Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-11-25
1916 and 1876.

'~NO'N''''3
huld word. Every understands by it
the proper commemoraton, 10 1876, Of
the one hunlredih anniversary Of Ameri.
can Independence. Everybody knows
that the celebration will be national and
International that Congress has provided
for an international exhibition Of arts
and manufactures aud the products Of the
soil aud mine; that it has designated
Philadelphia as the proper place
for the ceremonies to be held that
it has Invoked the entirc Union 20 assist
in the celebration, aud has invited all the
world to participate in it. How far the
people have responded to the appeal, how
many foreign nations have accepted the
Invitation OF the government, what pro-
grcss has been made toward periectng the
ceebratiDu III the mauuer authorized
what states are still backward in their aid,
what remains 10 be done aud how in the
future the mcaus still necessary ure to be
provided fer conducting this national en-
te:prise on scale commensurate with the
dignity of the event it is to commemorate,
is just what the people outside Of Peun.
syvania require to have made known to
thenI
Massachusetts has just begun to stir in
the enterprise. On the 3lst October, al
"A meeting Of representative business men,
the proposed plan for celebrating the ma
Iiona centenary was . berat .ly indursed,
and BY resolution pledge was given tia
the quota Of the State should be speedily
subscribed. The citizens who have ac-
ceptcd the responsible dutyof developing
in practical way the interest felt in this
patriotic work, as committee OF board
auxiliary to the Centennial board Of fl
nance authorized by Congress, have put
forth an address to the people Of Massl-
chusctts. In cordially commencing it
to public attention, we propose, further,
10 state few facts which may show to
the people Of New England what may
properly be expected Of them.
Congress few years nee. was memor.
iaized from many quarters to take meas
urcs to celebrate slgnaIly the 4,h Of July
1876. Tnerc was much competition and
rivalry among cities for the honor of be.
ins the place selected. Some urged that
this national festival should be held at
New York. because it is the commercial
metropolis Of the uation: others that il
should he at Washington because it is the
capitol of the Government others PRO.
nounced in favor Of Cincinnati, ST. Louis,
San Francisco or Chicago, because either
Of those cities presents a telling example
of American growth and energy. Not
few claimed that Boston. In which most
Of the string events happened that pre-
cedei and precipitated the Revolution.
was the place. Congress, however. after
prolonged debate. determined that, as at
Philadelphia the Declaration Of Inde.
pendence was adopted aud first proclaim.
cd. and there should the first one hum
dredth anniversary Of what We have in
variably calIel 1.-THE Nations Birth" be
celchlated
The sentiment that controlled this con.
cIuslon is now universally recognized as
natural and just. Congress devolved the
responsibility Of making all preparations
for the celebration, and for the interna-
tional exhibition which it authorized on a
commission in which every State and Ter
ritcry is represented. Subsequently, in
order to provide funds for the enterprise,
Congress created board Of finance eharg-
ed with the duty Of obtaing subscriptions
to Centennial stock to the extent Of ten
millions Of dollars, in shares Of the value
Of ten dollars each. and to each State and
Territory PERMISSION was given 10 sub
scribe in the proportion that the ropu'a-
ton of State or Territory bore to tie
total population Of tho Union, Under
this act tie stockholders have twice elec-
ted out Of their uumer board Of dlrec.