The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-11-18
SATURDAY, NOW Is, 1865 4
Let Us Give Thanks.

arc Is Let Us Give Thanks OFT
We publish To-day Gov. iiBradfordis Protla-
nation, calling upon the good people of the
State to observe the coming Tthl Of December in
accordance with the proclamation Of President
johnson. We hope the people ,eyerywhere,
throughout the length and breadth of the land,
will give earnest heed to these Destinations
Let the day be marked, not simply byoa eessa-i
ton from toll Let it not be given 10 hunting
conviviality or any other frivolous amusement.
But let all the people, as one man, assemble in,
their churches, and witt, one heart and voice,
send up to the Great Giyer Of all good, q srom7,
mon Anthem of devout, Thanksgiving and an
earnest suppllcation for His contnuedomefey f7oi
If ever there was Thanksgiving day in' the
history Of our country, calculated TO Stir the
deepest gratitude of the Nations heart that day
is now. Who that can look back upon the past,
four years of bloodshed and strife, of desolation
and woe, of anxious doubt and wayering hope; of
broken hearts, Of desolated homes, of rayaged'
fields and all the dark train that wait On war;.
but feels his heart swell within him at the,
thought that through the blessing of God, the
death struggle is over, The great object is accom-
plished, and that a. futuregofV peace, prosperity
and happiness is before us 10 hNHesba much
to be thankful for.a bfGsd aom7ss 10 bEsisa
Not only has it sspIeased Almighty God, slGo
ring the YEAR which is now coming to an end, to.
relieve our beloved fconntFy 9frOm ithe scodrge'
of civil war, and to permit us to secure the bessr
ings of peace unity and harmony, ewtho a great
enlargement of civil liberty ~ but opr, llcayenI,
ly Father has, also, during the, year, gracIously
averted from us the calamites of foreign war,
pestiIence and famine, while our granaries are
full of the fruits Of an abundant season. w.
And more than this. The nation has already
started on the backward TRACK Of redemption
and reconstruction Fields that were lately
turned by the rude plough-shane ofwar, ARE al
ready green with promising crops, and where
Death gathered the last harvest, the coming
summer will see the moving rndchiue and sickle,
Under the wise administration Of our rulers, the
public debt is being rapidly, reduced and the
currency necessitaied By, the war iszbeing gradu-
ally Withdrawn and converted into national
bonds. The people are paying their taxes with
readiness that indicates Their resolution as we'll
as their ability to bear the burdens Of the war
Predicted revulsions in business have not occur.
red. TradeIis active and. prosperous, and the
whole nation feels the vgor ofa new lltein everS.
vein of her organism.
The great armies which won for us this bless
ed Peace, have been qhiety absorbed into helm
dustrial operations of the country, The trans
formation has been marked by no rude excuses,
no perceptible jar in the social machinery. The
passions ofIwar have subsidized sHheibraYe men
who won such glorious victories from the can
mons mouth, have demonstrated their ability to
win a yet more glorious victory over their own
hearts. The hands that SWING the sabre and
aimed the rife with such profound success are
just as skillfulin the use of the pen5 the plough
and the hammer. % slie - ssa sa8 .bshh]
The suffering that usually C5llowsiaothe wake
of a great war has not been visited upon us. V
None, indeed, can measure the anguish Of hearts
whose treasure lies bleaching on the battlefield
or Wondering in the prison burying-ground ~
None can tell the WEAKNESS of those who are
waiting for footsteps whose echodshall be heard
no more. But the nation sknd tc her defend
ers. She gives her tenderest synpatlfes to the
bereaved, and her Iiberality has been manifested,
in every form to relieve the calamties of the dis
tressed. .d1iaeH 5uodB e3niU
Nor should the people of the South be unmind-
full of the coming Thanksgiving occasion To.
their share of the COMMON misfortnnes of nsar-
and God knows they have had "a heavy share
is given the additional lot Of defeat YET even
in that defeat there is cause for gratitude The
thralldom in which they have been held is,broken,
The leaders who used them for their own ambi-
tious ends are oYerthrowns Thei Declaration of
Independenceis to-day living reality, alike TO
them and to US. The rights of the common peo
pie are established Slavery, s"the Had Of all
our woes, the blight Of their section, the curse
of the entire land, is crushed under the heel Of
Democratic progress Deadly doctrines have
been purged away in blood. q RTheir industrial
pursuits are regenerated and placed on asure-ba-
sis. Class-interests have been broken down
While there is unavoidabfy some disturbance in
their social organization, owing to the great
changes Of the war, it is q cause for thankful
ness to know that order is being rapidly restored
The freedmen are finding their places and grad |
ually dropping into them. The good work Of
goes rapidly and successfully on
ward. Through the generous policy Of our
President the old feelings Of unity. and fellow
ship are coming back. Those who, but JESTER
day were ourlenemies are to-day the Objectsuo
our earnest sympathy and solicitude. Under all
the burrows of war, good seed was buried, and |
the harvest will come in due time 5''Do e1
Peace reigns throughout the, land: Not q
Peace that 'tpkles ont the shepherds bells' and
dies away with the pightfall but strong and
abiding conviction, deep down in the hearts of
the people, that we are to-day and must forever
be ONE GREAT HARMONIOUS NATION 19aoG baH Il
woaA NOMoRE SECESSION lfot ',a -
g 81 = NO MORE DTsUNtoN f4 o., ser. ~
NO MORE SLAVERY
For all these thingsletus give thanks thanks
that the flag of our Fathers isstiI our flag that
though it is Scared and .blackened with four
years Of tempest and war ats stars are still all
there. And as we unite onra Thanksgivings forsI
this inestinnable national blessing, let rs invoke
the Deity that it may so continue while His own
stars redeem the night from darkness and theel
sunlight beauties the coming day, zljj
TfTTs III VII I18T9 OH Tol ydisl
aig slaa9 A Correction. gond To- III
We have received A note from ga Passehget"
on board the Clipper Independent on her voy-
age up Salt River, . who complains, that We
didn' t tell the whole truth about the, devices on
the opposition Tickets voted at the last election.
ia Passenger also encIOses specimens of all
those Tickets, (there were sir different designs in
all, among which are two which we had not