The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-11-10
LINCoLN,S ANNSGIrING DAT.


We observe that Lincoln. with commcnlabl
Thanksgiving among the universal Yankee nation
This Is annual custom Of tina, people heretofore
celebrated with devout ohlaitons 10 themselves 4"
pumpkin p'e aud roast turkey We have nothing ID
Say against the custom 1t i enc becoming e'''''
people and which even they have great reasons ''
observing. II any body the earth mas ''">o" -
h. thankful that The rain fails on the UNJUST as wei
the luSt, Il is the Yankee.
A. this time thcv have special grounds Ter thank
GYM. Tn, formula q the rhsr1Nte' always adapted
:, their = t;,a >,li-cs:cn, has been dcmon>tfat,9i
in thi.uar fssr fashion which must carry con'Ie-
Ton a. The most ,ncyrlulous It's formula more
,,,,- -. rt,h even those JOIN Who have not the
,,,.yi..-. ~ beng Yankees .! fhaak thee that
1a siat az other pca" The Yankee may say that
with = .raietl.l heart ana other men can never be
:Aanh.a. enough that literally true So let us
Ii" havc day Of Thanksgiving, and the national
AIS Il IkVe hostile and p5xic forunco Lr blended
IN honor Of the same delightful beatitu,ic
ihSt the inh'' Is nor rs Other men. he proved
+ i'N.n@ the Svonl upon. the old customers who's.
f"''' ~! made him rich, and labornc with all has
m2hi and mann l. cut rr,n the goose that laid him
'"r ,'Id'a sSr. Was; "othCr men" would have hat
Hj'a - ingenious an cxpoiient Scr improving thcr
condition: II 1862 their nation was free from debt
a"ntcrc~; upon their debt in lSi is over ciehv-on
ns4itons Il dollars, which Is about We millions more
IMAM the whoic revenue Of the United States the
Year before they went 10 var. By the lst of N:iy
next, Their national debt viii amount 10 s. 500 00o
otJ, ana AL Interest Of Sll3 0r0 900 This is some
thing TO b thankful for, if they mean to pay it
In l>S', million more of Yankees were alive
and fhtpES-ixr,
who viii L.: h. crowinp the tables nj the thanks,
giving Of l>6i. The Yankee who does not reio:cc
thai these fellows Of the way and that he is
e'as 'her share IS well A. his own, mus. be lost to
ali ih> finer feelings OF his race
1t - mach 70 lie thankful for tina. tb,,, b,., 90 s.,
tir>i'i;ae Ian-oln. whato;her me-: on the habi.a
b. globe would have chosen an ignorant, an,
is ?st;tocg,rfo- their Chief Magistrate: or
having incurred the loss of the richest f &
t"tIi''rN more than million o: men, and two bill
Ions O: money n peua.,y Of their folly. w,nllb,
"orS'' ~ hl> reelection with every energy of souI
ana boy, Whit other men would expect ,,,v,r,,,
Csc from another four years experiment hut :,
d,uH.e t:a"uu; II debt and dead m.r, WL,t,,,.sr
n'=H would r"i o-.i>o: f,r THANKSGIVING in 81
pas: ami =: future! Bat TIL Yankee knows
he i ao3U:- The money "a: tie Gorerrmen. COOS
80. ''''-- NttC Il Wei - eat, tne a. 1
' lie eaten $ IL sanls N hi, praises for Abraham
Ian sin n, dispenser o: tat c,utrtc,s and thinner
'4t e. crowded Populations.
WHIT ''"iler nen " would have carried On 4 |
71' II tn spirit ani manner IN which the pious
M exe,E1l! Sons Of the Pilgrims have conducted
ms contest Thousands Of dwelling burned
III their once happy ana unofeuding inmates |
urned out 70 face, bes. they may cold and stat
'1aon ten thousand barns and mills with all their
'n'2fts, given to the flames whole cities depopu-
ltedi other cities latde the target Of a storm of
'tno-ShelS, bursting amgng helpless, sh,iekins {
IomeU AM chi, irar vast and once lovely reg 51,s
/ country~ld Ill, AMI bare by the fiery bosom Of
r'}lrIon Surely n d" otncr men y bur Yankees !
'F! I2 citrate, IN the eyes Of the world deeds ike
2"Nc; AMI io Other mon, III any aga, would thtrl,
r. dJt # Christianity tor the achievements of de-
is Let - r.i'ice with the Yankee that he j. d
OF - "ths' men, Better to be the victim than |
Il" p'rrc;.a.2r Of crimes against God and Hu- f
lanitv.