Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1863-10-24
A Proei.natiop.,
By the P,ehasn, Of the uuitea State. of Amorics.
wAsntSeros, Oct. 81. 1853

WAsHiSeroS, Oct. 81, 1853.
The yenr that Is drawing to close has
been filed with the blessings Of fruitful
field and healthful skies. 10 these bouu
ties, which are so constantly enjoyed thai
we are prone to forget the sources from
which they come, others have been added
which are Of so extraordinary a nature
that they cannot fail to penetrate aud
soften even the heart which is babitualIy
insensible TO the over watchful providence
Of Almighty God. f-.,-s s-..s... l,l
In the midst of civil war Of uneqnaled
magnitude and severity, which has some
times seemed to invite and provoke the ag.
gression Of foreign States, peace has been
preserved with all nations, order has been
maintained, the laws have been respecte ed
and obeyed, and harmony has prevailed
everywhere, except in the theater Of mill.
tary conflict, while that theatre he's been
greatly contracted by the advancing armies
and uavjes Of the Union.
The needful diversions of wealth and
strength from the fields Of peaceful indus.
try to the national defense, have not arrest.
ed the plow, the shuttle or the ship. The
axe has enlarged the borders OF our settle
ments, and the mines as well of iron and
coal as the precious metals, have yielded
even more abundantly than heretofore.
Population has steadily increased, notwith.
standing the waste that has been made in
the camp, the siege and the battlefield, aud
the country, rejoicing in the consciousness
of augmented strength and vigor, is permit
tel TO expect Continuance Of years with
large increase of freedom. slat.1ad
No human. counsel has 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, hath, nevertheless,
remembered mercy. er.4 est.-
1t has seemed TO me fit and proper that
they should be solemnly, reverenly and
gratefully acknowledged, as with one heart
and voice, BY the whole American people.
do therefore invite my felow.ciizens
in every por ion OF the Uni,ed States, and
also those who are at sea, and those who
are sojourning in foreign lands, TO set apart
and observe the lust Thursday Of Novem-
Der as day Of thanksgiving and prayer 10
our bcue ficent Father who dweleth in the
heavens; and l recommend to them that
while Offering up the Inscriptions justly due
to Him for such singular deliverances and
blessings, they do also, with humble peni.
tence for our national perverseness aud dis.
obedience, commend TO his ,euder care all
those who have become widows, orphans OF
sufferers in the lamettable civil strife in
which we are unavoidably engaged, aud fer
vent,y implore the interpositiou of the Al
mighty hand to heal the wounds of the ma
tioD, end to restore it, as soon as may b.
consistent with the divine purposes, to th'
full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquil
| ity aud union. t.s71 -aat.t .a
In testimony whereof have hereuntc
set my hand, and caused the seal of the
United States 10 be affixed
Done at the City of Washington This,
the third day of October, in the year oI
oar Lord eighteen hundred and sixty
three, and OF the independence of the
United States. the eighty eighth
| By the President, A. LINCOLN
WIN. II. SEWARD, Sec'y of State.