Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1853-10-28
-OvEENoR OF the SAID COMMON
a PROCLANATI0E

.==Ss5zzESy,sssSS FELLOW CITIZENS A meTciful
II BEAryI and benlicent Providence has oles-
yz.hke1es Sed our country during the year lllaI
has Just passed. His exceeding goodness Calls
for an earnest manifestation OF our gratitude as a
people ;-..oc g CT and =
Just conception of the perfections Of his nature
of His attributes ofiniinite wisdom and power
of His boundless muniicence and mercy, lie az
the foundation of true religion, and constitute the
basis Of that righteousness that exaltcth a ma
ton.
An humble Acknowledgement of dependence
on the overruling care of .. that God who lneasu-
reth the ocean in the hollow of his hand, whose
will controls the destiny Of nations, and VINO YET
condescends to feed the fowls OF the air ana clo ne
the lilies of the field, is act of homage emf
nenty becoming people so peculiarly favored as
we have been.
The blessings Of peace have distinguished the
closing year With the entire family of States
our relations are amicable, and give promise oil
a bright future Our free institutions Of Govern
rnent have been perpetuated, ana religious and
political liberty youchsafed 10 the people Ihe
cause cf education, morality and religion have
been steadily on the advance the arJs and SCI
ences have gained additional perfection, and all
the great interests Of the people, physical and
moral have hourished.
In our own Commonwealth the merciful care
and boundless goodness of Providence, have been
most strikingly manifested. We are under spe-
cial obligations for His beniicence and mercy
The people have not only been spared the aiiilc-
tions Of the plsgue and pestllence, but they have
been blessed with an abundance Of the choicest
productions ofthe earth. The seasons have pas
sed in their regular order. Winter ana Spring
and SUMMER, have come and gone, and Autumn
is now, - seed time and harvest " we have had,
and the husbandman has reioicod in the rich re-
wards of his toll The valleys and hills and
plains have given Of their abundance, to make
Glad the hearts of the people.
The dcSolations of famine, which at present
seem 70 threaten some Of the nations OF the cast
ern continent rs to the deyastations Of war, have
thus been turned from this people by the stroag
arm Of His power.
=. The pcStilence that walketh in darkness, and
the destruction that wasteth at noon day =
whose ravagcs have sorey afiiic ed the citizens OF
surrounding States-havc not been permitted 10
invade our favored Commonwealth. II has pleas
cd mercitul Providence to restrain the hand o!
the destroyer, and 10 bestow on Pennsylvania q
season OF health and unalloyed prosperity.
These manifold blessings arc in the gift ofGcd,
and 10 linn our grateful acknowledgements should
he deyoutly made.
Under the solemn convictions of duty, and in
conformity with the wishes Of many good Gil
zens, William Bigler, Governor Of the Common
wealth OF Pennsylvania, do hereby appoint
THURSDAY, the oath day of NOVEMBER next,
s day Of general Thanksgiving and praise
thfoughout the State and earnestly iInplore the
people, that, setting aside all worldly pursuits on
that day, they unite in Offering thanks TO Almigh-
ty God for kis past goodness and mercy, and be-
scech Him for 4 continuance Of his blessings.
Given under my hand, and the Great Seal Of the
State, at Harrisburg, this seventeenth day Of
October, in the year of our Lord oRe thousand
eight hundred and ffty-three, and of the Com
monwealth the seventy-eighth.
BY THE GOyERNoR:
Q. \. BLACK,
Secretary Of The Commonwealth.
October Is, 1858.