The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-06
The Most Rev. Archbishop Purcell
and the Presidents Proclamation
ola Bay of Thanksgiving.
ne Catholic Telegraph of this week.
THANKSGIVING.


THANKSGIVING.
The observance of Thanksgiving days,
and of DAYS of fasting, humiliation and
nrayer. recommended by the President
of the United States and the Governor
of Ohio, was left by the eccleslastlcai
authority of this Diocese in former years
to the well-known public spirit and piety
of our Reverend clergy and their respec-
tive congregations. Events, however,
of recent occurrence seem to require
that the sixth day of the present month
should oe observed with special devotion
nv all our people. We trust, therefore,
that our churches will be thrown open
and solemn religious service performed
to thank the Lord of hosts that victory
after victory has been granted to the JUS
( tice of our cause and the valor and pa
/ thence of our armies; that the devastat-
+ ing ravages of war have been repeiled
from our beloved State; that the obstruc-
tions to the free navigation of the glorl-
GUS rivers which fertilize our territory
and bear on their bosoms our rich COM
merce to the ocean, have been removed;
and that the resistance to the laws ana
the wicked and disgraceful riots which
have elsewhere occurred, have found
!, among Us, int few accomplices.
In raising our hearts and voices to
God in gratitude for these blessings, we
protest against the unjust imputation
that we rejoice at the evils which have
overwhelmed brethren who, by their
own councils and acts, became enemies.
6 1t is not, Heaven thousand times for
bid, for the shedding of their blood, the
capture of an hundred thousand of their
soldiers, the storming of their strong
holds, the desolation of their once flour
ishing plantations, and the crushing of
their industry, that we rejoice; but that
rebellion has been suppressed, treason
discounted and suicidal overtnres to
foreign powers disappointed and baf1led.
: 1t is for these results we lift our eyes and
> hands to Heaven And we pray in his
words who was once the honored chief
:, of our Hierarchy, the kindsman OF one
) so long known as the last surviving sign
: er of the Declaration of Independence,
:. the friend of Franklin and his col
= league in the mission from our
, Government, to the Canadian people,
that (this bad war once happily con
! cluded,) we may be restored to and
,r Tor evermore preserved IN union; ano
:. that safe at once from foreign foe ant
~ domestic treason. we may continue tt
q realize that glorious destiny which was
- so beautifully shared with the oppressed
and the down-trodden of Europe, ant
h which exhibited our Constitution anC
- laws as the wisest and best ever framed
y. by man for his welfare and happiness IL
is this temporal state.
- - And we add to this prayer the expires
If sion not of hope, but of conviction
f. that the people of the United States ant
wv the Government at Washington will no
~ impose hard conditions on the State, o
.. States of the South that may desire t
oo 0 return to the Union, but welcome ther
NJ back with the magnanimity of a grea
NJ Christian nation, forgiving and forgettin
+. the past, in the Joy of present an
~ everlasting re-union-----~ N, .nvrsnvr
rs C. H. BORGESS.. Secretary.