Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-11-29
Address OF the United states Centen-
NAL Committee.

| To the People Of the United States.
The Congress of the United States has
enacted that the completion of the One
Hundredth Year of American Independ-
ence shall be celebrated by an Interna-
tional Exhibition of the Arts, Manufac-
lures and Products of the soil and mine,
to be held at Philadelphia, in 1876, and
has appointed Commission, consisting
of representatives from each State and
Territory, to conduct the celebration.
Originating under the auspices of the
National Legislature, controlled by
National Commission, and designed as it
is to Commemorate the first century of
our existence, by an exhibition of the
national resources of the country and
their development, and of our progress in
those arts which benefit mankind, in
comparison with those of other nations"
1t is to the people at large that the Com
mission look for the aid which is neces-
sary to make the Centennial Celebration
the grandest anniversary the world has
ever seen.
That the completion of the first ceRtu-
ry of our existence should be marked by
some imposing demonstration is, we be-
lieve, 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 fttingly celebrated by the universal
collection and display of all the trophies
of its progress. 1t is designed to bring
together, within building cove ring fifty
| acres, not only the varied productions of
our mines and of the soil, but types of all
the intellectual triumphs of our citizens,
specimens of everything that America can
furnish, whether from the brains or the
hands of her children, and thus make evi-
dent to the world the advancement of
which a self-governed people is capable.
In this Celebration" all nations will
be invited TO participate, its character
being international. Europe will display
her arts and manufactures, India her Gu
rious fabrics, while newly-opened China
and Japan will lay bare the treasures
which for centuries their ingenious people
have been perfecting. Each land will
compete in generous rivalry for the palm
OF superior excellence.
To this grand gathering every zone will
contribute its fruits and cereals. No
mineral shall be wanting; 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 ceaseless machin-
cry of her mills converting that cotton
into cloth. Each eection of the globe
will send its best offerings to this exhi-
bition, and each State of the Union, as q
member of 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 is harmoni-
GUS part.
To make the Centennial Celebration
such a success as the patriotism and the
pride of every American demands will re-
quire the co operation of the people of the
whole country. The United States Cen
tennial Commission has received no Gov
ernment aid, such as England extended
to her Worlds Fair, and France to her
Universal Exposition, yet the labor and
responsibility imposed upon the Commits
sion is as great as in either of those un-
dertakings. 1t is estimated that ten mil
lions of dollars will be required, and this
sum Congress has provided shall be raised
by stock subscription, and that the peo-
pie shall have the opportunity of sub
scribing in proportion to the population
of their respective States and Territories.
The Commission look to the unfailing
patriotism of the people of every section,
to see that each contributes its share to
the expenses, and receives its share of the
benefits of an enterprise in which ali are
so deeply interested 1t would further
earnestly urge the formation in each State
and Territory ofa centennial organization,
which shall in time see that county asso-
Citations are formed, so that when the
nations are gathered together in 1876 each
Common wealth can view with pride the
contributions she has made to the ma
tional glory.
Confidently relying on the zeal and pa
trioiism ever displayed by our people in
every national undertaking, we pledge
and prophesy that the Centennial Cele-
bration 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.
JOSEPH II. HAwLEY, President,
LEWIS WALN SMITH, Temporary Secretary.
Alabama-William NJ. Byrd, James L. Cooper.
Arizona-Richard c. Mccormick, Jshn Was
son.
California-John Dunbar Creigh, John Middle
ton.
ColOrado-J. Marshall Paul, N. c. Meeker
Connecticut-Joseph R. Hawley, VIM Phipps
Dakota-George A. Batchelder Solomon L.
Sphinx.
Delaware-william T. Read, John II Rodney.
District of Columba-Jas E. Dexter, Lawrence
A. Gobright
Florida-John s. Adams j. T Bernard.
Georgia-Thomas Hardeman, Jr., Lewis Vain
Smith
Iswa-Robert Lowry, Coker F. Clarkson.
Kangas-John A. Martin, George A. Crawford.
Kentucky Robert Mallory, Smith M. Hobbs.
Louisiana-John Lynch, Thomas c. Anderson
Maine Joshua Nye, Charles p Kimball.
Maryland-John W. Davis.
Massachusetts-Ge b. Loring, William B.
Spooner
Michigan-James Birney Claudus B. Grant.
Minnesota-J. Fletcher Williams, W. W. Fol-
well
Mississippi-o. c. French
Mlssouri-John Mcneil, Samuel Hays.
MOntlnA-William III. (lapetf. A
'Nebraska-Hcnry s. Moody, r. W. Furnas.
Nevada-Wm. Writ Mccoy.
New Hampshire-Ezekiel A. Straw, Asa p.
New Jersey-orestes Cleveland, John G. Ste.
vens.
New Nork-John V. l.. Pruyn, Charles II. Mar
shall
North Carolina-Alfred Dockery, Jonathan W.
ohio-Alfred t. Goshorn, William W. Griffith.
Oregon-James W. Virtue, Andrew j. Dufur.
Idaho-Thomas Donaldson, James S Reynolds.
Weldon.
Indiana John C. Campbell, David NJ. Boyd,
Jr
Pennsylvania-Daniel j. Morrell, Asa Packard.
Rhode 1sland-George II. Corliss, Samuel
Powell.
South Carolina-James L. Orr, Archibald Cam.
eron.
Tennessee-Thomas H. Caldwell, William f.
Prosser.
Texas-William Henry Parsons.
Utah-John ii. Wickizer, Oscar G. Sawyer.
Nermont-John N. Baxtsf, Henry Chase.
Nirginia-Walter W. Wood.
Washington Territory-Elwood Evans, Alexan-
der s. Abernethy.
West Yirginia-Alexander R. Boteler, Andrew
j. Sweeney.
Wisconsin-Dayd Atwood, Edward D. Holton.
Wyoming-H. Latham, Robert ii. LambOrn.
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