The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-08-06
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WARRINGTON LEJrB8.
W Asnlxopos. y. T. July ~. ICES.

The enterprise o. . great national cell
ebrstioa o. the centennial inauguration
Of the Gral president IN loe9 Il gathering |,
sure weight and momentum Many /
SenslOrs and Membera Gev0r D.. and en- i
assurances u cO-OporasioDI
have heen received from every part al
the UnioA IL d proposed 20 make THE
national celebration prelu9e 20 tie!
~ The grandese ever q
'in the annals Of time y The discovery 81
|she New World By Christopher COlun
bus. the four hund.edih anniversary al
which Will be n 1884 In view ~ % d
magnisuAe and sublimity Of the ente.-
prize, g cannot Be aid that ies promosess
have begun too early % snrvey its dimes y
sions. 20 lay ils foundation 10 the pop
I ular heart. 10 sketch iss superstrassure.
md even 70 y IN The details Of lie isstal- |
listion.
| u il proposed that The celebration
shall take ths form Of World's Fair. |
! aud the situation most favored b thv
I flata South ~ the white House. cover |
ing IN area ~ three hundred scves, ard.
as il were. in The midst OF the eisy.
l The shape III Washington May - |.
roughly described a. that Of . evescent
1 with It's horns resting on the Potomac
I the right q GeOrgesowm. the len - the
I Arsenal. Between these Two horns lie |
the fats, bounded on West BY - river. |
and on the Ensl. North and South BY the |
4 Naval Observatory. the War. Stale and
NAVY Department she White Hoase, the
Treasury, the Smithsonian institution.
and the National Museum In tsel
midst ssands Washfngton's Monument,
the highest structure IL The world.
Prom every part Of she groDads may h.
eeen the towering Capitol - me Unitesi
siates. and. for background. are use
\ evergreen hills Of Arlington, on the
\ right hank OF the Potomac Never have
Nature. AT and History dose 90 much
Ito make IN Expedition great and eel
ehration sublime. At the cootenntal ex-
Il positiou in 1876, and 1t Paris in 1878. -
vas necessary 70 travel on an avera8e
about three miles before the Expo sitics
larounda could be reached. Here -
Ipart ~ the city will be more than . mix
Ispd : half from he Exposition. xnd he
IRreoeer papt win not be farther than Z
half mile. Here on the very cc.nfDes 81
the peoposed situation are muse 'uma. she
lCorcoFan Art Gallery, and the bne,t
Ispecimeua Of architecture In the world
II other words, there 10 here already =
: !permanent Exposition, and the promo
tiers OF the great enterprise q nd the work
half finished to their hands-
/. The enterprise IL one Of inn 1iie posi-
lbility. There y . strong sentiment 10
, favor Of making the IMPOSITION perma'
neut-an exhibition y thss National Cap
2 Iital year In and year out. Of the product
: and resources and indus trial progress O
each Of the several States and Territories
Iof the Union; and mo- only Of he Stste'
-Isud Territories, but Of the other Gov
lernments or the three Americas, form
ling in the aggregate = vast panoramic
9 display Of the art. science and agrieul
n tture. The native wealth and skilled
~ industries. the varied chronological phase
ana The civilized development Of %
p Western Hemisphere.
- The magnitude ~ the results thu
sou9ht 70 b reached surpasses Oh pre-
= vjous conceptions Of similar chsracte!
VET the practlcability or The scheme
e easily comprehensive. and its expens
= within the bonds Of simple bushes
q com putation. Il being understood shs
ae the general Government will grant th
q. use Of The necessary grounds and cor
les tribute lie own valuable collections
'a the enrichment Of the great internation'
~ Iexibit.
uo TIE States and Territories co-opera
css,liug IN the project, either singly or
~ Rroupa would merely Be called upon
~ erect such buildings, for their own occ'
~ patton, % immediate needs might requir
60 The cost 70 each, ID view Of the sccruia
~ advantages, would Be scarcely more tet
oss that Of On ordinary State fair. Foreil
81 governments participating In The exp
sitiou would Of course have their sepe
late departments and the necessary spe
allotted to them. The Government
hen w arlington, having : general snps
for visory direction Of the whole, would .
lear from tine 70 time such aids and scc'
Lwo sorIes = the growth Of the country =
elthe development Of the enterprise nil
and lsuggest.
ave So simple II It. details, % capable
70 slrcalixaii0n without any extravagans
y q lpepditure, ret Of such inGnite possio
The dies. The project assumes proportions :
flare fairly overpowering tn their
eTly Intensity. Nothing il ancient o. e
e itsempoTsry history approaches i
the grandeur splendid Bezar q
logs Co niinent upon the banks Of the r
b oflmac--a constant advertisement OF
too wonderful resources Of the Amer
ting natious that will permeate the CONNIE
they of the world with new and vigorous
|oap. spfration, end constant educator q
valu- people ID al that pertains 70 their big
De ID civilization.
llnut Already ere many Governors Of ST.
- elc0mmcrcial exchanges ana repreee
% 10 tive bodies signifying their cordial -
Tito its plan and purposes.
Iboui G. A.
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