Liberal Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1872-1???, 1873-03-22
TIlE CENrENNIAL CELEBRA
TION.
1776-1875

We are so accustomed to hear ourselve,
apostrophized and applauded as Amer
lean citizens from the stump, in the
largest of capitals, with the biggest oi
exclamation points, that we grow
wearied Of the topic, aud are tempted
to class every expression of patriotism
with the fuss, feathers, and fireworks
of the Fourth of July. The rights
and privileges so dearly bought, and so
strongly maintained, arc rated like our
daily bread and butter, and esteemed
as cheaply; and it requires stroag
effort to wrench the thoughts from the
habi'udes of the present, and realize
In the mind the condition of our land
at the time when George the Third
imagined himself to be the greatest
power on earth, and his fat son, is
multitudinous waist-coats, was blossom
ing into that pretty fower--the FIRST
gentleman in Europe
To illustrate before the eyes Of the
world the vast difference bet xeen
that then and this now is given TO us in
the opportupe celebration of the ap>
preaching Centennial aud to embody
it ftly forth is 8 worthy subject for
serious thought, as we'll as field for
vigorous endeavor
II is easy to sneer at the trite truisms
concentrated 10 the OCCASION, and to
class the fa~hes Of rethoric and the
| flashes Of fireworks 10 the same sweep
ing condemnation bat the fact COM
memorated by the GLORIOUS Fourth" F."
was indeed a glorious deed,
The Fourth of July, 1876. marked
IN era in history that il is bard TO over
estimate, and it will be well that the
year 1876 shall pause an Instant in IL
| accelerated progress to notch the day
| upon the worlds calendar, or even
| unhend for moment 10 dance in joy-
ous gratitude around the pole of librrty
that has so stoutly upheld the starry
| hag, until its colors have become
the symbol Of freedom to every strug
slirg nationality.
A celebration held in California OF
Connecticut, in New York or New
Orleans, must inevitably be sectional
and tragmeniary in Character; but IN
Philadelphia the commemora,ion takes
on higher importance, and the only
difficulty seems to be in the proper
presentation of 8 heme commensurate
/ with the importance of the event, and
the occasion. It should embrace
everything already achieved (; it mus
include the scope and the signiics nee
of the Fair of the Sanitary Comm mis.
sion as we'll of the Baby show.
It is the United States which is tt
be presented in an exitome, with al
| IT'S varied climes and cultures, It's trials
and triumphs, its manner and its men
and however its execution may fal
short, the scheme must needs be vas
and the details multitudinous.
The Worlds Fair was grand
thought, grandly embodied, but this
celebration should be the Worlds
Fair of the New World Of the world
of youthful hope and action and i'm.
pulse, held upon the very ground thai
must arouse every sentiment into en-.
thusiasm, and stimulate every energy
into hercie endeaver. Imagination may
be freely allowed to paint the scence, fol
our past history has shown again and
again that before the aroused energy
Of the nation realities are compelled te
outstrip the widest visions, and thai
the people have only to work in harmo'
ny in order to realize the brightest
pictures of fancy.
The institutions that have educated
freemen, and the necessities that have
strengthened their hauds and quicken
ed their brains, have made the United
States preeminent in inventive me-
chanicism, and the vast array of ma
chimes that thrust themselves upon the
fancy, rise, range after range, like vast
battlions mustered by the american
| mind IN ;Aa oonA;ct Nth Sha matfar