While thus rendering the unanimous and heartfelt tribute of national praise and thanksgiving which is so justly due to Almighty God: let us not fail to implore Him that the same divine protection and care which we have hitherto so undeservedly and yet so constantly enjoyed may be continued to our country and our people throughout all their generations forever.
Proclamation 169—Thanksgiving Day, 1867
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Copies of the letters which they have addressed to me upon the subject are accordingly herewith inclosed.
In reply to your communication, I have deemed it proper, in order to prevent further misunderstanding, to make this simple recital of facts.
The excuse you make in a subsequent paragraph of that letter of the 28th ultimo, that afterwards you changed your views as to what would be a proper course, has nothing to do with the point now under consideration.
I submit to the Senate, for its consideration with a view to ratification, the accompanying consular convention between the United States and the Government of His Majesty the King of Italy.
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