The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-19
Why We
Give Thanks
wrLLIAn RossER coBBE
TTHE United States Of America il

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TaHE United States OF America i
the one and only civilized ma
IL, - Ioh upon earth which makel
no acknowledgment Of God in It's con
= sutltion or It's laws. French lnfdelity
brought to the struggling colonies b.
y the soldiers If Louis XVI. supple-
mehied with reading III Voltaire and
Rousseau, together with the powerful
influence VI Thomas Paine. who sub
a seqoenlly wrote his Age of Reason, 4"
. hah made ~shipwreCk OF the faith of
'he fathers Of the young republic.
"hde Washington and Hamilton,
although In no seIse religious. would
have assented readily to recognition
, III some wise 0f the Deity, Jefferson
ana other free thinkers opposed the
proposition vigorously. and it was
signalIy defeated.
Again and again in subsequent
years eHortS were made to set apart
q DAY by the nation for thanksgiving,
prayer and praise 10 God for His
dressings. No less than three presi-
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I,aE ','"7'1 'u''IEhl 70 recommend
- 1"'' u'l'a'lib mere vas no aa-
-. " ." '"' CONSTITUTION OF
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IL was not until the civil war, when
mere was weeping in every household
Tor the loved thar had been slain in
~n.. 90 ". "n,' '''e' Tue signal sue
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forit, -, ~ fa. " ''a'o'' a as
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THANKSGIVING d,y , Io.ol Ella ~
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,od -. '''|e v, '"e eohSutn- -.
liant '""o VI 'ls hatloh are u
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80 ~ Us peoPIo, the lhhabI-
-,on,i.n ~ arg "oo-3eF'lng and -,
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ons or sa ~. "o'oAl"'ooa- ~.
cler,,. 80 tN PI'''s.ohS LOT -
ation ~, , '""''h'S' NO oIher 10,
rmi,s W., W ~ man. ant gen.
., nc sonn w. so4'y t'''H ana prac"
". tho uiaa,' No'g''".' d" asyIums -,
INV thet ho,. 'S'" anu f,
her c,,ntrr 49, "'ep 'neln' no Inn
tho hirnoss lo"Dp"'e WIN 'hls !
for "a ~. i''"'lonS ny the 10
mt. va 'Ne poor 49,,
" poop'e whose COO Is the
'"9 president makes
'on' se''shs apart the last mr.
'1""y :" No'eilpeF as a day of
,'n"9sl''"s ne ,oeS 1t n the conf 49,
e ,N"' gil OF the people, without
. knows that all tho oran, ou1'''e H.
ctories will bn s,ora~a ""o''S u
eat Lammers ~ ,ho mat me
Iaii'"srS Oh the shops will be
'"'' INA the places OF business Will ,
N'oSeu' mat the will rest la
1' 'he'' to'l' ana that all the mines fSS
u t'"Se '"elr operations in obedi-
" MS request
Nleet' Fisht and proper Is 1t that this
lF't mould prevail in American
'aS'S' lor Tod has blessed this ma
II as no o'her nation of the earth
y oeeh blessed, It Is first in wealth e
'huiactNres' in mining. in farming
reads all other nations in forpipn
Al IN separated by Widn sao,
nj other great nations ,c A