It is therefore requested that on next Sunday, in all places of public worship in the United States, thanksgiving be offered to Him for His mercy in preserving our national existence against the insurgent rebels.
Proclamation of Thanksgiving
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If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me won't amount to anything.
If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business.
The question is, will it be wiser to take it as it is and help to improve it, or to reject and disperse it?
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