The New York herald., 1874-11-16
The Centennial Exhibition.

1t is now settled beyond dispute that the
centennial anniversary of American indepen-
dence is to be celebrated in Philadelphia,
where national independence was proclaimed,
and that the international exhibition to be
held in that city will be a success The
doubts and the questions relative to the event
have had satisfactory answers the Centen-
NAL Exhibition will not be merely local
affair, for the especial benefit of Philadelphia,
but one in which the whole country will have
full representation and direct inter-
est. 1t is under the control Of United States
Commission, and the management thus far
has been SO practical and sensible that it has
commanded confidence and respect.
As an international exhibition the centen-
nial celebration promises to be successful.
Colonel John W. Forney, who has been in
London for the last three months disinterest-
edly working to promote the interests of the
exposition. has had the warmest encourage
ment and emphatic assurances that the Eng
lish people will take an important part in the
celebration. He has been in communication
with John Bright, Dr.. w. II. Russell, Sir Ed
ward Thornton and many members of Parlia-
ment, who fully understand the commercial
advantages of the exhibition to Great Britain.
Liberal appropriations are expected from Par
Lament to secure for the United Kingdom q
proper representation. The American peo-
pie are the best customers of England,
and English manufacturers appreciate the
value of this opportunity for displaying
their inventions and improvements. The
artists Of London take great interest in the
event, and Sir Richard Wallace, on his return
from the Continent, will perfect arrangements
for complete representation of the English
school of painting. The exhibition of Euro
pean art should certainly be the finest ever
seen in this country for France, Germany,
Austria, Spain Switzerland, have all formally
accepted the invitation of the United States,
and each nation will contribute freely to the
gallery Of painting and sculpture. Nor will
the contributions of manufactures, inven-
tons, machinery, rare products, be less in
teresting; and Turkey, India, China, Japan
and the gorgeous East may be expected to
add to the splendor and novelty of this col
lection Of the worlds civilization
From siken Samarcand to cedared Lebanon.
This interest which foreign nations take in
our Centennial Exhibition should spur up our
own people to renewed exertions. Every State
should be fully represented and every Legis-
lature should act promptly in the matter
The buildings have been already begun and
will be completed in time for the opening in
1876, and the Centennial Board of Finance
is now issuing, as empowered by act of Con-
gress, ten millions of stock, which are offered
for popular subscription. The terms on which
this six per cent stock is issued are fully an
nounced in our advertising columns,
and deserve the attention of the public.
The exhibition is to be continued for
six months and will afford American manu-
facturers, agriculturists inventors, machin-
lists, artists and all classes of producers an op-
portunity hitherto unknown in the history Of
the country. We believe that as the inter-
national aspects of the exposition are 80 en-
couraging its national importance should be
fully recognized. Europe and America will
compete for the supremacy in all branches of
production, and we owe it to ourselves that
we should show what We have achieved in
century Of labor and freedom. The Centen-
nial Exposition ought to be made the mirror
of American progress
A HEAVY TAsK-The task undertaken by
the republicans TO account for their late ter