A Thankful President

[one...two...tree 2,762]

James Buchanan, President of the United States of America.

A Proclamation for a Day of Humiliation, Fasting, & Prayer.

To the People of the United States. A Recommendation.

Numerous appeals have been made to me by pious and patriotic associations and citizens, in view of the present distracted and dangerous condition of our country, to recommend that a day be set apart for Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer throughout the Union.

In compliance with their request and my own sense of duty, I designate Friday, the 4th of January 1861, for this purpose, and recommend that the People assemble on that day, according to their several forms of worship, to keep it as a solemn Fast.

The Union of the States is at the present moment threatened with alarming and immediate danger; panic and distress of a fearful character prevails throughout the land; our laboring population are without employment, and consequently deprived of the mans of earning their bread. Indeed, hope seems to have deserted the minds of men. All classes are in a state of confusion and dismay, and the wisest counsels of our best and purest men are wholly disregarded.

In this the hour of our calamity and peril, to whom shall we resort for relief but to the God of our fathers? His omnipotent arm only can save us from the awful effects of our own crimes and follies -- our own ingratitude and guilt towards our Heavenly Father.

Let us, then, with deep contrition and penitent sorrow, unite in humbling ourselves before the Most High, in confessing our individual and national sins, and in acknowledging the injustice of our punishment. Let us implore Him to remove from our hearts that false pride of opinion which would impel us to persevere in wrong for the sake of consistency, rather than yield a just submission to the unforeseen exigencies by which we are now surrounded. Let us with deep reverence beseech him to restore the friendship and good will which prevailed in former days among the people of the several States; and, above all, to save us from the horrors of civil war and "blood-guiltiness." Let our fervent prayers ascend to His Throne that He would not desert us in this hour of extreme peril, but remember us as he did our fathers in the darkest days of the revolution; and preserve our Constitution and our Union, the work of their hands, for ages yet to come.

An Omnipotent Providence may overrule existing evils for permanent good. He can make the wrath of man to praise Him, and the remainder of wrath he can restrain. -- Let me invoke every individual, in whatever sphere of like he may be placed, to feel a personal responsibility to God and his country for keeping this day holy, and for contributing all in his power to remove our actual and impending calamities.

James Buchanan.

Washington, Dec. 14, 1860.

This speech had nothing to do with Thanksgiving, by the way.

It was given by Buchanan after Lincoln had won the 1860 election, and was due to replace him and to be inaugurated as President in March 1861.

Buchanan feared - correctly - that the nation was about to imminently descend into civil war.

Fearing the sundering of the nation, he appealed to Americans as one of his last acts in office to come together and avoid bloodshed.

Buchanan was a Democrat who took no decisive action in the face of the Dredd Scott decision, and the increasing tensions over the Kansas-Nebraska Act which brought the situation to a boil and precipitated the war.

The fact that he invoked the name of the Almighty should surprise no one - virtually every US President, from Washington to Obama #1 to #44, has professed himself to be a Christian. FDR was a churchgoer, as were Truman, Kennedy, Carter, Clinton. (Carter was a pastor). We've yet to have an atheist or non-Christian president.

It's a well established phact at World Nut Daily (one of Danno's news sources) that libruls don't pray, let alone are God fearing.

Edited November 27, 2009 by Galt's gallstones

[Tahoma 2,298]

Seems Ole George Washington didn't get the memo about the "religious stuff" to a minimum, at our nations First Thanks Giving Proclamation.

Seems Ole George Washington didn't get the memo about the "slavery stuff" either.

[Niels Bohr 72]

For those who went to school, they know there are different Indian Tribes. The Potamac Indians were ruthless. The Northeaster Indians didn't own or claim any land for their own. Heck, the English settlers didn't came to enslave the Indians. England were the last country in Europe to even come to the America. They didn't even have the ambitions to come here. It wasn't until the 1600s and late 1500s when the English came to colonize. Spain, and Portugal were the ones that came to the America first. There is a lot of misinformation. Everyone who were taught history knows about this. Who the fukc thinks Thanksgiving is a brainwashed holiday?

BTW, it was in fact the Spainish and Portugese that were primarily slave traders. The English colonies had a treaty with the Iroquois League.

