| Show I f ana IN SOUTH CAROLINA general saxton haa bas issued tho the follow following inIx proclamation alx lx to the freedmen in li his ls depa department rement circular no 7 BEAUFORT S 0 I 1 nov 5 1 to the fr freedmen cadmen in ellede the department part ment of the south the president of the united states hadap pointed thursday the day of ITo vember to be a day of public thanksgiving 10 and praise in accordance with his proclamation I 1 advise you all to retrain as much as possible on that day from your ordinary avocations and meet in yol your I 1 ir respective places of worship to render thanks to almighty god for the c continued blessings abich lie he has vouchsafed to you during the past year your harvests have bave been abundant and have been raised and gathered without the sound of the drivers whip and horn born in these fair fields which have been so in many ally years the scene of y your our toil sorrow and degradation so long that scarcely a vestige of your humanity or manhood seem seemed I 1 I left thank the lord that in these earl early y days of your toward the promised land of liberty he has sc sent nt kind friends to guide yuu vuu in the paths of knowledge c where in ill slaver slavery y you could not go 9 thank the lord that your sons sona and bus husbands binds and brot brothers liers have been enrolled under the star spangled led banner and have bave struck brave blows for liberty and humanity praise him hijii for the glori glorious oua of our armies armies in tl the e field fighting for freedom and the union tho the golden mellow light which now brili brightens tens tile the dawning future and bids us hope for another four years of freedom or war gives r pro promise inise that a mighty nation will soon sooil say at the b ballot alot box liberty and union fbi ever you are arc forever free and if ao you r can thank god for sic rho reelection election re of Abra abraham liam Li lincoln licolli in tile freo free north where the ailt pilgrim arim aither fi ther i liv lived ed and taught Z their defendants to love liberty and hate oppre oppression moll tale now time tillie honored cust custom I 1 ana established and handed them to myca it at the close of the year when the harvests were dl all gathered fathered xa in ill to thank god lor fl or all IUA hii mercies to ro se settle talc the balance between duties performed and neglected and guided b by the flie I 1 f of alie past flit to pray for tor strength and r for the future year after af ter year aa 1113 ho he read the governor s proc proclamation aina to the assembled 11 people c 0 pl L the minister fias has been beell seen to close thi tha book and with revel elid face as if his soul was in his prayer repeat its clodin cl closing osin t words god save tho commonwealth 11 A although the footprints of liberty in south carolina are only found on oil the sanda of these sea islands and are kept there by ei cannon still let us ua add it here and say from our hearts god save tile the commonwealth of south carolina R SAXTON brig gen and military governor |
