Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-11-23
AN ADDRESS
BY the united States Centennial
Commission,
To "a. People ofMe United States =:

To tie People Of The United States
The Congress Of the United States
has enacted that the completion of the
one hundredth year OF American indie
pendence shall be celebrated 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 q Commits
sion, consisting Of Representatives from
each State and Territory, to conduct
the celebration.
Originating under the auspices Of
the national Legislature, controlled
by a national Commission, and de-
signed as It Is to commemorate the
irst 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 mankind, In comparison with
those Of older nations" 1t Is to the
people at largo that the Commission
look for the aid which Il necessary to
make the Centennial Celebration the
grandest anniversary the world has
ever seen.
That the completion Of the first CEN
fury of 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 fitting
" celebrated by the universal collec.
ton and display OF all the trophies OF
It's progress. It Is designated to bring
together, within a building covering
ffty acres, not only the varied produc.
tions Of our mines and Of the soil, but
types Of all the intellectual triumphs
Of our citizens, specimens OF every
thing that America can furnish, wheth-
or from the brains or the hands OF her
children. aud thus make evident to the
world the advancement Of which q self
governed people Is capable.
In this "Celebratlou all nations
will be invited to participate ; It's char
ncter being international. Europe
will display her arts and manufac-
lures, India her curious fabrics, while
newly opened China and Japan will
lay bare the treasures which for CEN
turtles their ingenious people have been
p~erfecting. Each land will compete
In generous rivalry for the palm OF su-
perior excellence.
To this grand gathering every zone
will contribute It's fruits and cereals.
No mineral shall be wanted ; 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 cease
less machinery Of her mills convert
Ing that cotton into cloth. Each sec
ton Of the globe will send Its best
| offerings to this exhibition, and each
| State Of the Union, as a member o!
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 isa harnoni-
Gus part.
10 make the Centennial Celebration
such q success as the patriotism and the
pride Of every American demands will
require the cooperation OF the people
Of the whole country. The United
States Centennial Commission has re-
ceiyed no Government aid, such a:
England extended to her Worlds Fair,
and France to her Universal Exposi
tion, yet the labor and responsibility
imposed upon the Commission Is as
great as In either Of those undertak.
ings. It Is estimated that ten million'
Of dollars will be required, and TIL:
sum Congress has provided shall be
raised by stock subscription, and that
the people shall have the opportunity
Of subscribing In proportion to the
population Of the respective States and
Territories. .
The Commission looks to the unfaii'
Ing patriotism Of the people Of every
section, to see that each contributes 1t:
share to the expenses, and receives 1t:
share Of the benefits Of an enterprise
In which all are so deeply Interested
It would further earnestly urge the
formation In each State and Territory
OF = centennial organization, which
shall In time see that county associa'
lions are formed, so that when the ma
tions are gathered together In 1876
each Commonwealth can view witt
pride the contributions she has made
to the national glory.
Confidently relying on the zeal ant
patriotism ever displayed by our peo
pie in every national undertaking. we
plege and prophesy that the c%entennia,
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
Jos. r. HAwLEY, Pres't.
Trr,s W .Su,ru Tam Sac,v