The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-11-25

must not ~ pu based at a sacrifice of
the princi lts sllhumanity and free
dom. Harmony, however sweet it
may be, must not be secured by yield
ing up those rights for which our fore
fathessPsffl edtheirlives and shed their
bloodu1cwe have no reason to presume
those Ill. sings will be restored or con
tinlisd unless prayer be offered inces-
sanity 30 Almighty God for contin-
Ilaahce Of such blessings MS he vouch-
safes u u
Such, in brief, are some of the rec
Iommendntions to which our attention
has been invited by the President
There are other thoughts which will
| naturally suggest themselves, as we
Sntcf upon the consideration of mat
lscfrss for which our gratitude is due to
| he Great Disposer of events.
| Our thanks are due as q nation for
lthe abundance Of blessings vouchsafed
Flo lis lin the day of our independ-
leucc- because plenty always crowns
the labor II the husbondman, and our
land IS 'free BON the terrible ravages
of pestilencee and famine; because this
countryis an asylum for the down.trod-
den and oppressed of all countries and
languages2 because in the variety Of
toll and abundance of land, every man
can, with reasonable diligence, in time
own the land On which he labors be
cause the time ihassit almost arrived when
all men, however situated, can realize
that they are free and equal because
as a result Of the recent national yer
dict, there is hope that the desolations
of war will shortly be exchanged fol
the blessings of peace, inasmuch as tn,
moral momentum conveyed by sucl
verdict, will hurry on the armies o
the Republic to quick and decisive &C
ton against its enemies.
Thanksgiving and Prayer will occu
Ply the attention of the inhabitants o
this Republic on the oath Of Novem
Der. From Maine to Texas and from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, let in The
language of Gov. Andrew of Massa
chusetts, "be thankful to he giver o
every good and perfect gift"
For innumerable mercies of divin,
forbearance and love; for the tende
sympathies and associations of HON,
and household for the ties and affec
tons of friendship; for the examples
and testimonies of the good, the nobl,
and the brave who have instructed ant
encouraged our hearts, who have hvet
with us on earth, and who, oiferin,
their lives in devoted sacrifice to man
kind, have passed beyond mortality
but who though dead yet speak to us
for the fruits and the feast of nature
for the gifts and faculties of mind ant
hand, and of every art which help
our mastery over poverty and want
over disease and accident, over ignoi
ance and wrong; for all our capacitie
: of enjoyment and happiness; for a
G our opportunities of activity and use
9 fitness; for all the sunshine and til
rain; for the strength vouchsafed to u
in the experience of affection not les
than in the delights of our happies
q days; for the revelation of duty; fo
t the bliss of being and for the hope {
3 immortality; let us unite in heart an
\ voice in prayer and songs of gratefr
and adoring praise.
g Let us learn to feel it sweet an
/ honorable to encounter all peril, toll c
n difficulty in her behalf, whether i
4 bearing forward the ensign of her pow
. er a. ainst her enemies or in harmon
y izing the policy of her rulers and til
II sentiments of her people with the ver
IS cradle traditions and the immort;
1, principles of Justice, humanity, fire,
IS dom and sacred right, by the father
: of the republic, indicated by gener'
" tons of heroes, sealed by the blood {
d martyrs, preached by every branch
10 the church in all ages wherever the p,
h rity of religion has triumphed over Il
J. devices Of men.