The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-11-16
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An Addres. by the United states Cen.
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To tie People of the United States:
The Congress- OF the United State.
has enacted that the completion OF the
One Hundredth Year of American In.
dependence shall be celebrated by an
International Exhibition OF the Arts
Manufactures 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 Gel.
ebration.
Originating under the auspices Of the
National Legislature. controlled by a
National Com omission, and designed as
it is to Commemorate the first Century
O our existence, by an Exhibition OF the
Natural resources Of the Country and
their development, and of our progress
10 those Arts which benefit mankind,
in comparison with those OF older Ns-
tions," It is to the people al large that
the Commission look Tor the aid which
ia necessary ID make the Centennial
Celebration the graLdest anniversary
the world has ever seen.
That the completion Of the first cen
fury OF our existence should be marked
by some imposing demonstration is, we
believe, the patriotic wish Of the people
OF the whole country. TIE Congress
of the United States has wise v decided
that the Birthday of the Great Re-
public can be most fittingly celebrated
by the universal collection and display
of all the trophies o. its progress. II
i. designed to bring togetLe-, within a
bulldog covering fifty acres. not only
the varied productions Of our mines aud
OF the soil, but types OF all the intel
lectual triumphs OF our citizens, speci-
mems OF everything that America can
furnish, whether from the brains OR the
hands of her children, and thus make
evident 10 the world the advancement
OF which q seltgoveru.d people Is cap :.
BILE.
In this celebration" all nations will
he invited to participate; its character
being International. Europe will dis
plav her arts aud manufactures. India
her curious iabr CO. while newly opened
China and Japan will lay bare the
treasures which for centuries their in
yenious people have been perf.ctng.
Each land will compete in generous
rivalry for the palm Of superior excel
lence
To this grand gathering every zone
will contr butte it's IrutI and cerea s.
No mineral shall be wanting, tor what
tie East lacks the West will supply.
Under one roof will the South display
in rich luxurisnce her growing cotton,
and the North, in miniature, the 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 o. the
Union, as a member o. one united body
polite, will show to her sister Sstes
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 Celebration
such success as the patriotism and the
pride OF every American demands will
require the cooperation o. the people
OF the whole country. The United
States Centennial Commission has re-
ceved no Government aid, such as Eng
land extended to her Worlds Fair, and
France to her Universal Exposition, yet
the labor and responsibility imp 'sed
upon the Comm sslon il as great as IN
either o. those undertakings 1t ls es.
timated that ten millions OF dollars will
be required, and this sum Congress has
prov ded shall be raised by stock rub
scription, and that the re'ple shall
have the opportunity OF subscribing In
proportion to the population OF their
respective States and Territories.
The Commission looks to the unfai'-
ing patriotism of the people Of every
section. 10 see that each contributes ils
share to the expenses, and receives lis
share of the benefits OF an enterprise In
which all are so deeply interested. 1t
would further earnestly urge The forma'
ton in each Safe and Territory Of a
centennial organization, VIII CHI shall in
time see that county associations are
form ed, so that when the nations are
gathered together in 1876 each Conn
monwealth can view with pride the
| oon,r,hr,;ona she has made TO the ma
tional glory.
Confidently relying on the zeal and
patriotism ever displayed 10y our people
IN every national undertaking, we
pledge and prophesy that the Centen-
NAL Celebration will worthily show
how greatness. wealth and intelligence
can be ios,ered by such institutions as
those which have for one hundred
years blessed the people OF the UuiteJ
States.
JOSEPH r. HAwLEY, President.