Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-11-04

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state of Observation-Disclosures for
Peace, victory and Our Country
Saved.
Yet another year has passed over our State and
RsaoB.-And-thep people of Ohio. in-accordance
with a usage Of our dead fathers, older than the
stateCitse{i haYe,beeR once sgaia INVOKED, by a
joint FfsSutioe II theiE GeEerai Assembly 30.
unitei A pubic ak Hswiedehnent 81 well Of the
existence, power and goodness of God, as of His
and pelR-
ti0ns Of men.
Afniu5H npen aduH ce~nsidenatton Of all the re-
lgious truths connected with this venerable Gus
tom, and with a lively remembrance Of ali the
events Of that passed yesr,1what ought this whole
peOplet to feel and 20 utter, at their family reunions.
in the .gTeetings of friends aud neighbors, and
around the altar Of the Most High Can ii be
possible that 2 people ever before could have had
such causesa al Ourselves FOR thankfuIness and praise
ITO God?- If the Annually recurring seasons Of the
regulaf year, and the varying climates ofour globa,
with all their goodly fruits and health, and other
countless comforts and delights. have ever iiern
aud shall always be, severally and in their due sue
esslonht1euteaase fSE grateful hanaggto that be-
nigD Heart and bounteOus hand from which they
eyer how; what can We feel, what shall ,ue saw ofoui
debt cfgratttude for his works and mercios in this
the most memorable. of all the years , An those
natural and general blessings We have fully shared
with others. But, a great nation, desperately i'm
Perlled, has been grandly saved, and that nation
was, is, onrsl Surely surely II fever n state and
nasioni in all history had more than. fttest and fnII-
est cause to give ttla1ks N4tothe Lord for his Won
drpus benefits and fcrDearances, very surely are
taey these Of ours, here. and howl 2or whereas,
al our tOriaoniesrTsls We were at 1TsT, We are now
IN p ace; We were divided, we are one; We were
poor and weak, we are rich and strong; we were
pitied-or dispised by all the nations ofthe earth,
and are we not epyied and honored Tmong ami
above them all?'7 Then Slavery, like a vast
pail of night shade, blaekened our whole bright,
and degraded and d~isgraced all our fair, land
Nov Liberty, like a new risen sun, with heaIiug
in his beams, shines and CLOVIS, under all our
heavens, up0naour whole earth and into every
American mind and heart. WondrOus, happy,
glorious change; Sei Fay We sing in the words
fofmer chosen People, sThou hast turned, for me,
my mourning inso dancing thou hast put of my
saekcloth ard girded me with gladness."
Let as, then, fellow citizens, each and all-all
and each one of us, 'fgive thanks unto the Lord for
lie is good; for his mercy endureth forever" 1t
is a good thing TO give thanks unto the Lord and 20
sing praises 10 Ids name. Nor Oct casuists and
doubters deny as they may) shall these our songs
be q vain thing for if we may not by our prayers
and praises bend the Divine VIII and Love to US,
surtlyTwe eanTstse ours toward Him. 40
Now, therefore, /, Charles Anderson, Governor
Of the State Of Ohio, DO hereby appoint the last
Thursday, being the thirtieth day Of the present.
month Of November, as a day Of general Thanks
giving and Praise to that God Of Love who has SO.
loved aud blessed this land and people. And L do
furthermore most respectfully but earnestly request
al the people ofthis State, who love their country
and their God, upon that day, TO lay aside all their
customary cares and vocatiOns to gather their
scattered children around the brightened hearths
and the cheerful boards Of their olden family homes;
~ AAAAlA Anhhh " anu III ANG UuDAAL HNEnlAeh.
to the Heavenly Father, for all his past benefits
and especially FOR his amazing and glorious works
Of the past year; to implvresa continuance and
Increase of them and most especially of the
highest aud best of all temporal blessings,
Peace and good viii amongst men, and
finally, that in thstrue spirit Ofthat cheerful Chris
tian thankfulness to God, and. of good will toward
men, which j. suitable TO an occasion SO cXtraOrdi-
nary, we shall, for ourselves, strive henceforth SO
to live with our fellOw-citizens in Ohio, and so to
our fellow citisensR and cur fellOw-men
every where. throughout eur now redeemed and
e-united land, as 10 prove ourselves worthy to be
the common citizens Of such a country, and the
children Of sueha God.
In testimony whereof 1 havs hereuntos set my
-uame and caused the great seal of the State Of
Ohio TO be affixed, at Columbus, on this third day
Of November, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-fve, and in
the ninetieth year of the independents of the
United States OF America.
I SEAL, fBy the Governor:
~ WY. HENRY SNtru-
Secretary eff State.