Produced by Curtis Weyant, Diane Monico, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net NATIONAL CHARACTER. * * * * * A THANKSGIVING DISCOURSE, DELIVERED NOVEMBER 15TH, 1855, IN THE Franklin Street Presbyterian Church, BY THE PASTOR, REV. N. C. BURT. * * * * * BALTIMORE: PRINTED BY JOHN D. TOY. 1855. BALTIMORE, _November_ 17, 1855. REV. N. C. BURT, _Pastor of Franklin Street Presbyterian Church_: DEAR SIR--We earnestly solicit a copy of the Discourse delivered by you on Thanksgiving day, for publication. With great respect, yours, &c. GEORGE S. GIBSON. R. K. HAWLEY. J. HENRY STICKNEY. I. C. CANFIELD. HORACE W. TAYLOR. JOS. B. FENBY. S. PATTERSON. C. D. CULBERTSON. R. H. HUMPHREYS. HENRY D. HARVEY. DAVID FERGUSON. JOHN BIGHAM. E. S. ALLNUTT. CHAS. U. STOBIE. H. W. HAYDEN. HIRAM WOODS. GEO. W. UHLER. E. B. BABBITT. ASHUR CLARKE. M. M. BIGHAM. WM. L. MCCORMICK. JNO. BARBER. ALGERNON R. WOOD. ALEXANDER CLOSE. JOHN R. COLE. M. SHAW. A. COULTER. J. PERKINS FLEMING. JAMES V. D. STEWART. JOEL N. BLAKE. J. HENRY GIESE. W. E. BARBER. ROBERT BUSBY. JOHN S. MCKIM. J. DEAN SMITH. DAVID S. COURTENAY. WM. R. SEEVERS. S. A. LEAKIN. PATRICK GIBSON. J. P. POLK. WILLIAM WHITE. GEO. W. BRADFORD. EDWARD DUFFY. THOS. H. QUINAN. SAMUEL W. BARBER. MATTHEW HORN. MORGAN COLEMAN. STEPHEN WILLIAMS. JAMES WILSON, Howard-St. J. H. PATTERSON. LANCASTER OULD. GEO. C. MORTON. GEO. ROSS VEAZEY. DANIEL HOLLIDAY. D. H. BLANCHARD. E. H. THOMSON. W. J. DICKEY. JOHN P. COULTER. ALEX. E. BROWN. H. C. REED. CORNELIUS E. BEATTY. JOHN T. DICK. WM. H. BROWN. R. H. PENNINGTON. JOHN P. RICHARDSON. ROBERT LESLIE. BALTIMORE, _November_ 25, 1855. GENTLEMEN--The request for a copy of my Thanksgiving Discourse, so generally made, I cannot refuse. The manuscript is herewith placed at your disposal. Very truly yours, N. C. BURT. DR. G. S. GIBSON. R. K. HAWLEY, Esq. J. HENRY STICKNEY, Esq. and others. DISCOURSE. PSALM 33: 12.--BLESSED IS THE NATION WHOSE GOD IS THE LORD.