The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-08-17
Missouri's Anniversary.

The state of Missouri entered
yesterday upon the eighty sixth
year of her existence as a sover-
eign commonwealth of the Ameri-
can Union. She was admitted as
the twenty-fourth state by procla-
matian of President James Mon
roe, Aug 10, 1912, and was there
fore S5 years old last Friday.
tits perhaps a happy augury
that after a prolongued and acri-
monious struggle on the floor of
congress, a struggle that at times
was of unexampled bitterness and
threatened even to anticipate the
civil war which came geneation
later, Missouri was at last admit
ted to the Union by proclamation
of the president whose admins.
tration goes down in American
history as "the era of good feel
ing"
The fierce animosities of that
period, when the conscience of the
American people had been aroused
over the question of slavery, have
died away. The still deadlier
hatred which followed forty
years after the admission of the
state have in turn yielded to a new
and this time lasting ''era of good
feeling" Missouri has taken a
commanding place in the settle
ment of the great problems which
confronted the American people,
but the dark and bloody and the
bright and splendid pages that
have been written around the state
are but the annals of history now.
They belong to the era of melan-
oholy or magnificent memories,
and new and happier pages are be-
ing written in chronicling a pro-
gress that looks forward instead
of backward.
Missouri's traditions will always
be treasured, but now a common
end and purpose animate and in
spire all her citizens. Conquests
of peace and triumphs of COM
merce, victories of enlightment
and glories of progress afford the
only spoils of the struggle which
engages her today. The details
are only statistics, but they are
the material embodiment of the
ideals of her people.
The fundamental condition"
on which Missouri was admitted
into the Union is regulated to foot
notes in the dry histories studied
by the grandchildren of those who
live in the troublous times of the
two "Missouri compromises" All
that belongs to primitive day.
When Missouri was admitted, the
) original thirteen states had not
been doubled in number. The
war of 1912 had been concluded
only few years. The child born
when Washington died was only
entering his majority. The Mexi-
can war was quarter of century
in the future, and the sons of men
born when Missouri was admitted
, were old enough to take part In
|. the war between the states.
|. Since Missouri was admitted,
! the twenty-four states have grown
. to forty-six great commonwealth
. . and the most inspiring pages in
: the history of the republic have
been written. On them the names
of Missourians have been inscribed
> large, and today Missouri enters
upon a new era of advancement.
Fifteen years from now the cen-
q tenary of Missouri's admission
will be celebrated. st. Louis hal
: had the Louisiana Purchase ex-
= position. In 1921 Kansas City
: will have as many people as 81
!. Louis had In 1908. Here Is tn
|, first word for an appropriate ant
commensurate celebration OF tn
! One Hundreth anniversary Q
= Missouri's admission into tn
. Union, to be held In Kansas City
= be ginning August 10, 1921. =. g
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