818 APPENDIX. s eak of His honor." I recommend, also, that, on the same solemn occasion, they do humbly and devoutly implore Him to grant to our National Councils and ti; our whole ppoplei that divine wisdom which alone can lead any nation intot ewayso a goo . In offering these national thanklslgivings, praises and supplications, we have the divine assurance that " the Lo remaineth a King forever; them that are meek shall He Idguide in judgment, and such as are gentle shall He learn His
- r1ay}mT)h§‘I;<; blshall giy_ep;r(egigth to His people, and the Lord shall give to
1 essm o . Uln vsigiess wheaéeofigl halve hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the mts tates to e a xe . Done at the city of Washington, this eighth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, and of the [sun.] Independence of the United States the ninety-first. _ Ai DREW JOHNSON. By the President: Wm1m H. Snwmn, Secretary of State. No. 6. Dec. 28, 1866. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A PROCLAMATION. Preamble. Wmmnss satisfactory evidence has been received by me from his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of France, through the Marquis de Montholon, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, that vessels belonging citizens of the United States entering any port of France~or of its dependencies, on or after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, will not be subjected to the payment of higher duties on tonnaége than are levied upon vessels belonging to citizens of France entering the said orts : Rawsof ton- Now, therefore, I, ANDREW Jonsson, President of the Ulnited States of
- 1}*% ‘§“Y (mb America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by an act of Congress of the
cmjnglggjgs of seventh day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-flour, entitled the Unymd “An act concerning discriminating duties of tonnage and impost, and by an States on and act m addition thereto, of the twenty-fourth day of May, one thousand 91 ht mer JM- 1, hundred and twenty-eight, do hereby declare and proclaim that on and ager 18;;;:4 h 4 the said first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, so v·· ··‘¤ M :°“gsrs‘¤:ft‘·: “,:·*€;‘;§t**:St..*¤:.“ *;,:;dm2*‘st*tF::s°z,P:;: as 1g2g b_ ug, erms a oresai r nc n g r o m a wi e Vol. id p. 808. subject to ng higher rates of dutty Oils tonnage than are levied upon vessels of the United tates in the orts thereo In testimon whereof, Ihave hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of e m th U 'ted Sthtes to be aflixcd. Done at the city of Washington, this twenty-eighth day of December, . in the year of our Lord one thousand eight undred and sixty-six, [ss:.».L.] and of the Independence of the United States of America the ninety Erst. ANDREW JOHNSON By the President: Wumuu H. Smwnn, Secretary of Stats.
