The New York Herald Newspaper, November 28, 1873, Page 6

6 THE NATION THANKS, A Great Day of Festival and g Among High and ;w and Rich and Poor, Cobblers and Their Consorts Gobbled Up. ‘ “‘Hard Times Come Again No More.” “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow.” No amount of Wall street convulsions, though @ethroning the monarchs of our great monetary mart; no extent of panic, thongh closing workshops and mills and throwing thousands out of their ac- eustomed employment; no amount of financial Durries, though ruthlessly compelling each pater- Jamilias to resolve himself into a diligent commit- “tee of ways and means; no wars or rumors of wars, though foreshadowing enormous costs 1 treasure and blood—none of these, nothing in fact, can pre- vent the celebration of Thanksgiving Day. In- @ugurated though the custom was in New England, it has now, through the uniformity of proclama- tions by our different State Governors, become nothing more nor less than a great national feast day. ll classes of people, the rich and poor, the high and low, the grave and gay, unite in the ob- servance of this day, and in its general observance have infused the genuine spirit of its Yankee orig- imators. It has become pre-eminently the day of family reunions. No previous Thanksgiving Day im this city has been more univerally observed than was yesterday, and in its leading character- istics combining more of that hearty social warmth Imparting to it its chief refining grace and sdorn- Ang attributes of alited beauty and dignity. “We must be at home on Thanksgiving,” Says nearly every one. To meet the happy and hungry caravan that select this occasion to convene at the family board there has to be of mecessity a good deal of preliminary painstaking. Far distant in the country there is a, LONG-TIME, BEFORE-HAND ANTICIPATION of the day among the feathered bipeds. Adoles- cent turkeys, growing geese, mature ducks and adult chickens live for a time in clover and on the | best and daintiest of food known in their primitrve Dilis of fare. But there soon comes asad waking ‘up to the tragic reality, and all the air is full of the wailing— kd ‘Where is my cherished brood ? Alas! alas! ye are gone awa Ye are slain by the spoiler’s hand. Some great-hearted gobbler indulges in a more heart-piercing lament. The genius of his bereaved Spirit takes a loftier and broader fight, and in im- passioned verse his soul speaks out a grand Bollloguy :— How blest, how envied were onr life, Could we but’scape the poulterer’s Knife. But man, cursed man, on turkeys preys, And thanksgiving shortens ali our days: From the low peasant to the lord ‘The turkey smokes on every board, Of course these lachrymose laments, like that of Many other bipeds, albeit Jeatherless, fail to touch 8 responsive chord in the hard human heart. Tha reat city our sympathies are not thus touched by the murderous havoc of pets, whose growth has been watched from fledglings and whose decapita- tion in the pride of their adolescent strength car- ries with it an unmistakable pang. We get our turkeys and cook and eat them without any of the cannibalistic throbs of eating an old and dear ac- guaintance. Though turkey is the chief dish of our Thanksgiving dinner,'yet there are subsidies @f steaks, fricassees and game, and fish, including ‘the almost indispensable bivalve. Some Thanks- giving dinners have reached a stage of almost in- comparable sumptuousness. In many dwellings in this city yesterday 4 board to tempt even ghosts al feasts, Won ragouts or roast Albeit all human history attests That happeneth for man, the hungry sinner. Since Eve ate apples much depends on dinner. Many simple there were, but in the UNITY OF BROTHERHOOD+ ‘and love uniting the feasters there was an enjoy- ment higher and purer and more satisfactory than that derived from a cuisine embracing a more ex- tended range of luxuries. While at the dinners of ‘the rich guest drank to guestin bumpers of rarest vintage, at the tables of the poor the same spirit Of friendstip and love and tenderest sympathy ‘United in holy concordance over the simple glass ofcold water. Unhappily in a city the size of ours there were many to whom the dinner of yesterday was but the ordinary dinner— scant and scarcely sufficient to more than keep body and soul together. Poverty is one 1 the painful concomitants of a great city. But the present year has a deeper than usual signifi- cance to the poor. What was a day of thanksgiv- ing to many was to them a day of sadness, priva- tion, cold and hunger. The panic, bringing with it stoppage of work and a stagnation to varied branches of industry, had thrown them out of em- ployment and left them poor, penniless and almost helpless, From many such hearts, however, there doubtless went up heartfelt thanks to ‘Him who doeth all things well” that it was not worse; that | ‘they still have life and health and patient hope and endurance. It is to be Jeared that there was more Of this kind of suffering than is imagined. Many ‘Whom the present panic reduced to penury have never known what it is to beg, and their sensitive hearts incline them to undergo great privations before making known their necessities. The broad mantie of BENEFICENT CHARITY reached, however, large numbers, and through ach charity they were enabled yesterday to unite their thanksgiving with them—the burden of their thanks through gratitude to the rich who do not forget from their abundance to relieve the neces- Bities of the poor. In our reports below of various observances of Thanksgiving throughout the city will be found a Juli and complete compendium of the day’s festivi- tues, From many @ church organ there pealed forth grand “Te Deums,”’ with accompanying an- thems of praise, sung by church choirs with a spirit and feeling of most impassioned fervor. ‘There were sermons, also, recounting in periods of brilliant rhetoric the multiplied cause for thanks om 2 greatly blessed and prosperous country. At the various institutions on the islands the Commissioners of Charities and Correction pro- vided extra delicacies for the inmates. At abund- ant other institutions throaghout the city suitable Ginners had been provided for their occupants, nr publi¢ and private charities embraced within | their capacious folds the widows and orphans of the soldiers killed in the late war, disabled satiors ana soldiers, The Girls’ Lodging House, No. 27 St. Mark's place, resounded with laughter and merriment. At one o'clock some 50 girls sat down to a Jolly dinner, which could not have been enjoyed better if it had been served by Delmonico. There was savory turkey, delicious plum pudding, pies and cake and apples. Many of the poor girls, who probably had not had such @ dinner for months and months, were overcome with joy. At six o'clock there was tea, and the giris revelled again in pies and cake, ‘Phey also nad tea and bread and butter. After tes ¢here was a regular soiree— dancing, singing, instramental music and refresh- ments. Many of the girls who seek here lodging for @ night or two (being alone, without friends Sud destitute) were bredim.comparative ease, and the dancing was remarkatiy good. Mrs. Pender- ast, Miss McMillan and