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President Lincoln In 1863
A PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA by President Abra-
ham Lincoln October 3, 1868.
The Year thatis drawing toward the close has been
filled with blessings of fruitful fields and health
full skies. these bountes which are SO constantly
enjoyed that prone to forget the source from
which they come others have been added wncn are Oh
so extraordinary that they not tail TO pen
citrate and soften the heart which, habltuay m
sensible to the -watchful providence of Almighty
Cod
In the midst of a civil of unequaled magnitude
and severity, which has sometimes seemed to invite
and provoke the aggressions of foreign states peace
has been preserved with all nations order mas oeen
maintained the laws have been respected ana oDeyeu
and harmony has prevailed everywhere, except In the
theatre of military conflict while that theatre has been
greatly conracedby the advancing armies ana naVleS
of the Union. - c
The needful diversions of wealth and strength from
the fields of peaceful industry to the national defense
have not arrested the plow, the shuttle or the snip
The axe has enlarged the borders of our settlements
and the mines WE'LL iron and coal, as OF the pre-
cious metals have yielded more abundantly than
heretofore Population has steadily increased notWlt
standing the waste that has been made in the camp the
SIEGE and battlefield; and the country, rejoicing
in the consciousness of augmented strength and Vgof
permitted to expect continuance Oh years Will l 20
increase of freedom.
Nohunoan counsel hath DEVISED nor hath any mortal
hand worked out these great things. 1hey are tne
gracious gifts of the Most High God, VINO, Whhe oed-
ing with US in anger for sins, hath nevertheess
remembered mercy. :,
# has seemed to me fit and proper that they should
he esolemnly reverently and gratefully acknowledged
aswith one heart and voice by the whole American pc
ople; do therefore, invite my tellow-cltlzens IN eV
cry part of the United Sates ana also tnose Wno a.
at sea and those who sojourning in toregn lanos
to set apart and observe the last THURSDAY OF NoVe
ber next as Day of Thanksgiving and Prayer 10 ou
beneficent Father who dwelleth in the heavens Ano
recommend to them that, while offering up the ascrH
tions Justly due to Him for such singular deVeranceS
and blessings they do also with humble penence for
our national perverseness and disobedience, commend
to His tender all those who have become WIDOWS
orphans mourners, or sufferers in the Lamentaole
civil strife in which unavoidaby engaged, ano
fervently plore the nterposition of the Almighty hand
to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore It, as
nas NAV be consistent with the Divine purposes
the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquility,
union.
In testimony whereof have heremto set my ma
and caused the seal of the United States to be a1le
Done the city Washington this third day OF Oc
ober in the year Lord thousand eight huno
red and si1ythree and of the independence OF the u
nted States the eighty Eight.