Daily national Republican., 1863-10-03
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The year that b drSHing. towards Its close,
has BEEN a,,ea van sthS ale4dass of fruitful
hs,ds and hesi,hful skies, TO these bounties,
which sss 10 scopstsssy es,oyeti thst We are
prons to fusyss she serrte nom which they
come. others have beea sdded, which are Of so
extraordinary nature that they cannot fall TO
penetrate and soitsn even the heart which Ia
habituaiiy ihsensibleio the eve. .watchful prov.
idence Of Almighty God. .,.. .a,l, .....
In the midst of civil war of unequalled mag.
nitude and severity which has sometimes seem.
ed to foreign States TO invite and to provoke
their aggression, peace has been preserved with
all nations; order has been maintained; the
laws have been respected and obeyed, and har-
mony has prevailed everywhere, except In the
theatre Of military copnict; while that theatre
has been greatly contracted by the advancing
armies and navles of the Union. .....a. ...
Needful diversions of wealth and Of strength
from the fields Of peaceful industry to the na-
tional defence, have not arrested the plough,
the shuttle or the ship, the axe has enlarged
the borders Of our settlements, and tho mines,
as well of Iron and coal a. Of the precious
metals, have yielded even more sbundantly
than heretofore. Population has steadily In.
creased, notwithstanding the waste that has
been made In the camp, the siege and the bat
tle.nsld; and the country, rejoicing in the con.
sciousness 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 haad worked out these great thiugs.
They are the gracious gifts Of the Most High
God, who, while dealing with us lu anger 70,
our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy
1t has seemed to me at and proper that the,
should be solemply, reverently and gratefully
acknowledged as with one heart and voice BY
the whole Amsricsu people.
i I do therefore invite my fsliow.cltisens, II
every part Of ths United ssstss, and also thos'
VINO are at sea and those who are sojournini
In foreign lands, TO set apart ssd observe III
last Thursday OF November next, as day o
Thanksgiving and Praise 70 our sensncen
J Father who dwelleth In the Heavens.
And recommend to them that, while offer
ing up the Inscriptions justly due to Him 70
such singular deliverances and blessings, the!
do also, with humble penitence for our M
tlonal perversness and disobedIencc comment
10 His tonder care oil those who have becom
widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers In tn
: lamentable civil strife In which We are un
svoidsbly engaged, and fsrvsntly lmplore tn
Interpolation Of the Almighty Hand to heal th
wounds Of the nation and to restore 1t as sool
as may be consistent with the Divine purpose
to the full enjoyment Of peace, harmony, tran
quillity and Union, u.
% In testimony whereof, have hereunto sc
my hand and caused the seal of tho Unite
, States to be affixed.
, Done at the city Of Washington, this thir
! day Of October, In the year Of our Lor
IL.s.I one thousand eight hundred and sixty
|, three, and Of the independence OF th
!. United States the eighty-elghth. q.
.r ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
BY the President,