Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-05-10
WHAT WE can SNOW rnKM.

WHAT WE CAN SHOW THEN.
To-day the great Exhibition in eel.
sbration Of the Centennial Year Of
American Independence will open in
Philadelphia, the city in which the pat
riots Of l776 Arst proclaimed to the
world their determination 10 b free. II
IL the nrst international fair eve held In
this country. and the event which Il
commsmoratss il one which viii ever
stand prominently forth - an era In the
worlds history. The Centennial Year
OF American Independence isa beacon
ray Of hope to nations yet struggling in
darkness. Il speaks in thunder tones to
the oppressed OF the earth, and points
out TO them the way Of freedom and Of
happiness. II says to the world: BE
hold the triumph Of Republican in
situations. Look upon n people Who
have solved the vsxsd problem Of SELF
government" And the world can but
look. and can but wonder. and can but
admire the men and tho who
have carried this experiment to 80 sue
csssful an issue.
To-day representatives, Of every ma
ton on the face Of the globe will gather
at Philadelphia. Kings and potsntatss
will minsls with the citizens Of =
grand Republic. It will be in reality
gathering OF the nations. The four
winds Of heaven have waited to our
shores visitors from all elimss. These
gussts Of the country eoms not simply TO
promenade in our exhibition halls and
gaze on the various productions OF the
world which are there gathered together.
They come, also, to see the people
whose fame IL worldwide; to study
Institutions. and. psrehanee. to take
back to their wi land. lessons OF politi.
cal wisdom gsrnsrsd on the American
continent. They come To study Us AZ a
people; to e%ritici'e our faults and to adj
miro our virtues. For the next siI
months the United States will be
thronged with foreigners, mostly Of the
wealthy and influential kind. The men
Who mako and unmaks Kings will be
here. The men who mould and fashion
the mind Of the world will be here. The
men Who produce. and the men Who
consume will be here. Every branch OF
human industry. from mechanics to
statesmen. will DO represented. And
they will al come to study country.
The exhibition will be tho least attrsc.
ton TO the representative men among
them. What have We got to show them
a. q rscompsnss for their tedious jour-
neys on see and land. and the expense
10 which they have gone in honoring u
BY their prsssnesi
We can show them the successful work
ing OF the hrst Republic ever founded on
tho eternal principles OF right and justice
10 all. We can show them a free people
in every sense Of the word; q land in
which the poor and the weak. the black
and the white. the native born and the
foreign born citizen. are alike mighty In
the eyes Of tho Law. and alike powerful
In the formation Of the government.
can show them broad acres covered
with waving grain titled BY lords Of the
soil, veritabls kings OF their domain.
can point with pride to the fields
which but twelve years ago were delugsd
In blood. now fairly grooming beneath
the husbandmsn's wealth. We can show
them q country which in scarcely more
than q decade has jumped from the Desc
iation brough, about by a cruel war. to
prosperity scarcely squailed by any land
in the world. We can show them wealth
Of all kinds. mineral and agricultural.
And. finally and above all. We TAI show
them . nation which in n abort CEN
tury has jumped from obscurity into q
position prouder than any other on the
face Of the globe. and whose prosperity
10 entirely founded on the inalienable
right dear TO every American hear,-ths
right Of local self-governmsnt.
AL thsse things. in our glory and our
strength. va can show to our guests in
this Centennial year Of our national sI-
istsnee. Surely it Is enough. No
people could do more, and Nc visitor to
. foreign land could AJAX for more. II
10. perhaps. unfortunate that u presi-
dental election occurs in this year. and
that party politics run so high. But
oven here our foreign friends will find
much to profit them in their observations.
Tho campaign will develop the usual in
Temperance Of speech, no doubt; hut in
action everything will be temperate.
The inherent strength Of our Govern
ment will Be shown in the conduct Of
this election. when a whole nation
marches to the polls to select its ruler.
Altogether We believe that every visitor
to our Centennial will find ample food
for reflection. and will leave our
hospitable shorssa much wiser maj than
he came.
MoSsrRosIIIxs and freaks % nature
are being constantly discovered through
ont the world. and attract o or le.s
attention according To their singularity.
But IL has been reserved for San Fran
cisco to develop that most remMksLie Of
all animals "a politician whois not afraid
10 tell tho truth. In his testimony be-
fore the Spanlding Conrt-martisl on