Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1859-12-01
PROCLAMATION.

Gratitude is one of the noblest impulses
of the human heart. Man, constantly de-
pendent upon the reciprocal services and
kindly Offices of his fellow man, can ex-
hibit no emotion more commendable than
that arising from AUST appreciation Of these
volunteer offerings of human sympathy
Duly estimating the social blessings that
await him in his ever changing circumstan-
ces, the obligations his relations to society
impose, are acknowledged in earnest efforts
to contribute to the sum of human happi-
ness, and in ready response TO the calls Of
charity.
But there pertain 10 man relations and
obligations higher in the scale of being, and
in moral digni,y, than those of the social
sphere. For all that man is, all that he has,
all that he enjoys, and all that he can attain
to, he is indebted TO Source infinitely a.
boye himself-a Power Supreme, an Intel
ligence All-wise, Creative Energy whose
benevolence is universal, extending to the
least particulars of human life.
To the Infinite Cause OF all that is, are
iDe indebted for the numerous benefactions
showered upon US during the past year
the continuance of life, the preservation Of
health, the perpetuiIy Of civil and religious,
abundant harvests, the success of industrial
pursuits, commercial prosperity, and the
countless gifts that only The Wisdom Of ON.
niscience could devise, only the munificent
hand of Omnipotence bestow. Then, i'm
measuraby greater than cur obligations to
man, are the demands upon us for gratitude
10 the great AM.
While, as individuals, we should ever be
thankful, 1t becomes us as people to rem
der public thanks to Him in whom "we
live, and move, and have our being" And
no season Of the year is SO suitable as the
one when the evidences Of DO lntiful Prov.
idence everywhere remind US of the prom
Use, that "ssed-tims and harvest shall moi
cease" Enjoying the inestimable bless
ings Of government founded upon the in.
telligence and virtue Of free people, it be-
comes us to recur to the events incident to
the achievement of our freedom, that, in
some measure, we may duly estimate its
cost, and realize the value attached 10 it by
those who pledged "their lives, their for
tunes, and their sacred honor" in its behalf.
We may well recur TO the period in their
struggle for liberty, when the people Of Vir-
ginia, cherishlng the tenderest sympathies
of brotherhood for tie inhabitants of the
New England Colonies. after solemnly pro-
testing against an oppressive act to which
they were subjected, appointed in maniGes-
tation of that sympathy, "a day of fasting
and prayer" With the liveliest feelings Of
gratitude may we recall the memorable 9Th
of December, 1776, when the venerated pa
triot, Washington, with an army reduced
TO three thousand men, without tents or
camp equippase, half naked and barefosted.
disheartened by misfOrlunes, and hope even
afar off; at night successfully crossed the
Delaware, thus saving this remnant of his
force, whose achievements shortly after, re-
kindied hope, and made the Spartan band
the nucleus of an ultimately victorious peo-
pie. The appropriateness of the anniver-
sary of that event as a day OF thanksgiving,
will suggest itself to every patriotic heart.
Therefore, |, RoBERr N. STEWART, Gov
ernor of the Stale OF Missouri, do, by this
Proclamation, recommend TO the people of
this State, that they observe THURSDAY,
the 9Th Of December next, in Thanks giving
10 Almighty God fer the innnmerabe bless
iDss and mercies bestowed upon US during
the past year; adding to their prayers for a
continuance thereof, their united and cara
est petition, that "the baneful violence of.
party spirit and sectional jealousy" may be
allayed, and that hencelorih may be cher.
ished (as expressed in Washingron'a Fare
well Address, cordial, habitual, and i'm
movable attachment 10 the UNIoS, as the
main pillar in the edfice of Independence,
the support of tranquility at home ard a.
broad; Of safety, prosperity and liberty"
In testimony whereof, l have
hereunto set my hand, and
caused the great seal of State
10 be affixed. Done at the
City Of Jefferson, this the
25th day Of November, A.
lSEAL.l d. one thousand eight hun
dred and fifty nine, Of the IN
dependence Of the United
States the eighty-fourth, and
Of the State of Missouri, the
thirty.ninth.
By The Governor, r. NJ. STEWART.
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