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Second Annual Message to Congress, President Thomas Jefferson, 1802

Second Annual Message to Congress, President Thomas Jefferson, 1802

Thomas Jefferson December 15, 1802 Even though he supported separation of church and state and criticized much religion, Jefferson still seemed to believe that God protected America. December 15, 1802 To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States: When we assemble together, fellow-citizens, to consider the state of our beloved country, our just attentions are first drawn to those pleasing circumstances which mark the goodness of that Being from whose favor they flow and the large measure…

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Madison’s Proclamation For Public Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer, November 16, 1814

Madison’s Proclamation For Public Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer, November 16, 1814

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James Madison November 16, 1814 Madison had resisted issuing Presidential prayer proclamations but in the midst of the war with Britain, he did provide this message calling for voluntary prayer and repentence. The two Houses of the National Legislature having by a joint resolution expressed their desire that in the present time of public calamity and war a day may be recommended to be observed by the people of the United States as a day of public humiliation and fasting…

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Sixth Annual Message of George Washington, November 19, 1794

Sixth Annual Message of George Washington, November 19, 1794

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George Washington November 19, 1794 In the final paragraph, Washington called upon Divine support for his policies opposing the Whiskey Rebellion. Fellow Citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives: When we call to mind the gracious indulgence of Heaven by which the American people became a nation; when we survey the general prosperity of our country, and look forward to the riches, power, and happiness to which it seems destined, with the deepest regret do I announce…

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First Inaugural Address of George Washington, 1789

First Inaugural Address of George Washington, 1789

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George Washington April 30, 1789 He invokes the Almighty Being, the Great Author, and “benign Parent of the Human Race.”   Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives: Among the vicissitudes incident to life no event could have filled me with greater anxieties than that of which the notification was transmitted by your order, and received on the 14th day of the present month. On the one hand, I was summoned by my Country, whose voice I…

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