Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-11-25
THANKSGIVING DAY.

Bv virtue of an honored custom, and
the proclamation of President Cleve-
land, to-day ought to be kept as a holI'
day, places of business should be closed,
the workman ought to cease from toll,
and our people generally ought to rest
and be thankful. They should indulge
in eating, drinking and in making merry.
1t is a festival, and not a fast day; I'M
less. indeed, the fasting be compulsory
from the lack of the wherewith to feast.
Happily, it is hardly credible that there
Is within our town a man, woman or
child so situated, and perhaps that fact
is the one more specially to be thankful
for. Our people are all well housed, fed
and clothed, and although many may not
have just as much money in their purses
as would make them feel happy; yet, as
they have all the substantial necessaries
of life, there will not to-day, at least, be
heard any unreasonable complainings.
Holidays cheerfully observed are a
blessing to the whole people; to the BUSH
ness man as we'll as to the laborer, to the
wife as well as to the children. 1t is a
sorry heart that never rejoices. "All
work and no play makes Jack a dull
boy" To-day toll ceases, and Joy and
gladness fill the land. And we'll they
may. In all Gods fair universe there is
not another land so highly favored as is
ours. A free people under a free Govern
ment. There is room enough and work
enough for all, and every man has an OPP
~portunity to make himself just what ne
p~leases. The pursuit of happiness is not
only an inalienable right, but the means
of procuring happiness are here excep-
tionally abundant. The land is the peo'
pies; with all that is on it and under it,
together with all that it is capable OF
producing. No memorable taskmaster
draws from them the fat of the land.
No grasping landlord levies tithes upon
all they possess. The mines and the
minerals, the soil and the corn it raises,
the grapes and the wine they produce,
and the fruits of the whole earth are
theirs to own aud enjoy as the reward OF
honest industry. No man in this land
exercises a proscriptive right over these
blessings Of a bountiful Providence.
They are the free and unincumbered
property of every man who is willing tc
work for them, and who, by thrift, is
honest enough to keep out of debt.
Verify, this is a glorious heritage.
Whilst to-day, being thankful that our
lives have fallen in such pleasant places,
it should be the highest aspiration Of
every man that he may be enabled tc
prove himself worthy of a country sc
singularly blessed. That the people own
the land, and are free to govern them
selves, are the paramount subjects fol
thankfulness. These being rightly en-
ployed, all else will follow. Their right
employment means a great deal. II
means that the land shall be made the
most of, and that the Government shall
yield the greatest good to the greatest
number. To make the most Of the land
means that its minerals shall be dill,
gently and intelligently sought for, in
order that the mining industry may -four
ish. 1t means that agriculture shall BIZ
pursued with all the effectiveness of ma
chinery and knowledge of husbandry
peculiar to the period. for farming now
adays is far from being the uDscientifC
thing it once was. The right use of the
land further means, the proper develop
ment of manufactures. The two should
go hand in hand together. The manu-
facturer wants the food and the raw
material grown from the soil, and the
farmer needs the implements of the
manufacturer and a home market-tht
best of oil markets-for his produce
These, and a thousand other suggestion
that crowd upon us, and which will
readily occur to the thoughtful reader
serve to outline how much is involved il
making the most of the land that is ours
1t is possible to turn a paradise into 4
barren waste, and to make a desert bios
som as the rose.
To make the Government yield the
greatest good 70 the greatest number, ID
a subject about which much might be
said, and about which a great deal more
ought to be known. Citizens of a Re.
public ought to be inspired with more
than ordinary patriotism. Every man
should have intelligent opinions, and
above all, should have the courage to ex-
press them. This is probably the great
est political want of the time. There is
o tendency to crook the Bonded hinges
OF the knee TO wealth, power and cor.
porate monopoly. The sturdy independ-