The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-10-08

LIST, 1862.
Proclamation of the President.
Ihursdoy, Noe. 26th to be Net Apart
as a Eoy Of National IHunhsyiv.
ing.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 1868.
By the President OF the United States of America;
A PROCLAMATION.
The year that is drawing towards it's
close has been filled with the blessings
of fruitful fields and heaIthiul skies.
70 these bouniies which are ST. con-
stanily enjoyed that We are prone to
forget the sources irem which they
come, Tiers have been added which
are Of SD extraordinary nature that
they cannot fail to penetrate and soften
even the heart which is habi,ually in
sensible To the ever watchiul Provi-
dence of Almighty God.
In the midst vi IA c,uel war of un-
cqnalled magnitude and severity, which
has sometimes seemed To invite and
provoke the agsressions OF foreign
States, peace has been preserved with
all nations; order has been nlaintained;
the LAWS have been respected and
obeyed, and harmony has prevailed
rywhere, except IN the theatre of
military conflict, while that theatre has
been greatly contracted 10y the advanc
my armies aud navies OF the Unl5m.
The neesliul diversion of wealth and
strength from the fields of peaceful in
dustry 10 the national defense, have not
arrested the piow, the shuttle or the
ship. The axe has enlarged the borders
oil our settlements, anu the mines AS
well of iron and coal AS the precious
metal, have yielded even more album
danlly Than heretolore. Population,
has steadily Increased, notwithstanding
the waste that has been made in the
camp, the Siege aud the battlefield, and,
the country rejoicing IN the conscious.
ness ol augmented strength and viyor,
Is permitted To expect continuance oi
years ~itii large increase of freedom.
No human counsel hath devised, mo-,
hath an mortal hand worked out these
great things. They are the gracious
gifts of the Most High God, who, whiie
dealing with us in anger Tor our sins,
hath nevertheless remembered mercy.
Ii has seemed to me iii aud proper that
they should be soIcnnly, earnestly and
gratefully acknowledged, as with one
heart aud voice, by the whole Ameri-
can people.
l do therefore invite my fellow citi
ze's ia every part of the United States.
and also those no are at sea, and those
who are soj,urning in foreign lands, IL
observe and set apart the last Thursday
of November next as IA day of Thanks
giving and Prayer To our Beneficiell
Father who dw eileill in the heavens,
and | recommend To them that, While
offering up the securities justly due to
Him Tor such singular deI;,eranccs and
blessings, they do also, with humble
penltence Tor our national perverseness
and disObedIenct, commend to His ten
der care all those " no have become
widows, orphans, ar sufferers in the Ia
mcntable civil strife la which we are
unavoidably engaged, and !eivenily i'm.
plore the Interrogation of the Almighty
hand To heal the wounds of the Nation
aud to restore ii as soon as may be
consistent with the Divine purposes to
the full enjoyment of peace, harmony.
tranquility aud Union.
In Testimony whereof, have here.
unto sci my hand. and caused the seal
of the United States To be affixed
Done at the city of Washington, the
third day OF October, in the year of GU,
Lord 1868, and Of The Independence oi
the United States the eighty eighth.
A. LINCOLN
By the President.
WV. Ii. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
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