Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-07-19

VIM tupubti alho hepftef
An hundred years Of careful toll
| Has marked its progress on our soil; Do.
While art and science hold their sway
Der land and sen and mountain way.
From shore to shore the iron band
Begirts the surface Of our land,
Our eagle, with majestic form,
Floats on the breeze or breasts the storm,
Spreads his broad wings from rome to zone,
Wherever Freedoms name il known.
And while we celebrate this day
Which marks an epoch passed away
With heart to heart, and hand tO hand,
We greet the Ensign Of our land
Well sing our peans loud and long,
Till forests echo back our song
With hearts ofjoy and shouts Of cheer,
We welcome this Centennial year
And now to Him who rules alone,
Who holds all nations as his own,
Let this petition ever rise
In grateful accents to the skies;--
As thou hast been our God and guide,
In future time, whatever betde,
Forsake US not; but let Thy will
Our nstion's heart controlling still,
Hold Thou, within Thy gracious hand, aH
The minds Of those who rule our land
Nor let ambitions subtle aim,
Bespot the lustre Of our nama: M
Shield us from foes without o. In,
From works which thou dost hold as sim
Till works shah end and time shall cease,
Maintain our Nations name and peace.
ADDRESS BY MR.. M'cULLouoH.
The address OF VIM. NJ. Mccullough,
Esq, was the next on the Programme.
That gentleman proceeded TO speak as
follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen. / regret the
necessity that compels me TO make an
apology. ! don't like to apologize, be-
cause people who do so generally 60
on and make long speech, and don't
want to do that. | simply want to
say to you that l am here only to fill
the bill as made out by the Committee.
/ have no preparation and what / shall
say to you, will be just such thoughts
as are suggested by the inspiration Of
this great occasion. And surely there
is enough in the event we celebrate,
and the circumstances surrounding it,
to inspire our hearts with patriotism,
to which we might fifty give expires
sion.
One hundred years have come and
gone with their cares, their anxieties,
their struggles and their trinmphs,
since we achieved our National Inde-
pendence. Onehundred years None
of us comprehend the fact. We speak
of it as giibly as we speak of millions
of money, without realizing its magni-
tude. 1t reaches back into the past
three generations, and it is only when
we attempt TO penetrate the future one
hundred years that we can form any
conception of what it means. One
hundred years from now, and in all
human probability not man, woman
or child even, who now lives, will be
living then. The entire population of
the world swept out of existence--the
earth ro peopled three times before the
return Of another Centennial
The history of nations, like that Of
men is fraught with lessons of useful
ness aud wisdom it would be well to
remember, or marked with scenes Of
iOily anu ulssster, IL Woulu Oe wen 10
forget Inc PAST hundred years oi gu, our
history nave uemohstrateu 'no ~"isuolh ~
ana greatness oi hihericah s'a.es,na'l-
snip, as wen US inc penlnceheo ana sta,
Dilty oi iree government Inc rap,u
growth oil our country, the trlals
through which we nave passed ana the
triumpns we nave achleveu, are lne
pest assurances 'hat lhls young govern
ment nuhg out as pontieai expert
ment on the great ocean Oh ha'lons,
mas the power 10 perpetuato i's own
existence, ana continue 10 nVe forever
among lne na.l9ns Oh .ne eartn'
Inc storm, Which nau ocen Drewing
Tor some time, broke loose AZ 'nls point
ana scattered the multitude IN every
dlrectioh, Inc speaker ioi,owou SUIT
those VINO iaileu 10 nnu u snel.er were
completly soaked. Inc aanelng anu
swinging parties haa 70 pieak ana run.
Oh, the staron lnat was WasVeu tnat
.i'n I ,nann ...;o,.,I y. sYpaN, ~.
'nu "''S " ''"'0" "o'o s'0'0" o's''
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
Senator Boyer, who had been pro
grammed No. 1G for an address, was
ON hand, but on account of the rain his
addresswas omitted. The DR., however
filed his carriage with ladies and stood
outside like the rest OF the fellows who
don't care much ior shower Alter