Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-11-18
AN ADDRESS
BY THE Z. s. CENTENNIAL COMMISSION

tional exhibition of the arts, manufac-
lures, and products of the soil and mine,
to be held at Philadelphia, in 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 ma
tional commission. and designed as it is
to commemorate the first century of our
existence, by an exhibition of the natur
al resources of the country and their de-
velopment, and of our progress in those
arts which benefit mankind. in compari-
son with those of older nations" it is to
the people at large that the commission
look for the aid which is necessary to
make the centennial celebration the
grandest anniversary the world has ever
seen.
That the completion of the first centu-
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 uni
versal collection and display of all the
trophies of its progress. 1t is designed
to bring together, within building COW
ering fifty acres, not only the varied pro-
auctions 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 evident to the world the
advancement of which self governed
people is capable.
In this celebration" all nations will
be invited to participate its character
being International Europe will dis.
play her arts and manufactures, India
her curious fabrics, while newly opened
China and Japan will lay bare the treas
ures which for centuries their ingeniou,
people have been perfecting. Each lane
will compete in generous rivalry for thu
palm of superior excellence.
To this grand gathering every zon
will contribute its fruits and cereals
No mineral shall be wanting for wha
the East lacks the West will SUPPLY
Under one roof will the South display il
rich luxuriance her growing cotton, AM
the North in miniature, the ceaseles
machinery of her mills converting tina
cotton into cloth Each section of th
globe will send its best offerings to thi
exhibition, and each state of the Unior
as member of one united body polite
will show to her sister states and to tn
world, how much she can add to til
greatness of the nation of which she is
harmonious part.
To make the centennial celebrate
such success as the patriotism and tt
pride of every American demands wi
require the cooperation of the people
the whole country. The United Stat
Centennial Commission has received /
Government aid, such as England e
5 tended to her Worlds Fair, and Fran
e to her Universal Exposition, yet the |
f Dor and responsibility imposed upon Il
, commission is as great as in either
/, those undertakings. 1t is estimate
n that ten millions of dollars will be +
quired. and this sum Congress has pr
: vided shall be raised by stock subscri
ton, and that the people shall have t
f opportunity of subscribing in proporti
r to the population of their respecti
It states and territories.
S The commission looks to the unfaili
# patriotism of the people of every sectic
re to see that each contributes its share
IT the expenses, and receives its share
e the benefits of an enterprise in which
are so deeply interested. 1t would f,
IS Their earnestly urge the formation in ca
n state and territory of centennial
l. ganization, which shall in time see I'll
IS county associations are formed. so IL
Ell when the nations are gathered togetl
in 1876 each commonwealth can vi
IN with pride the contributions she |
u made to the national glory.
~ Confidently relying on the zeal a
n patriotism ever displayed by our PEG
u in every national undertaking, we plet
and prophecy, that the centennial &C
IS, bration will worthily show how greatnt
n wealth and intelligence, can be foste
by such institutions as those which b;
ly for one hundred years blessed the ?
81 pie of the United States.
m JOSEPH R. HAwLEY. Presider
gy LEWIS VAIN SMITH, Temp. Sec'y.
Y. HORACE GREELEY, EDIToR.-The
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