Miss Swayne played the dancing music, and Miss Mage Lynch—a young girl who songhs shelter in the\honse a few days #40, being quite alone and penn Vess—sang some Pretty songs. There were also all ats of games— blind man’s bum, charades, &c, At tn O'clock all ‘the gayety ceased and a deep hush prevailed soon Hroughout the hose, Mzy, Hurley, the kindly NEW YORK HERALD, YRLDAY, _NOVE matron, prepared this entertainment with her usual solicitude for the enjoyment of the poor girls under her care, THE NEWSBOYS, Industrial School for Girls, the Home for Little Wanderers, the Home of the Friendless, and so on to the end of our chapter of charities, At all the places of public amusement there were matinces which were largely attended, and the even- ing performances also drew together large crowds in attendence. To a consider- able extent business was suspended throughout the city. The Post Office and Custom House closed at ten A. M., and the Courts held no session dur- ing the day, In all respects It was the most enjoyable Thanksgiving Day we have had in this city for years, Twenty-two target companies paraded yester- day, among whom were companies dressed in @ fantastical manner, and representing all tne Nations of the world. There were some beasts among them—bears, monkeys nearly six fect high, and several jackasses; also a bulfalo was included among the curiosities. The companies, many of Whom passed the HERALD oMce, had but very little disorderiy conduct among them, and they enjoyed the day in a manner which reflected credit upon them as good and Wyal citizens. One com- pany, which had taken the name of the Mulligan | Guards, from an uptown ward, created great amusement by their antics and the demonstrations made inthe public streets, Altogether the day passed off among the target companies ina re- markably peaceful manner, and they wended their Way home, as a general thing, quite soberly, CELEBRATION IN THE CHURCHES, YGLESIA (CHURCH) DE SANTIAGO, The Second Anniversary of the Massacre of the Eight Students at Havana by the Spanish Volunteers—A Tribute of Respect to the Memory of the Slain Patriots on the “Virginius.” Thanksgiving Day, which to many minds brought happiness, was a day of mourning among the Cu- bans. Yesterday was the second anniversary of the massacre at Havana of the eight unfortunate medical students by the Spanish volunteers, named as follows:—Alonzo Alvarez de ia Campa, Angel Laborde, yosé-Martos Dera, Pascual Rod- riguez Perez, Anacleto Bermudez, Augusto La- torre, Eduardo Gonzalez Toledo and Carlos Ver- dugo. Little wonder was it, therefore, that the Protestant Episcopal Church of Santiago, situated in Twenty-second street, was largely filled with Cuban exiles, who came to hear the sad commem- orative service with reference to the above men- tioned Spanish butchery, and also allusions to the Virginius tragedy at Santiago de Cuba. Among the worshippers were the President of the Cuban Republic, F. V. Aguilera, General Villegas, | Mr. José Valiente, General Gonzalez, former aide- de-camp to Lopez; Dr. Enrique Agramonte, brother of the late celebrated Cuban general of that name; | the orphan children of Genera! Jesus del Sol, the widow and children of Santa Rosa. Nearly every woman present was dressed in mourning, while the men had all a sorrowful expression, hardly one | of them not having lost dear friends on the Vir- ginius expedition. THE SERMON. The text cnosen by the pastor, the Rey. Joaquin de Palma, was taken from the fourth of Genesis and comprised the ninth and tenth verses, which are as follows:—*“And the Lord said unto Cain, where is Abel, thy brother? And he said, I know not. Am Imy brother’s keeper? And he said, what hast thou done? The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me ‘from the ground.” There is a joy, said the preacher, greater in this World than material ee: Cities may be flourishing, fields may be teeming With bountiful crops, but if peace does not reign in the land there is no joy in our homes. Blessed be the moment when man _ hears the cry of eternal Justice, which causes him to enlist among the cru- eaders who fight for right and truth. Thanks be to God when we can realize the divine saying, “Where is thy brother? The voice of thy brother's blood calleth to me from the ground.” ‘Yhe speaker then alluded to the struggle which existed in this land for five long years, and drew vhe conclusion that the North went to battle on behalf of a principle, and destroyed cities and com- merce, and said to the worid, “We care not for our brother as long as he is doing wrong and uphold. ing slavery.’? Carrying out this idea with respect to slavery, Mr. Palma said:—**When that curse is abolished in Cuba we will care for all our brethren in Cuba.” The Spaniards ought to have the word of God above cited repeated constantly to them, for in the same month that the elght medical students were massacred, viz., November, 1871, they have now, after two years’ interval, repeated the same kind of butcheries and crime in the city of Santiago de Cuba, Young men, perfect lads, have been shot down in cold biood, who were ‘captured on board the Virginius, although they ought in the name of humanity and civilization to have been spared as prisoners of war. The wide world execrates these Spanish crimes, committed in our beantilul island. In alluding to these tacts I have no desire to stim- ulate @ feeling of revenge on the part of my hearers, but only to honor the memories of those nobie patriots, who bave fallen in the julfilment of their duty, and to protest against the repetition of such crimes, because such i8 my religious duty. We bave met here to-day topray to our heaveuiy Father to change the hearts of our tyrants, ana to ap she from ever being guilty of such fiendish mis- ee E ' THE LIST OF CUBAN MARTYRS. Shall I mention the names of Generals Varona, Jesus del 5vl and Ryan, Captain Fry, Santa Rosa, Pedro Cespedes and Erminio Quesada, who would not tell a ile about his age to save his life; alfaro— shall I mention all the others—but no! their names are already inscribed in the most glorious monn- ment that could be raised to their memory, viz. :— | in the everlasting pages of the republican Journals | of this great country. I cannot help making an al- lusion to my friend Augustin Santa Rosa, who was one of the founders of tnis congregation. He was a devoted Christian, and while fighting the batties of his country in Cuba Libre would, while at re- pose in the evening in the dense forests, seated near the camp fire, read the lioly Scriptures to his men. I had high esteem for our poor friend, as | likewise for Del Sol, who also belonged to our con- gregation. Letus mingle with our prayers the | names of those good men who have sacrificed them- selves upon the altar of their conntry’s liberty. In days to come, when our dear Cuba shall have gers her independence, their names will figure in the brignt scroll of fame as noble patriots who died for the sake of Cuban infependence. The cruel hand of the Spaniard has made the fair island which gave us birth the jand of tyranny and cruelty; and point me the spot on the [ace of God’s earth where man’s inhumanity to man is more strikingly