Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-11-25
Our Sesoui-CentenniaI.

Preparations for the proper observance
of the Sesqui-Centennial of the landing of
General Oglethorpe are being carried on
with great satisfaction. The efficient |
Secretary Of the General Committee of the |
Sesqui-C Centennial organization, General |
Henry c. Wayne, is, with the aid of Col. |
C. W. Anderson, Assistant Secretary,
working with zeal and industry to excite |
widespread interest in the celebration. !
and the indications are that the meritO-
rious efforts Of these gentlemen will
be crowned with brilliant sue
cess. One Of the most interesting
works upon which they are engaged is the
preparation of a correct minute book
which will contain in detail full history
of the entire affair from its first sugges-
ton in the columns of the MORNING
News in September last to its close.
When completed, the book will be pre-
scented to the Georgia Historical Society
to be fled away in the archives OF that
body. A hundred years hence the interest
with which such a work will be perused
will be incalculable.
This squi-CentenialO occasion is one in
which the whole State of Georgia should
be equally interested with the city of
Savannah. When General OglethOrpe
landed upon our bluffs nearly one hundred
and fifty years ago, he founded a colony
from which has sprung what is to-day
the Empire State Of the sunny South
Could these old settlers then seeking
homes and fortune in the New World,
now return to earth and see the pro-
gress which has been made since their
| day, they would doubtless be overwhelmed
with dire establishment. They found will
derness inhabited only by Indians and
wild beasts. They would now see splen-
did empire; its land traversed with rail-
! ways-spreading civilization wherever
/ their iron bands are laid-and dotted over
/ with smiling farms and happy settlements,
while its waters are daily plOughed with
/ vessels of all descriptions, paying their
/ tribute to our commerce, and doing their
share towards increasing our common
wealth and prosperity. Surely there is
no Georgian throughout the length and
breadth Of the Commonwealth who will not
feel his bosom swell with pride, as he con-
trasts the Georgia of the days of Ogle-
! thorpe with the glorious old State of this
! generation. Contemplating the progress
made, he may well strike himself upon
the heart and proudly exclaim: ''GeOrgtg
Girls sum-"
To this city the benefit to be conferred by
the Sesqui-Centennial celebration will be
inestimable. 1t will aid wonderfully in
advertising to the world our splendid adj
vantages as a seaport, and our great
Importance to the commercial world.
! Great as these advantages are, they are
not, as our correspondent sold Citizen"
stated in our issue of yesterday, ''as thor
Oughly appreciated in foreign and dOmes-
tic markets as they should be, and every
movement that attracts attention to them
increases the wealth of our city" Self
| benefit, therefore, if not State pride, should
induce every city of Savannah to feel di-
rect personal interest in the success of this
! celebration.
1t is to be hoped, then, that those in
charge of working up" this 15Oth ami
versary of the landing of OglethOrpe and
the settlement of Georgia will receive
the hearty cooperation of all their fellow
citizens. 1t was indeed memorable oc-
casiOn. not alone to Georgia but to the
civilized world as well, and it should be
the determination of the people of this
entire State that it shall be celebrated in
a manner fully worthy of its Importance
and historical interest.