Only the feeble minded people would believe it's actually a way to Thank the Indians or who have never went to school. I guess someone in this thread have been hanging around with high school dropouts.

The Potomac were aggressive. They were in the Cheasepeake region. These tribes were territorial, and slain as well as cannibalize the settlers.

Edited November 27, 2009 by Niels Bohr

[Danno 1,228]

James Buchanan, President of the United States of America.

A Proclamation for a Day of Humiliation, Fasting, & Prayer.

To the People of the United States. A Recommendation.

Numerous appeals have been made to me by pious and patriotic associations and citizens, in view of the present distracted and dangerous condition of our country, to recommend that a day be set apart for Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer throughout the Union.

In compliance with their request and my own sense of duty, I designate Friday, the 4th of January 1861, for this purpose, and recommend that the People assemble on that day, according to their several forms of worship, to keep it as a solemn Fast.

The Union of the States is at the present moment threatened with alarming and immediate danger; panic and distress of a fearful character prevails throughout the land; our laboring population are without employment, and consequently deprived of the mans of earning their bread. Indeed, hope seems to have deserted the minds of men. All classes are in a state of confusion and dismay, and the wisest counsels of our best and purest men are wholly disregarded.

In this the hour of our calamity and peril, to whom shall we resort for relief but to the God of our fathers? His omnipotent arm only can save us from the awful effects of our own crimes and follies -- our own ingratitude and guilt towards our Heavenly Father.

Let us, then, with deep contrition and penitent sorrow, unite in humbling ourselves before the Most High, in confessing our individual and national sins, and in acknowledging the injustice of our punishment. Let us implore Him to remove from our hearts that false pride of opinion which would impel us to persevere in wrong for the sake of consistency, rather than yield a just submission to the unforeseen exigencies by which we are now surrounded. Let us with deep reverence beseech him to restore the friendship and good will which prevailed in former days among the people of the several States; and, above all, to save us from the horrors of civil war and "blood-guiltiness." Let our fervent prayers ascend to His Throne that He would not desert us in this hour of extreme peril, but remember us as he did our fathers in the darkest days of the revolution; and preserve our Constitution and our Union, the work of their hands, for ages yet to come.

An Omnipotent Providence may overrule existing evils for permanent good. He can make the wrath of man to praise Him, and the remainder of wrath he can restrain. -- Let me invoke every individual, in whatever sphere of like he may be placed, to feel a personal responsibility to God and his country for keeping this day holy, and for contributing all in his power to remove our actual and impending calamities.

James Buchanan.

Washington, Dec. 14, 1860.

This speech had nothing to do with Thanksgiving, by the way.

It was given by Buchanan after Lincoln had won the 1860 election, and was due to replace him and to be inaugurated as President in March 1861.

Buchanan feared - correctly - that the nation was about to imminently descend into civil war.

Fearing the sundering of the nation, he appealed to Americans as one of his last acts in office to come together and avoid bloodshed.

Buchanan was a Democrat who took no decisive action in the face of the Dredd Scott decision, and the increasing tensions over the Kansas-Nebraska Act which brought the situation to a boil and precipitated the war.

The fact that he invoked the name of the Almighty should surprise no one - virtually every US President, from Washington to Obama #1 to #44, has professed himself to be a Christian. FDR was a churchgoer, as were Truman, Kennedy, Carter, Clinton. (Carter was a pastor). We've yet to have an atheist or non-Christian president.

It's a well established phact at World Nut Daily (one of Danno's news sources) that libruls don't pray, let alone are God fearing.

Steve your hangup seems to be more focused on WN Daily than presenting a valid point.

Of all the things I have posted here, I think I used WND once maybe twice, I have not even been to the site in months yet "you".... who on a regular basis, post from the far-left web sites such as MotherJones....are fixated on WND.

You do much better when you stay on-topic.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

I think I used WND once maybe twice, I have not even been to the site in months...

Have you found something nuttier than World Nut Daily?

[Peikko 1,575]

I think I used WND once maybe twice, I have not even been to the site in months...

Have you found something nuttier than World Nut Daily?

Thinking American? That's pretty nutty

[Tahoma 2,298]

I think I used WND once maybe twice, I have not even been to the site in months...

Have you found something nuttier than World Nut Daily?

I didn't realize that was possible!