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PROCLAMATIONS. Nos. 11, 12. 1987 [No. 11.] Br me Pnmsrnmrr or rim Umrav Smnms or Ammmoa. '“P'°’“"°' “· 1°°l· , A PROCLAMATION. T 0 the people of the United States: ‘ A terrible bereavement has befallen our people. The President of MEI?};?,,?' P]g§}},‘Q,'§ the United States has been struck down; a crime not only against the ¤f the ¤¤i¢¤¤ ¤¢•¤¢¤ Chief Magistrate, but against every law-abiding and liberty-loving citizen. » · President McKinley crowned a life of larglest love for his fellow men, of earnest endeavor for their welfare, ya death of Christian fortitude; and both the way in which he lived is life and the way in which, in the supreme hour of trial, he met his death will remain forever a precious heritage of our people. It is meet that we as a nation express our abidinghlove and reverence for his life, our deep sorrow for his untimely dea . · Now, therefore, , "Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United ,,,,'{°}§f}‘,l,§',‘f;,°°‘§,‘§‘g,{ States of America, do appoint Thursday next, September 19, the day •;*:v <>f¤¤¤¤r¤l;s¤¤¤ in which the body of the dead President will be laid in its last earthly P m` - resting place, as a day of mournin and prayer throughout the United States. 1 earnestly recommend ad the people to assemble on that day in their respective places of divine wors ip, there to bow down in submission to the wi l of Almighty God, and to pay out of full hearts the homage of love and reverence to the memory of the great and good President, whose death has so sorely smitten the nation. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be amxed. Done at the City `of Washington, this fourteenth day of September, · in the year of our ord, one thousand nine hun red and ' [smh.] one, and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-sixth. Tnnonom: Roosmvmm: By the President: J OHN HAY Secretary of State. [No. 12.] Br rm; Pnssinmvr or rm: Unrmn Srxrss or Ammuon. N°'¤¤l>°=’·¤°°l· A PROCLAMATION. The season is nigh when, according to the time-hallowed custom of *"°¤¤*l>‘°· our people, the President apipoints a day as the especial occasion for praise and thanksgiving to od. This Thanksgiving finds the people still bowed with sorrow for the death of a great an good President. We mourn President McKinley because we so loved and honored him; and the manner of his death should awaken in the breasts of our people a keen anxiety for the country, and at the same time a resolute purpose not to be driven by any calamity from the path of strong. orderly, popular liberty which as a nation we have thus far safely trod. Yet in spite of this great disaster, it is nevertheless true that no people on earth have suc abundant cause for thanksgiving as we have. he past year in particular has been one of peace and plenty. \Ve have prospered in things material and have been able to work for our own