Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-25

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sxEmnme&a standards What IL people
demand. TIE faESt representative
~ jamestown, aaaedmsea Ill others
In this eouasry: The beginning of sh&.
conGlics between personal and r.9alAr
coatral From that time . saas pre-
sent Gay there has been q struggle
fnr god government u liz peopae.
ThEoagh that coatess ths~s has be~a
exenpaisIsa in our eosaaisl ana M.
tioaal life every phase nf eultare, en-
terprlse. heroasm and sacrifice. The
ehareh has taught the Observance n
the precepts u the religion Of Christ
Legislation has given ssnction q
high principles. In jara4ssadeaee d.
paosaacy. and International relation !
tbs course IT our na:.3e !. MARKED
by justice and generosity. Education
and science Illuminated Tie cath vi
progress. In military aaaals. Wash.
tnxton leads the long aia. ut heroes
The story Ut the Navy beams win
the light Ut iiiustrioas names. Every
conflict Of war or peace In which ouE
country has been engaged glows with
pictures Of splendid courage. In ali
lines of effort, though obstacles and
evils lilo In the Way. the goal IL q true
service and advancement Of our eoun.
try.
Such are the results which had
their beginnings In the colony oil
jamestown. which We are aecostumea
to think Of ~ the birthplace Ut the
American nation. The wonderful sto.
ry. mo metous In the histry Ut the
world. In worthy Of national illustra,
ton and conmemoration and of the
sympathy and participation Of all cl
siiized people. IL 10 the object Of the
jamestown Ter4Centennial exposition
to organize an appropriate ceiebra
ton Of those great events I'm the his
tory Of our country and progress OF
the world.
Az the character and scope Of the
exposition have not been always cor
rectly appreciated. 1t may be well &C
state its purposes as officially declar
ed. and then to inquire how the &C
tual preparations and arrangements
fulfill the original high objects o.
commemoration. The charter granted
by the state OF Virginia to the James
town Exposition Company on Marci
10. 1902. recited In the preamble. In
ter ALA:
1T IL the desire and purpose OF thu
people Of this commonwealth 10 iii
tingly commemorate the third centen
NAL of the settlement effected a
jamestown on the thirteenth day O
May In the year sixteen hundred ant
seven.
The most fitting form of such
celebration would BIO to hold "a grea
exposition In some one of the cite,
OF Virginia, In which all our siste
states, and IL possible. all the English
speaking people OF the earth, shall b,
invited to participate and where shall
be displayed the products of peac,
and the fruits Of free institutions |,
all realms.
1T Is the opinion Of the general Oh
sehlply or virginia that such eXpusi
ton should be neld at some place ad
jacent to the waters of Hampton
Roads, wherein the nayies of all ma
lions may rendezvous In honor Of tn,
hardy mariners who brayed the dan
gers of the deep to establish the CO
lony."
And In the Act 1t Is further declar
ed: The company shall select
suitable name designating the sale
exposition, which name shall be com
mensurate with the great significanc,
of the event 1t commentaries. an,
shall contain the name of no city. |
shall also have power to erect a
jamestown or elsewhere a suitable
permanent memorial of such charas
ter As 1t may seem most appropriate,
and proper, the execution of a memo
rial at jamestown to be subject t,
the consent and the design to be sub
jet to the approval of the Associa