Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-11-26
THANKSGIVING.

the nation by order of the President O
the United States, the edict reinforced il
nearly all the States by proclamations from
the Executives in harmony with the decree
of the President 1t is said that Govern OF
B. Crate Brown of Missouri has not
thought 1t worth while to follow the eX-
ample of the authorities of other States
and so his State is without the customary
call TO return thanks to Providence Tor
blessings received Can it be possible
that Mr. Brown sees no reason III the
abundant haryests of the year for thankful
ness? Has the result of the election, so
unfayorable to his political ambition.
closed heart and eyes TO the bountie9 OF
the season, spread with lavish hand
through all the land, So that he is unable
10 return thanks and take part in the ies-
tivities of the Thanksgiving season !?
Would it have made any difference in his
case had the people elected Greeley and
Brown instead of Grant aud Wilson
There will be a great many thousand peo-
pie in this country who will think that Mr.
Browns personal disappointment is the
canse of his failure to appoint Th9nksgir-
ing. They will also think that it IS not
very creditable TO him, TO permit his want
of success as candidate to lead him into
ingrati,ude to the kind Providence which
has filed the year with blessings. The
party that supported him will be mortified
with this weak and childish exhibition Of
himself A man who maniests pctulance
with Providence because the people would
not elect him Wee President is not made
of the stuff that even the minority can
respect. They would rather see him sub
nit gracefully, and resolve to pick his
flint and try again.
But however Mr.. Brown may feel about
The matter, our annual Thanksgiving will be
observed more widely and generally than
ever, next Thursday, by hearts glowing
with gratitude for the abundant haryests
which have crowned the year. filing the
storehouses of the husbandman to burst
ing and causing the land to smile with plen
ty. The products Of our fields and indus
tries were never so great rs this year. Our
granaries hold far more than the nation
can consume. We are supplying with lib
eral hand the deficiencies OF other nations
and thus enlarging our commerce and re-
wing the hopes and profits of those who
find employment on the ocean. All branch
es of business and all classes OF people feel
The benefit fthe large products OF the soil.
All are dependent upon the sun and rain
and the labor of the husbandman for that
which supports life. When the product is
great all share the blessing; when it is
small the whole country is pinched.
1t is subject for gratitude at this
Thanksgiving time that the Union Of States
is perfected - before the rebellion, tn,
Southern States now having their full rep
rcsentaton in Congress. As rule peace
reigns in the South There are disturb
ances of local character in Louisiana
and Alabama, but nothing serious, though
disgraceiul to those engaged in them. The
cotton crop is large, having outlived the
reports Of spectators and outgrown the
calculations and expectations Of fair ,judg-
es. Politics are in healthy condition if
we can take the election returns as author
ty, for when the South votes for Grant or
Greeley its political regeneration must be
pretty well accomplished. The Grant
men can of course partake of turkey on
Thursday in accordance with the traditions
of New England, and the Greeley men
ought not to be reluctant 10 adopt the
practice endorsed by their candidate,
though Gratz Brown may sulk and refuse.
At peace with all the world, and with
every sail OF the good Ship OF State filled
with the gales of prosperity, LET us rejoice
and be thankful. One great calamity, the
fire in Boston, darkens the bright page OF
the year, but this has caused no human
suffering which will in any degree COM
pare with the loss OF property and the de-
rangement Of business. We have not
usually taken the horses into account in
looking over our affairs ut Thanksgiving
time, but we should be neglected. of the
importance of these animals TO mankind
did we fail to notice the widespread dis
ease which has affected them, so much to
the Inconvenience and loss of their own
ers and the public. The epizooty is ca
lamity which we should rather not eXpe-
rience again. Possibly it will prevent
many family reunions at the table Of the
.'old folks at home" Certainly it has
taught US more than we knew of our de-
pendence upon the horse. May it lead to
kinder treatment OF Them as well a~ 1
better appreciation Of their value.
With all the blessings OF the year in re-
membrance, with the loaded tables before
rs, and the faces OF dear absent ones re-
turned to the family circle, let Il; not for
get the poor, whom we always have with
MS, and who will need to be provided for