Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-10-09
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A PROCLANAftoS

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A PROCLAMATION.
The year that Is drawing to It's close ha,
boon Allied with the blessings Of fruitful field,
and hcAlthful skies. To these bounties
which arc 50 constantly enjoyed that We asf
prone to forget the source from which thew
come, others have been added, which are q
so extraordinary o nature that they canno,
fail to penetrate and soften even the heart
which is habitually insensible to the ever.
watch:ul providence Of Almighty God.
In tho midst Of civil war of unequal
magnitude and severity, which has sometime
seemed to invite and provoke the aggressions
o. foreign States, peace has been preserved
with all nations, order has been maintained,
the laws havo been respected and obeyed
ana harmony has prevailed everywhere, OK.
eept IN the theatre Of military conflict; while
that theatre has been greatly contracted by
the advancing ss..::cics and navies Of the
Union.
The nesdful diversion 0, .aslth and strength
from the fields of peaceful in...- to ::.:is
national defense has not arrested the llow,
the shuttle or the ship. The axe has en-.
larged the borders Of our settlements, and
the mines, as we'll of iron and coal as Of the
precious metals, have yielded even more
abundantly than before. Population has
steadily increased, notwithstanding the waste
that has been made in the camp, the siege,
and the battle field and the country, rejoic-
ing 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 tho gifts Of the Most High
God, who, while dealing with US in anger for
our sins, hath nevertheless remembered ner-
cy.
II has seemed to mo At and proper that
they should be solemnly, reverentlv, and
gratefully acknowledged by the whole Amer
can people. do, therefore, invite my fel.
low citizens in every part of the United States
and also those who are at sea and those who
are sojourning in foreign lands. to set apart
and observe the last Thursday Of November
next as day Of thanksgiving and prayer to
our benificent Father who dwelleth in the
heavens and recommend to them that,
while offering up the Inscriptions justly due
Him for such singular deliverances and bles-
sings, they do also, with humble penitence
for our national perversencss and disobedi-
ence, commend to His tender care all those
who have become widows. orphans, or suffer.
crs in the lamentable civil strife in which we
arc nnavoidably engaged, and fervently i'm.
plore the interposition Of the Almighty hand
to heal the wounds of the nation, and to re.
store it, as soon as may be consistent with
the Divine purposes, to the full enjoyment of
peace, harmony. tranquility and Union.
In testimony whereof. have hereunto set
my hand, and caused the seal Of the United
States TO be affixed.
Done at the City Of Washington, this, the
third day Of October, in the year Of our Lord
1853, and Of the independence Of the United
States the eighty.eighth.
A. LINCOLN.
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