The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-12-13
THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.
An Address by the United states Centenn'"'
Commission.

An Address by the United Sfntes Ne"'e""'"'
Commission.
To the People of the United States
The Congress of the United States mas en-
acted that the completion of the One nun,
dredth Year of American Independence snail
be celebrated by an International Exhibition
OF the Arts, Manufactures, and PRODUCTS OF
the soil and mine, to be held at Phiadeiphia,
In 1876, aud has appointed COMMISSION,
consisting of representatives from each State
and Territory, to conduct the celebration. ~
Originating under the auspices OF the Ma
tional Legislature, controlled by National
Commission, and designed as 1t Ii 10 " COM
memorate the first century OF our existence,
by an exhibition of the natural resources OF
the country and their development, ana OF our
progress i'm those arts which beneht MANKIND,
IN comparison with those OF older nations, IL
Is to the people at large that the commission
look for the aid which Is necessary TO make tue
Centennial Celebration the grandest ahhl'er-
sary the world has ever seen.
That the completion of the first century OIL
our existence should be marked by some I'M
posing demonstration u.s. we believe, the patil-
otto wish of the people OF the whole country.
The Congress of the United States has wisely
decided that the birthday OF the Great he
public can be most fittingly celebrated by the
universal collection and display OF all the
trophies of it's progress. Ii Is designed to
bripg together, within building covering
fifty acres not only the varied productions OF
our mines and of the soil, but types OF all the
intellectual tliumphs 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 a self-governed
people is capable.
In this celebration" all nations will be
invited TO participate its character being IN
ternational. Europe will display her arts anu
I,.1, har %
newly opened China and japan will lay bare
the treasures which for centuries their ingeni-
GUS people have been perfectng. Each land
will compete in generous rivalry for the palm
Of superior excellence.
To this grand gathering every zone VIII con-
tribute it's 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 luxuriance 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 VIII
send its best offerings TO this exhibition, and
each State of the Union as member of one
united body petite. 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 a harmonious part.
To make the Centennial Celebration such a
success as the patriotism and the PRIDE OF
every American demands will require the CO.
operation OF the people or the WIOle country.
The United States Centennial Commission has
received no Government aid, such az 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 estimated that tenlmilIons 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
triotism of the people OF every section, to see
that each contributes it's share 10 the eX-
penses. and receives its share of the benefits
of an enterprise in which all are 20 deeply IN
terested. 1t would further earnestly urge The
formation In each State and Territory of a
centennial organization, which shall i'll 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 10 the
national glory.
Confidently relying on the zeal and patriot
ism ever displayed by our people in every ma
tional undertaking, we pledge ard 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 eff the United States.
JOSEPH r. HAwLEY, President.