evidenced, Slavery reigns in its worst form in Cuba in spite of solemn treaties with Eu- ropean Powers, When ba go sod a homes, my brethren, think of your duty to God and your cow try. Let us remember that our regeneration dates from the moment when the voice of conscience is awakened in us against evil in its manifold mani- festations, and when we come to die may each one of ug here be able to say, thanks be to God which giveth us the victory! Amen, 8T, JAMES’ CHURCH. Bismarck’s Blind Statecraft Denounced by Father Lake—The Shrines of the Saints Turned into Sta) tor Victor Emmanuel’s Horses—The Public Schools Pronounced Pauper, Godless and Anti- Catholic—Annual Meeting of the Cath- olic Union. The annual meeting of the Catholic Union took place yesterday at the Cnarch of St. James, James street. A large number of prominent Catholic citizens were present. Solemn high mass was celebrated by the pas tor, Father Far- relly, assisted by the Rev. Mr. P enny and the Kev. Mr. Corkery. The “Kyrie” and “Gloria,” which were fairly rendered, were from the mass in ©, by Generaldi; the “Credo,” by’ 0. Blazé; the “Themes,” from Rossini's melodies, and the “Sanctus” and “Agnus Dei,” from Gordignant. ‘The choir and organ were under the able direction of Frederick Brandeis, THE SERMON. The Rey. Henry 8. Lake delivered the following impassioned address from the altar steps, After quoting from Matthew, vill, 23 and following verses, giving the description of the tempest at sea When Christ rebuked the winds, and there was instantly @ great calm, he sald:—What a vivid Picture this short gospel gives us of the present trials of the Catholic Church! The bark of Peter is beaten on all sides by a storm, if not a hurricane, Of persecution, snch, at all cventa, of its kind has never before been known. Yet her Divine Founder seems to sleep, for He has not yet stretched forth His all-powertul arm to quell the tempest. PERSECUTION HAS EVER BEEN THE PORTION of God’s Chureh, Never before has persecution been so thoroughly organized, never has it been so menacing as at present. As we approach tne close of the year who can point out the faintest glimmer of light? Alas! there is no BI that the storm has spent its iorce, clouds lacker. e bind and re a pep of human Daswlons BDUssTd mot J furtons and dashes more directly against the Church, Indeed, a8 in the Gospel just read, the “waves agg? to cover the vessel;” and the faith- ful Catholic, finding no hope of human succor, turns to Him who is the Lord both of the Church and her persecutors, and cries out, “Lord, save us or we perish,” T assert, then, that this is a time of general per- eution of the Cuurch, In Belgium and Holland, aud some other smailer nations of Europe, there 1s no active persecution of the Church, But the same bad, suoteeniae Vg py are at work even there, and he would be a w: man who could pre- dict how long these countries will be free irom the fell spirit So rampant at the moment. Of France I shall say little. Sve is at this moment ina transition state. None of however, would be justified in asserting that in France our priests ano bishops will not in be martyred as they were two years ago. It may, indeed, occur that she will again recall her rightfal king and restore e Catholic religion, France is now balancing her th steps BETWEEN MONARCHY AND ANARCHY, between the Commune and Henri Cing. But look elsewhere at the map of Europe, and what do we see? A few years ago & Vast empire was jormed. It comprises 30,000,000 or 40,000,000 of people. Catholics had fought to obtain the unification of the German Empire. They had increasea its glory by wresting from France two of her fuirest prov- inces. They fought on every battiefleld. They led some of the armies, and, if common report be true, they fought even more valiantly than tueir Protestant fellow citizens, More than this. In- spired by thac charity Known only in the Catholic Charch, her sons and daughters, with Sisters of Charity, good Christian Brothers, devoted priests, Went iorth as messengers of love in the track of war, in order that no German should pertsh witn- outsome kind nand to smooth his dying pillow and to receive the last me: to the wife and little ones. A priest was always at hand to absolve the dying soldier and give him the last consolations of religion. When, my breth- ren, were devoted seevices so poorly repaid? Does | history tell of any ingratitude so base? Scarcely had the victorious armies been disbanded when @ merciless and undreamed of persecution com- menced. At first it was not open war. Prince Bismarck sent forth the word that tt was neces- sary for the peace of the Church that the Jesuits should be expelled. They were exiled en masse, yet not one was ever accused of ANY CRIME, CIVIL OR POLITICAL. Without ent Without trial, without accusa- tion, he drove from the entire realm of Prussia every son of Loyola, closed their churches and shut the doors of their colleges, and this against the earnest protest of the faithful Catholics. But Bismarck even then declared he did not wage war against the Church. On, no. He loved and respected the Catholic reiigion, He admired the ot the Catholics; he piety, fidelity and wae honored her clergy and bishops; he revored the noble character oi the Supreme Pontif. Such was his language. What were his deeds? The members of the other religious orders must follow the Jesuits because they were affiliated to them. No pretext could be more flimay, because in their objects, their discipline and government, they are perfectly ‘distinct. At a single biow he banished those who instructed the youthtul and the ignorant, nursed the sick, visited prisons, gave @ home to the aged’and infirm and rescued the un- fortunate and abandoned. Tis was what consti- tuted their guilt, thas THEY DEVOTED THEIR LIVES TO GOD. True, the religious orders are not necessary to the existence of the Church; they are simply necessary to its perfection, ‘But their expuision was not enough to satisfy the satanic views of this unscrupulous statesman. He framed a set of laws to organize a new Catholic worship. Brethren, the Church receives her laws directly from Jesus Christ or from those He has placed over-her. Sue can receive no laws from Bismarck. SHE CAN BOW TO NO CAESAR. She will never for @ moment acknowledge the authority of any nation to oe her discipline, to prescribe who are capable of receiving her sacraments, to declare w be consecrated the ministers of her altars, This is what Bismarck proposed to do. In fature no bishop ts to ordain a priest who has not followed the del lectures of @ German university. « THE POISON OF SATAN most be injected intu the mind of the young Levite before he stands at God’s altar. The very rules of the seminary and the course of studies prescribed must first be submitted to this infidel Chancellor. Furthermore, @ scandalous priest cannot be re- moved without bis sanction... Such is a bare out- lune of the persecution in Germany. The bishops there are threatened with prison or exile. It is certain to come, Before many weeks you wi'l read that Bismarck has taken the last steps; that the Catholic religion ig entirely suppressed ib Prussia, and that her priests and