Smyrna times., 1875-08-18
Delaware and the Centonnin1

ne committee appointed bv our last
LeSlsiatur" to look after Drlawuro's in.
tereSts at the great Centennial to be held IN
IhiIadelphm next year has issued it<
address. he committee consist, Of j. T.
ComegyS, President; l.. f. Riddle. Seere.
taly y. '. Lesley, Charles Bcaston, John
H. Bewley, II. B. tiddcman, John w.
Ia''sey, Charles II. Richards, and Pavut,.r
frame. hey paid visit to the C.ntcl.
ni'I NiouhdS last month and on their return
nome prepared an address. 1t conclude, as
follows: '''' '''''e' "S
And the occasion is to be one Of oro,t
display and rivalry. The wealth Of fLc;,.
mines, their fields, their forests. tLoir vynrl
shops, their manufactures. and the ,rodnrts
oil the chlsel and brush, will be there. Inn.
mcnsc buildings are being erected to colInct
ana arrang" all this display to the greatest
advantage. That for the exhibition of the
me arts OF sculpture and painting. will
alohc cover more than seven acres. and
Wheh hhlShed, will present Il marble strIc.
turc almost as large and handsome as vour
National Capitol. The Main Exhibition
nulldIng Will cover hcc1,tt.one ocycs tho
Machinery Hall will be scarcely less. md
that for the display of Flowers. will he of
immense size, composed of brick and iron.
and fashioned in the style of Moorish
architecture. There will also bcyas accom-.
modatlons provided for the show of
agricultural and other live stock; and.
10 complete the whole, very large body Of
land Is set apart for the display of private
collections of tlower>-sccuring to every
exhibitor separate place where his or her
moral beauties may be seen to the best
advantage.
This will be a great show, truly, and Won
must take your part in it. 1t will be an
immense National family gathering, where
every part 81 our country will send its rep.
reScntatlves of men, and women. and
children, and things and YOU must ioin
with them, compete with them, beat them
II you can, but at any rate rejoice with them
and renew with them your pledges of
hdellty one to another, and vow eternal
union, and eternal forgetfulncss of all that
has been unpleasant in the past. Do your
best to make the occasion one long to be |
among other things, for the |
entire restoration of the best feeling of the |
best days of our nation.
You have II strong interest in the |
aside from and indpnendent of |
the feeling of pride that all this will be |
the result of the struggle of Delaware. with |
her twelve sisters, i'll the war of '76. You
VIII have an opportunity, such as has never
yet offered, and may never present itself
again, to display the fine agricultural
Of the State. We venture the
assertion that no part Of this Union has n
SOIL better suited to the production of all
kinds of cereals, vegetables. and fi1its fnot
tropical,) than the State of Delaware The
soil is in many sections cultivated to the
point of excellence; it is everywhere
Of the best natural quality, and there is
scarcely an inch of land within her borders
not covered by navigable waters or res.
arvoIrs for manufacture of some kind. that
cannot with very slight expense be
for the plough. And then Won
nave climate OF unsurpassed salubritv-
The cold OF winter tempered by warm airs
rom the semi-tropical South. and tho boat
Df summer for fresh and fragrant hroozes
from the sea. This land you must show 10
Ill those people who will come to that
Exhibition. Its products you must take
there; them you must bring here. LET
them taste of your hospitality let them
sec tor themselves how much better adapted
your lands, with the great markets of the
Fast at your door, are to the wants of
orelgn emlgrants, than those of the West.
Eastern port. ''''
The people of nearly all nations under
-he sun will be present at the CnntonnioI
Exhibition. The British will come TO sec, see
The amazing progress of their American
cousins. The French, the Germans, the
russians, i,;I, the Austrians, the Spanish, the
SWISS, the Greeks, the Turks, the Danes.
'he Swedes, the Norwegians, the Chinese
ne Japanese, the Syrians, the Persians, the
, 1lamese, the Austrians, the Egyptians, and
hose I I who live in the Islands Of the Sea, or
dWell IN the uttermost parts of the Earth"
Will be there. And they will all of them
1rlng something of the rarest and finest of
heir productions, to show along with ours.
we hope and believe that the people of
Delaware will be there in full force; and
We do most earnestly press upon them the
Importance ofnOo setting about the business
II preparing great many things for tho
occasion. Our State has been very liberal
n her provision of money for the great
,athering. Do you, fellow citizens, by the
interest you take in the matter, Justify the
legislature in what they have done?