The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-12-21
An address to the People of the United States, by the United
 States Centennial Commission.

hA1bVo SyALCllAAu& CUluIuloS1OI To ae Fs.a ae UaHoj S.ates:
 The Congress ol the Uuited States have decided lhat the completion a' the One Hun drcdth Year 0f American Independence shall be celebrate by an International Exhibition of Arts. Manufactures, and Products of the soil and miUe. to b. held al Philadelphia, in 1876. and Aaya appointed a commission con sisting of representative from each State and Territory tu conduct the colebration.
 Originating nader the auspices of the Ma tIoual Legislature, controlled by a National Commission, and designed as it is to lay be fore the world the evidence of our National greatness. 1t is t0 the Nation at large that the Commission look for the id which is nec- essary c. make t.e Centennial Celebration the eraudcst anniversary the world has ever seen, that the completion of the first century of our existence should be remembered by some imposing demonstration, is, we believe, the patriotic wish of the pca ole of the whole country.
 Other nations differing from us in forms of government might appropriately select other modes Of making such au era, but the Con eress of the Unled State have wisely decided taat the Birth-day of the Great Republic ean be most fttingiy celebrated by the Uni Fersal collection and display of all the tro- hies If her peaceful pro gress, to bring ceetaer the varied eyideuces of our ingenui- B. tae priceless products of our mines and aa 'naumcrabie outgrowtAs of our soil, and ghus show by convincing proofs, the advance ment Of which a self governed people is capa- hle. Is the aim which tha ,mmission have in view
 T'o this grand gathering, every zone will contribute ts fruits and cereals; for each belt anl lad no mineral shlll be wanting, for what the east iact,s he vest will supply Under one roof will the south display in rich luxuriance her growing cotton, and the north in miniature ths ceaseless machinery of her mills converting that cotton into cloth. With old wounds healed and past differences forgotten each section will end her best off eru1- to ls.s exhibition, where no section is recognized. aal each State as a member of one united body r1'tl,, ill show to her sister State and t1 tho world, how much shc can add Co swell the greatness of the nation oi which she is harmonious part. Suffice f.. within 8 building covering fifty acres 1t is designed Co exhibit types of all intellectual trilmph- of our citizens; espec- iallv of what America can furnish, whether from the brains or the hands of her children, the seq oT the land within her borders, or the depths beneath her lands.
 Tn thi- Celebration Il other nations will be invited to partic'F ie; its character being International Ea will display her .rss manufactures dia her curious Et lile newly ose China and Japan e..f r. bly for the t~t ime lay bare the
 which for o8untis,s IS years their in- ople have tsee ,erfecting. Each .4 omne1 IS rivalry for the
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 the Ct celebration such a success as tte p- nd the pride of every American a will require the ce-opgration ot tlcp the whole coun- try.
 The United Sistes Cent lnial Commission receives no C ,ve-nugnt such as England extended Co her w.T 1T, and France to hnr Universal Exnos.r-r ret the CommiS sion propose Co aaE- both these great undertakings
 tt is estimated tha. tJa glillioIs of dollars viIl ba reuqiraG and ths um Congress has spovjled sLa.' e raised stock subscription Aud that e.rt state have the privilege ot subScsb'ns iI .tion to Dc. lla usn.
 Ne look ailing patriotism of our saIloe- citizens :h section to contribute hare of the enses of an enterprise in
 each .s :. deeply interested. We sbeug5 ss-ther earnestly urge the formation ,n osch Sgs and Territory of centennial s,fss.tit,a hich shall in time see that
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