The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-11-30
THANKSGIyING!

To-day the president of the United
States has set aside, in accordance with the
old old custom, as a season Of thanksgiv-
ing. In other words, we must pause for a
moment and return to the Great Giver OF
all good our sincere thanks that the year
lSS2 has poured into our laps such magnili-
cent blessings. The United States are pc
cularly blessed, and the season is most
emphatically one for rejoicing in this part
of the world. While in other portions
of the civilized world war and
pestilence have been plying their fearful
work, in America all has been serenity and
prosperity. Nihilism has been threatening
Russia, Socialism aeitating Germany, Com
munism France, and the Irish troubles
shaking Great Britain, but in The Great
Republic nothing has been known but
peace, quietness and universal prosperity.
| Ii is from this circumstance that we can
to-day, from Maine to California, from the
lakes to the gulf, indulge in
national congratulations and return,
as never before, thanks to the
bountiiul gver for an uninterrupted series
of prosperous events. Whatever free
| thinkers and inlidels may say we cannot
deny the fact that over and above all hui
man events is grand, first cause, an intel
lgence that shapes our destiny whatever
our own wishes and determinations may
be. AS consequence we find ourselves on
this thanksgiving morning as we are, and
to nobody is the glory due but TO Him who
holds the nations in His fist. 1t is doubt
full if in the whole history of the past
such an suspicious day dawned
upon any people AS we are pei
mi,ted to see this morning. From every
section of the country is the report of
great crors, magnificent harvests, and so
far as industrial or material prosperity is
concerned, the like has hardly been
equalled heretofore. In other lands fam
inc may walk abroad. War md rumors of
war may agitate the masses, but with us
there is nothing but u continuing pres
perity. AS we look around us and take
even cursory glance at the other civilized
nations of the globe, We cannot but be
impressed with the want of unanim-
ity therein, the suffering and contention
everywhere SO prevalent, and the marked
progress and fraternal feeling seen here in
every quarter. The United States in this
year OF 1882 presents happiness and pros
perity never seen before, a degree of civili-
cation, good government and promise that
heretofore the nations OF the world have
never presented, and it is but meet that we
should, under such circumstances, give
thanks to the Author Of our success for
such nestimable blessings. Last year the
country had to mourn at this time the
death of newly clectcFbu great ruler,
but everything is now changed. From
Europe, Asia, Africa and South America
a steady stream of immigration is setting
in. The harvests have been most plenteous.
There has been no serious inter.
ruption in governmental circles ana
we can see or think of. nothing
Dul u COUSluui INV VI sutCtNS. nc tDuIl-
try has just recently turned itself over to Il
new party, the democracy, and it is to be
hoped that. the prosperity and success
which have heretofore been ours will not
only suffer no abatement under the new ar
rangcment but will continue with uninter.
rupted force. The probabilities all point to
the fact that such will be the case and with
grandcrops andan exceedingly easy money
market, n new deal in the administration of
affairs and generally new infusion of Iurc
and active blood into administration chan
nels, 1t cannot but be eXpc2tci that the
glorious success which has characterized
our past will he witnessed in the future.
All happiness and success is therefore
wished by the lleRup in the celebration
of this unusually propitious thanksgiving
OF 1859.