The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1889-05-02
The Washington Centennial.

f00 washington CcnteE0ial.
We have spoken in our loca
columns of The celebration ofth,
national holiday i'm This cit,
Tuesday. 1t is gratifying to nots
that nothing in The history O
the Republic equailed the dem
onstration at New York on tha
day. The president, ex pres,den
Cleveland and Hayes, and oiher
distinguished men were present
and took part in the celebration
The Governor of Ohio, with g.
900 state troops, were inaIe pa
rade. Nor were they alone. fol
the Governors and troops from
other states made up a grand
army that flooded the streets oI
the metropolis like mighty Tor
rent. The vast city was robed
in the colors of the nation. while
millions Of patriotic citizens
thronged the streets.
Not only from the east, but
from the south, west and north.
come reports Of the celebration.
The national anthem was heard
from the Atlantic to The Pacific,
from The Great Lakes to the
Gulf. The flag of our country
was flung to the breeze and there
were none of whatever sect,
creed or party that did not re-
joice at the consummation OF the
first century following the or
Eanization OF our government.
And not only in The ;netropo-
fis, in the capital of tie nation.
in the cities of accumulated
wealth, population, aud the high.
est developed accomplishments
of the nineteenth century did |
this memorial day have recog-
milton. But gladder for us to
know that stern, pioneer men
and their families Oh the wide
wastes OF the prairies, Under the
shadows of awe and liberty low
|nS mountains, as well in
he country church, the qniet
man with his silent wife and his
)beJient children, met with his
,eighbors and in his heart thank
ed God AS sincerely as did the
who rode IN carriages.
or the blessings the accomplish
nent Of .his day one hundred
Fears ago gave to him and 10 his
n all his generations, ii is hoped
orever.
Tuesday was an auspicious
law. Jast one hundred years
before, George Washington, the
Irst president of the United
States, had been ii,aug irated.
The blood stains of the revolu-
ion were not yet washed away.
rhe future held fast those facts
hat would have guided the
oundefs OF The Republic in their
works and hence, prompted only
~ the same spirit that impe!Ied
hem 10 battle for freedom and
dependent alone upon Providence
or guidance, they wrought under
he shadow of the battle cloud
md 5rought corth a Constitution.
. chart iha. has led the ship of
tate safely through all storms.
IN edict that reached the utter
most quarters of tie globe and {
as since bro't countless throngs
round The standard of Liberty. q
hey could not forsee what we n
an hardly realize to-day. the +
.owth and development of the l,
,untry. The ives, was track J.
So wilderness. They c"u'i not j
'en approximate the time that p
would take to explore a'd re- r
aim that vast 'erritorr. They :,
obabIy did net eveh llink of it
all. But the promises oi civil g,
d religious literty-promlses "
at have never been broken- l.
enc the -9ay for civilization al
z christianity, and il is hs ,u>e B.
those promises thai We as a II
hon, a;e, al our first centenary, ,.
ond to no other country IN the "
rid in point of wealth and in
|igence. Here intellect has 10,
N unshackled, the jiclation Of Il,
gs unknown. and in our pro- o.
ss we can but recognize the
lis of that far off seeding lime
en- the baitled scared heros
he revolution gru5bed out the
is of tyranny and oppression W"