Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1861-12-18


there VIII be. And when we think of the
0esoiatIon and dismay; the pIunder outrage
carnage, and biOodshed, attendant upon The
scene OF hostlitieS; where armies meet in
the deadly breach, and rush to furious battle.
who does not thank God that we have heen
spared Our homes are not invaded nor
houses pillaged and burned, nor fields laid
waste 1t is right, toe, that the greatest evils
OF the war should fall on those who nlotted
betrayed, and brought it on the country. In
this then, the providence Of God has favored
us.
4. Another ground for Thanksgiving is
lounu IN the o'g0rons measures adopted in the
army and navy, looking to a favorable issue,
ana the speedy termination of the war. We
have had, 1t is true, sOrae Sod reverses but
we have recovered from them and they have
had, at least, a good disciplinary Feet in nye-
paring Us for the magnitude Of the issue be-
lore us. And these reyerses, perhaps were
allowed to prevent more serious disasters, that
would have followed, if success in these first
attacks had crowned our arms. There nav
te a Pf0ctae1ce thus in oar very miafortunes;
winnie the enemy has reaped from them no
substantial gain
Ii Is said Of celebrated general. that after
severe engagement, in which he had suffer
ed great loss, being congratulated on the vic
tory achieved, he said Another such victory
and am undone IL the same manner our
reyerses have been erbaustiag to the enemy.
and now the tide Of war is turning. lately
providence has crowned our arms with great
successes, both by sea and land the more
valuable because Of the preceding disasters
Now, the gloom IS breaking, the clouds dis
Fcrsing the sky of freedom growing bright
aud clear The Cause of the Union and
Constitutional Government is beginning to
triumph The hydra Of Secession crushed
on the soil that gave it birth and being! Treas.
on anu anarchy being trampled under foot in
the very nest OF Gisuuuu The stars and
stripes waving in triumph. where the escutch
con Of our nations glory was frat dishonored
that noble flag first insultei and trampled
IN the dust. The State, which inaugurated
the great crime of rebellion, has been made
to feel the heaviest blow Of the authority so
HaatonIy assalled. South Carolina, the seat
oi most odious aristocracy,' the land of null
liners, the rendezvous Of treason pl0tters, has
been made 10 feel, Ut her olca HeurGtstoue, the
power Of an avengng government She, who
led the traitor van, and forced the other rebel
states out Of the Union, is in 2 fair way of
being brought back into the national fold,
though 1t be IN ChGEt2 ; though re baptized in
blood. As one has said, If poverty and de
SPAR crouch Ike gaUnt spectycs at her fIe
Sides II will he 4 poetic retribution for hay
inG sent poverty and despair to other fresi1es
in ali the states Of this Union.
But the success at Pert Royal AMI Beaufort
is bnc the beginning Of other brilliant achieve
mants a,o.S = the whole southern coast, until,
ia every port and julc,, the flag Of the Union
floats nobiy, graQdiY as aforetime. Ncr can
Il be long until the mother ot waters rsturns
10 her loyalty, and commerce resumes its won
ted channel, from the great North West to
the Gulf of Mexico. LII Eastern Tennessee
and North Carolina union men are beginning
t. assert their loyalty nor can Eastern Eir-
giaia-cXbauStcd, Impoverished, and desolate
long remain the buhyafk of secession. or
defy the grand army Of the Union. Our
youthful Commander iu-ch;ef knows when to
strike and when he does move, the blow Will
be cAectual.
In these successes then, ani the prospect
Of speedy issue in favor of constituted au
thority, and the yiniication Of free govern
ment, we do we'll to rejoice. But let us not
forget aCb0Se strength has sustained US in our
adVersities, by 2cboSe aid we have achieved
substantial success, and upon achom we are
still dependent for final victory. Let us
humbly and gratefully acknowledge that
"po2cer superior to human might" and rem
der to God devout thanksgivings.
). Still another ground for thanksgiving is
found in the resources Of muteriQE prosperity
aohich remain to as, amid all the evils which
have fallen upon our country. We always
Judge of the ease or hardships of any situa-
ton, by comparison. In our own, then, and
every free State of the Union, how wondrous
our condition contrasted with that of our
despoiled and down trodden brethren in the
Southern States?
Here, everything is comparatively peaceful
and prosperous. Oar great thoroughfares un-
| interrupted by hostile forces. The pursuits
Of industry aud the productive arts, with all
that contributes to the health, and power, and
progress OF people, moving on, Just as II
| half million of our sons and brothers were
not now gathered on distant fields in battle
array, 10 yindicate the insuted honor of the
nation. The pleasant rains and fruitful har
vest have not been withheld from US, as pun
ishment for our national crimes, or national
errors. The vivifying sun has not ceased to
yield his cheering and life giving rays. Ter
rors BIZ night disturb not our repose, nor
alarms by day interrupt our peaceful pursuits
| We ara not called upon to defend our little
! fortress Of home from threatened rant nor
to move, a5 the brave Anderson did In Charles
ton harboT, to the next most available one, to
| be environed, starved, and driven out, by those
foes Of domestic comfort hunger and cold
But God has blessed US with peace, given US
seedtime and harvest, prepared our corn and
watered our furrows, and crowned the year
with his goodness
There is an old Spanish proverb which
says, He who loses his money loses much );
be whe loses his friends loses more; but he
who loses his spirits loses all Instead then
of miserable croakiug or grumbling, or sink
ing into a condition of despair, let us recount
our blessings, and keep up good heart, trust
ing in that God who has never forsaken US.
Let us be thankful for peace. as yet with 9th
eF nations, for the absence of famine and pes
I thence, for the abundance and variety of the
earth's products, for indiViduallife, and health,