The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-11-29
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AS ADDRESS By THE UNITED STATES
CENTENNIAL COMMISSION.
To the people of the United States

Al ADDRESS By THE UNITED STATES
/ CENTENNIAL COMMISSION.
To the people Of the United States
The Congress of, the United
States has enacted that the CON-
pletion of the One Hundredth
Year of; American Independence
shall be celebrated by an Interna
| tienal Exhibition OF the Arts, and
Manufactures, and Products OF
the soil and mine, to be held at
Philadelphia, in 1876, and has ap
pointed a Commission; consisting
of representatives from each State
land Territory, to conduct the eel
ebration. aa.
Originating under the auspices
of the National Legislature, con-
trolled by a National Commission,
and designed as It is to '-Commem-
crate the first Century of'our ex
istence, by an Exhibition Of the
Natural resources of the Country,
and their development, and Of our
progress in those Arts which ben
eft mankind, in comparison with
those of older nations" it is to.
the people at large that the Com
mission look for the aid which is
necessary to make the Centennial
Celebration the grandest anniver-
sarv the world has ever. seen.
That the completion of the first
century of our existence should be
marked by some imposing demon
stration is, we believe, the patriot |
ic 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 fittingiy
celebrated by the UNIVERSAL cOllec-
ton and display of all the trO-
phies of its progress. 1t is de-
signed to bring together, within a
building covering fifty acres, not |
only the varied productions OIL
our mines and of the soil. but
types of all the intellectual tri-
umphs of our citizens, specimens
of everything that America can
furnish, whether from the brains
or from the hands of her children,
and thus make evident to the
world the advancement Of which a
self-governed people is capable.
In this Celebration" all ma
tions will be invited to participates.
it's character being International.
Europe will display her arts ana
manufactures, India her curious
fabrics, while newly opened China
and Japan will lay bare the treas
ures which for centuries their in
genious people have been perfect
ing. Each land will compete int
generous rivalry for the palm of
superior excellence. i
To this grand gathering every
zone will contribute its fruits and
cereals. No mineral shall be wan
ting; for what the East lacks tile
West will supply. Under one roof
will the South display in rich lux
uriance her growing cotton, and
the North, in miniature, the cease
less machinery of her mills con-
verting that cotton into cloth.
Each. section of the globe will
send it's best offerings to this ex
hibition, and each State of the |
Union, as a member of one united
body polite, will show to her sis /
ter States and 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 Cele. +
bratiCn such a success as the pa
triotism and the pride of every
demands will require
the cooperation of The people of
the whole country. The. United
States Centennial Commission has
received no Government aid, such
as England extended to her1
Worlds Fair, and France to her
Universal Exposition, yet the Ia
Dor and responsibility imposed |
upon the Commission is as great as
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 subscrip-
ton, and that the people shall |
have the opportunity of subscri-
bing n proportion to the popula-
ton of their respective States and
Territories. Es4E
The Commission looks to the
uHfailing patriotism of the people
of every section, to sec that each
its share to the ex4
penses, and receives its share of
the. benefits of an enterprise in
which all are, so deeply interested. I
II would further earnestly urge
the formation in each State and |
Territory of a. centennial orgapiza. +
ton, which shall in time see that
county associations are formed, SO
that when the nations are gathera
ed together in 1876 each Common 7
wealth can view with pride the
contributions she has made TO the
national glory. |
Confidently relying on the zeal
and patriotism ever displayed .byt
our people in every national IN
dertaking, we pledge and prophecy, |
that the Centennial Celebration
viii worthily show how greatness,
wealth and intelligence, can he
fostered by such Institutions as
those which have for one hundred
years blessed the people Of the
United States, 49, |
-l~1t JOSEPH r. HAWLEY, |
President.
q, LEWIS VAIN SMITH, ..- |
I, 81 Temporary Secretary.
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