WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1842
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Velasco, Brazoria Co., vice
B. F. Clement,
Peter McGreal appt. Dist Attorney.
Sam Houston. 1 E. W. Winkler (ed.), Secret Jounzals of the Senate, Revublic of Texas, 1896-1845, p. 216. Executive Record Book, No. 40, 20-21, Texas State Li- brary. 2 These nominations were all confirmed on January 18, (Secret Jounw.ls of the Senate, p. 217) except those of Henry W. Sublett and George W. Scott; these were laid on the table, but were taken up again on January 29, and confirmed (/ bid., p. 219). RECOMMENDATION THAT MARCH 2, BE MADE A NATIONAL THANKSGIVING DAY. 1 January 17, 1842. Whereas it has become a custom among the Civilized and Christian nations of the earth to render evidence of national calamities and national blessings by the public manifestation of their respect for the religious observance of certain days for acknowledgement of that feeling which evinces to our fellow men and to nations, that we entertain a profound belief in the exis- tence of an Almighty God, who controls the destinies of the world-whose favors we invoke, and whose wrath we deprecate: and whereas, the Texian people have been objects of the peculiar care and interposition of a Divine Providence; and after the chastisements of His Will, He has manifested His abundant kind- ness, by enabling them to occupy a place among the independent governments of the earth: Therefore, Be it known that I, Sam Houston, President of the Republic of Texas, do by these presents, recommend to the good people of Texas to set apart and observe the Second Day of March, 1842, the Anniversary of our National Independence, as a day for de- votional exercises; by suspending all temporal avocations and ap- propriating the day to religious and Christian worship. Done at the City of Austin, the 15th day of January; in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, and in the sixth year of the Independence of the Republic. Sam Houston 1 The Daily Bullet-in (Austin), January 18, 1842, At1sti1l City G,u.ette, January 26, February 9, 16, 23, 1842.
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