Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-12-08
Thank giving.

.nUrS iaS.thlS week, Is inc ui. apPoliteo
both by the National aud the State au.
thorities as IA day of Thanksgiving aud
Praise. Both the President and the Gov.
crnor of the State. cnumcrate reasons for
thankfulness and praise but every con
s,,lcra.e person can sum up larger list OF
blessings. both public and personal than
ii was possible to compress in state pa
per. Give thanks unto the Lord, for His
mercy cnlnrcth forever" saith the Psalm
list. Give thanks unto God" saith the
Chief Magistrate of the State, "for the
clarion OF war no longer summons cur
country to arms no more does anxious
fear cause the mothers heart to beat
thickly Us she thinks and rrays for the
child of her love, exposed to the periis oil
hattie; 10 longer do the sons of our peo-
pie watt in dread expectancy, the cell
which HAY snatch them forever from the
names and firrs;les around which their al
frut;oaS cluster, to join the nations cnlont-
tea N'StS. lit toHitiNt !" "'i"'' ''
loved country has been engaged III the
drcary years that are gone is ended anu
Heaven born peace again smiles upon us =
1t will be well, that we may fally est
mate the causes we have for Thanksgt
and Praise. TO take brief retrospect OF
the past. One year ago, General Sher-
man was approaching the city of savan-
nah. The a2d he photographed the Presi-
dent as follows:
IL big to present you, az Christmas
gift, the city OF Savannah with one hum
dred aud fifty heavy guns and plenty of
ammunition, and also about twenty five
thousand bales of cotton This gallant
and active General had marched from At
lanta to the sea in five weeks and captured
savannah. trayersine tract of land three
hundred miles in length. 1t was then and
there that the great rebellion began to
yjsiblv collapse. General Grant was then
holding General Lee at Petersburg. No
great disaster hcfcl the Union army from
thcncefoyward. The attempt on VII
minrton by General Batter and Commo
dare Porter. in December one year age,
was failure. It's true but soon after General
Terry succeeded, in conjunction with Adj
misal Porter, in capturing the city. After
this our arms we're successful at all points.
The conte deracy was proved to be she'll
and the perscvesing General Grant with
lis brave AMI energetic General officers
we're diligently at work cutting the hoops
aal preparing it for the final collapse,
which took place in April.
During the past four or FIVE years What
has this na;ien no, passed through What
of trial was there that WAS not presented It
rs. We had financial difficulties and po'
litical troubles enough to discourage an.
people. Our trials we're not altogether
from within either. The sympathy eX,
tended to those of onr blood who had gone
cat from Us b. tie Governments OF the
Old World, exasperated oar people, an'
complicated our troubles. But Peace has
again smiled on It's. The flag float
again ali over the land. We are not d
vidcd people; Our nation IS not rent asun
der; We have not two governments whcr
there was, and should he but one; on
people are not called upon as they wer
through the dark days Of 'Gl-2--3 and
TO send their loved ones to the battlefield
The Christening hand Of God has heel
upon us. but it has been withdrawn, an,
we are now asked by our rulers to pou
forth the thanks of grateful hearts for no
only the Peace that is smiling over til
land but for the noble manhood, the self
sacrificing spirit, the disintercs;cd patriot
ism which enabled us to triumph OYER Al
oar difficulties.