The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-12-24

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We occasionally alIldeI 10 the Detroit
Free Prcss-the organ Of JeG Davis
in the State and orr opinion ofits
sentiments, its ehavsctev, its poli,ics
and lis managers is well known. But
We very rarely befonl our columns by
any -s1teHded- extracts from its dirty
editorials BY way,T however, of let
/. ing our readers see how traitorous,
how sacreligioas, how beastly and ma
Hgnant copperheadism can be, and how
little of a gentleman or man it's chief
fugler in this State is, we, copy, the
: Thanksgiving leader of the Free Press
entire. II is worthy a place along
with the infamous ''tire-in.the rear" arr
tiols Of the same paper whom the war
first broke out. ..,...,.fe..
Prom the Detroit Free Press. Nov. 2s. .ssonet
"yoR WHAT ARE We THASxFuLp
- The DEGREES Of Mr.. Lincoln, directed
to wh;te men and soldiers, to negroes,
n and to the God Of 6attles,n haco been
duly received. Not the leas, among
these political cnriosities We. place bis
Thanksgiving Proclamation. In 1t he
sets forth his REASONS why We should
this day be thankful. First, '''Ihe laws
''hsvs2 been respected and obsyed."
This, of course, means by7Democrats,
for he. bimself has been, obliged to seek
refuge in an indemnity act of Congress
bis own violations of the Constitution
end laws, and his satellites, and the dc
Tenders of bic faith, both .lNorth. and
South, hare announced as, therl faced
pelicy to Professionally violate. lao and
striUe TO eject a revolution Of organ
ixed society Second, "Orderl has been
msintaiued." aoThe- Republican draft
fraud riot in New York, the Missouri
harmony, in which men were hung who
declined to swear by, the Emapcipation
-Proelamation. the Killing of ,shite nae,,
i6y Negroes for their opinions, the
Western abolition ''red legsi' t,hnnting
Democrats as they 10 chickens the
suppression of newspapers, the Presi-
dent not daring to stir abroad without
q body gnard If armed men, and the
order (including Gen. ScbeEck's) by
which that part of The army represent
ing the Republican party was ordered
home 10 control the recent elections by
any means necessary, Are few illustra.
ltions how t-ordcr has been maintained"
Third, ''The country is reposing in aug
.mented- strength" The large deficits
IN our agriculture products, the destruc-
zion of our commerce, the bone and
sinew of the land taken from produce
tive industry turned into engines
eef destruetisn and consumption, the
hundreds of thousands of dead, the
widowed and orphaned living, tell US
who we "repose in augmented strength"
Fourth, "Harmony has prevailed every
where except in the theatre of military
conflict" This is confirmed by the
suspension of laws, by the blessings of
Provost Marshals and CONSUMPTION, by
the forcibe separation Of families, (prin-
icipaly the sswhiteb trashy by, bas,iles
for the imprisonment of citizens who
dared to differ in opinion with the Ad-
minisuation, or individual members
thereof, and by all the connections
and sufferings and horrors attendant
upon this war into which radical fac
tons have -precipitated us. Where
IS the prosperity for ,ohich the President
asks its to be Mank1ul? Is it that the
poor have grown poorer, and the rich
richer, and that all are compelled to
paytwice as much as formly for what
ahey buy :? Is it that thousands of our
sountrymen are perishing in military
prisons, and that we each day read OF
blood and wounds and desolation !? Is
IL that our commerce is destroyed, and
ths navigation of the Mississippi
closed ?-Is it that broken hearted
widows and orphans are everywhere in
our midst Should 1T cheer as to read
of the WAKE" ut Gettysburg and our
dead soldiers being removed by con-
tracty Shonld We be thankful Tor abo-
htIon speeches made over the graves of
brave men? Should we. be thankful
when our nations credit is solving it.
self into certain and fast coming ruin,
and for the "great blessing" of our ma
fional debt, aud for that prosperity
which inds-nota only the holders OF
currency, but the funded creditors also,
equally anxious and apprehensive ol
national bankruptcy Should we be
thankful at the prospect ofhaving those
~bo are dearest, and those presence
and protection make iife's happiness
torn from us 10 feed the nav of reIentl
less war? Ought zoe to be grateful
that the managers of our GoUernnaen,
continue to proloDg the strife they haze
brought upon as, to further their o,cn
partisan and purity ends, and dishones
sshenses for po,oer and aggrandize
nsent $50, -, ,e.....,re.,
Though Providence has seen fit e
inflict the visitation of abolition rule
upon our once happy land, let Us trust
that We are not entirely forsaken, and
that the scnrse will be removed. Let
rs be thankful tor the blessings of lite,
and that each day brings as oae day
nearer TO the close of Llncolu's admin
istration. e are thankful at the bros
pect of this crowning and comprehen.
sive mercy. .tsh se.,T 3.