Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-12-14

day from the cIrcums stance that it unites
the time -honored custom Of our fathers
with a special acknowledgement Of the
goodness of God to us in our arduous strug
gle for national institutions and political
existence
There are many things that crowd upon
us to stir our hearts with gratitude to God
our foreign relations and our homo affairs
our interests civil, political, financial and
military come up before Us to-day; and in
view of Gods goodness in each, we are
led to say Observation-Disclosures hath the
Lord helped us
We thank God to-day for His goodness
to us rs a state
During the year now closed we have
been permitted to pursue our varied ayo-
cations, unmolested by force, undeterrcd
by fear. The husbandman has sowed his
seed and gathered in his harvest. The
laborer has found an unprecedented de-
mand for his services and n remuneration
that with many so far overbalances the
enhanced cost Of their frugal living, that.
as 4 class, our laJoring men durin" this
year, have accumulated m ore wealth, than
during any other year Of our national his
tory. The products of the stare, though
in some departments not so great as in
other years, arc yet ample for all the wan Is
of our people, as our large exports in cer-
tain kinds will testify,-while the greatly
{ IN. In Of tb, 1F
farms and our dairies, our focks and our
herds, our forests and our mines, largely
compensates for the diminished amount OF
| those products in some kinds Those Of
our people not in the public service, have
been permitted to remain in their homes
aud gather in harvests in peace The
incendiarvs torch has not lighted our
homcs-the traitor sword has not CLEAN
rem in some Of the other states While
we have been safe at home thousands OF
our fellow citizens nearer to the theatre Of
war, have been driven from their homes
their houses plundered and burned and
they turned out naked and hungry and
/ sick, to wander penniess, homeless, almost
/ friendless, to suffer, and in many cases to
! die for their devotion to our country
While we have dwelt securely, the ennis
saries of treason have laid their plots and
/ taken dark counsel together for bringing
upon these states cf the north west al the
untold horrors and barbarities OF civil
! war
cur citizen soldiery too have nobly raj.
lied in our country defence and by their
brave, heroic deeds on many a well-fought
battle field vindicated the horror and Icy
atty Of our state, and crowned the name
of Wisconsin with a diadem of glocy that
time shall never dim.
But our work to-day is more especially
to remember and recount Gods dealings
with us as q nation
This brings us to the realities Of war
1t is now four years since the standard o
revolution was raised by a disappointed
defeated faction Of the people of these
United States For these four years ha:
n fierce and cruel war ragged in our land
such as no other nation of the earth ever
saw Brother has stood up in arms agains
brother and mans foes have literally
been Of his own household.
We are not a warlike people. The pres
cnt generation was born and reared amit
the arts Of peace This war came upor
us suddenly-it found us unprepared |
called our people from their farms, thei
shops and their stores, to put on the gar
menis and bear the instruments of war =
At the first summons they sprang to arms
Thousands upon thousands they respond
cd to the call Of our great chief Durin
the early part of the war men enlisted
gladly, but when the promised end cam,
not, it was but natural that some shoul
begin to grow weary, and that other mean
should be found necessary for the film
up of our depleted ranks These meas
> ures toe hav, been promptly enforced an
? readily compiled with by our people; an
eager men are now by thousands hurryin
to the front
HIS WI NA NV Wv u !fo4i 1aiC 'OSN'iii'AL
resources Of the people. We are take
in the advance Of prices by reason Of GOV
, ernment revenues, as we'll as from tn
scarcity Of producing labor We also ia
ourselves to send volunteers into the al
my and yet cheelJ'slH. bou,tifHlIy is on
government supplied both with men an
monev-the muscles and the sinews {
war Our President issues call for II,
hundred thousand more r and speedil
the heavy tramp of our citizen soldier
declares the loya ty of the people
: Look at it from whatever point Of oh
: servation We may, we can but see tn
/ hand of an overruling God in thus di
7 posing The hearts of the people to sustai
Y the authority and vindieate the honor
our government For this We to~day re
= turn thanks, for in this also hath the Lor
4 helped Us,
4 The Lord has graciously restrained OF
er nations from taking sides openly gain
: US in this struggle While we have n