Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-08-01
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WE and the following article, ip the Clncil,
natl Commercial. copied from the RIohmont
Dispatch Of July 23d: '-I'' ,,, ID.
/" Lincoln's Thanksgiving Re edDeum Of
.s. the Yanks.0 r. og cdr hl
10 appears that Abraham, President of tht
Yankees, recommends to his subjects day oi
Thanksgiving some time In August next. We
arc not appFised of the order Of the services nor
che exact description of religious rites tobe OBJ,
served, but would suggest q programme as fol-
lows: .bsjJoba bG6 bsilotsiu 20
First of all, let there be q grand pNc bsslon Ia
PennsylvAnla avenue, proceeding to aplatfofm
on the Capitol steps, where commemorative
sacrifice should be offered up Of old Scott
wrapped in the United States flag, and theo Other
sacrificial rams, Mcdowell, Patterson Me Clel-
Ian, Fremont Pope, Burnside, Hooker, etc.,
who, at various times, have been knocked ID
the head for the good Of the Republic. Such a
spectacle would haye fine moral and rslig-
ioua effect, imprsssing upon the minds Of men
the traneltory character of human Rlbrg IN gon-
eral and the perishable properties ofgunpoWder
10 partloulqr. ''.-D -" lUhah ~ ,slA
Next should come % burnt Offering, TO con-
sist Of pyramid Of currency, representing the
Treasury notes, bank notes and :, greenbacks
which the United States have spent Ia this war,
to be set FIRE to by Chase, making grand con.
fagratlon, teaching men the Scripture truth
that riches take 10 themselves wings, and, the
more touching truth TO Yankee minds, that the
amount of money thus represented might as
well have been set fire to BY the North as ex.
pended in battle, and come q! last to the ashes
Of repudiation. g, .., .,a.. "A, "a, H'el
The nexs spectacle should be the bones, II
they can be got, OF the two hundred thousand
Yankees who, according to the Northern Journ-
OILS, have perished In this war. They might be
built up In vast pile, surrounded BY q ditch
deep enough to hold the tears Of their bsreayed
relatives, and encompassed by their unhappy
widows and fstherless children, while Lincoln
should sit on top, with, fiddle in, his hand
playing cheerfully to the tune Of s,Nobody,s
hurt" On the outer circle Of the group there
should be grand dance Of the contractors, ex-
tortioners, thieves, harlots, murderers and other
angelic intelllgences who have been called into
being by the war. ..,edi ,!,gt.O ans
Every thing being thus prepared, and Seward,
who has of late assumed the aacredotal robe,
being consecrated high priest for the occ sslon,
the TIE Dsum proceed: slgfh
We thank Thee, o Divine Benevolence, that
Thou hast enabled as to turn . once happy
land into dwelling place Of devils, where the
light Of the life-givlng sun is darkened daily by
the smoke Of death-dealiDg battle felds, ,'and
the night, once irradiated only by peaceful stars
made lurid BY the fires Of burning dWsllngs.
We thank Thee that the Table Of the Law,
made only for the Ignorant Jews, has been dis
pensed with altogether With Us, thy chosen peo-
pie. There 10 not one Of thy command ments
oh h.oLan Al.
one God, spiritual and eternal b. we have
made idols Of the Stars and Stripes and the
Almighty dollar instead of ! adherence to
such obsolete requir ements as thou shalt not
tteal, thou shAlt not commit, adultery, thou
shalt not take the name of God In vain, thou
shalt not bear false witness, thou shalt not COW
ct, We have gone through the length and
breadth of the land stealing whatever we could
lay our hsnds on, despoiling ofemAle Innocence,
burdening the air with curses, lying and slan-
dering from sunrise to sunset, covetiug every-
thing we beheld, and not only coveting, but
taking the same 10 our possession, We rejoice
and are exceedingly glad that we, thine elect
children, are released from the dead letter Of
the law and the stale maxims Of morality, and
enabled to walk proudly In the spiritual ss we'll
as political liberty, whereby We are made free.
We thank and praise Thee that In the elevation
to power Of Thine unworthy setvants, Lincoln
and Seward, We have been enabled, by the vile
things of the world, to confound the wise, and
to show to the basest and most uDRodly thai
hell is not the ,ouly portion OF Thy domlnions
where villains can have promotion, We rejoice
that the good men of the United States, who
were otherwise In danger OF becoming proud
and self righteous, have been taught the grace
Of humility by being shut up Ia bastiles and
threatened with the gallows, thus weaving their
affections from the earth, and compelling them
to look TO heaven for better and more endur-
Ing country. We thank Thee that Thou hast
enabled us to carry fire and sword into peace
ful nation, to make widows and orphans In every
town and neighborhood, to slay thousands OF
their best and pnfest patriots, thereby adding
nightly to the illuHtrious host Of maItyfs, and
taking away the righteous from the evil 10 come.
We pray Thee to speed on the good work till
every male Of our Southern brethren enters
with Joy into the ,bestltudes Of the blest, and
We enter with equal Joy into their plantations.
We thank Thee that 30 little Of our own pill
grim, precious and elect blood, has been shed In
this war; that we have been enabled to inveigle
the down.trodden Of Europe into q condition
where We have speedily put an end to their mis-
cry, and that those Of our own native rank and
file who bsve fallen have been poor men, who
we're Of no account 10 society, aud whose loss
We can endure with, fortitude. II we may not,
consistently with our duty to TO our families
support their widows and ofphans, We rejoice
,hat we shall preserve. their memories, and
likewise. We thank Thee that We haye beer
enabled to reverence ,lhd sntiqusted iav which
gave precedence TO the descendants of sShem
end Ianhak ovar Ham and uGhich Sranuirad