut The puse1t pafriotism
The loftiest eepdmenh, Gle highest devotion Tor
our UNNECESSARILY, disuniondhiIi aSetiohalfsm
end everything IKE sbolition
ussefiY 1ePo4iated. The speakcf knew the minis
ten Of the Gospel In TIE meksopolis wen, many OF
them ultimately; betfsr men, pures citi1ens. more
easnest christiau did not adorn any community:
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