bishops are either fleeing from the country or martyred or thrown into prison. Alter reviewing which Bismarck’s carried out. Father Lake said:— Well would it be for us if, turning from these countries, we could find consolation in Rome. Like Bismarck, Victor Emmanuel, THE ROBBER KING OF ITALY, never intended to interfere with the spiritual au- thority of the Pope. He only intended to relieve the Holy Father of a weight of care and temporal solicitude, But what 1s the state of Kome to-day? The libraries are setzed and scattered; the val- uable art collections—the admiration of the civil- ized world—are sold at auction, The convents— the gifts of pious Catholics of past and better gen- erations—are torn down. The SHRINES OF THE SAINTS ARE TURNED INTO STABLES for Victor Emmanuel’s horses. Religious of both sexes are robbed and driven outside the walls of Rome; and our glorious Pontiff is a prisoner in the Vatican, no longer tree to offer the holy sacritice over the tombs of the aposties or biess the Roman people trom the noble porch of St. Peter’s. The very sanctuary of the greatest church in the world has been invaded, and these reformers nave been base and Vandalic enough w mutilate the masterpieces: of Bernfii and Angelo, Secchi, the first of living astronomers; Ballerini, Frantzelin and Perrone, lights of che world, are allin exile. The shops and Windows 01 the Corso—and here | bear witness to what I have seen mysell—are filled with THE VILEST AND MOST OBSCENE CARICATURES. The peopie are taxed beyond ail precedent, and the poor are starving in the streets, Even in this country we, as Catholics, suffer per- secution. Our public opinion sanctions the tyr- anny of European governments. No prominent statesman has as yet denounced it. Neither our national Congress nor any State Legislature has rotested against these outrages, The capture of ome Was celebrated enthusiastically at the Academy of Music. Pather Lake next denounced the pubiic schools. He at once characterized them as pauper. schoois and godless, ‘‘I!,’’ ne said, ‘Catholic parents con- tinue to send their children to the public schools, by the end of the century we wiil find our churches deserted, and fortunate, indeed, will we be if these very children whom we have ruined, intel- lectually and morally, do not turn upon us, in just punishment of our sins, and TEAR DOWN THE SANCTUARIES OF GOD which bave beeu raised with such infinite labor by our hands,”” the condition of Switzeriand, in principles are being faitniully athetic peroration the preacher con- the ceremonial was brought to its ISRAEL'S THANKSGIVING, Discourse of the Rev. Dr. Vidaver at the Thirty-fourth Street Synagogue— Spanish Barbarity. Dr. Vi er preached yesterday at the Syna- gogue in Thirty-fourth street. He selected the lollowing text:—“Oh, give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good; unto eternity endureth His kind- ness’? (Psalms, ¢Xvill., 1). The Doctor saia:— In our text you bave @ Thanksgiving prociam: tion, issued by Israel’s king, loug before the Greeks and Romans emerged from the chaos of fabulous legends into the broad daylight of history. hoariest antiquity you benold the Hebrew patri- arch assemble his family around him, and, with all the fervency of a pious soul, pour out his deep-jelt thanks to God—his benefactor, “When thou eatest and art satisfied thou shalt bless ty God,” ig the injunction of God’s law. Judaism, which teaches ‘that He opens His hand to satisfy all living in mercy,” teaches likewise that grati- tude to God should overfow our hearts and vent itself in praise and thanksgiving. But the ques- tion may be raised, can gratitude be commanded? Must It not be of spontaneous growth? He that has nature In him, says the poet, must be grateful. And, indeed, even among the oldest tribes in remote ages we behold altars erected for the purpose of Manifesting publicly gratefulness to their respec- tive protecting deities ‘or favors received in com- mon. Yes, iriends, gratitude for benefits received is consonant to the hum an nature, but the grati- tude tanght by Judaism is of a much sublimer and holier character. The Thanksgiving procla- mation of the Hebrew ruler is not jor appointed times, nor only for favors received; it is for all times and for all dispensations in life. “Give thanks” in sunshine and tn storm; in the midst of apparent calamities as well as in the midst of pay prosperity. Judaism teaches the Israelite give thanks where the heathen wonld murmur; to biess where the infidel would curse and rejoice where the godless would despond. And Judaism could not teach otherwise. While heathenism saw in nature two antogonistic principles of good and evil which they deified, and their triala and sufferings pointed out to them the wrath of the inimical and unplacable dieties, Judaism knew only one G indivisinie, from whose divine unitv no antagonistic Prinelpie of good and evi) can spring. jod is absolnte love. “And He saw all He made, and behold it is perfectly good.” The universe, as @ Whole, is oniy good; and ail things, 6ven the apparent work to- gether for ultimate good. Hence tl loctrine of dudaism “to thank God for seeming misfortune aa for bright fortaue ;” and thus is the enjoinment of our text, “Give thanks to God, for He is good; His mercy endoreth forever.” In the midst of the thanders of fate and blasts of fortune God's love is shining brightest. In this spirit we aaserable this day wo give thanks to God. With sincere «e- Votion we exclaim, “We accept the good and the evil with thankfulness.” Jn the Te for- hanes shaptared, of dye poverty In the | face; fm the presence of the many evils and suffer- ings of destitution which are throwing their speo- tral shadows over our land, we assemble in our respective sanctuaries to give thanks—for what? Aye, for the very panic and its results! Have we not reason to be grateful? Do we not perceive that our country is now enveloped in ‘Zohn w Bohn,” into which it will soon called, “Let there be light,” and there shall be light. Whence did that panic spring from? the most unclean sources that were opened in the | bosom of our people. The panic is the miasma arising from putrifcation of the people’s moral lite. A yellow fever, morally more destructive than the one in the Southwest, has been raging in our midst, namely :—A ‘ever for the yellow metal which caused those terrible ravages among us. What couid be expected from the wild spirit of money mwakiag, from dishonesty in high place from swindling and gambling in financial circ! from railroad rings and Crédit Mobilier frauds, from briberyamoug Senators and Congressmen ? What else could be expected from such general corruption than a panic striking down h and low? Yes, Jeshurun grew fat and kicked! Now, are we not to be thankiul for having risen de jase trom our lethargy and opened our eyes to sée that economy, honesty, integrity and solidity are the Most precious gems in the diadem of the nation and family? Thank God, the peovle at large have learned to know that it is withia their power to weather the storm, and they will soon see the evil over, as 800n a8 overbearing, overreaching, Over- | trading and overspeculating will be over. The people will