Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-10-14
NATIONAL THANKSGIVING AND pR,yre
b. tae President Of the United States Of Amsr,eo.


~ 1t President u The United States Of America.
PROCLAMATION.
! Inc ear drawing towards its close has bear
n'.'o wiz. crossings OF f1c;tfu fields and healthful
sNieS' 70 these poun5ies, " lich so constantly
enjoyed that We are prone to forget the source
iiolu "Nioh 'leS eoHae' Others have been added
which are Of SO extraordinary a nature that n,
cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the bsr,
which is habitually insensibe to the eyer vx,,,f,
Providence of Almighty God.
In the midst of civil war of unequalled ,n.,,,;
tude and severity, which has sometimes seemed 70
invite and provoke the aggressions or foreign
States, peace has been preserved with all nations:
order mas been maintained; the laws have been
respected aud oboyed, and harmony has prevailed
ever, where, except in the theatre of military cor
fict, while that theater has been greatly Ger
tracted 10y the advancing armies and nayies of rhe
Union. The needfuI diversions OF wealth and
strength from he sds of peaceful industry TO the
national defence, have not arrested the pillow, the
shuttle or the ship. The axe has enlarged the
borders OF our settlements and the mines as we'll
Of iron and coal, the precious metals, have
yielded even more abundantly than heretofore.-
Population has steadily increased, notwithstand-
ing the waste that has been made in the camp the
siege and the battlefield; and the country re-
Joiens in the consciousness Of augmented strength
and vigor, is permitted to expect continuance of
years. with large increase Of freedom.
No human counsel hath devised, nor hath any
mortal hand worked out these great things. They
are the gracious gifts of the Most High God who
while dealing with Us in anger for our sins hat.
nevertheless remembered mercy 1t has seemed
ut and proper that they should be solemnly. reye-
rently and gratefully acknowledged as with one
heart ana voice by the whole American people
do therefore invite my fellow citizens, in every
part OF the United States, and also those who are
at sea, and those who are sojourning in foreign
lands, to observe and set apart the
Last Thursday In November next,
As a day of thanksgiving and prayer o our benei-
cent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens and
recommend to them that, while Offering up the ex.
prcssious of praise Justly due Him such sin
GUAR deverances and blessings, they do also with
humble peniteuce for national peryerseness
and disc edience, commend to His tender care all
those who have become widows orphans or suffer
ers in the lamentable civil strife in which We are
uuavoidably engaged, and fcrycutIy impIore the
iutergositiou OF the Almighty Hand to heal the
wounds Of the nation, and restore it as soon as
may be consistent with the Divine purposes, t. the
tun enjoyment of peace, harmony tran quillity ana
Union
In testimony whereof, have hereuuto set my
hand, and caused the seal Of the United States TO
he affixed.
day of October in the year Of our Lord, Is63, and
Of the Independence OF the United States, tie
eighty -eighth.
Signed, \. LINCOLN, President.
WI II. SEWARD, Sec'y OF state.