The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1863-10-14
The National Thanksgiving Day.
A Proclamation by the President of tho
Uniicd AinIea of AmeIiCa.

The wear that is drawing toward Us close mas
lccn Allied with thc bic 1ings uf fruitful hclda and
healthrtl skics. To .heSe bounties Witch are go
constaptly enjoyed that We are prone 10 forget the
source frin whioh they como, others have been
added, which arc ct 50 GNtranrdiniiN nature thHt
,hov ciu not fil ~ pruotralc and sN'icn the heart
which ishabitulllv inscnsllc tc the ever wd'chlW
rrovidrnce nf Almighty God
ir tho iui,ls, pf = ciril vtt ~ unrquilri lEni
.oi, and ,prcritv, which has ."mrtim see Md
=. in,itn arl provoke the sggtrsS'vrr - tte,gn
sttcs pracc ha- ttsr preserved vHh N'l niiious,
.rl ha bpcu irtOrtainrd, the laws have h"un ~
ipectrl, and OhcNci, AMI ha'mnn' has prevailed
rrctvwhrru, except IN ihc thcdttr uf military con
net while tl,t thcatcr has been greatly ccutrartcd
hv the advancing armies and nIviy- ut ~" lniuu.
The urcirul diversions nt wealth and strength
from the fields nt peaceful industry in The hiii"nai
d,Crrse have not arrested the plow the shuttle or
She shin, The axe has enlarged Eve hurdcrs I our
settlements, and the miuc1 a. welt Of iron aud
rosl ns of the prcc,uu- metals, have yielded even
more abunIan,lv than hcrcto,rrc. Population has
steadily increased, not 0ihst indug the waste that
has been made in the camp, the sicgr, and the
h,ttlr.Gcd aud the country, rejoicing IN IT," con
srinusnc - of augmented strc'g'h aud yig' pet.
mitlcd to expect continuance ut years with large
increase Of freedom.
~ human counsel hath devised, nor hath any
mortal hard worked out these things. They arc
the gracious gifts or the Most High God, WIN
while dealing with rs in angor Tor our ,ns, hath
nevertheless remembered mercy.
II has seemed to me- ht aud proper that they
slouH hc splcmnlv, rcvctcntlv, and rfn'ciullN
acknowledged ns with one heart and vucc hv thc
whole American people do thcrr,"rr, in'l'" m,
fellow citizcns IN every part ul the ntrd state
and also those who are ~ sea, and those Who ar,
sniourniuc IN foreign lands to set apart and bsotr,
,hc last Thursdty oi November NIX as 4 pay u
Thanksgiving anil Prayer 10 our b ncNcCnt Father
who dwrcth in the heavens. And rccommcn,
tn them that, while Offering up the descriptions
Justly duc to Him iur such singular d'hycrancc'
and blessings they An also, with humble pcnitcnc'
fer our national pcrycrscncSS aud disubcdioncc
commend 10 His trudcr care all those who hav,
hccomr widows, orphans, munrncrs, or sufferers
in the iamcutnhlc civil strife IN which W. are una
ynlnbll engaged, and trrvcnAy implurc the inter
position Of the Almighty III tnd to heal the wounds
or the nation and to restore II, soon rs MAY
iN consistent with the Divine purposes, 10 th,
full enjoyment of p'acc, harmony, tranquility, anc
non.
Ia testimony whereof have hcrcunto set my
hand and caused the seal of the United States t.
~ affixed.
Done at the City Of Washington this third g
October, in the year of Lord Que thousand cigh
hundred and sixty three, and Of the indcpcndenc
nf the United states the eighty eighth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Dy the President;
WILLIAM H. Suw ARD, Secretary Of state.