The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-12-06
THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.
An resi- By she United states Ccntennin
COmmlaaian.

Commissien.
To the People of the United States:
The Congress OF the United States has en-
acted that the completion Of the One Hun
dredth Year Of American Independence snail
be celebrated by an international Exhibition
of the Arts, Manufacturer, and Products OF
the soil and mine, to be held at PHILADELPHIA.
in 1876, and has appointed a Commission,
consisting OF Representatives from each State
and Territory, to conduct the celebration.
Originating under the auspices OF the Ma
tional Legislature, controlled by q NationaI
Commission, and designed ~ 1t il to ''com'
memorate the drst century Of our existence,
by an exhibition OF the natural resources OF
the country and their development. and Of our
progress In those arts which benefit mankind,
IN comparison with those OF older nations" II
IL to the people ut large that tine Commission
look for the aid which is necessary to make tue
Centennial Celebration tho grandest anniver-
sary the world has ever seen.
That the completion of the first century of
our existence should be marked by some i'm.
posing demonstration is, we believe, the patri-
otto wish OF the people OF the whole country.
The Congress OF the United States has wisely
decided that the birthday Of the Great Re-
public can be most fttingly celebrated by the
universal collection and display Of all the
trophies OF its progress. It il designed to
bring together, within q building covering
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our mines and of the soil, but types Of ali the
intellectual tiiumphs OF our citizens, speci-
mems OF everything that America can furnish,
whether f.om the brains or the hands of her
children, and thus make evident to the world
the advancement Of which q self-governed
people il capable.
III this celebration" all nations will be
invited to participate it's character being IN
ternational. Europe will display her arts aud
manufactures, India her curious fabrics, while
newly opened Chins and Japan will lay bare
the treasures which for centuries their ingeni
ons people have been perfecting.- Each land
will compete in generous rivalry for the palm
of superior excellence.
To this grand gathering every zonc will con-
tribute its fruit and cereals. No mineral shall
be wanting for what the East lacks the West
will supply. Under one roof will the South
display in rich luxurianco her growing cotton,
and the North in miniature the ceaseless ma.
chinery of her mills converting that cotton
into cloth. Each section Of the globe will
send its best offerings to this exhibition. and
each State of he Union, as q member of one
united body p.litic, will show to her sister
Statos and to the world how much she can
q to the greatness OF the nation Of which
sho liz a harmonious part.
To make. the Centennial Celebration such q
success as the patriotism and the pride Of
every American demands will require the CO
operation of the people of the whole country.
The United States CentennialC Commission has
received no Government aid, such as England
extended to her Worlds Fair, and France to
her Universal Exposition, yet the labor and
imposed upon the Commission
is as great AZ in either of those undertakings.
Il is estimated that tenmillons of dollars will
be required. and this sum Congress has pro-
vided shall be raised by stock subscription,
and that the people shall have the oppor-
tunity of subscribing in proportion to the
population OF their respective States and Ter
.rltOries.
The Commission looks to the unfailing pa
of the people Of every section, to zee
that each contributes its share to the ex-
penses, and receives it's share of the benefits
Of an enterprise in which all are so deeply in
II would further earnestly urge the
in each State and Territory OF q
organization. which shall in time
see that county associations are formed, so
that when the nations are gathered together
in 1876 each Commonwealth can view with
pride the contributions she has made to the
national glory.
Confidently relying on the zeal and patriot
SIN ever displayed by our people in every ma
ional undertaking. we pledge and prophesy
hat the Centennial Celebration will worthily
how how greatness, wealth and intelligence
an be fostered by such institutions as those
which have for one hundred years blessed the |
,eople Of the United States.
JOSEPH r. HAwLEY, President.