Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-01-03


ouR psH1 AND Lost NATIONAL cEH'
TEHkiAl.
VITAL ideas and principles. says the
Chicago Jouraal, mag someiimes be
more impress Ively represented and
more etIectuallg perPe'uated by the
.aelehration' of events which have EN-.
phatieally signalizad their trump in
history than By more eloquent EXPOSE
tion. Az accomplished event i Itself a
history, and il that event was the III
urnph Of great principle in morals, IN
science, in government or In any De
part,nent of human progress, 1t IS
WORTHY OF special commemoraiion oy
the friends of progressive Civilization.
aueh an event--ths climax OF the
struggle Of the American colonies Tor q
free and Independent paiioualityt wss
the formal Inauguration * The nrst
President Of the United States, in 1169,
when George Washington modest!y ana
unostentatiously took his oath as the
official executive read Of this then new
Nation That event was even more
significantly the expressisn OF the trl-
umph Of mighty principle than was
the Proclamation Of Emancipation that
Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth Presi-
sent OF tho United States. issued IN
1862 Lincoln's Proclamation decreed
the freedom Of every bondsman in
America Washington Inauguration
siqnIfied the sure establishment OF a
new nation based upon the principle OF
uannlar eli government Wien George
~, hiooton became President OF the
United States. the world was forced to
recognize the creation Of this Republic
al n separate md mn independent ma
,,y---Fyss.ssho elimination OF q
proirscted and herde struggle OF u
resolutc people 10 throw q. the yoke Of
foreign tyranny and 10 sci npa "os-
ernment Of their own
It will be one hundred years on pc
Goth of next april since Washington
was inaugrrated as tho tirst Presiden
Of the United States The event tool
place IN The CITY Of New York. whrl
was then the official seat OF the Ma
fional Government Il is entircl.
mopcr. therefore. that the centennla
anniversary Of the event should b
..oelabrated' in that city. and ~
arrangements for the celebration
then and there on the 30'h Of April ar
procrossing under patriotic and lnteill
a,nt direction. 1t will be at least
.hnuld bean occasion in. which tn
entire Nation should participate. active
lyor sympathetically. 1t will he tn
laat Of our national centennial ann
yersaries tho last, because with tn
induction OF Washington into the Presi
dennv n new era Of American histor.
began. Up TO that time events ha
been revolutionary. military and forma
i've: ,hencefor the peaceful art
and PHILOSOPHERS Of politics. lnanee
etatesmanship and national develop
mont occupied the minds of the peopl
and their leaders Stability had bee
evolved out Of \ long reign OF pihit
turmoil and 81 individual rial and M
certainty The Government had as
sumed definite form aud shape III
shin 81 S,atb wa successfully launched
fnll.rigged. weIl.onlcered md faIrl
equipped 10 resist the storms an
breakers qf DESTINY. sailing alone an'
hanefrlly IN mid,oceau That was in
deei the beginning 81 the Republic q
al accomplished TACT
II Is the centennial 81 mis- accom-
oi:shsi fact tibet = - be comT2emoT
e;ed. and TIA occasion should be worth
81 te e7eaf sal Doubtless vii De
lre teaas 81 the National ana q n
state Government: viii participate
Ine leading men ct tue tation Vii
iaia il the Jubilee The people vii
gather in multitude 70 honor
century trim phi Of popular govern
1nent, tors7iew the events Of century
national progress, and 10 pledge the
Tires, fortunes aud sacred honors, :
did the brave founders Of the Republic
& tie support oi their country's lihe'
.;ss snd tue pegpstuatiou OF tnei
couatr7s freo ana independent
-aticIGiitY.
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TAsa.Sc1oS. Dec. 24th, 1858
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