return to the good and honest principles: of their lathers and serve God and not mammon, and puf an uniimited trust in God and a limited credit in man, Have we not cause of rejoicing and thanksgiving when we be- hold that a better era of morality is dawning upon us’ Oh, we used to hear complaints against the administrators of justice in our midst; we used to hear that “in the place of justice there 1s wicked- ness ;"" but, thank God, we hear now Sens the prophetic voice of Isaian calling fo oar city, “Be- hod, | will restore thy judges as at first; afterthat shait thou be called City of Righteousness.” Thank God that we can show the word judges like Davis, and that our juries are not corruptibie. Thank ; God that the “golden calt’’ cannot screen criminals like Tweed irom the condign chastisement of the law. Itis true, friends, that when we think of the terrible massacre at Santiago we fee: horrified, de- pressed and humiliated; and yet, even in this hor- ror of horrors, we flud reason for thanksgiving. Oh, friends, this savage butchery by the Spanish hangman did not only insult our flag and affront our national honor, it did not only disgrace civill- zation and desecrate the holy shrine of humanity, but it opened the eyes of the worid to the cruel, cowardly and fiendish character of the Spanish people at large. who for centuries have been defy- ing the laws of and have spat inthe face of humanity. We Israelites, more than any other people, can tell a tale of Spanish bvarbarity and bioodthirsiiness that would barrow the very soul. Such fiends as the bloodthirsty Burriel have drunk the tife gore of many an innocent son and daugh- terof Israel, and sung ‘Te Deums’ as they were dragging away to death’s jaws devoted Israelites from beneath their banner oi faith. just as the vile butchers dragged the other day the Virginius’ crew and passengers from beneath our glorious flag to be shot like dozs. Not only are the Amert- cans in sacred duty bound to jully vindicate their nationai honor, and to put a stop to such outrages and Spanish barbarities, by all means, but it 1s now more than ever incumbent upon our people to act up to their destiny, lai upon them by Providence—namely, “to proclaim to the captives liberty and to prisoners release; to sweep away the last vestige and blot of slavery from this Conti- nent! That our nation 18 now awakened to a sense of their sacred destiny 1s cause for thanks- giving. That our — wilt do their duty and re- deem the honor of our insulted starry ensign and teach Spain lessons of civilization, and show the world that the American flag 1s‘inceed the banner of the free and the brave. we are confident, and for ail this let ua thank God; “for His mercy en- dureth forever.” PLYMOUTH OHURCH (BROOKLYN). Thanksgiving Day—The Human Soul a Collection of Forces—Ihe Sentimen- talism of the Lord Jesus Christ. Mr. Beecher’s church was crowded yesterday at an early hour, The music—always fine—was simply exquisite. Mr. Beecher selected his text from Matthew, xi., 12—“Anq from the days of John the Baptist until now ge gions of heaven suffereth violence and the violent take it by force.’” The kingdom of heaven is the absolute predomt- nance of each soulin man, or, as applied to the world, the absolute reign of the superior facuities, the intellect, with moral and spiritual elements in mankind. God governs men by the use of their own nature. It is through those parts of the soul most like and nearest to His own nature that He governs, and when a part of the soul isin such ascendancy as to control his life then the kingdom of heaven is begun. The human soul is a collection of forces, a great many of them and different, sus- ceptible of co-ordination, subordination, harmony and peace. This is the moral meaning of life, and it is in the largest sense education; it is the end of life; it is that for which we were sent into life. I propose to not to inquire for technical experience, but what is the relative distribution of force among his fac- ulties, which side of his nature predominates, and to what degree does any one faculty control all others—to what degree does the nigher nature control the lower, 1 propose the same view in regard to the world’s condition to-day. What is the distribution of force? What has been gained? How does the conflict stand? Tne great battle is going on. Does it inspire hope or destroy at ¢ Violence is yet. The fleid is taken and retaken, Sometimes flesh 1s in tue ascendancy and sometimes spirit. The con- Fe of the spirit is going on everywhere, and there a PERPETUAL BATTLE that will not end till the sun shali stand still in the heavens for 1,000 years. ‘These conflicts are represented in laws, institu- tions, governments and business. The whole out- ward and inward history of society—whatever ve- longs to society inward—is the incarnation of hu- man soul. Representing soul iorces, developed into industries and institutions, society is all its framework; the whole work of lile represents what man has thought and worked and done. It 18 worth our while, even in a cursory and su- | perficial manner, to inquire, What is the state of the conflict? 1s the kingdom of heaven gaining or losing’ Are the nobier faculties of man, on the whole, gaining the ascendancy or losing ground? We shall compare the. condition of the race in all the world with that in the time of Christ:—First, Has the force of the race been augmented ? There has been @ vague impression that the early race Of men were stronger, wiser and happier than the present, and it has been supposed that a gradual process of degeneration has been going om need not say that I believe the whole history a table. ‘There never was a time when man was go poten- tial as he ia now. ‘ihe averaze power of the race has increased. There were individuals then as larue as now, but, looking at ali Christendom, the average productiveness is greatly augmented. What was in the time of Christ developed ina singlé man is now diffused through all; the com- munity is growing broad and strong. If you jook at whai all men are doing, what in- credible increase there is, it cannot be doubted that the productiveness of the human brain 18 enormousiy augmented. Second, and more im- portant, What is the relative DISTKIBUTION OF MIND FORCE ? The primary question 1s, What is the world’s con- dition as to the proportion between physical and Busenel forces and the more strictly moral and tellectual ? J have said it was larger and stronger, but where does itlie? At top or bottom? Which side of the howan mind is most productive? Once physical force ruled the individual, the State and the whole reliwious developments. Now they are sab- ordinated to mind; now physical power in all its jorins 1s tending to subordination to mental force, conversion dud conservation of force is going on. Bastiat impetos is transmuted into the higher force of reason. Force has, a yng not decreased, That would be acalamity. itis applied far more than ever—first, to the subjugation of physical natures; second, to the production ,of new exter- nai elements of life. All ideas and discoveries tend wt once to take on economic forms. All our abstract principles, like the'laws of nature, are