Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-12

THE CENTENNIAL EAnAOA AO1s"
As our readers are aware, the Centen-
aial exhibition was formally opened at
II o'clock on Wednesday in presence of
an immense assemblage. General Haw-
lev. the President of the Centennial
Commission, at 11.4S presented the ex-
hibition to President Grant in an elo-
qusnt speech, at the conclusion of which
the President, upon whom devolved the
honor Of declaring the exhibition opened.
arose and spoke as follows:
My Countrymen: 1t has been thought
appropriate on this centennial occasion
to bring together in Philadelphia for
popular inspection specimens OF our at
tainments in the industries and fine arts,
and literature, science and philosophy,
as we'll as in the great business of agri-
culture and commerce, that we might
the more thoroughly appreciate the ex-
cellence and deficiencies of our achieve
ments, and also give emphatic expression
to our earnest desire to cultivate the
friendship Of our fellow members of this
great family of nations. The enlight-
ened agricultural, commercial and man
ufacturing people of the world have been
invited to send hither corresponding
specimens of their skill to exhibit on
equal terms in friendly competition with
our own. To this invitation they have
generously responded, and for so doing
they have our hearty thanks. The
beauty and utility of the contributions
will this day be submitted to your in
spection by the managers of this eXhl-
bition. We are glad to know that a view
of the specimens of skill of all nations
will afford to you unalloyed pleasure as
| we'll as yield TO you n valuable practical
knowledge of SO many of the remarkable
results of the wonderful skill existing in
| enlightened communities. One hundred
| wears ago our country was new and but
partially settled. Our necessities COM
| pellad us chiefly to expend our means
and time in telling forests, subdulng
prairies, building dwellings, factories,
ships, docks, warehouses, roads, canals,
machinery, etc. Most OF our schools,
! libraries and asylums have been estab-
lished within one hundred years. Bur
dened by these great primal works OF
necessity, which could not be delayed,
we yet have done what this exhibition
will show in the direction of rivaling
| older and more advanced nations in law,
medicine and theology; in science, liter
allure, philosophy and the fine arts.
| While proud Of what we have done, we
regret that we have not done more. Oar
achievements have been great enough,
however, to make easy for cur people to
| acknowledge superior merit wherever
| AID vou, fo11ou oiri2onS I hone
a careful examination of what is about
to be exhibited will not only inspire you
with profound respect for the skill and
taste of our friends from other nations,
but also satisfy you with the attainments
made by our own people during the past
one hundred years. invoke your gen.
erous cooperation with the worthy Com
missioners to secure brilliant success
| for this International Exhibition, and to
make the stay of our foreign visitors-to
whom we extend a hearty welcome-both
profitable and pleasant to them. l de-
clare the International Exhibition now
open.
The President was loudly cheered. the
Emperor of Brazil rising in his seat and
joining the demonstration by waving
his hat.
The Enterprise, from which we copy,
contains not only all the speeches de-
| livered on the occasion, but also the
prayer of Bishop Simpson and the hymn
of Mr.. Whittier, which was sung imme'
diately after the prayer was offered
Following is the
| HYMN BY JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER.
| Our fathers God from out whose hand
| The centuries fall like grains Of sand,
We meet to-day, united, free,
| Loyal to native land and Thee.
| We thank Thee for the era done,
| We trust The for the opening one.
| Here where of old by Thy design,
| The fathers spake that word OF Thine,
| Whose echo is the glad refrain
| OF rentled bolt and falling chain
| To grace our gal time time, from all
| The zones Of earth our guests we cali.
| Be with us While the New World greets
| The Old World thronging all its streets;
Unwilling all the triUmphS won
By art or toll beneath the sun,
And unto common good ordain
This riyalship Of hand and brain.
Thou who hast here in concord turlcd
The war flags OF gathered world,
Beneath western sky fulfill
The Orients mission of good will.
And freighted with loves golden fleece,
Send back the argonauts Of Peace.
For Art and Labor, met in truce,
For beauty. made the bride Of use,
We thank Thee while withal We crave
The austere virtues strong to save;
The honor-proof to place-as gold
The manhood never bought or sold.
0, make Thou us through centuries long
In peace secure, in justice strong;
Around our gift of freedom draw
The safeguards of Thy righteous law,
And cast-in some diviner mold
Let the new cycle shame the old.
We copy the annexed items of interest
from the Enterprises account:
The Empress of Brazil, escorted by
Mrs Gillespie, visited the Women's Pa
vilion this afternoon and made tour OF
all the aisles and passages. There were
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