The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-11-16
An Address by the United States Centcn.
NAL Commission.

To The People IF tile United States:
The Congress of the United States has
enacted that the completion of the One
Hundreth 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 Philadelphia, i'll 1876, and has appointed
a commission, consisting Of representatives
from each State and Territory, to conduct
the celebration.
Originating under the auspices of the
National Legislature, controlled by Il Ma
tional Commission, and designed rs it is to
Commemorate the first Century of our
existence, by an Exhibition of the Natural
resources Ct the Country and their devel-
opment. ana of our progress i'll those Arts
which benefit mankind, in comparison with
those of older Natous,'' it is to the people
at large that the Commission look for the
aid which is necessary to make the Cen
te nnial Celebration the grandest anniver-
sa ~ the world has ever seen.
That the completion of the first century
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 Birth
day Of the Great Republic can be most fit
tingly celebrated by the universal collec-
ton and display of the trophies of its pro-
gress. 1t is designed to bring together,
within y building covering fifty acres, not
only he varied productions of our mines
and Of the soil. but types of all the intel
lectual triumphs Of our citizens. specimens
of every thing that America can furnish,
whether from the brains or the hands of
her child rem, and thus make evident to the
world th,, advancement of which n self uOy-
erned people is capable.
In this - Celebration - all nations will be
invited to participate; its character being
Internati onal. Europe will display her
arts and manufactures, India her curious
fabrics. while newly opened China aud
japan will lay bare the treasures which for
centuries their ingenious people have been
perfecting. Each land viii compete in
generous rivalry for the palm Of superior
excellence
To this grand gathering every zone will
contribute its fruits aud cereals. No min
eral shall be wanting; for what the East
lacks the West will supply. Under one
roof will the South display in rich lux
uriance her growing cotton, and the North
in miniature, the cease.ess machinery of
her mills converting that cotton into cloth.
Each section of the globe will send its best
% tho T-r;nn ,s ,,,or,bo,. ~ ,lno ,,,i+a5
tna ,,I;t;a III la-' t 1a oo So
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TO makethe Centennial Celebration such
snccess as the natrotism and The n,Ja
of every American demands viii rea,,ire
tLa co. Hneration of the naonIo Of +he v.hn,e
cnn,,+ry Tic T,ifad StatnS canto,n;aI
Comn;ssion las received no Govarnn,nn,
aid s,ch rs ENGLAND exfendcd to her
Wnrld:s Fair and Franca to her I-nivors,l
Exnositiou vet the l,hor and responsibility
;uno.ed un,,, thr ro,r,,,ission i az ,,,,.ot
nc in either Of tbose nnderr,l,inrs II ;s
astimated that fen millions of dollars will
hp rpnnired and this sum CONGRESS- has