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2150. DEITY, Gratitude to the.—

While
we devoutly return thanks to the Beneficent
Being who has been pleased to breath into our
sister nations the spirit of conciliation and
forgiveness, we are bound with peculiar gratitude
to be thankful to Him that our own peace
has been preserved.—
First Annual Message. Washington ed. viii, 6. Ford ed., viii, 109.
(Dec. 1801)