Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-12-07
THOUGHTS FOR THANKSGIVING DAY.

THOUGHTS FOR THANKSGIVING DAY.
The Day of Thanksgivng-State and Ma
tomato which the people OF this land have
been commended by those in authority, should
be no mere form for if ever any people had
infinite raasons for gratitude, because of being
sayod from, the most terrible evils to which
nationalities are sometimes subjected, it is our
own. blessed above all others on earth since
tho foundation of the Government, as objects
of peculiar favor with Heaven, And if we
have been scourged Of late by war, that
mvsterious visitation which ever since the be-
ginning of time has been an infiction on man.
lind. we may even trace that to our own short.
cominrs, TO want Of resolution and care in
dealing with an evil which, of small proper.
tons in the outset, became by liberation, and
more, by favor, an element to foster divisions,
and finally to precipitate strife and bloodshed.
Become of gigantic dimensions at last, only
war, we now see, could serve to rend it from
the body polite to the endangering of our
very national life, and now, to-day, having
survived the fearful operation with whatever
loss of blood and agony of suffering has en-
sued, we may we'll be thankful that we have
been saved, and that with promise of health
and strength for the future, the course of the
nationality will be right onward.
And however we may have failed in the past
wears of the Republic to appreciate the bless
ings which under Providence it conferred, the
lessons we have received, the costly sacrifices
we have been compelled to make for its pre-
seryation, will cause us to know its value in
the years to come. Fortunate beyond all other
nations in government which scattered
benefits prodigally around expressing none;
so devoid of anything like heavy burdens in
the past, that we hardly knew there was
government at all. if we have at last been COM
mended to self denial, to economy, and vig-
lance, and even to hard fighting to maintain
it, the promise is all the better for the great
world of humanity which watches our pro-
gress, and as an exemplar Of the ability of
man to control his own destinies and of the
value of popular government, the lesson will
be worth even its immense cost.
And what a glorious consciousness is that
which to-day gives us assurance that we have
a whole continent dedicated thencefOrth to
liberty; to progress; to that benefcent career
which, unshackled by the iron forms and eflete
traditions of the old world, gives to art, and
science, and religion, that expansion of which
the human mind in dealing with these is cap
able. Free to strike out in any and all direc
tiOns, and taking the measure OF the past cen
fury for what thought and action untramelled
may accomplish in the centuries 10 come,
commended to a new and comparatively
unoccupied world for room,-when we think
Of the boundless space and wealth yet in
reserve for us. who, even in Imagination.
shall presume to measure, much more to
control our destiny? and how cheering is
the thought-that instead of being divided
into dozens of petty governments, wasting our
energies in watching and battling with each
other, we may now go forward in one gigantic
paanx to conquer nature itself. And when
we think of the myriad material advantages
within reach of people like this, of the vast
storehouse of mineral and vegetable wealth
awaiting merely the hand of industry to de.
velop it, who can even conjecture its power to
revolutionze the whole earth; how must it
feed all lands, carry blessings everywhere aud
make the waste places Of the earth to "bud
and blossom as the rose
And last of all in setting forth those reasons
which should make lis bow before the Giver Of
all Good in thankfulness to-day, let all reflect
on that Astounding benehcence which has made
this land peculiarly the land of plenty; which
III all times past has saved us from that fearful
visitation upon the human race-elsewhere-
famine Only BY soiourn in the crowded
cities and towns of the old world, only the
privilege of surveying the abiding want and
paupersm and misery which follows Europe
like spectre from year to year, from genera
ton TO generation, can any realize the bless
ings that are ours the abundance that in The
past has favored the people Of this land. We
have had in the past years ''panics, caused
by a defective financial system; we have had
distress" but as we have not unfrequently
had occasion to insist hitherto, il has been
distress in the pocket, not in the stomach; no
thousands have persisted from want, but, on
the contrary, it has been our distinguished
starving and oppressed of other nations. For
all this, we say, let us be thankful; recognizing
publicly, as nationality, the blessings that are
pre-eminently ours, and praising that Divine
Benefactor who, in the midst of visitatons
needful to admonish us of our duty, has not
forgotten to temper these with kindness and
mercy.
And whilst we do this, let us not forget
those who in an especial manner have vindi-
Gated the national integrity, and helped to in
sure its splendid promise for the future at such
fearful cost to themselves. The land abounds
with such; and if we wish to manifest our
gratitude and thankfulness indeed, let us come
TO the rescue Of those who aided to rescue us;
let it not be said, that in selfish exultaton at
our own escape, we forgot those who to the
end of their lives will have the strongest claims
upon the nations gratitude.
And finally, if we are indeed penetrated
with feelings of grateful remembrance for our
better fortune, let US not forget those who.
vlctinized by error, have paid so dearly for
their attempt to overthrow the Government.
Has not the time arrived when. on an occasion
like this, We can consent finally 10 bury ali
animosities, TO begin in earnest that fraterni-
zat1on which must at length obtain, if the |
nation Is ever to enjoy its old unity, its ancient
prosperity and happiness? Cultivating the |
virtues of charity, of forgiveness of generosity
to the humbled and defeated, let to-day signal. |
lie a new era in the history of the nationality: |
let It's career onward he thenceforth checked |
by no misgivings, no hatreds, no lack of faith |
IN that brotherhood which should distinguish |
the citizens of government loved, honored, |
and valued by all.
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