Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-12-04
AN ADDRESS BY THh o. s. CEN.
TENNIAL COM MISSION.
To the People of the United States.

AN ADDRESS BY THk o. s. CEN.
TENNIAL CON MISSION.
To the People of the United States.
The Congress of the United States
has enacted that the completion Of the
One Hundiedth 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 Phil.
adelphIa, in 1876, and has appointed q
Commission. consisting of represent
atives from each State aud Territory,
to conduct the celebration. 7"
Originating under the auspices OF
the National Legislature, controlled
by National Commission, and de.
signed as it is to Commemorate the
first Century of our existence, by an
Exhibition of the Natural resources
Ofthe Country and their development,
and of our progress in those Arts
which benefit mankind, in cOmpari.
son with those of older Nations,n il
is to the people at large that the Com
mis- ion look for the aid which IL
necessary to make the Centennial Gel
ebraiion the grandest anniversary the
world has ever seen.
That the completion Of the first cen
tury o. our existence should be marked
by some imposing demonstration Is.
we believe, the patriotic wish of the
people Of the whole country. The
Congress of the United States haS
wisely decided that the Birthday of
the Great Republic can be most fit
tingly celebrated by the universal col
lection and display of all the trophies
of its progress. 1t is designed To bring
together, within a building covering
fifty acres, not only the varied prOduc
tiOns of our mines and of the soil, bui
types of all the intellectual triumphs
of our citizens, specimens of every
thing that America can furnish,
whether from :he brains or the hands
of her children, and thus make evil
dent TO the world the advancement of
which seIf governed people is eapa-
bic.
In this Celebration all nations
will be invited TO participate its
character being international. Europe
will display her arts and manufact
ures, India her curious fabrics, while
newly opened China and Japan will
lay bare the treasures which for CEN
turies their ingenious people have
been perfecting. Each land will com
pete in generous rivalry for the palm
of superior excellence.
TO this grand gathering every zone
will contribute its fruits and cereals
No mineral shall be wanting; fOI
what the East lacks the Wet will
supply. Under one roof will the South
display in rich luxuriance her grow
ing cotton, and the North in minia
lure, the ceaseless machinery of heI
mills converting that cotton into cloth
Each section of the glOOe will send IL
best offering to this exhibition, and
each Stale 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 a nation of which she is har
mOniOus part.
To make the Centennial Celebration
such success as the patriotism and
| the pride of every American demands
will require the co operation Of tbs
people of the whole country. The
United States Centennial Commission
has received 10 Government aid, suct
as England extended to her Worlds
Fair, and France to her Universal Ex
pO- iion, yet the labor and respODsi
bility Imposed upon the Commission
Is as great as in either of those under
takings. 1t is estimated that ten mil
lions of dollars will be required, anu
this sum Congress has provided shall
be raised by stock subscription, ano
that the people shall have the oppor
tunity of subscribing in proportion {,
the population of their respective
States and Territories. nE.-
The heCOmmissiun looks to the unfaii.
ing patriotism of the people of every
section, to see that each contributes
its share to the expenses, and receives
its share Ofthe ebenefiisofan enterprise
in which all are so7deeply interested
II would further earnestly urge the
formation in each State and Territory
of a centennial organization, which
shall in time see that county associ-
ations are formed, SO that when the
nations are gathered together in 1875
each Commonwealth can view witt.
pride the contributions she has made
TO the national glory.
Confidently relying on the zeal and
patriotism ever displayed by our peO
pie in every national undertaking, VT
pledge and prophecy, that the CeDten-
nial Celebration will worthily show
how greatness, wealth and intelh-
gencs can be fOstered by such institu
tiOns as those which have for one hum
dred years blessed the people of the
United states.
JOSEPH r HAwLEY, Pres't.
LEWIS WALN SMITH, Tem'y Sec. =.