, 1864-11-20
A pATKIOT'aC pKsE1AATE.
ThRlikHgivlnR PROCLAIM alton Of Arch
ftehDD Purcell OF Ohio

Tho President Of thu United States and tho
Governor Of tho State at Ohio, having, La con-
fortulty With most proper and = t!Me.t'on.
q sees sea sy y S s
IA tiu Aisnishty Cod Ior jill 1neroios j. 81 III.
lnlllnt.on for o'r sins and Of fsuppl!catlon ior
eaeo w hereby ora!n tnat q, TIC c9tAol!e
horied by their pastors to meet IN their re.
spcctjyc churches on the day above specified.
and assist In becoming sentiments Of grast"
ttdc, pcnitcnce and pr tyer, at tho great Eu'
el,a5ls'!s. ezp.a.ery and lsapcsrAtoss sacs1aee
We, Catholics, have largely shared In the
blessings of health, abundant haryestA aud
exemption from the rarages Of Wat, .wh!:h
God has granted to tho people Of tho North. ;.
Our s hays Is aTsy cf1ca c re6
rcn OF the South, aud which has cost the llfc-
blood OF SO many Thousands Of our own
braye soldiers, who left thci1 pleasant homes
to check the advance at tho toe and conffne
the deadly strife to the batle-aelds on which
Il uadIy originated. Our hopes Of future hap
ptness on Garth arc vain II tho peace,
the prosperity, the progress IN arts, sciences
and religion, which have distlngu!ahcd us
among the nntions Of the Garth for four
score and eight years, and Thlsh, under Y the the
Constitution and the Union, be not continued
| .by the maintenance Of that Union and the
elimination Of those defects which chri.tlan
! civilization and our own experience have
shown us The Constitution contained. It
| therefore becomes our solemn duty to OBJ
serve, with no ordinary fervor, the national
holiday and as wo cannot enjoy, and should
1 not desire, peace, happiness and independence,
4 except In the society Of our fellow citizens,
we should pray for and promote, By every
means In our power, their Wclhrc IS well as
We confess that It has greatly palned Us to
! hear that certain rash, irrcvcrent md Thought.
/ less mel of our communion hare denounced
and Cursed the Government, tho Administra-
\ tion and their ahettors. Nov, God commands
us to bless, and curse not. And when bad
/ men cursed the supporters Of the Government
I did they not reflect that they cursed the more
than hnndrede Of thousands of Catholic voters
and Catholic soldiers Of our army who defend
That Government IN the ncldf Did they not
reflect that its aownfhll would be hailed with
acclnmatlon by our own hereditary opprcssors
across the oeeans Did they not reflect that
| ifpolltical salvation Is ever to reach far dts.
! tant and beloved island, 1t must come TO II
sever?
Where Is no justtfying cause orrcason to
| curse the Government OF the Administration.
They did not commence this war. They
could scarcely bring themselves to believe
that it was seriously commenced, even when
was shed by the hands Of the South. And
when force had to be repellcd By force, when
armies had to be raised and, therefore, troops
to be drafted toraise the blockade Of our rlv.
I'd I'D 'sm s S S bsn Sa:
in the southI Where In The North was the
draft, the conscription, enforced as ruthlcssly
and na indlsc1imIna.ely as IN tho Souths
There was tho citlxcns' property confis:
Gated without compensation, for the alleged
souths ss W We hsveeonytased With irish Cath.
ole refugees fsoms {GESorgia, from Arlransas
ffom Alabama and other SoRshcrn States, and
: We know how they we're 33apped Of thei'
J On when they refused to 60 into the ranks o
. the Confederate army. Many an Irish 1aborel
| told uB In The hospitals, here and elscwhere
, that when the war broke ont In the South
and the public works were suspended, theJ
! were either violently conscrpte:., OF had t
s We do not adduce these facts to excite IN
D kind feelings agninst tho South, but 10 put y
r shame the journalists Of the North, especial.
l the Esr1man's Josn1s and Aaropolaan Reror.
o Ing people to evil words and deeds, and tn
! people themselves who patron}zed such JONI
malignlty.
Is past, that all lhould return. to their eobe
sccond thought, and that we should rail-
round the constituted authorities, the 'spor
crs' which the apostle Commands as to obe1
d sud thus presenting an undivided front to II
!. enemy, rc-establish tho Union, without wtic
B. there can be no panacca, present or progpo'
\, live, for The Ills VIC suffer. :, ,
= = Tic South bcholdlng us thus Of one uin
] xii, we dcyoutly trust, hasten 70 mai
70 pcacc, ano We, on our si1e, Will ahoW the
that we are ready and TIng to maXe Eea r.
y y cser Ne made tor was. ..s 4,
W Tho reverend clergy Will please reette 4
st 1.itany Of the Saints, Ia union with thcis B