good for nothing till put to work. ‘There are three grand elements by which we may ascertain the direction, gauge the depth and miwastre the speed of the evolution of the human race under @ divine providence—whether on the whole buman society was slowly giving to reason and the moral senses a predominance over pas- sional and physical forces. Are governments today better or worse than before the time of Christ? Better, immeasurabiy better. Men are fighting for ideas rather than things, It was the morai influence of the great thinking body of citizens on botn sides that pre- vented the precipitation of a cruel war, In ovr Colonial times the Earl of Ohutham deciared that the colonies were subjects of Engiand, and that as such they had no right to manuiacture or to have any of the rights of @ free country, and there was a fight, not so much in the interest. of liberty as commerce. Come down to 1812, The war then was because the rights of the citizens were violated. Come down again stil lever. Afver our at civil conflict, when every man's heart was in mouth, what did the course of this country say? “Now we are organ- ized we might vindicate other wrongs; but judge tween us, and we will abide by your decision.” ¢ 11 amen} Now, need 1 point out, after the first horror that filled us at the Larbarities of a neigh- boring island, and it came to the question of war, the nation # d and balanced the question, and force rule. It was proj Lig hold tre in re! dence of auim ion ; passion in jon a4 in every- thing else. A man striving to be religious presen’ the mont piteous spectacle of all time. To cease pelng ySical and become e#piritual. The drama has been going on for 1,000 years. We have seen how men have n forced into religion by fear, Now, has this internal devil been exorcised? 1 hold that there has been more and more p: tn religion, not as @ dynastic element, but as an Igaivigual. ‘4p has, "bega We SPIE of ino Judie 49 consider this matter in relation to the individual;. MBER 28, 1873. open prison doors and bring forth captives, out the captives of 2,000 years have forced their way through ramparts, and those ramparts have been PILED UP BIBLES, I say it isa reason of great hope that the great enginery is toppling to its downf ll. Men call it the © religion, Decay! It is God's plough ripping up What is rotten and bad, and turning it under gives a chance to what is new and whole- some. (applanee) There ts @ growing tendency to unity of feeling, which wili in due time take care of all the rest. Puta stick of oak, one of fir, one of hickory, one of mape ih & heap together and they each remain separate; but light a fire under them and the flame bursts up and they are Separate no longer—they are one whole. (Ap- plause.) And so with us When benevolence and | charity creeps in it brings men together, and nothing on earth can keep them apart, This is an of progression hot casting away the precious record we have, there are reve- ee onary where. sad every one mhoutd have . open revel ou that infidelity, then, RATOIAHORD: 14! AM AN INPID) 3 and wish you were too. Goa governs to save, not to destroy; it 18 in the wisdom of God and the power ol God unto salvation. [t ia said thatthe preaching Oi religion aa & power ratuer than a doctrine is a sentimental philanthropy rather than religion, Was Christ & sentimentalist, that we can afford such flings? What was the test? In the twenty-tiitu chapter of Matthew you nave what was the test. Weread that the sick were visited, the blind made to see and the poor were preached to, and behind every trembling man stands Christ, saying, Imasmach as ye doit to nim ye have done itto me. This ts the sentimentalism of the Lord Jesus Christ, the sentimentalism of heaven, and I GLORY IN Ir, ‘The kingdom of heaven is suffering great violence, the great battle is gommg on, and all the signs measured by hours show no progress, but meas- ured by 100 years show great progress. PURITAN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH (BROOK- LYN). What We Have To Be Thankful For— Lessons of the Past—Tweed in Cell No. 6—National Honor At Stake—The People Will Go Willingly Into Strife if Needed=Sermon by Rev. Charles H. Everest. . At the Puritan Congregational church, corner of Marcy and Latayette avenues, the Rev. Oharles H. Everest preacned from the text:—The Lord reign- eth; let the earth rejoice.” Psaim xcvii., 1. One of the most beautiful and comprehensive pictures of the Old Testament is that of the dedi- cation of the temple, Over it was the glory of the Lord to give sanctity and render the occasion for- ever memorable, and by His glory to hallow all future use. To-day is @ type of that festival, in which agreat people stand up to celebrate the goodness of God. Over all, touching all, filling all is the Lord’s glory. No one can partake of the spirit of this day without feeling the actual pres- euce of the Lord—that He has been actually pres- ent participating, and being in all things a ruler. We rejoice in this, and we should rejoice, for noth- ing is so dreary and cold as atheism—where it con-' trols is coldness and sadness. Nothing is 80 gloomy asa nation without a God; nothing sosad asa man without a God; nothing so glorions as to feel and acknowledge God. He has been witn peculiar power with us the year now past. His band has ,touched and enlivened all things, and all aeknow- ere. THE LOVING TOUCH AND PRESENCE, How marked the contrast when we turn to men. They have failed in government, banks have failed, great interests have gone down—aimost all in which men trust has failed. But all He has touched has gone on without fail and is ever more sure and ‘unlailing. Many who take narrow views feel like cursing. What has shaken business has filled them with bitterness, They see nothing but darkness; they feel that it has been alyear oi d.saster. Forgetting the goodness oi God has been a million times more than the unlaithfulness of men. Men curse bitterly at the smallest things, I! one 1s threo minutes too late for the train how he swears at the hackman and at the time tables; everything 1s carsed and the good all forgotton. So men say it has ali been ‘lark this year, not seeing the goodness and glory of God streaming ali throngh. But one tak- ing a broad view sees all things are well; sees abundant reason for thanksgiving. It has been a ines of peculiar blessings, such as many years ave not shown. It has repeated: the cry, “the Lord reigneth.”” We cannot set apart a day of thanks jor each blessing, but each Is worthy of greatest praise. THE DANGER OF EXTRAVAGANCE. First—The exposure 0! the danger of extrava- gance. Extravagance is exposed oiten enough, but its danger is now unveiled. It bas been felt all throug society, and e: class has been affected. Men have been willing to mortgage the future tor nreseng. enjoyment, The old paths of business and safefy have been forsaken as inade- quate to furnish means of extravagance. All have tried to get rich, Thoughtiul men have been tear- Jul of the result, If the next generation is trained im such paths, what is tne future to be? Well 2 g ; Might men pause and reflect. Where were the mep to carry on the established order to come trom? Who would