The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-10-28
STATE OFF MAINE.
By Ttts GOVERNOR,
BIZ TIE GOVERNOR,
A z r o O l. A Nj ITO N.


In this day Of National calamity. when our coun.
try Is r1nt with civil CONFUSION ana the lurd ten.
" SIS OF war sweeping the aud, even now he
people of the State owe gra efu aokno vile cement
70 me Ausoor OF all mercies fof the manitoba tokens
OF His goodness.
Toe garnered harvest, rewardiug " it'll its abupd.
auce the toll of the husbandman; the large pros.
parity a'endisg all the pursuits of industry; the
exemption from wasting pestilence; the continuance
of ali our accustomed privileges OIL educatlou: the
enjoyment upmoested, of the right to r. hip God
according 10 tho die Gatvs OF our consciences;
The breaking the letters of the oppressed The i'm
munity IRON the ravages of war upon our own soil
the successes of the National arms on land and ocean,
giving hope that the end of the war is approaching
The wisdom, courage, and constancy with which the
people have been inspired to maintain, thru ugh
protracted and bloody strife the government OF our
fathers alfbear testimony to the goodn a. OF God
and cali upon u.s. BIO wing In humble alteration be-
fore Him, to proclaim that His mercy endureth
'Inrecogni ion of these wondrous hlessines. have
by and with the adv'c of the Elk ecutiys Council,
appointed THURSDA Y, THE T1ENTY-FJURTH DAY
OF NOVEMBER NEXT, as q day OF Public Thanks
giving and Prayer.
recon mend 20 the people of this State, on that
day, to lay do their usual empl ymeDts, AID as
sembiing In their various ttmpies of worship ac-
cording to the custom which has descended from
our ancestors, with nitebt prayer a. d swelling.
anthem to give utter to their graft ude for His
benefcence; and when We return to the festive
board, best and laden with his beunties, around
which cluster so many tepoer ASSOCIATIONS may our
pleasures be heightened by the consciousness that
we have manifested our graft ude by s1aring with
the destitute the abundance which He has given SO
that the poor, this day. shall lorgetther poverty
Mingled indeed with sadness will he the emot .ons
OF many households on the recurrence Vt this fest.
val as gathering their scattered, members they find
the circle ofloveh b. broken sis last they met
and gaze upon The vacant chair, which, with its 81
pathos only 100 painfully tell the story OF those
who reposing in soldiers graz 81. But even here
the cloud hath its silver lining, heart-broken
mourners will thank nod for the consolation that
their lost have persisted that the nation might
be say ed.
WIFI we deplore the untimely death of SO many
heroic men, let us invoke the Almighty to protect
hose who amid peril still stand In the serried ranks
Of our country, shting In her behalf and that OF
the human race tho battle Republican liberty, and
that He will extend His tender care to those whom
the casualties of war have doomed to languish in
prison or hospital.
May "a cd, in dis infinite mercy, have our beloved
Iand in His holy keeping, and speed the day. when
with the authority OF the nation vindcated and tri-
umphant ths tread OF hostile armies shall be lon
ger heard in our borders and Peace shall gladden.
the hearts of people humbied and purified by Bis
chsstisement 1
Given al the Council Chamber, Augusta, this the
nineteen of october, in the year Of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty -four, and
of the Independence of the United States OF
America the eighty-ninth.
SAMUEL CONY.
By bis ExcelleDcy the Governor; 400
EPKRAIM FLINT, Jr., Secretary of State.