Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1862-11-26

NO Danger ot lettlng down. hemember that
tomorrow will be Thanksgiving, and don't
forget the oysters
Give Thanks. s.-To.morrow-27 instant
is the day named by Governor Tod in an
official Proclamation, for general observance
in formal Thanksgiving. The time having
been irrevocably fixed it will not avail us to
make captious enquiry as to whether we re-
ally have, in any way, and by any agency
we are cognizant of received any thing for
which We should put aside our vocatons and
call the world to witness our deyotions 1t is
settled, then, that we shall "go through the
molions"-as did the fellow who was seated
at an empty board, and affected to eat
Notwithstanding the occasion has been
made to order" the query sOiH obtrude
-"What are the signal blessings, in the
Divine Providence, for which we are called
upon, in the most marked, impressive and
ostentatious manner, to return Thanks to the
Giver of Good? p
1t cannot he for Civil War; for it is, under
any circumstances, the greatest calamity that
can be visited upon a Nation. The country
is now in deplorable state as the condition
and result of the war. The land is hlled
with mourning and suffering, and the pros
pect ahead is too gloomy for contemplation.
Turn what way we will, we are met by the
same forbidding sky.
If we may except the rank in the army
whose enormous salaries compensate them,
we trust, for taking chances in the field with
the brave men under them who hardly get
enough pay TO keep their families at home
from sufferingi and all and singular the army
contractors, and thieves of high and low de-
gree "whose name is legion and who are
fattenipg upon the ruin of our country; if
we may except these and others who prosper
IN proportion as the National resources are
depleted, we are not aware that any have
cause for exceeding great joy'--the quality
we will be presumed to display on the NOR
row.
1t is possible that the Gubernatoral Wisdom
intends, by the fine and csjolng phrases Of
which the Proclamation is essentially COM
prised, to withdraw our attention for short
day from the realities which appal us Or it
may be that we are called upon to give thanks
that it's no worse with us than il is
We incline to believe that some such
thoughts as these passed through the puzzled
brain OF the Governor when he sat him down
to the task Of writing his Proclamation for
Day Of Thanksgiving and Prayer In the
spirit, then, of a Philosophy that would make
the best of everything, and derive Good from
Evil, we will observe the day.
There is class of community, however.
whose urgent necessities will not allow them
to philosophise upon the distractions of Gov.
Tods Proclamation. Hunger and cold have
put them in condition of suffering which ia
the reverse of thankful It is estimated that
some two or three hundred persons in this
city are in want of some Of the necessaries of
life many of these are actually suffering
Efforts are being made to relieve this suffer
ing, but they are not commensurate with the
demand made upon them, The Aid Soc,e-
lies Council, the Commissioners, and private
individuals are importuned by the suffering
for relief
A good deal of preparation will be made
BY the wealthy and wellto-do for general
Good Time tomorrow We suggest that the
Poor and Suffering be substantially remem.
'ered on the occasion, that they, too, may
nave some cause for Giving Thanks