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father, in penitence and contrition let us acknowledge our numerous transgressions of His holy laws; and humbly supplicate His gracious Forgiveness and favor. Let us fervently implore, that our beloved Country may still be under the divine protection; that the Constitution, and Union of these States may be preserved inviolate; that all in Authority may have that wisdom which will enable them faithfully to discharge their responsible duties; and that the Ministers of the Gospel, and the Teachers of our youth, may be divinely aided and directed in their important callings.

As we partake of the bounties of Providence, surrounded by the friend whom we love, let us be thankful if our family circle remain unbroken, while so many have been called to lamentation and mourning. And may they who have been visited with affliction, whose hearts will be pained within them when they shall miss from their table and fireside those who have been accustomed on similar occasions to unite with them in rejoicing, receive consolation from the cheering hope of Christianity, which the Destroying Angel cannot take away.

On the day of our Annual Festivity, may every unkind and uncharitable feeling be eradicated; may party asperities be forgotten; may private animosities be done away; and let us all seek for opportunities to comfort the afflicted, to supply the wants of the destitute, and so far as we are able, to promote the welfare and happiness of our fellow men.

Given at the Council Chamber in Augusta, this eighth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, and in the fifty seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America.

Samuel E. Smith

By the Governor

Roscoe G. Greene, Secretary of State.