Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-11-23
THE NATIONAL THANKSGIVING.


The honored Chief Magistrate of the nation
has Get apart tomorrow, Thursday, November
oath, as day of general thanksgiving, prayer,
and praise. And never since the Pilgrim
Fathers first established their pleasant thanks.
giving festival have we, as people, had such
abundant cause for gratitude to God as now.
To those who have no sympathy with the cause
OF the Union, the cause of human liberty. the
cause Of political justice TOR all men born under
our flag or who voluntarily place themselves
under Its protection, this may seem on e1trava.
giant statement They will point TO the blood
that las been shed, to the property that has
been sscrihced, TO the public debt we have in.
Cured, and cry ont that sackcloth and a.hes
would be more BETTING our condition than
Thanksgiving In our temples and feastlng in
our dwellings.
But the loyal will truly regard this as
season for profound gratitude and heartfelt,
Joy. AL the mlsts that clouded our prospects
few months ago seem to have cleared awav
All the doubts that filled the minds of the ma.
tions who are spectators of our struggle, re-
spscting the final result, have been banlshed.
BY the help OF God we have solved the grand
problem, we have passed safely through the
supreme trial. The despots and aris,ocrats Of
the Old World, whilo watching the fight We
have been obliged TO maintain against a wicked
rebellion. said TO each other, from time tn
tims' Although they may fight well for
season, their men will by.snd.by grow weary,
and when the quadrennIal election occurs
their grand element OF weaknes-the popular
ranchise-wlll develope itself, party spirit will
paralyte the Government, and their national
fabric will bs tumblsd Into the vortex OF this
civil war"
But while they looked to see u. fall we
passed straight onward, with unfalterlng step,
and the crsis that was to have marked our
ruin only demonstrated to the satisfaction of
oil doubters that the American people can gov.
ern themselves In the manner they have pre-.
'cribed for themselves, even while engaged in
gigantic struggle against rebellion. This was
The only test required TO prove our fern of gov |
ernmen' as stable as 1t Is free and benedcent.
We have poured out much treasure, but 1t
has been we'll spent, to maintain such a Gov
eminent as this. We have lost many of our
gallant brothers and sons, but they have died
well, dying In sHch a cause. He that ia lost In
lighting for such a Government Ia well lost. or,
rather, 10 not lost at all. Every soul that has
nosted forth on the crimson tide Of battle. To
save our country, has gone justified to the Mercy
Beat, and no whittier rslment ls worn in Heaven
to-day than that OF our departed heroes. They
are looking down upon US with JOY, and their
thankSgivings will rise around the Throne to-
morrow for the success that Is crowning the
righteous cause In which they died.
1t would be an easy task to rehearse long
Inventory OF mere worldly and material bless
ings that have been youchsafed to us during
the year lost passed, and for which we ought
to be duly grateful, but that which claims our
especial gratitude to the God OF nations is that
paramount blessing, trsnscendlng all others,
OF oUR CSIoN susTAINBD AND rREsHRvRD
against the shock Of revolution, against the
onspiracieS and violence Of It's enemies and
errors and shortcomngs Of It's friends.
all and over all the cause OF the
triumphant, thanks he to God;
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