The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-11-30
Its Observance in This City and
Throughout the Country.
Ceremonies at the Churches and Be-
nevolent Institutions.
Target Excursions, rantastical
Professions,
&o. &c. &c.


thrcpic and civic point Of view in very appropriate
The weather all that could be desired,
throughout the day IL alternated between 6rzzling
showers and clear sunshine that II considered
very unsettled, and the streets were rendered muddy
and sloppy. The festival originally established
almoe disinctvely OF religious character but this has
been changed Fun and fivolity divide the honors
with religion and philanthropy, and the event
70 celebrated according 70 the peculiar and vari.
and education Of the very mixed character
Of the populations Of the large cities or this country
remarkable feature the celebration Of the festival this
year is found in the fact that was celebrated re-
giously by Catholics Protestants and the ad.
herents Of Judaism. Nearly all the public
places Of worship were open, and the pastors
RECALLED their hearers with the ablest produce
lions Of their thought and study The theatres and
ether places Of public amusement opened which
their managers gave manAcs and evening performances
The sounds OF martial music heard the public
shoroughfares throughout the day, and everything
seemed TO pass or pleasantly. The custom Of National
Thanksgiving has become fully established and Il 10
hoped will be permitted 70 fall disuse but
continue henceforth distinctive American institution
Sermon on Reconstructisn, by Rev. Lyman
Abbott. nj the New England Church.
After the usual opening services tho preacher dscoursed
follows beginning with the text from jeremiah chap
Jerusalem, that they may be no more . reproach:"-
There a legend that the New Haven colosists when
shsy nrst assembled agreed by resolution adopt the
Laws Of God FOR their government until they could nd
time 10 form perfect system. For the truth OF
This legend In this form will not vouch yet certain Il
IS that they adopted the Scriptures their FIRST oonsttu
tion, and lived with no other political system than
that which the Bible afforded for over q year. In
this they displayed tho sagacty which their de-
scendants have inherited from them. Political con-
ssxuc.ion was rightly left in abeyarce until their
houses built their farms fenced their treaties
With the Indians made their churches organized in
construction precedss political construction, which and
sooesy which IL protects As tho interior Of the
determines is bark the brain determines the form Of
rHI CONDITION o I'M soGrasss STATES
= ns e y pm s from
systsm has % % lid nom. the foundations, i Is
r.: ;::;sS:s " ss:.s 8 g ss''iss y
organisations broken up, is few schoohcusss are il
ruins lie churches have ost their moral power through
abs false prophecies Of their preachers It's whole con-
bean destroyed the shock battle The whole South
- in chsos not only politically, but socially ndustrislly
eonssrucsion merely her political inatitu.
ssoas; 10 deeper and difncut OF solution. Those
The South need: not only feoonssrusS
bat regeneration she needs 70 be born again. She needs
not % much new systsms a. new ideas not much
ne - - " '''''' -''- :
WHAT "a oua pRosixYi
To govern tho SOUTH No. But 70 render her SELF
governing For what did We nghti To obtain dominion
over = subjueated pscpieY No. OF this we are con-
fought TO maintain the right Of self government We
cannot complete our work UNTIL in the South, commu.
With have been constructed; until Virginia. casting
away her cce aristocraoiss attres herself in the
6ouh Carolina coming ont Of the fstid atmosphere Of
che prison house Of her bondage breathes tho same
:su. sca g msss work any "" p.ops
more than . endow them WITH the privileges and pre-
iss institutions Il requires 70 develop within them the
inclination and tho capacity for sslfgovenment
Congress; but II desire render self governing
that must do BY processes brought TO bear upon the
I'm sLmrn WHICH PEOPLE srIrGovmNSo.
Consider, briefly, the elements out Of which self
ssissocsscy Who, conquered but not converted avow,
with frankness that 10 commendsoe their utter and
=: e 81 s d;s .sS ssS,
s:s::sa ss.n pss..nay n En-
sAs negro Il least to labor They form but poor
subjects for an Intelligent self governing republic.
dussrioas men. They loyal throughout tho war;
they now welcome cordially the change which revolu.
Do TOO weak n influence % s1srs any dirsc. power IN
souhern society they cannot even protect themselves
q snd % ys
Ices their eager aspirations AFTER education and true free
aon make them hopeful subjects and earnest advocates
a every reform. But the spirit OF slavery, not
yet wholly dead, denies them all voice in the
administration Of the government and the constitution
OF 10 Interior life Thus the that could help will
hinder the that wish help unable to do
90 Consider also the adverse circumstances against
which all cvilizing influences have TO contend BY slow
processes God educated men TO liberty New England
would not have been possible had not the civil wars In
and the Puritan manhood The republic Of the North
the npened fruit Of centuries Of schooling both this
continent and abroad the foreign which
ws annually welcome Is largely composed OF men who
gympethise with democratic institutions and come here
enjoy them The South on the contrary, was nrs settled
largely BY the aristocraic element Of England ana has
bsen schooled In slavery ever since A consequence
the South has none Of the Institutions Of genuine repub
In the hands Of few Our schools open their doors
every child 70 o. him for citizenship IN the r.pub
iina possessed common school system and that ia lie.
srcyed By war Our press and our public halls are and
have been, Free except where violence has over
flowed from slave States 10 gag them The South
has known free press free pulpit or free platform
Consider too, that whatever Of reform M,emp,
among this people We attempt In the face Of the
fr,snd the south nigh, welcome. but our
proner Of . new life comes from teacher whom the
horrors OF four added 10 haH century of
sectional trfe has taught them TO abhor ~ IN enemy
Our way their territory II clear our way TO Their
hearts and minds still barred Add 10 this that the
Chief Executive Of tho nation, born in the South, nour
ished In its doctrines, breaking from them upon
single subordinate issue,he right Of ssces:onprose'
himself 10 be utterly unable TO comprehend the North
conception OF civilization TO administer the gov
eminent in conformity to H. 30 that then the oppo.
son OF tho Southern srstocracy must be added 10 the
moral incubus Of antagonlstic national executive
such are the materials out Of which new republic
60 DO framed such the obstacles which impede the
WORK OF 1 formation None the less must the work be
some no framing Of external laws and policies ana inst
aeuons can solve the problem which 10 laid before
IBIS interior reconstruction this framing anew Of the
peoPe out o whom the laws and installations must be
ovctvsd, and by whom they must be administered h
esnuai 70 the peace Of the SOUTH 10 the psvmaneney
~ sepcbhc and TO the perpstuty Of the Union. II
neeeu 70 the peace Of the South long III feel
ing mrns mle latent Ore between North and South,