Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-11-05
A PROCLAMATION.


said Commonwealth,
A PROCLAMATION.
Fellow CITIZENS: The goodness of God
to Us as l. people, calls for our public
ackUo" dgment and our grateful praise
The past and the present are crowded with
II ) blessings. Nothing has occurred to
imperil lie principles of civil aud religious
nJyrty upon which our Government Is
based, or to interfere with its harmonious
operations in all its departments. We are
at peace with all foreign nations, and the
noise Of violence is unhelrd within our
b,rders. While all cujoy perfect freedom
Of opinion, the genial influence OF our free
institutions, and tie mid spirit Of our
IA ily religion, are more and more uniting
Us in one brotherhood. Oar educational
institutions axe dliiusing Intelligence among
the MASSES II our citizens, inducing higher
appreciation # tL,ir privileges, and
deeper sense Of their obligations. Though
il some localities the pcoiilcuce has pre-
vailed, our coUutry at large has enjoyed
uuusull health, and we are blessed with
am abuniaCce Of all the necessaries, and
the comforts Of life Our industrial pur-
suits are fast recovering from the torpor
iuuuced 10y the late financial embarrass-
nruts conf ience is being restored, aud
business is rezuming lis wonted activity.
NeIc!cs crown all our relations III life, and
the hopes of glorious immortality wait
to cheer aud bless every heart.
Prompted by my own convictions Of
dGjy, AID in conformity with the expressed
wishes Of many Of my fellow citizens, |,
/ william +. Packer, Governor Of the Com
mouwcath of unsylvauil, do hereby
appoint Hurs1oy, he E;yLteaM Day n
NDccaLcs acrt, to be observed as day o.
General Thanksgiving aud Prayer, and
crm~cud to all our people that, setting
aside on that day AL worldly pursuits, they
ass mbie in Offering thanks to God for His
goodness, imploring Ills gracious forgive
ue,. and the cortuual ce of His m :ics.
And while on: hearts throb with gratitude
to Gn / fox Iii, unnumberel blessings, let
a liberal charity tie cxtend,d to all upon
whom have been laid the burden Of mis-
fortune aud want
Given under my hand and the Great
Seal of the State, at Harrisburg, this
Twenty eighth day of October,in the year
II our Lord 1875, and Of the Common
wealth the eighty third.
By the Governor: NM. u. HESTER,
Secretary Of the Commonwealth.
gz2~Thc foregoing accommodation OF
tho Oh'of M-a;-4.aiA af this State. should
receive consideration BY every good citiz
en-. Not only as individuals ought daily
thanks to arise" from every heart capable
of gratitude to our Almighty Giver, but
as a people also it becomes Us publicly to
unite, yearly, in General Thanksgiving
la every city and town, aud Wherever a
building is reared for the worship of & ID,
let "alI tie people praise the LORD.
rsa-We observe among some Of the
50 claimed Democratic papers Of Pcnn'a,
I tendency hostile 10 the Governor chosen
by thcmselves-uot by u. They accuse
him of the loss Of their late nominee for
Judge, &c-when, 10 fact, Judge Porter
and Alison White are personal favorifes oi
Goy.packcr, and Attorney General Knox
took the field openly for John Hickman.
II Gov Packer, however, has broken
friendship with the buchanan league, and
will hereafter be found on the side of Ii
bcrty and Free American Labor, }dchan
ans friends began the division. Wherever
iu Penusy lvania the buchanan men had
the power in county convention, they either
ignored the existence of Gov. Packer, Ol
slurred him by ambiguous notices. Here
in Onion county, while extOlling Pres. Bd
cLangn, they noticed that "Wm.F. Packer
, is a man''-rcfusiug 10 recognize him Il;
their Governor. His only offence vas hi:
refusal to endorse the Lecompton swindlc
IF under all these insults-and with sucl
reason-Gov. Packer Joined in the popu
lar movement which has resulted in tho
= downfall Of Buchauanism at home, be i,
perfectly justifAb!e, aud has gained til,
cyuiIcucc Of the People.