Litchfield enquirer., 1834-10-30
A PROCLAMATION,
SAMUEL A. FOOT,

GOVERNOR OF CONNECTLCU No people are under greater obligatiom to acknowl-
 edge the Invisible Hand, which directs the affairs ol
 men, than the people of :his Stac. The Pilgrims
 and their descendants have, for centuries set apart
 days for public Thanksgiving and united Praise to
 the Parent Of all merces Cur laws have recOg"i-
 zed this uniform practice; and the Christian com
 IDunity has apprOVedH. . - : . :.
 do, therefore, recommend that IEURSDA ',
 e 27th aiay o Novepber nert, be observed, through out this Slate ne day of public Thanksg giuing, Pray CT and Praise tO Almighty GOd And do cordially invite the citizens of this SlaIe with their several m- isers, pastors and teachers, assemble, that day. at tlIer usual places of religious worship, and under solemn of their dependence and obligation, de- vou,ly present ther united Thanksgiving to Him, for his c0nmiess mercies and unmered favors tbat He has given peace in our boiders, heaih in O0r hR iatiOns and competen, supply Ofthe precious fruits of the earth for the suseDance ot man and beast and above ai for the revelation Oi Hts Will, and the ex ample of His Son, JESUS CHRIST, our Saviour and Judge and for the hope of blessed eternity through His merits and mediation, Hi death, passion and surreclion, condition of repentance, faith, and holy obedience.
 Al the same time to supplicate His divine protection and guidance all who elected to administer the governments under our free and happy national and state constitutions; that He would give to all public officers the spirit of eir stations and shew them their dependence God, and their accountability to
 Him, as well io their fellow citizens, for the faithful manner im which they discharge the important and delicate trust confded them; Una. He would gra- ciousIy preside in all public councils, preserve harmony u their deliberations; from deluson and from the evils Of misguided counses; from vio- icnce, usurpaon, and abuse of powers from unruy passions and dominion of sin; and make holy and a happy people.
 That he would prosper all the lawful and diversified labor of our hands; smile om our schools. academes l colleges, and every institution for promoting true pie iy, morality, benevolence and charity, aud on every exertion to meliorate and improve the condition o man that He would deeply impress our minds the important truth, that there IS ndissoluble connex ion between virtue and happiness, and between vice and misery; that people expect ihe bessing' of Heaven, who disregard the eternal iules of righ and justice; and that a free government be iained only upon ihe principles of the Christian re zion. Aud let us implore the God of our Fathers 10 pre-. serve civil and religious privileges, and the bless imgs ot liberty and union, and children, to the latest generations and extend equal blessings to the whole family of mankind.
 Given under my hand, at Cheshire, the GourIh day | of October, tn the year of our Lord one thousand
 eight hundred and thirty four. and the fifty -nnt | year of the Independence of the United States o America. SAMUEL A. FOOT. By Ehe GOrernOr
 THOMAS DAY, Secrstnty.