Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-12-05
AN ADDR ESS,
By TIE
United States
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To tie People ofMe United States.
The Congress of the United States
has enacted that the completion OF
the One Hundredth Year of Ameri-
can Independence shall be celebrated
by an International Exhibition of
the Arts, Manufactures, and Products
of the soil and mine, to be held at
Philadelphia, in 1876, and has ap-
pointed Commission, consisting OF
representative from each State and
Territory, to conduct tho celebra-
ton.
Originating under the auspices of
the National Legislature, controlled
by National Commission, and de
signed as il is to Commemorate the
first Century of our existence, by an
Exhibition of the Natural resources
of the Country and their develop
me2t. and OF our progress in those
Arts which benefit mankind. in
comparison with those of older Ma
tions," it is to the people at large
that the Commission look for the aid
which is necessary to make the Gen.
tennial Celebration the grandest an
niversary the world has ever seen.
That the completion of the first
century of our existence should be
marked by some imposing dem on
stration is. we believe, the patriotic
wish OF the whole country, The
Congress of the United States has
wisely decided that the Birth-da of
the Great Republic can be most fit
tingiy celebrated by the universal
collection and display of all the tro-
phies of its progress. 1t is designed
to bring together. within a building
covering fifty acres, not only the var
led productions of our mines and of
the soil, bit types of all the intellec
tual triumphs of our citizens, speci-
mems of everything that America
can furnish, whether from the brains
or the hands of her children, and
thus make evident to the world the
advancement of which self govern
ed people is capable.
In this celebration" all nations
will be invited to participate; it's
character being international. Eur
ope will display her arts and manu-
factures,, India her curious fabrics,
while newly opened China and Japan
will lay bare the treasures which for
centuries their ingenious people have
been perfecting. Each land will
complete in generous rivalry for the
palm of superior excellence.
To this grand gathering every
zone viii contribute its fruits and
cereals, No mineral shall be want
ing; tor what the East lacks the
West will supply Under one roof
will be the South display in rich lux
uliancc her growing cotton, and the
North in miniature, the ceaseless
machinery of her mills converting
that cotton into cloth Each section
of the globe will send its best offer
ings to this exhibition, and each
State of the Union, as member OF
one united body polite, will show to
her sister States and to the world,
how much she can add, to the great
ness of the nation of which she is q
harmonious part.
To make the Centennial Celebra-
tion such a success as the patriotism
and the pride of every American de-
mands will require the co-operaton
of the people Of tie whole country.
The United States Centennial Com
mission has received no Government
aid, such as England extended to
her Worlds Fair, and France to her
Universal Exposition. yet the labor
and responsibility imposed upon the
Commission is as great as in either
of those undertakings. 1t is estima
ted that ten millions Of dollars will
be required, and this sum Congress
has provided shall be raised by stock
subscription, and that the people
shall have the opportunity Of sub
scribing in proportion to the popu-
lation of their respective States and
Territories.
The Commission looks to the un-
failing patriotism of the people OF
every section, to see that each con-
tributes its share to the expenses, and
receives its share of the benefits o1
an enterprise IN which all are SC
deeply interested. 1t would further
earnestly urge the formation in each
State and Territory of centennia
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 contribu-
tions she has made to the nationa
glory.
Confidently relying on the yea
and patriotism ever displayed by oul
people in every national undertaking
we pledge and prophecy. that thu
Centennial Celebration will worthil,
show how greatness, wealth and in
telligence can be fostered bysuch in-
stiiutions as those which have for on
hundred years blessed the people o
the United States.
JOSEPH R. HAWLEY,
| President.
LEWIS WALN SMITH,
Temporary Secretary.