The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-05-09
THE CENTENNIAL AND Irs Inns.
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bon.
The almost universal oslebratiOn OF
our tirst Centennial, IN every city and
hamlnt ~ the land, ID a good Omen, IL
mas hllIed anew the patriotic spirit, up
on which Tie safety and pefpbtnity o.
our ffef institutions depends, And has
femlnded tho generation 0l to-day or
tho enormous cost Of tho bleAalngs
yOnohhaled W ua through tho war OF
tho Revolution ana tho Wisdom OF
tho meL who based substantial and
enduring Republic upon the result.
Tho A6rles OF eelebIatlOnR la New
York City Tar eclipse ANY HimIlar dem.
OnatIati0na ever before seen on this
Continent, and the general character on
tho eOmmemOratlOn HHrTolRes 6Vey,
where have partaken more Of the old
time patrl fery0T, and have been In.
fused with tho old time spirit OF patri-
Otlc ArdOr.
We are proud 10 note that our own
gOOdly city OF Canton contributed ita
full quota 10 tho general fund OF patri'
Otic endeaVOr, which has everywhere
made the OooaalOn aO notable Wa hayo
previously noted some Of tho brilliant
features contributed tO make tho day
memorable but Ia the crowd OF matter
upon our columns from the great New
| York denomination, VIZ we're unable
10 do justice 10 Canton talent,
The OratlOn or Henry W liarter, de-
lIyeTed In the Pfeaby teTlan church, B
not Only valuable for lth apt hlht0fleAl
comparisons, but II In n clear cut llt'
erary effort Of high order Of exoei-
lence. We have aten nothing better
anywhere, that the great occasion
brought forth, and surely tho occasion
has never had 4 parallel IN all human
history.
The present generation OF men aul
women are too much nglOw with ilH'
rapid rush for material deyelOpmt
10 stop and think what all the bleaaiI
OF civil and religious liberty cost, e.
how they were realized, lOuGhing u i
subject Mr., Harter says
"Standing IN tho aiterglow OF tho
llIat century OF representative govern
ment In America, may va not dellbor-
ately prOnOunGh II ~ far IA success and
NO far the best government tue world
has eyer6eenY Canany leHdrr Of history
or observer Of events iall 10 SEQ that tho
successful operation Of rrpJeB6 itatiVo
government In America has not only
been blessing ~ the mansra Of tile peO-
Pile Ia our own country, but /, has also
been blessing 10 tho pulpIe in other
lands, by broadening tho intellectual
horizon Of their statesmen aud liberal
iZing their inSlituliunHH Clad tone
and Bright In England would have
been impossible without Jefferson and
Madison, In America The same may
bG said Of Gambeyta IN France and
KOsauth Ia Hungary, Great Britain,
Bmarting under the loss Of her Amerl-
can colonies, soon learned that there
was wisdom IN the conservative states
manshlp OF Burke and nathan, and
the reellt has been policy Of cOnGllla-
ton and fairness toward her other colo
NAL possessions, which not only tOlGr-
ated but has f0stered aud encouraged
local representative government for the
colonies little less liberal than our own.
, A benedlGtlon 10 our own land, the
Constitution has thuB been a blessing
10 others,
"Patrick Henry, the orator par excel
lence OF the Revolutionary period, In
: an address delivered after the war In
, the legislature Of hiB own state, on 'Tho
/, Return OF the British Refugees" do
, scribed with prophetic elOQuenoe the
future glorles OF this county, bui
, could the matchless Virginian awake
, from his everlasting sleep this morn
ing, he would be surprised TO find that
= tho United States In It's mat rial growth
! and progress had more than fulfilled
y his most ianciful predictions. Herr
. certainly is n case where facts are NOR
4 wonderful than fiction, Perhaps no
a more striking illustration Of the mar
T" velous growth aud progress OF tht
% United States during the last centurl
" can be given than tho statement OF thl
i fact, that the aggregate population o
= the six largest cities OF the country ont
hundred years ago was about equal u
one half of the present population 0'
:, our ueighbOrlng city OF Cleveland, n
: much, briefly, for the past history ant
=, present condition OF our country ju
' what Of its future? What can we 30,
y Of the future Of the country that ha
grown more during tbs last century II
all the attributes which go 10 make NJ
}. true national greatness than any natiOl
II In Europe has grown IN any liy0 hun
II dred years Of It's eXistenceW