Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1882 — LET US GIVE THANKS. [ARTICLE]

LET US GIVE THANKS.

The President Names Thursday, the 30th of November, as a National Thanksgiving Day. The following Thanksgiving proclamation has been is-ued from Washington: By the President of the United States of America—a proclamation: in conformity witn a custom the annual observance of which is justly held in honor by this people, ], Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States, do heiebv set apart Thu sday, the 30th day of November n xt, asadavof pub ic thanksgiving. The blessing* d man ding our gratitude are numerous and varied: For the peace and amity whoh subsist between this and •all nations of tbe world; freedom from internal discord and violence; for increasing friendship betjreen different sections of a land of liberty, justice and cons itutional government; for the devotion of the peop e to our free institutions and their cheerful obedence to mild laws; lor the constant! v-inci easing strength of tbe republic, while ex-ending its privileges to the teliow-meu who come to us; for improved means of internal communication and increa ed facilities of intercourse with other nations; for the general preval ng health of tbe year; for the’prosperity of a.l our industries, a liberal i etum for tne mechanic’s toil, affording a market for the abundant harvests o the husbandmen; for the preservation of the narional faith and credit; for a wise and generous provision to effect the intellectual and moral education of our youth; for the influen e upon the conscience of a restraining and transforming religion; ar d for tbe joys of home. For these, and for many other blessings, we should give thanks. Wherefore I do recommend that the day above designated be observed throughout tbe count y us a day of national thanksgiving and |-raver, and that tbe people, ceasing from their daily labors, and meeting in accordance w th their several forms of worship, draw near to the Throne of Almighty God, offering to Him praise and gratitude for the man fold good which He has vouchsafed to u*, and praying that His blessings and mercies may c< nt nue. And I do fuither recommend that the day thus apponted may be made a spec ai occosio tor deed* of kindn as and charity to the suffering a-id needy, so that al who dwe 1 within ho land may rejoice and be glad in thi* season of thanksgiving. In witness who eot I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the sea; of the United St»»to to be affixed. Done at the Cii yof Wa hington th s 25th day of October in ihe year of ourLoid 1831 and of t .e Independence of the United States the li.?th.

CHESTER A ARRHUR.

By the President: FiIEDEIIICK T. F:tE f INGHUYSEN, Secretary of State.

A gave B his note to take up another note, which B promised to do, but instead, used it for himself. He was indicted for obtaining money under false pretenses, and was convicted, hut the court arrested the judgment. In this case, Commonwealth vs. Moore, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, in February, affirmed the arrest of the judgment, and the defendant was 'discharged. Judge Paxson, in the opinion , said; A false pretense, to be within the statute, must be the assertion of an existing fact, not a promise to perform some act in the future. The man who asserts that he is the owner of a house states a fact, and one that is calculated to give him a credit. But a mere failure to keep a promise is another and very different affair. That occurs whenever a man fails to pay his note. It is true Chief Justice Gibson doubted, in Commonwealth vs Burdick, 2 Barr, 163, whether every naked lie bv which a credit lias been gained is not a false pretense within the statute. This doubt has run its course, and has long since coased to disturb the criminal laws of this State.