National Republican., 1874-04-02

ton should be national celebration, in whicl
the people of the whole country should partici
pate, 1t should have the sanction of the Con
gress of the United States; therefore,
SECTION 1. Be I. enacted 6y The Senate an
House Of Representatives Of the United States q
America IN Congress assembled, That an ezhibi
10" Of Ansrieda and foreign arts, products, anc
manufactures shall be held, under the auspices
Of the Government of the United States, In The
city Of Philadelphia, in the year eighteen hun
dred and seventy-six"
On the Sd day of July, 1873, the Presi
dent of the United States issued his procla
nation, which contains these words:
"Now, therefore, be It known that I, Ulysses
8. Grant, President of the United States, in
conformity with the provisions of the act o.
Congress aforesaid, do hereby declare and pro
claim that there will be held, at the city Of
Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, on
International exhibition of arts, manufactures
and products of the soil and mine, to be opened
on the nineteenth day of April, Ammo Dom
ini eighteen hundred and seventy-six, and to be
closed on the nineteenth day of October, in the
same year.
"A'sd I" The Interest Of peace, civilization, and
domestic AND International trisndship and inter
course, commend the celebration and exhibi-
ton to the people of the United States; and, in
! behalf Of this Government and people, cor
daily commend them to all nations who may be
pleased to take part therein"
Proving still further the careful manner
| in which the Government committed itself
to the international idea, we copy the fol-
lowing remarks of Hon. George NJ. Robe
son, Secretary of the Navy, on the 18th Of
July, 1873, at Philadelphia, when the
grounds selected for the exhibition site in
Fairmount Park were transferred and dedi-
Gated and the proclamation was made pub
Lie. The President was prevented from at
tending in person by being called to the
death-bed of his father:
"Mr. President and Gentlemen: In making
this proclamation the President desires to ex-
press his deep personal interest in the object of
your great enterprise, his sympathy with your
patriotic endeavors, his appreciation Of the fit
ness of the place and the occasion designated,
his earnest desire that 'all nations will take
skill on the great memorial occasion Of peo-
pie whose energies are drawn from every land,
and his hope and confidence that in its spirit
and its success the exhibition and celebration
will remain lasting illustration of peace and
civilization, ofdomestic and international friend
ship and intercourse, and of the vitality of
those great principles which lie at the foun-
dation Of human progress, and upon which de-
pend our national strength, development and
safety. With this expression, the great exhi-
bition is commended to the patriotism of our
whole people and the cooperation Of the whole
world"
On the next day the Secretary of State,
Mr.. Fish, sent to the various Ministers
accredited to the United States resident in
the city of Washington the following invi-
tation to attend the International Exhibition
at Philadelphia on the 4th of July, 1875:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WASHINGTON, ID. c., July 5, I573.
SIR: have the honor to inclose, for the in
formation Of the Government of --, q
copy of the Presidents proclamation, announc-
ing the time and place of holding an interna-
tional exhibition OF arts, manufactures, and
be held in the year eighteen hundred and sew
enty-six.
The exhibition is designed to commemorate
the Declaration Of the Independence of the
United States on the one hundredth anniver-
sary of that interesting and historic national
event, and at the same time to present fitting
opportunity for such display of the results of
art and industry of all nations as will serve to
illustrate the great advances attained, and the
successes achieved, in the interest of progress
and civilization, during the century which will
have then closed.
In the law providing for the holding of the
exhibition Congress directed that copies OF the
proclamation of the President, setting forth
the time of its opening and the place at which
1t was to be held, together with such regula-
tions as might be adopted by the commissioners
Of the exhibition, should be communicated to
the diplomatic representatives of all nations.
Copies Of those regulations are herewith trans
mitted.
The President indulges the hope that the
Government of-wiH be pleased TO notice the
subject, and may deem it proper to bring the
exhibition and its objects to the attention of the
people Of that country, and thus encourage
their cooperation in the proposed celebration.
And he further hopes that the opportunity
afforded by the exhibition for the interchange
of national sentiment and friendly intercourse
between the people of both nations may result
in new and still greater advantages to science
and industry, and at the same time serve to
strengthen the bonds Of peace and friendship
which already happily subsists between the
Government and the people Of and those OF
the United States.
I have the honor to be, sir, with the highest
consideration, your obedient servant,
A similar communication was addressed
to the ministers of the United States accred-