The Portland daily press., 1863-12-03
COMMUNICATIONS.
Interesting Letter, and Contribution TO the
Sanitary Commission.
PoRTLAND, Nov. 26th, 1865.

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This Is tne day SET apart by tue PRESIDENT
for puDlic thanksgiving 10 God. Hereafter
yearly National thanksgiving Is to be an
institution 10 our country. Among the causes
Tor thanksgiving, Is the success OF our govern
ment an putting down the great Rebellion oi
the shareholders. when we render thanks TO
Go1, let US remember 10 work ourselves. God
Always works through instfunentalltes. ne
helps those who help themselves. II we de-
sire God 10 accomplish any great work ~ the
moral woriu, VIC must take hota OF nWisi all
our might.
When this rebellion broke out IN Dec 1860,
saw that the result must mainly depend up
on financial skill and the supply OF means.
The men who raise the bread, produce the
beei, and lend their money to the government
IN this crisis, are lust rs necessary TO yindi-
cate the Constitution and maintain the Union,
as those who go forth with the sword and the
gun.
saw II long before FOR prominent slave,
holding politicians nave been III the habit OF
threatening dissolution OF the Union ever
since L can remember. lhc subject has been
constantly before my mind for nearly thirty
years. Their object was to spread and per
petuate slavery. In order 10 do this, they
must have tho entire control OF the govern
ment. This control they always maintained
complete until Stephen A. Douglas and q few
OF his friends unted with the Republicans, TO
defeat the fraudulent Lecompton Constitution,
and relieve the people oil Kansas from the
curse.
The claim OF the slayoholders TO maintain
entire control OF the government, was extra
ordinary indeed, when we consider their small
number and the character of slavery Itself.
Slavery denies to slaves the sacred contract
of marriage, facilitates co1cubinage and en-
courages wholesale licentiousness. II denies
parentagc; that is, il denies to parents the
legitimacy, custody and control OF their own
children. II denies education: that is IL pro-
hibits the instruction of black and colored
persons under penalties of fine aud imprison-
inent. 1t denies the right OF conscience; that
is, 1t prohibits the assembling together of
black and colored persons for religious wor-
ship, at such times as they select. IL robs
the poor and compels man to labor for others
without wages and without hope. 1t degrades
woman and compcls her to perform unsuitable
labor without pay and without protecting her
chastity 1t reduces mon, women aud children
TO the condition OF property or things, and
sells them in the market like cattle. Practi-
cally il prohibits free speech, free press
free pulpit, and free schools. All this it en-
forces by the whip, by the branding iron by
various instruments OF torture, by shooting.
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claimed the entire control of the government,
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na,t of ,e frec ,,cr-nns !, ,hc IN Ia,,a 11; VI
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s"as ,,o rara af.i'sh , ,,,;r ,,soi " per
sons VINO nave ciaiucu Tue entire conifoi OF
oil asogress ard snraaa;pg .nd
az s,s, ~ aha 1'a,i,pr;s,, "na pa,p.'eatllss
"a 90 ,ha i'm ,.ond nona ~, ~, ~ ".
Give nm tho rans o Of Mower '' ""s" '"e' ''us'
For mora than ,bir,r roars r,a,o os,.
aoubtad that tho slarcbolla,s n'a. na'I NJ ,,
con,roI Of the ~oya,nu.e,,a onan mus iose l,lc
and tDa, sI,rorv @ NJ, nnnaa - oon,s 9' la.ei
land With me- 10 doubt This was M ain s1be,sm .n '''''
IF slavery Was 70 com. 'I ,o an ond "e !, ~.