The year that is drawing towards its close has been filled with the blessings ... which are of so extraordinary a nature, that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible ...
In the midst of a war … which has sometimes seemed to … invite and to provoke … aggression … the country, rejoicing in the consciousness of augmented strength and vigor, is permitted to expect continuance of years, with large increase of freedom.
It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged … by the whole American people.
I do therefore invite my fellow citizens … to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November, as a day of Thanksgiving ... And I recommend to them that … they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience … heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it … to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony [and] tranquility...
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