The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-11-24
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The President Of the United States
and the Governor Of the State Of Ohio,
having, In conformity with most proper
and time honored practice, appointed
the fourth Thursday of November IS = dag
OF iievout Thanksgiving to the Almighty
Col for his mercies: Eof humi.i stiou for
our sins; and Of supplication for peace;
We hereby ordain that the Catholic con.
gregations Of this diocese be earnestly ex-
hcrled by their pastors to meet in their
respective churches on !. the day above
specified, and assist in becoming senti.
! meuts of gratitude, penitence and prayer
at the great Eucharis,ic, explatory and
ampe:ratory Sacrifice of the New Law
We, Catholics. have largely shared in
the blessings of health, abundant harvesss
and exemption from the ravages of war,
which God has granted to the people of
the North. Our aims have as largely mer-
tied the chaslisement which has overta-
ken our erring brethren OF the South and
which has cost the life blood Of so man,
thousands of our own brave soldiers, who
left taeir pleasant homes TO check the ad.
vance of the foe and con6ne the deadly
strife 20 the battle fields on u hich it mad
y originated. Our hopes of future hap
piness on earth are vain If the peace, the
prosperity, the progress ia arts, sciences
and religion, which have distinguished
US among the nations Of the earth for
fourscore and eight years, aud which IN
der the divine blessing are mainly attribu
table to our Constitution and the Union,
be not continued by the maintenance OIL
that Union and the elimination of those
defects which Christian civilization and
our own experience have shown u the
Constitution contained. 1t therefore be
comes our solemn duty TO observe with lie
ordinary fervor, the National holiday
and as we cannot enjoy and should nol
desire, peace, happiness and independence
except in the society of our fellow eli
zens, we should pray for and promote, b,
every means in our po@er. their welfar,
as well as oar own. .ass
We confess ;hst il has ueady paines
Us TO hear that certain rash. irreyeren
and thongtiess men o! our communion
have denounced and cursed the Govern.
ment, the Administrator aad their abet.
tors. Now, God Commands us TO bless
and curse not. And when bad men cnrs
ed The supporters Of the Government did
they not reflect that they cursed the me.e
than hundreds Of thousands of Catholic
soldiers OF our army who defend The Gov
eminent in the field? Did they not re.
hect that its downfall would lie tailed
with exclamation By our hereditary on.
pressors across the OCEAN? Did thew no,
reflect that if political salvation is ever to
reach far distant aud beloved island i,
must come to il from these United States
which they would sever.
here is the justitying cause or reason
to curse the Government or the Admins.
tratiou They did not commence tbo
war. They could scscely bring them
selves TO believe tiiati had seriousls CON.
menced, even when forts had lsllep an,
the blood Of cur people was shed b. the
hands ct the Sou!h.~ Aud when force had
to be repealed b. force, when armies bal,
TO be raised and, therefore, troops drafted
to raise the blockade of our rivers and
STEM the tide d aggression, what more
aid cur Goyerament DO than was done in
the South 7 Where in The North was the
draft, The conseription enforced as ruth.
iess'y aud as IaGiserimiBately as in the
South
+" here was the citizens property con,
hsca'ed without compensation. for the AL
legged uses OF The Government as IN Was
in the South =? We have conyersed viii
lTlsh Catholic refugees from Georeis.
from ARKANSAS, from Ala bana aud other
o1nlhern States and we know how they
were stripped of their money add their
clothes, and cast into prison when tbav
refused to 20 into the ranks Of the Can.
iederate army. Many an Irish labofer
iofdus in The hospitals, here and else.
woeFe, that when the war broke out in
the South. and the public works were su,.
pended, they were ether violently CON.
tcrIpted, or had to enlist or starye.
We do cot adduce these facts to excite
unkind feelings against the South. hui I'd
put to shame the Journalists of the Nor.,,
especially the Freeman's Journal and Ma
tropoiitan Record of New York. who in.
'tigated our too con6diug people 20 evil
words and deeds, and the People then
selves who pstronized such journalists
nd were duped and deceived BY ,beir
1t is time, therefore, now that the elec
Ion is past, thstall should return to their
iober second thopght, and that We sbouls
ally round the constituted authorities
he ''powers" which the apostle commands
Is to obey. and thus presenting an uo.;s
Flded front to the enemy. re-egtsbIisb tho
mon. without which tlere can ba -
'anaeca' present OF prospective fer the ill., !
Inc south beholding Us thus Of IN.
nind will, we deroutly truss. b,ete, que :,
make peace, ard we on our side In
how them tina, we sre ready az, SIu '.;,, n'll
o make greater sacrifices for mace o I
'nion with them than everswe mad. ea1 .
var. ioI
The reverend clergy will please rao;,o
he Lltsny of the Saints, in union .;,h