The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-12-06
THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.
An Address By he United States Centenhis
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| An Address by de Usited States Centenhisl
To the People Of the United States:
The Congress Of the United States has
| enacted that the completion of the one hum
dredth year Of american 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 appointed Commission, con-
sisting Of representatives from each State and
Territory, to conduct the celebration.
Originating under the auspices OF the Ma
tionai Legislature controlled by National
Commission, and designed as it is 70 "Com-
mennonite the first 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 man
kind, in comparison with those Of older ma
tions," it is to the people ct large that the
Commission look for the aid which is neces-
sary to make the centennial celebration the
grandest anniversary tho world has ever
seen. -tf t -
That the completion of the first century Of
our existence should be marked by some i'm
posing demonstration ia, we believe, the pat
riotic wish Of the people Of the whole country.
The Congress Of the Cnited States has wisely
decided that the birthday of the Great Repub-
lie can be most fttipgly celebrated by the
universal collection and display Of all the tro-
phies Of It's progress. 1t is designed to bring
together, within building covering fifty
acres, not only the varied productions Of our
mines and Of the soil, but types of all the in
tsllectual triumpbs of our citizens, specimens
Of everything that Americs can furnish,
whether from the brains or the hands Of her
children, and thus make evident to the world
the advancement Of which o self-govcrnsd
people il capable. ...---. -.......
In thus .' celebration" all nations will be in
vited to participate: it's character being inter-
kors spfu and
manufactures, India her curious fabrics, while
newly opened China and japan viii lay bare
the treasures which for centuries their in
genious people have been perfecting. Each
land viii compete in generous rivalry for the
palm Of superior excellence. ~tt ID 1854
To this grand gathering every zone will con:
tribute it's fruits 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 iuxunance her growing
cotton, and the North, in miniature, the cease
less machinery Of her mills converting that
cotton into cloth. Each section Of the globe
will send it's best offerings 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 greatness of the nation Of which she is
harmonious part. ..-,.-g,
To make the Centennial Celebration such .
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 Centennial Commission 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
il a great a. in either of those undertakings.
1t is estimated that ten millions 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 opfortu-
nifty of subscribing in proportion to the
population Of their respective Statos and Ter
ritories. r.
The Commission looks to the unfaihDg pat
riotism Of the people Of every section to see
that each contributes its share to the ex-
pensss, and receives its share of the benefits
Of an enterprise in which all are SO deeply in
terested. It would further earnestly urge the
formation in each State and Territory OF
centennial organization, which shall in time
see that county associations are formed, 30
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
ism ever displayed by our people in every ma
tiopal undertaking, we pledge and prophesy
that the Centennial Celebration will worthily
show how greatness, wealth and intelligence
can be fostered by such institutions as those
which have for one hundred years blessed the
people of the United Safes.
JoskPH r. HAwLEY, President.