Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-21
An Address BY the Usiaea states
Centennial Communication.


An Address By the United states
Centennial Communicates.
To tho People Of the United states:
The Congress Of the United States
has enacted that the completion Of tho
One Hundredth Year OF American
Independence shall b. celebrated by
an International Exhibition Of the arts,
man utactures, and products Of the soil
and mine, to be held ut Philadelphia,
in 1776, and has appointed commits
sion consisting Of representatives from
each state and territory. u conduct the
celebration.
Originating under the auspices Of
our national legislature, controlled BY
national commission, and designed As
it is to " commemorate the first century
Of our existence, by an exhibition Of
the natural resources Of the country
and their development, aud vi our
progress in those arts which benefit
mankind, in comparison with those
Of older nations" it is to the people at
large that the commission lo"k Tor tie
aid which is necessary to make the
centennial celebration the grandcst an-
adversary the world has ever seen.
That the completion Of the first
century Of our existence should be
marked BY some Imposing demonstra-
ton il, " believe, the patriotic wish
Of the people Of the whole country.
The Congress Of the United States has
wisely decided that tue birth day Of
the Great Republic. can be most fitting
" celebrated by the universal collec-
ton and display Of all the trophies Of
iss progress. It is designed to bring
together, within u building covering
fifty acres, not only the v~ried produc-
tions OF our mines and If the soil, but
types Of al the intellectual triumphs
Ut our citizens, specimens Of every
thing that America can furnish. wlleth
er from the brains or the hands of her
children, and thus make evident to
the world the advancement Of which
self governed pe"ple 10 capable.
In this celebration" al nations
will be invited to participate its char
acter being International. 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
ingenious people have been pertccting.
Each laud will compete in generous ri.
valry tor the palm Of superior excel.
lence.
To this grand gathering every zone
will contribute its fruits aud cereals.
No mineral shall be wanting; for what
the East lacks the Vest will supply.
Under one roof will the South display
in rich lux uriance her growing cotton,
and the North in miniature, tho cease
less machinery Of her mills converting
that cotton into cloth. Each section
OF the globe will send its best offerings
to this exhibition, and each state OF
the Union, Us member OF one united
b.My polite, will show to her sister
states aud 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 success Us the patriotism and
the pride Of every American demands
will require the cooperation Of the
people Of the whole country. TIE
United States Centennial Commission
has received no government aid, such
rs Enyland extended. to her Worlds
Fair, aud France to her Universal OK.
position, yet the labor aud responsible.
lily imposed upon the commission is a.
great as in either of those undertaking.
1t is estimated that ten millions Of
dollars will be required. and this SUM
Congress has provided shall BE- raised
by stuck subscription, aud that the
people shall have the opportunity o:
subscribing in proportion 10 tho popu-
laticn Of their respective states and
territories.