The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-10-29
RooseveIt's Proclamation
Names Nov. 18th
GOAL Is CHARACTER
Democracy Must I~~ the Ten Talents
Intruhtcd IL and Pray fur tl,o
Spirii of ikIEilt~pu~Iscas aud
Justice Ia Which Lies
Hops OF Nation. Per-
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Washington. II. e. oct Is =prcsi-
dent Roosevelt today issued his
Thanksgiving proclamation throuEl.
the Secretary Of state naming the last
Thursday in November. tho tNseuO-
eighth.
The proclamation foliowr
once again the season 81 thc year
Inns come when, la accordance with
the custom OF our forcGathcrs for Era-
cratIons past. thc President appoints
"A day n tho especial occasion for al
giving to God.
During tho past year We have been
free from famine. from prrstilcncr,
from war. We ara mt peace with ali
the rest OF mankind our natural rr-
sources are at least IA great n Ihu~e
Of nm, other nation. We believe that
In ability Ia develop aud take adsan-
tiGc of these ia. average
man of IHis nation stands mt least q,
high az the average man of ans 9th
CT. Nowhere else "a tlIc NOrhI j.
there such an opportunity for "a free
people 10 develop fo the fullest -
tent all it, powers of body. 81 mind.
and of that which stand above botI
body and nnind,-charactcr.
."Mucfl has been given ~ from on
high and much VIII rightly bc cNpret-
cd OF ~ In return. Into our care the
ten talents have been entrusted. aud
we are to he parioucI neither III NC
~quandcr ana waste them. nor IL We
hid them In "a napkin: for they must
be fruitful I'm our hands. Ever through
out the ages, at all times and among
all peoples, prosperity tiaN been frauEit
with danger and II b~ehoosc. us %
REHalt Ht1 -. - III ~ -.
we ma5 not fall into love or ca~c and
luxury; that We may not lose our
sense of moral responsibility. that We
may not forget our duty - God and
To our n~cigllbor.
"a great Democracy like Ours. IA De
n~ocracy based upon the principles oil
orderly liberty. can be pc~rU~tustcs
only IL In tiIc heart Of the ordinary
citizen there dwcIi- a keen -cn~r of
r~ightcousuc~s aud Justice. We -Iioukt
earnestly psaS ilIat this spirit Of
Righteousness and justice may grow
ever GREATER la the IIcarLs Of all of "a.
and thai our sOul4 may bc Inclined
cNermore both toward the wines ttial
tell for gcntlencss and tenderness. for
loving kindness and f~orb~aran~r ono
with another. and toward those no
less necessary virtues that make our
manIIles~ and rugged hardIhood-for
without these qualities nrffher nation
nor individual can rise 10 thc level or
greatness.
Now. therefore. {. Theodore TsooAe-
Welt. President or tbs United state. d,
~ct apart T5iurehay, the 2sth day 81
November. as "A day Of general Thanks
giving and Prayer. and on tfat da, I
recommend that tle people hall
cease from their daily work. and. IN
their home or Ia their citnrcils= meet
d%csontly 10 thank tf,c Almighty for
the many and great blessings thee
iiatc received In thc past. and 10 pray
that they MAY bc given strength ~ to
order their lives a. To ficNcrvr "a con-
%tlnuation Of these blessings in the fu-
ture.
I'm witness IS hereof I have hercun-
to set my hand and caused tiic A~at
Of the United States to be- AFFIXED.
(Scal.D
Done Mt thc city Of Washington titr
twenty-nfth day Of October in iitc
year OF our Lord one thousand nine
hundred md seven and Of the inde-
pendcncc Of the United State THO
ono hundred ard Lhirty-S~cOnd.
(SIgncd)
"TIITODOET ROOSEVELT"
By the President
"Elihu Root. secretary of STATE.