Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1863-12-04
Washington Letters.

Editors Daily Journal:
To-day, the day appointed.by the Pres
ident as a day of National thanksgiving
and prayer, was generally observed here
and the city wears an air of Sunday ap
pearance. AS a fitting incident to the
occasion,and as agreater incentive to ex
cite deeper emotions of thanksgiving and
praise, the news of Grants victory al
Chattanooga was received this morning
Retrospective glance at the past can
not fail to excite emotions Of. the most
profound gratitude 10 that all-wise Ruler
of the universe, who, while chastising us
as Nation for our perverseness, hath
nevertheless remembered mercy Wis
dom has been vouchsafed to our rulers !;
victory has crowned our armies and navy;
fruitful harvests have rewarded our far
mers; health has abided withus; foreign
jealouses and designs have failed to dis.
turb our harmonious relations of friend
ship. with foreign powers. Surely we,
as nation, ought to exclaim with a
united voice, t"give thanks untot the Lord. .
Let us not, in the enthusiasm Of our Joy,
fail to remember that these manifold
blessings are attended with tremendous
responsibilities. Let us write upon our
door posts, Righteousness kexalteth a
Nation, but sin is reproach to any peo-
pie" This terrible scourge of civil war
has not been without its attendant atom
al benefits. The good Lord has not bap-
tized our people in blood, in vain Amer
lea, ever dear to the true lover of liberty,
is infinitely more so, now that thousands
of her honored brave have consecrated
the soil afresh, to freedom and free instil
tutiens.
That great blot upon our esentcheon-
human slavery-is wiped out in the blood
of martyrs, and nolonger subjects US as a
people, to the taunts and sneers of the
civilized world. Let us not forget, either,
the mother and the orphan, made so, by
the wicked and causeless rebellion. To
them, in their sorrowful pilgrimage
through life, let US ever extend the help
ing hand, remembering that we enjoy
the precious heritage of free institutions,
only through the blood of theirhusbands
and fathers .i=a
The aggregate Union majorities in the
recent State elections, amount to 43l,-
900 Deduct 10000 butternut majority
in New Jersey, and we still leave 42l,-
600 Union majority Certainly this
grand result is terrible rebuke to COP
perheadism. The record is made up,
the seal is placed upon these insidious
orders of treason in our midst, and a
mark more enduring than that of Cain,
will follow such creatures as Vallandig-
ham, Wood, Seymour, and their follow
ers, to the grave Your correspondent 8
predictions as to speedy termination
of the war. seems to be Fastening to
fulfllment He certainly fails to read
Alright in the signs of the times-any-
thing else than speedy victory. The
area of the rebellion is being daily more
and more circumscribed, and soon we
may look for peace-permanent peace.
The Hon. Schuyler Colfax is in che
city and is stopping at the National.
There remains scarcely a doubt of his
election to the Speakership Indeed, un-
less the members of Congress entirely
disregard the wishes of their constitu--
ents, he cannot fail of election on the
first ballot The President did
wrong in ignoring his claims to seat in
the Cabinet, and this tardy act of Justice
--as reward for his answering devo-
ton to the truth--will certainly be ac-
corded him. AS Speaker, he unquestion-
ably would be the right man in the
right place.
The recent triumph of the Radicals in
Missouri, is a terrible blow to Messrs.
Blair and Bates The President has too
long listened to these gentlemen, and in
mcre instances than one has failed to
adopt the right course in Missouri. That
State suils be free, and Gov CANDLES
tender care of slavery cannot extend its
life. -----~