The New York herald., 1863-11-26
Thanksgiving Day-An Important Sug-
gcstion 10 Father Abraham.

There are great many blessings for which
the American people, or the loyal portion
thereof, should this day return thanks to their
Creator And there are some other things that
they ought not to be so thankful for. but rather
to regard as curses and to consider as infc-
tions for their many sins and transgressions, or
rather the perversity and ungodliness Of their
rulers.
With the Pres dent of the United States we
think they should be thankful for fruitful
fields and heathful skies. and for Union vic
tories. With the Governor of New York, we
believe that citizens should make contributions
| for the comfort of those made destitute by the
casualties Of war. With tie Mayor of the city
of New York, we are grateful because the area
OF the rebellion has been circumscribed, and
the spirit of anarchy subdued. We agree with
the Mayor OF the city of Brooklyn in praying
that ''the rebellion may he speedily suppressed,
and the Union preserved" With the Governor
of Maine, we are thankful that $50 many of our
oppressed countrymen have been delivered
from the hands ofa cruel and merciless enemy
by means of the cartel of exchange of prison
ers, we take to be his Excellenoy's meaning.
With the Governor Of Vermont, we agree that
thanks are due for the suppression of the MUIR
derous spirit of riot and anarchy" With the
Governor of Massachusetts,, we pray that "peace
shall soon return to our borders, and
a union Of hearts and hands revive
on the ruins of that injustice and inhumanity
which bred our sorrows"-although we cannot
exactly make out to which side his Excellency
IF hn Raw tote ~, Y>,,k
ject to "injustice and inhumanity" on any side
We agree with the Governors of Rhode Island
and Illinois that we should be thankful because
1--WE still have country" and, further, with the
Governor Of the latter State, that such con-
summation has been brought about Gin spite
of foreign hatred and plotting treason" With
the Governor of Connecticut, we are thankful
for the increasing evidence Of the fidelity of
the people to the government" With the Gov
ernor of New Jersey, we pray that the Creator
"will give wisdom to those in authority" With
the Governor of Pennsylvania, we are thankful
for the "crowning mercy by which the blood
thirsty and devastating enemy was driven from
the soil' of that State. 1t saved much trouble
and confusion npon the soil of the State of
mia, we do not know but that we are tolerably
grateful 'for the establishment and organiza-
ton of separate Commonwealth out of the
Old Dominion. With the Governors of the
States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michi-
gan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, we are thankful
that those States are in state of unexampled
prosperity, Notwithstanding the war. We are
nan nioII In ofnf,1 fov xIo
General Grant upon Lookout Mountain; be-
cause Burnside is in no worse fix, and will be
triumphant in the end
But what we, in common with vast majority
of the loyal American people, are not thank
tul for-which neither We nor they feel special
impulse to sing hosannas about-are the con-
tinued, objectionable and irrepressibls blum
ders which Father Abrahams Cabinet are con-
stantly committing. When Stanton accidental
ly fails to commit blunder, Wollss is almost
certain to succeed but if Welles fail, then Chake
is bound to come to the rescue, and, betwse1h
the trio abiding successes either on the land,
on the sea, or in our national finances, are rare
ly to be noted. Neither Stanton nor Welles
has inaugurated a substantial success since the
war commenced. They are the authors of the
curses which we have to lament. They are
the insidious Maralls who produce our defeats,
our failures, our impotent victories. By their
incompetency has the war been prolonged.
When our arms or our fleets accomplish great
thing, it is not because of their endeavors, but
in spite of them. From the infection Of a fur.
ther lease Of the existence of his Cabinet, we
pray Father Abraham henceforth to deliver us.
In the face OF all the great blessings we are
profoundly thankful for, we think Father Abra-
ham, in consideration Of the unftness of his
Cabinet advisers, should at this time have issued
approximation for day Of fasting humiliation
and prayer, so that the people might humble
themselves, and in sackcloth and ashes pray
that there may be no more snch cabinets in
our land. Let Father Abraham adopt our
suggestion, and that is to dismiss his Cabinet,
and then, upon the heels Of so wise and bene-
fetal movement issue proclamation for
day Of real thanksgiving and praise. The
sounds of joy will then be heard all over the
land, and loud halleujahs will be sung in praise
of the wisdom and the goodness of Father
Abraham, who presides in Washington.
SCHOOL OrFrCERs.-In no other department OF
our local government is there as much necessity
for the vigilance of the voters in this city as
that of the school officers. One-half of the
Board of Education, two Trustees and one
School Inspector in each ward are to be
chosen on Tuesday next. These men, in con-
nection with those whose term Of Office does
not expire this year, will have the manage
ment OF the educational portion Of our city