Year: 1876

other members of the Cabinet aud thus
show to the assembled nations of the earth
that under this system Of seiGgeyernment
of ours, within three DAYS Of the choosing
of Chief Magistrate and Legislature for
the succeeding four years, 80 law-abiding
are our people, and so submissive are they
to the win of the majority as expressed at
the ballot box, that the whole Government
can absent itself from the National Capital
and engage in the celebration of an exhibi'


ton of the arts of peace by all nations.
without detriment to the public peace or
fear of riots, turbulence and violence.
Perhaps this display of law and order will
be more instructive to our foreign visitors
than any other feature of the Exposition.


During the six months of their sojoura
with US they have seen waged through the
press and rostrum political warfare Of the
most violent Character. They have heard
that the country was upon the verge of
ruin, whichever way the elections might
result; and, judging Of our people by those
in their own countries, they might well
anticipate resort to arms by the defeated
party and period Of bLoodshed, rioting
and civil war before the successful party
could be inaugursted. Instead of this, they
will behold the magnificent spectacle of Q
people under such self control, and so en-
entirely subjected to the will Of the ma
jority as constitutionally expressed, that
the President and his constitutional ad-
yisers can all leave the Capital on the first
day after the vote is declared, and pass
hundreds of miles through the country
without military or police attendance.
They viii observe our people, after having
given one entire day to the choosing Of
their rulers for another term, philosophi-
cally subsiding again into the ordinary
walks Of life, determined to make the best
of the result, as constitutionafy determined,
whether it is in accordance with their
wishes or not This will be lesson which
cannot fail to produce good fruit.


And now to these of our readers who
have not yet seen this great aggregation Of
genius skill and industry, let us ssy that
these last days will. in many respects, be
the best days to spend In the Centennial
grounds. They may be much crowded,
but there is ample room for all. Pailadei-
phia has not yet been overcrowded. Ref
erence to agencies and advertisements will
always lead to good accommodations at
moderate rates. II the street cars and the
vans are crowded in going to the grounds,
the Pennsylyauis ard Reading railways
afford ready means Of reaching the very
gates OF the inclosure for q fare of ten
cents. Once within the grounds, the best
way to become acquainted with their to


pogrsphy and the location of the various
buildings is to take the first train Of cars on
the narrow gauge railway that encircles
the grounds and make two or three circuits
before landing. By that time you will
have become thoroughly acquainted with
the situation Of every building that you
may wish to visit. "a. 49,


When you pass through the Main build


ing, Agricultural Hall and the Art Gale
.ries you will be particularly impressed
with the enterprise, energy and industry
that has been shown by those nations and
countries from the uttermost parts of the
earth in sending to our national show such
liberal and exquisite specimens Of their
handiwork-China and Japan from the
far East and Brazil and New South Wales
from the South and Southwest. But while
there are some national characteristics
marking the exhibits of every other ma
tional collection, those of Great Britain and
its dependencies and offshoots, including
Canada and the United States, may be con-
sidered strictly cosmopolitan. As you pass
through Machinery Hall and observe the
numerous ingenious devices in mechanism
with which it abounds, you may be able
to decide that it is American or English,
but you will be obliged to consult your
catalogue or the signs above your head to
ascertain which Of the Anglo Saxon di-
visions of the earth claims their ownership.
In the English and American departments
one cannot fail to see blending and com
bining of the mech snicsl and artistic genius
of the world. In the Prussisn or German
division of Machinery Hall the visitor is
amszed at the gigantic specimens of steel
guns and other implements of war from
the works of the worlG-Tenow wned Krupp.
They give one some practical idea of the
crushing power of Germany 10 her late
war with France.


While the United States has nothing to
be ashamed Of in the display compared
with other nations, it is unspeakably graft
flying to our people to know that they have
shown higher appreciation of such an
Exposition Of all that goes to make up the
thrift and the moral power of the peoples
of the world than any of her sister nations
have ever done, and this. too, notwith-
standing the great commercial depression
which began just after the inception Of the
enterprise, and continued until its close.
This Exposition as financial enterprise has
achieved higher degree of success than
any predecessor; while in point ofexecutive
management and complete, thorough or
ganization and discipline Of the forces en-
ployed, 1t has approached perfection quite
as nearly as could have been hoped.


On the whole we may point with pride to
this celebration of our first centenary ami
versary of our independence. and preserve
and cherish with the greatest pleasure and
care such souvenirs and mementoes of the
congratulations of the older nations of the
earth as we may have had the fortune to
obtain, for family heir looms and keepsakes
over which our posterity may rejoice at the
completion of the second century of the
Republic,