Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-12-02
THE CENTENARY PERIOD.

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In the comprehension of Infinite in-
telligsncs a thousand years are as one
day. But in the narrow notions Of the
poor mortals Of this earth an anniver-
sary is noticeable; the lapse of u half
century in one life, or in a pair Of lives
happily united, is marked by a great
social celebration, aud the lapse of a
century gives new dignity and honor to
events, the actors in which are all
Wondering in the dust. AS q nation,
We are coming to the age OF a hundred
years, and each fact and date in the
time of our infancy will be coming up
to mems minds and asking to be com
memorated. In fact, we are entering
upon a centenary period, and while the
whole nation is feeling a little proud Of
its growth and prosperity, every particu-
lar portion has its " little particular
pride over its own local glories, and its
memories that come down from the
Revolutionary time. As the oldest
established government in the New
World; as the only n that has risen
to the foremost rank among the great
powers Of tho earth, and as the one
great Republic, there is good reason for
pride, and there need DO no difidence
about having the n~oisiest and %jollisst
celebration as the hundredth anniver-
sary Of each important day in our his
tory comes around.
Long before the year 1869, the people
Of the British colonies in America were
fret,ing under stamp acts and other an
moving and veIatious grievances i'm
posed by an arbitrary power that was a
hundred times further Of than the
modern Great Britain is, because the
carrying Of orders and responses to or
ders took rs many weeks as they now
take hours or weeks. II was an out
racaous system which the tyrants OF
George the Thirds ministry, parliament
and people, tried to fix on this country,
and our grandfashcrs would have been
pol,roous to have submitted to it longer
than they did. There was no little pol
~,roouery in submitting as long as they
did. But they had the natural repug-
nance, which exists to this day, to
lighting, and we peaceful successors o.
their, who are enjoying the blessings
won BY their sacrifices, must not re-
proach them for not rebelling a little
sooner. Just q hundred years ago the
colonies were in a ferment about the tes
: tax. Boston, New York, Philadelphia
Baltimore, Richmond, Charleston ant
Savannah, were each the center o
a terrible excitement This grew ant
grew oil through the winter, ant
, at last, in tho following spring
broke out the open resistance IL
Boston, which resulted in the " Boston
;. massacre" Of March 9Th, ITO. So th'
d 5th of March, 1870, is to be duly cello
brated in Boston, which will have th'
J good luck to open the programme Of tn
n centennial commemoration Of the Amer
n lean revolution, The Hub" which il
the abode of Gilmore and tho scene o
the Coliseum Jubilee, will be sure to d.
, the thing handsomely. Then there viii
be an interval Of over three years, ane
on the 18th of December, 1873, Boston
, will have n grand tea party to com
memora.e that Of q hundred years be-
fore in Boston harbor. On the 18th o.
April, 1875, Concord aud Lexington,
which are a sart Of suburbs Of Boston
, mus. have their special celebrations
In the following june, Bunker Hill viii
have to be commemoratsd, and in Bos
ton also. After that there must be
suspension Of Boston publications for owe
a year. Philadelphia turn will come
next, and her celebration, on the 4th 0
8 July, 1876, mus. DO the Grand Nationa
Centennial Festival. Old Independence
o Hall will be the center of interest, no
: only for all the American people, blu
:, for the lovers Of Republican liberty il
all parts Of the earth.