Liberal Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1872-1???, 1873-03-22

eXtenSi 'e. dere Sh0uld De dlSpiayeC
the varied products of land exten0-
ing from the ice.bound waters of the
pole to the warm waves that lave
island shores ladened with groves ol
oranges. From Alaska to Louisiana
from the Atlantic TO the Pacific, a
bounteous nature exhibits every gra
dation Of altitude and every combina-
ton of SOIL, and making the possibili-
ties of culture unlimited. and the OBJ
jects of display boundless. The realms
OF limited animal and vegetable life
range through all degrees. and the en-
barrassment in exhibition can
only rise from the mnltitudes of the
claimants.
Vastness of form is the characters.
tic of our continent-hugelss in
mountains, height in cataract, breadth
os area in lake, prairie, and Forest. aud
the same luxuriancc appears throughout
all nature, so that the bird upon our
banner may we'll hover with outstretch-
ed wings over this department, and
gives US fair reason for any "spread
eagle" in our boasting.
Another world lies beneath the SUR
face teeming with the mineral utilized
by modern ingenuity, as we'll as the
stores OF precious metals that brought
the older nations to our shores, aud
maddened them with our golden harvest.
These, too, will claim room, asking
classification and display, not only In
their pra, ,ical value. but iu their SCI
entifc variety.
The ILLUSTRATION Of lite and manners
presents great difficulties; yet no exhi.
btion can be considered complete
without such an attempt in country
which contains the hut of the E>qui.
maux. the Goblin of the Negro, and the
wigwam of the To dian, with all the
various habitations of civilized man as
diversified by the requirments of time
and place Models and pictures are
suited to the purpose, and the popular
ity, as we'll as the artistic capabilities
of the themes of current existence are
we'll exempified in the successful
groups of Rogers In the illustration
of the revolutionary period, Philadel'
phia is itself abuudantly supplied with
memorials and mementos.
In art, where the nation is so much
decried, fair array is all that is needed
to prove to the world if America poss
ess the scenery worthy of being pictur-
ed, she has also the artist able to pre-.
sent it.
The proposed celebration cannot be
regarded as mere national fair even
if it assumes some such form, but as
a visable demonstration of the growth
of the United States in the first century
OF their national existence. A hundred
years ago they were but detached, i'm
poverished dependencies, neglected By
distant motherland, but within thi.
short period the whole face of history
has changed. The old Is passing
away, that supreme mother land h
lost her vantage ground, and Young
America. youthful Russia, with reju
vented Germany proudly march in th'
front rank
Long the refuge of the poor and th'
oppressed of foreign lands, the scene
has changed - those exaed millions
have done their work under the cheer
ing stimulous of freedom. and it is nov
the noble, the wealthy. and the learned
of Europe that cross the broad seas t
behold the miracle wrough 10 the
West.
| In its individual and domestic
aspect, the Centennial will be welcome
in our hearts as grand Thanksgiving
where the patiarachal old thirteen can
meet around the festal board with their
children, who have pushed their
fortunes far from the ancient home'
stead where the miner of California
will join joyously with the lumbermau
of Maine, and the Texan herdsmau
clasp hands with the Broadway mer-
chant Proof Sheet.
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