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Show Thanksgiving day is the one day in tho year when the nation ' turns to heaven in thanks for its preservation. The life of the nation is the principal consideration; consider-ation; not only in life, but its health, and its preservation in that condition in which it was established by the fathers of the country. Men can thank God for their accumulations or sup plicate him to lighten their bur-dons, bur-dons, but that is not the purpose of tho national thanksgiving. Tho nation itself, tho political structure which was framed and handed down it is the preservation preser-vation of this for which the people are to be thankful. |