7 64 APPENDIX. PROCLAMATION S. NOS. 15, 16. It has, therefore, been seen with great satisfaction that the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana earnestly recommend those offcuders to the benefit of a full pardon: And in compliance with that recommendation, as well as in Pmlon deals, consideration of all the other extraordinary circumstances of yhe case, I, JAMES cd {0,- cm-min Of. MADISON, President of the United States of America, do issue this proclamafeuces to those tion, hereby granting, publishing, and declaring a. free and full pardon of all Wl\<>J°l¤¤d lu *1*** offences committed in violation of any act or acts of the Congress of the said United ‘3’*,°"°° °;dN:h°; States, touching the revenue, trade, and navigation thereof, or touching the inm§§:§;t3c0u,,_ tercourse and commerce of the United States with foreign nations, atjmy time try before the eighth day of January in the present year one thousnnd eight hundred and fifteen, by any person or persons whomsoever, being inhabitants of New Orleans and the adjacent country, or beinv inhabitants of the said island gerhgacnm to of Barrataria, and the places adjacent. Provided, That every person claiming be procured the benefit of this full pardon, in order to entitle himself thereto, shall produce Tl0m the 8<>Y· a certificate in writinv from the governor of the State of Louisiana, stating that F"""' °f L°“‘°` such person has aided: in the defence of New Orleans, and the adjacent country, mm" during the invasion thereof as aforesaid. And I do hereby further authorize and direct all suits, indictments, and prosccutions, for fines, penalties, and forfeitures, against any Eerson or persons who shall be entitled to the benefit of this Pull pardon, fortzhwit to be stayed, discon- Linued, and released: And all civil officers are hereby required, according to the duties of their respective stations to carry this proclamauon into immediate and faithful execution. Done at the city of Washington, the sixth day of February in the year [L. s.] one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, and of the independence of the United States the thirty-nint:h. JAMES MADISON. BY THE Pm¤2s1D1·:NT : JAS. MONROE, Acting as Secrelary of Stale. N0. 16. Day of Public Thanksgiving appointed for Peace. March- 4, 1815- BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. The Second Tm; Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, have, by a Thursday in joint resolution, signified their desire that a day may be recommended to be April next, ap- observed by the people of the United States with religious solemnity, as a day P°{'}€°d ;l$“Yk°f of thanksgiving, and of devout acknowledgments to Almighty God for His great
for pz1c; goodness manifested in restoring to them the blessing of peace.
° No people ought to feel greater obligations to celebrate the goodness of the Great Disposer of events, and of the destiny of nations, than the people of the United States. His kind lnrovidence originally conducted them to one of the best portions of the dwel mg-place allotted for the great family of the human race. He protected and cherished them, under all the diihcultics and trials to which they were exposed in their early days. Under His fostering care, their habits, their sentiments, and their pursuits prepared them for a transition, in due time, to a. state of independence and self-government. In the arduous struggle by which it was attained, they were distinguished by multi lied tokens of His benign interposihion. During the interval which succeeded, lle reared them into the strength and endowed them with the resources which have enabled them to assert their national rights, and to enhance their national character, in another arduous conflicts, which is now so happily terminated by a, peace and reconciliar tion with those who have been our enemies. And to the same Divine Author of every good zinc] perfect gift, we are indebted for all those privileges and ad- 1x;a,r:imges,relxgious as well as civil, which are so richly enjoyed in this favored n . It is for blessings such as these, and es ecially for the restoration of the blessing of peace, that I now recommend 51::1; the second Thursday in April next,-be sch apart as a day on which the peolnle of every religious denomination, may, in thou- solemn assemblies, unite thoir earts and their voices in a free will