be free irom contamination ? In the beginning of the Franco-Prussian war how much Was promised lor France ? But the army and its glorious deeds were only on paper, and on the application of the test it was swept away like cham, So, when the great test of lile comes who could be found: But God in His mercy rebuked the peo- ple. We cailed it a panic, when the winds §\w, the storm beat and the sandy foundations Snook men trembled, A few weeks ago, just as that great balloon was about to rise (or its long voyaga— as ail seemed ready -suddenly the daylight sho! through and the vast object collapsed, fien were disappointed, but the second thought came, and they sald, what if it had not barst till sar in air and full ot hving men? and all were thankful that it was not coo late. So we may rejoice that God’s rebuke came in time and the evil day was averted, LESSON TO THE WORKING CLASSES. Second—Incidental to this came the painful lesson to the working classes. It 1s a dificult subject to speak upon, bat it is fitting to look fairly in the face the Dg wereng presented. For a long period labor and capital have been opposed most unnat- urally; each should help the other. Not what,was needed but what was wanted has been supported ; unskilled labor and ignorance have been sup- ported and made equal with other, Those who could control wages said those who cannot work as well shal! receive the same pay as skilled labor. This anomalous condition has caused the with- drawal of capital from enterprise; has forced up the cost of living; apprenticeships have not been allowed. But the lesson of hunger will compel work ; the want of bread will bring men to reason, fair wages tor fair work and {air work for fair wages, “BIG SIX” IN CELL NO. 6, Third—A special cause for thanksgiving is the notable vindication of law just witnessed. People had begun to think that law defended only tne rich; the saying, “Every man has his price,’? was becoming believed; that justice was not blind- folded and inexorable; and when the great Head Centre of corruption was brought low, went to trial, men sald, “It is @ mere farce; that he would go free; that, no matter what might be the apparent power, it would pe but weakness, All remember the story of the lion and the mouse. It was thought that the greatilion would hire his myriads of mice, who would come Sorward at the right moment and gnaw away the net, No one douvted that such would be the re+ sult, We should most devoutly thank God for the Tesult; its moral effect is beyond estimate, Be sure your sin will find you ont was never more true than now, and it is the lesson to be learned. ‘The iron hand wWill.crush at last, however much it may seem hidden and weak at present. So we may regard the Divine law ; its justice will at the last be vindicated, The unlearned classes, who could not be convinced by the most learned argument and eloquence, will understand this. That the man they called the “Hos” should be under, that the man known as “Big six” is locked in cell No, 6, ig more forcible than ail discussion, We should the more rejoice because of this, and no man can pass that old Tombs without re- Joicing that it represents the triamph of law. NATIONAL HONOR AT STAKE. Fourth—The exhibition of national spirit which has fliled the air with rumors of war is still another Cause for thankfulness. We should deprecate war, Wita Its Woes and horrors, but consider the value of I d national reputation of more importance than the ig the other. War will cost, but the national honor is at stake, and so the people wiil go willingly into strife if needed. A great hation recognizes the worth of a man. It feels that in a man a nation has been insulted, and it Tises to defend its honor and preserve the sanctity of human lite, Like the Indian of the West who would not tell o! his hidden wealth, though he lost his life, but when his wife wag assaulted and her life threatened he quickly told, thus now the na- tion's pulse has quickened at the wrongs offered tomen, Itis said that goldis God with us, and that nothing else can stir the blood of the people; but its untruth is being shown ; if the national life 1s touched the nation Wik! responds. Thank God for these blessings ey help forward the cause of civilization and right. -Praise to-di should be of the heart, not of the lips only, Than God for the past, tor the present and jor the glo- rious future | Amen. TWEED’S THANKSGIVING. The Day at the Tombs. The Tombs yesterday presented anything but a holiday appearance. Everything around it and connected with it was particularly dull. Even the Police Court farnished but & few cases of hilarious intoxication. A great many persons—politicians and others—applied for admission to see Tweed, but were politely but positively refused. Some of these people had orders from the Sheri, but as yesterday was@ legal holiday the Warden refused to acknowledge them and told them to call jo-day. General Willem M.xweed, Jr. snont. reel the morning with his father, and af twelve o’clock Mrs. Tweed and her daughter Josephine arrived. The family nad their Thanks- giving dinner together in Tweed’s quarters on Centre street, Sheriff Brennan arrived at the Tombs about one o’clock, and ushered in Charlea Deviin, John Halligan and Judson Jarvis, Tweed ted to see Mr. Devlin, ana shook his Ras arte and reassured him of his Lemp friendship, thanking bim as best he could for b never varying Kindness and solicitude. All the visitors retired soon and let Tweed alone with his family. Later in the day Counsellor John D. Town- send called to see Mr. Tweed and was admitted. It ts said enmoriarvals, thee the prisoner has engaged William M. Evarts, John K. Porter and Benjamin F, Butler as counsel, and that the senlor counsel for the defence on the last trial will not a of sigan in anna nk ee ors Of al Bre floating aro Tombs as to the Thexe move of the District Attor- ney, and so it isexpected that before long all the old “gang” of Ring thieves will be able to shake each other by the hand in the corridors of the ‘Tombs Priso' James H. Ingersoll and John Farrington were. brought to the Tombs about halt-past ‘one o'clock yesterday morning. They passed in quietly and did not seem to excite any extraordinary interest. At present these gentlemen occupy cell No.4 on: the first tler. This cell 18 barely furnished and damp. Shertff Brennan tried yesterday to induce Warden Johnson to assign them better quarters, as they were not used to any hardship and it might possibly endanger their precious health. The Warden promised to do what he could to make his iNustrious prisoners comiortable, No one has been admitted to see Ingersoll, except his son, & youth of 17 or thereabouts, who brought his father some little luxuries for Thanksgiving. Ingersoll’s. ter mas conied ecules nce, fe de net not & pass signed by the mysterious Comin 3 mmissioners Laimbeer and Stern were closeted with Warden Johnson for over an hour yesserday mo > and came out of the council room, a® usual, looking very wise and ominously mysterious. The pers, messengers, visitors and bootblack# stood back aghast as Commissioner Laimbeer: moved his awful and majestic iorm through the sageway, his eagle glance surveying