The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-11-21
An Address by the United States Centennial
49, Commission.

To the People of the United States:
The Congress of the United States has enac-
ted that the completion of the One Hundredth
Year of American Independence shall be ce!e-
brated by an International Exhibition OF the
Arts. Manufactures and Products of the soil
and mine, to be held at Philadelphia, in 1875,
and has appointed Commission, consisting OF
representatives from each State and Territory,
to conduct the celebration,
Originating under the auspices of the Nation
al Legislature, controlled by National Com
mission, and designed as it is to Commemorate
the first Century of our existence, by an Exhi-
bition of the Natural resources of the Country
and their development, and of our progress IN
those Arts which benefit mankind, in compari-
son with those of older Nations" it is to the
people at large that the Commission look for
the aid which is necessary to make the Centen-
NAL Celebration the grandest anniversary the
world has ever seen.
That the completion of the first century OF
our existence should be marked by some impos-
ing demonstration is, we believe, the patriotic
wish of the people of the whole country. The
Congress of the United States has wisely deci-
ded that the Birth day of the Great Republic
can be most fittingly celebrated by the univer-
sal connection and display of all the trophies
of its progress It is designed to bring togeth-
er, within building covering fifty acres, not
only the varied productions of our mines ana
of the soil, but types of all the intellectual
triumphs of our citizens, specimens OF every
thing 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 q self governed people is capable.
In this Celebration" all nations will be in
vited to participate; its character being Inter,
national. Europe will display her arts and
manufactures, India her curious fabrics, while
newly opened China and Japan will lay bare
the treasures which for centuries their inge..
nious people have been perfecting. Each land
will compete in generous rivalry tor the palm
of superior excellence.
To this grand gathering every zone will con.
tribute its 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 luxuriance her growing cotton,
and tile North in miniature, the ceaseless ma
chinery of her mills converting that cotton in
to cloth. Each section of the globe will send
its best Offerings to this exhibition, and each
State of the Union, asa member Of one united
body polite, will show to her sister State and
to the world, how much she can add to the
greatness of their nation of which she is a har-
monious part: - e
TO make the Centennial Celebration such
success as the patriotism and the pride OF every
American demands will require the co-opera-
tion of the people of the whole country. The
United States Centennial Commission has re-
ceiyed no Government aid, such as England
extended to the Worlds Fair, and France to
her Universal Exposition, yet the labor and
responsibility imposed upon the Commission is
as great in either of those undertakings. 1t is
estimated that ten millions Of dollars will be
required, and this sum Congress has provided
shall be raised by stock subscription, and the
people shall have the opportunity of subscrio-
ing in proportion to the population OF their
respective States and Territories.
The Commission looks to the unfailing pa
triotism of the people of every section, to see
that each contributes its share to the expenses,
and receives its share of the benefits of an en-
terprise in which all are so deeply interested.
1t would urtherearnestly urge the formation in
each State and, Territory Of q centennial organ
ization. which shall in time see that, county
associations are fortified, So that when the ma
tions are gathered together in' 1876 each Com
monwealth can view 7witlripride the contribn-
tions she has made, to the national glory. !. .
Confidently relying on the zeal and patriot
ism evef Displayed by our people in every ma
tionalI undertaking, We pledge and prophecy,
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 States.
JOSEPH r. HAWLEY, President.
LEWIS WALN SMITH, Temporary Secretary.
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