Litchfield enquirer., 1854-11-16
~ MIS- ExcELLEHcV
HENRY BUTTON,
0ovERHQR OF FHE STATE % coNNEcTIcuT;
A PROC L.AMATIOT.

l A PROC LAMATIOg.
In pursuance &c cuslom 6umaed IN .
| Just religious sentiment, bnllnwed BY the ab
servaBce ofOur veaeFated iiIFelaIheFs and
eadesred By many joyful recol'eciiOns, dO
hereby appoint THURSDAY, rae THIR
TEErH DAY 0F NOvEMpRR sNaTANT, 10 be .
day Oi Public Thanksgiving and Praise.
And hereby iRvile aud request oil the
ci.isrns &c The State, To meet an that day
in their respective places III worship, snd
unite in public administration 81 Their
gratitude to lie Father 0f Alercies, G'Ir the
hlcssiAgs which We i,as - htIHnt:lully be-
slowed upsn them during The past year.
When they are led by their respective
Pastors 20 the IIIrone III their Heavenly
Father. IN thank him Tor iis gO0dness, let
1henI call Ia nIind, that the labOrs III their
hands have met with rich reward, that
their harms and their siOrehouses have been
filed with an abundant harVesi that
through The instrun,enlali,y Oi Colleges and
ScI,uoIs, learning has been generally dil.
fused that no fatal epidemic disease has
prevailed in their borders; aud that the
institutions both 0f the State aud Nation,
by which their rights aud liberties are pres
served and protected, have remained
uninpaired. ~ Il
Lei them, also, contrast their own s:iua
ton, az AN enlightened Christian people.
with the degradation and superstition
which al prevail ia large portions af the
earth, and their own happy cOndu0n az
subjects of free republican government,
with the wretchedness Of the vassais al
desp0Iism. ,
7 Let the distant reports OF the horrors Ol
war, remind them that they are still emily.
ing peace aud safety, sitting each under
his own vine and fig tree, with zone 10
mnlesi or make him afraid.
Thus mnv all realize, 10 some ex.ent the
obligations they are under 10 their boun .
liful Benefac,0r.
When they retire 10 their homes, and
when parents ami children, brothers and
sisters, and Other near kindred form an
enlarged ian,Ily circle, and gather round
| the festive hoard, laden with rich and plen,
| ieous but wholesome viands, and whiie
they realize how deiigh,fui iris for those
| who are united by ties Of blood and affec.
4 ton, 10 participate together in The enjoy
j ment Of tie bounties Of Prevalence, lie
tl'em remember that they are also members
4 H family which embraces The whole hui
man race; that there are even in this
favored land, thousands who have no home
or near kindred ! that many families ma,
be found, in the midst Of such genera
! abundance, shivering with cold and suffer
ing for want of food; and lei their ewr
suffering lead them to contribute ltberaly
10 the necessities Of Others, and TO learn by
experience, that il is more blessed to give
/ than TO receive.
| While we imptore III our Heavenly Fs>
| Their continuance of the blessings which
! we have received al his hand, lei US al
| endeavor 10 commend ourselves to hi,
favor, by initiating his exampe--in doine
acts Of kindness 10 cur feilow-men---iI
4 relieving the poor, raising the degraded
enligitening the ignorant, retaining the
vicious, and resculng the oppressed.
Given under my hand and the seal 81
4 the State, al New Haven, the Esnrlf
L.s. day Of November. in the year Of onl
Lord one Thousand eight hundred
/ and flty-four, and of the Independ
4 ence a the United States IN,
Seveniy-ninth. z4
ia HENRY DUTTON.
1 BY His Excelency the Governor.
l OLivER H. PERRY, Secretary Of State.