everything: ‘and every one around him. The restof the prison- ers in the Tombs had the same fare as usual yes- terdays except what little extras were sent b’ their friends, They were allowed the usual privi- lege of a walk on the tier, and were treated to some hymns and sacred masic, but their Thanks- giving Day to them, otherwise, was as black as any in the year. THANKSGIVING IN BROOKLYN. The day was appropriately and generally obe served in the city of Brooklyn, and the thousands of turkeys, ducks, chickens, pigeons and quail de- voured by the celebrants, great and small, one and all, are truly awful to contemplate. The churches were all well attended in the forenoon and the services were earnestly gone through with by the congregations, At St. Anne’s, Rev. Dr. Schenck,. the musical services were under #e direction of Dr. Cutler, the organist, and were very fine. The rector preached the sermon upon the occasion. At the Holy Trinity Rev. Dr. Mall ihe and at St. Paul’s, corner of Clinton and Carrol! streets, Rey. Dr. Drowne officiated. The musical services at Westminster Presbyterian and the Ohurch of the Redeemer were especially fine. The programme published in the HERALD 5 bl terday concerniig the preparations for feeding the objects of charity in the numerous institutions of Brooklyn was carried out in spirit and letter, and there are none among the inmates of the orphan asylums, newsboys’ homes, or houses of refuge for the afflicted who do not Kash plete grate- ful remembrances of the Thanksgiving feast of 78. While the courts, public offices and schools were all closed, work was not suspended A the labor- ing classes, who were only too glad to have aclear aay and occupation to earn a few shillings where- with to make provision tor the morrow. The fags, of the municipality were displayed irom the Cit 4 Hall by Keeper Tormey, target companies ani ‘fantasticals” paraded the streets with bands of music and fife and drum, affording entertainment ie ge and giving @ gala day appearance to e city. There were matinées and evening performances at Hooley’s Opera House, Brooklyn Theatre, the New Park, Academy of Music, Olympic and Athe~ heum, NATIONAL CHARACTER, Tiffany’s Thanksgiving Sermon Listened to by President Grant. WASHINGTON, Nov. 27; 1873. The attendance at the Metropolitan Methodist. Episcopal church this morning was large, and in- cluded the President and family and many of the members of Congress now in the city. Dr. Tiffany, the pastor, discarded the use of a text, and dis- cussed the national character, beginning his dis- course with a historical sketch, in whicn hecalled attention to the national peculiarities of the ancient Greek and Roman and the modern Germano, French and Hnglish uations, and said :- think that we may be thankful to-day that we have neitzer the idealism of the Greeks, nor the mere practicalism of the Romans; the mercurial and excitable temperament of the French, nor the conservatism of England; but that we have cach and all of these elements, if not ina perfect equipolse, yet, in a just and well ordered balance, The practical elements of our character were developed by the necessities of our life and positions, the idealistic by the aspirations of freedom and the longing for a nobler lile, A HISTORIC VIEW. ‘The relations of these elements in the formation of tbe government were traced through the Decia- ration of Independence and the formation of our constitution. The war of the rebellion was shown to bea natural and necessary result of the col- sion of these elements, and the reconstruction was shown to have been based on these equitable adjustments, With the settlement of the question which involved the life of the nation a new dim- culty appearea. The confidence of the people growing out of such an achievement grew amaz- ingly strong. DISCOUNTING THE FUTURE. Genuine pride in a great past bred over con- fidence in a great future. Each man felt that in securing a future for the country hisown future was assured. Hence men began to live as though the future had arrived. We expended as though we already possessed what we anticipated, e traded on what was to be, rather than on what existed. So came the time of inflated values and extravagant speculations; not, as other days, of tradin; in things of no value existent or prospective; but on the pros- pective embracing of non-existent values. In in- dividual life this was exhibited in extravagance in dress and furniture and living. Parlors became drawing rooms, and dresses robes. In legitimate business it was seen in over dependence on the assumed ability of the people to pay for luxuries as well a8 necessaries, tf they were only trusted long enough. It caused a general MAKING HASTE TO BB RICH, It hurried men into acts on the prospective values OT shook, Saperten of Gambling. with no more claim: to morality than the forma forbidden by law. It caused the invention of the process known as “watering” stock, which I understand to be mak- ing 10 of one by adding zero to it. Railroads needed for traffic were to be built by the sale of bonda which would be worth something whea the road was completed. THE SPANISH QUESTION, After altuding to the consequences of this false basis, he said the Panic had C8. ceased to blanch all faces before Dr. acar brutality and out called attention to our neigh- bors of ocean. At ance pmpalsire, en- pheeprere Meda es war might, er os Hades? jess ardent, tho: war grea’ @ disaster, ‘inte we had need of @ naval station in the West Indies. Agreat wrong was made to ap- pear still greater by lying telegrams of outrage on Pur Ministers abrosd and of repeated massacres, ‘There is to-day a wonderiul commotion in printin, houses, great agitation in the hearts of insurgent and refagees; but the people are not alarmed; they hat! with pleasure the tnoreased actlyity in, our dockyards, for they have always had Just, ride in our navy. . While others claimed: hat the Virginius was not bona an American vessel, and ber intention to make mischief an ate disturbance, being’ openly avowe was not entitied to American protec- tion on account of papers fraudulently obtained,, and that, therefore, our government ought not to be embroiled because of a technical covert at tempted to be made good by an unauthorized use of our flag. PRESIDENT ORANT PUFFRD. The American people will not allow enthusiasm nor indignation to upset their judgment, pecanse had know that they have placed on guard @ Vigi- lant and sleepless sentinel, who. would not see oonr fing insulted on the Jand, and who feels that upon the high seas the Stars and Birtpes are still our fag, The people have com. mitted the administration to one who, knowing What war is ana how to man it, has added to. the laurel which he wears the olive he has won, THR COMING MEN AND NATIONAL 9 And it is remarkable, too, that the public men who have administered our affairs in the moment- ous crisis of our history have neen ing types of the national character, and we may safely predict that those who succeed them, and wi of destiny on the horizon of the fut be men who in themselves ¢ th postulate of all success, greatness; ance of mental forces; eve! and historic on! rise ag men re, mast