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 PROOLAMATIONS. 807 And whereas the laws of the United States require that whenever it may be necessary, in the judgment of the President, to use the militarv force for the purpose of enforcing the faithful execution of the laws of the United States, he shall forthwith, by proclamation, command such insurgents to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes within a limited time: ’ X ow, therefore, I, Rutherford B. Hayes, President of the United States Warning all perdo hereby admonisli all good citizens of the United States, and especially “‘?“S m detlist {mm of the Territory of New Mexico against aiding, countenancing, abetting §}°k?“°° m IWW or taking part in any such unlawful proceedings, and I do hereby warn 8mm` all persons engaged in or connected with said obstruction of the laws, to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes on or before noon of the thirteenth day of October instant. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aihxed. Done at the city of IVashington this seventh day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and of [L. s.] tlge [Independence of the United States the one hundred and t 1r. R. B. HAYES. By the President: F. W. SEWARD, Acting Secretary of State. No. 7. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Oct. 30, 1878. A PROCLAMATION. The recurrence of that season at which it is the habit of our people to P’°**mbl°· make devout and public confession of their constant dependence upon the Divine favor for all the good gifts of life and happiness and of public peace and prosperity, exhibits, in the record of the year. abundant reasons for our gratitude and thanksgiving. Exuberant harvests, productive mines, ample crops of the staples of trade and manufactures, have enriched the country. The resources, thus furnished to our reviving industry and expanding commerce, are hastening the day when discords and distresses through the length and breadth of the land, will, under the continued favor of Providence, have given way to confidence, and energy and assured prosperity. Peace with all nations has been maintained unbroken, domestic tranquillity has prevailed, and the institutions of liberty and justice which the wisdom and virtue of our fathers established, remain the glory and defence of their children. The general prevalence of the blessings of health through our wide land, has made more conspicuous the sufierin gs and sorrows, which the dark shadow of pestilence has cast upon a portion of our people. This heavy atiiiction, even, the Divine Ruler has tempered to the suffering communities in the universal sympathy and succor which have flowed to their relief, and the whole 11ation may rejoice in the unity of spirit in our people by which they cheerfully share one another’s burdens. _ _ Now, therefore, I, Rutherford B. Hayes, President of the United States, DTMg1{ EBS] 3 Eli-1 do appoint Thursday, the 28th day of November, next, as a Day of  Ng*§émbC¥;§’ ,8% tional Thanksgiving and Prayer ; and I earnestly recommend that, with- ’ drawing themselves from secular cares and labors, the people of the United States do meet together on that day in their respective places