Litchfield enquirer., 1831-03-03
BY HIS EXCELLENCY
GIDEON TOMLENSON.
Governor Of the State Of Connecticut,
A PROCLAMATION.

~ Impressed with deep sense of the accom- liability
of man, as moral. social, and probationary being;
aud believing II to be the duty of Christian communal.
ties, at stated periods, publicly AMI devOuy 10
knowledge their dependence pom the constant agency
and experimenting care Of Divine Power, Wisdom
and Goodness, aud specially TO enireat the merciful
and us Arbiter oi Nations To v0uchsaie the continue
ance Of their temporal and spiritual privileges and
blessings, notwithstanding their past abuse Of his boun
ties, and torgeulRess Of his unSEeakabe mercy and
turbearance
do hereby, in accordance with the CONNIE ndal,o
practice Of the vencrated founders Of our free and
happy institute rs, appoint FRIDAY, the FIRST DAY
APRIL NEXT, to he Observed thr"ug bout the State,
PRAYER.
May all the People Of the State, abstainihg from
ordinary avoca'ions and amusemenls, relig"usly en-
ptoy the day, III mediation, differentiation and
congregations join the Ministers Of Christ Of every
dcnomi natlon in public Inscriptions Of glory to JFHo-
YAH in humble aud pen,trnlial acknowledgements
Of deliberate and unsra,eiu devaiions from the per-
feet precepts and pure spirit Of Christianity; in
nest applications, that we may be delivered from i'm
purity, proianeness, intemperance, and all Nnrlghie-
business: and led !n" the 'ulhnen Of renewed rrf"lu-
tons Of reformation and endtnent, and into
tire and grateful acquescence in the alwse aad mer.
ciluI dispensations Of Providence and GRACE; and
in ervenly imporng the pardon Of our manifold sins,
and justification and ADM lesion the j0ye Of Heav
en-, through the merits of the adorable REDEEMER, aud
the Transforming and sanctiiying influences Of tho
Holy SPIRlT.
With grateful aud cherished recollection Of tho
signal and multiplied interpretations Of Almighty God,
in behafofour country rendering ii the favored abode
Of freedom security. plenty and peace. should en-
that He will bless and guide the President Of the
United States, and all subordinate Rulers and cause
them be distinguished alike patrons Of integrity,
virtue and paariolisM and examples Of the righteous
ness which exalteth People and that the Nato nal
and State Governmental concurrent and harmonious
action may advance the general prosperity and happ
ness and guard. involaby. the liberty Of the Press
and the right Of free and conscientious opinion. We
should beseech Him bless our beloved State
through successive generations with an enlightened
and upright Magistracy the terror Of ev-dOers, and
the faithful aud efficient guardians f's rights and in
teress to render it's Schools and Colleges nurseres
Of learning science, morality and peiy; and TO grant
general health, to the diversified opel atoms
and pursuits Of industry, favorable seasons and the
fruits OF the earth, in pr"PtiOusness and abundance,
crowning the year with continued manifestations Of lie
goodness, aud inspiring all with thankiuness aud
praise.
While our attention shall be turned to the recent
and Portentous revolutions and movements among the
nations Of the world, which have successfully excited
apprehension, sympathy and hope, let mpIOre the
Supreme DspOser of nil events, that amidst the ruins
Of deapotic power and intolerance, man may every
where rise to his proper attitude and copd,ion and
vndicate hie civil and religious liberty, with the right
OF selt-governmeni; and that. BY the phlanlhropic
diffusion OF useful knowledge, and the principles Of tho
Gospei, order, law justice. truth, and the love Of God
aud man, may prevail in all lands, and the dominion Of
the Prince Of Peace become as universal and com.
ple.e as il is benign and glorious.
Servlle labor and recreation ON said day. are uro-
hbited by law.
Given under my hand, at Fairfield, this sixteenth
day OF February. in the year Of on, Lord. one
thousand eight hundred and thiry-one, and in the
6ty-6ith year Of the Independence of the United
States Of America.
GIDEON ToMLINsoN. p
BY HIS Exeellency's command,
THOMAS DAY, Secretary.
Long Island Sound is now open and the Macdo-
nOugh and Hudson have eommenced their regular
trips.