Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-11-26


OF the REPUBLICAN office chance 4
enjoy Thanksgiving, no paper will b
issued from this Office tomorrow.
IN anksS iyins.
Tomorrow will be Than ksRi wing. th,
day appointed by the President of III,
UAited States and by the Governor O
che State of Delaware, upon which tn.
people are called upon to give thank,
10 the Alnighty Ruler OF the universe
for the many blessings with which we
~ nation, and we as individual,
have been blessed. There are many
who, no doubt, will be ready TO an,
they have nothing to be thankful for. A.
owing TO the stsgnation in business
the! have heen thrown out Of employ.
.nent, and are hard pressed to make the
little ends Of life meet, and there may
be many others " no have been 10 un.
fortunate IN their business underta-
kings, as to be in little spirit of return.
sng thanks for Disfortunss. While
sach persons are entitled to the sincere
syinpathies OF those who Rave had
better success, after all they might be
= little inclined to look too much
upon the dark side of objects, without
noticing the bright spot in the appar-
emily dark cloud Of depression Of b1si-
ness and labor that hangs over :he
country. There never was misfortune
OF a calamity that might not have been
much worse. The darkes. cloud is of.
ten followed by the brighegt rainbow,
and the greatest Gains generally follow
she most violent storms. In national
point of view, there Ia great cause fer
Thanksgiving. AS general thing.
the country has been blessed with rood
crops The garDers of tue husband.
man are full, and no matter from what
over other cause the people may suffer.
there cannot possibly be- famine for a
year or more to come on account of "A
scarcity of food. Though the past has
been a year that has Witnessed the
grea'es political excitement ever
known on account of The National
Presidential election, it also witnesses a
speedy, quiet aud peaceable acauies-
osnce OF The people III the first change
OF administration that has occurred in
twenty-iour years Of our national his.
tory. Had such a closely contested
election been held in any other country
but the United S'aIes, riots and bloody
revolutionary measures would have
been the almost inevitable result. The
government OF SO, 0C0, 600 people hinged
Gu the turning point of / 100 votes in a
great State of the Union that cast over
q million OF votes. During all the time
that strict scrutiny was ascertaining
which way the balance would prepon- !
<itrate the millions of our population
pursued their usual avocations in ia.
tull belief and consciousness that Jus.
tice would be done in the count of a |
lew hundred votes, the same as If the
result hinged on the counting of a ma
jority of 10000 OF 10000. For
This the people as a nation have great
cause to give thanks, though the
change in the administrator Ia no,
such as majority OF hem desired.
As a nation We have great cause to
give thanks that We arr AT peace with
All the other nations OF tue earth, and
that the United STATES form couserya-
tive and well governed bation upon
winch other nations look with aamira
a,on and respect As State and tn.
next TO the smallest III tue Union, tn.
people OF Delaware have an additional
cause tor ankfulness. Whatever OF
prosperity has blessed the nation, Della
ware has had her full share. In pro-
portion 10 her size and population.
there are probably fewer persons
out of employment than in any other
State in the Union. Not only have oui
4ArmaTa he.an Id ~
fAnt crops, but no other State in
ihe Union, area aud population taker
ihIo consideration, excels il or is even
sts peer iii raising of fruis which has
proved profitable source of industr,
10 our people.
As citizens of Wilmington the peopl.
Az hot without causes for thanksgiviu
ibr peace Is preserved and outbreaking
III crime meets with reasonably sever,
pun shment. The public heal IL
so'd and generally exalted tone OF
morals predominant and check til,
VICIOUS and bad side Of social lite. Ii
business point of view Wilmington
has comparatively escaped the business
re1 ulsiOus that have shook other cities
iroi.A centre to circumference. Times
'nnld he much better but they could be
much worse. Fretfulness and repining
over things that cannot be helped will
hot mend matters Then Let all the
people give thanks tomorrow in re-
spouse to their President and their Gov.
rrnor, but more than all, and above all,
'fom conscious sense of a dependence
npon a Divine Being and the gratitude
that is his due.