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and celebrate the birthdays of our fathers and mothers, and review tlie 

 sacred scenes of the old home and Ijoyhood days, and "dream die old 

 ■dreams over again." The old soldiers gather at Gettysburg and Chick- 

 amauga, and around the camp fires, and on the sacred battle fields, pay 

 tribute to the memories of the sacred dead. As the years come and go, 

 the American people, with high patriotic purpose, gather togther, on 

 the Fourth day of July, and twine anew the laurel wreath, and again 

 crown our nation's glory. Pageantry, pomp and ceremonials, have 

 ever held a place in the lives of civilized people. 



It is more befitting, that in the beginning of the twentieth century, 

 we turn from the achievements of military heroes, and the pageantry of 

 war, to celebrate the great victory of peace ; the mighty achievement of 

 statesmanship; the acquisition of the Louisiana Territory; the great 

 land transaction between Thomas Jefiferson and Napoleon Bonaparte; 

 the greatest real estate deal since the time that God created the world, 

 and pronounced it good, and quit-claimed it to the human race, and put 

 them in possession in the flowery and fruited Garden of Eden. 



Great deeds must have great occasions; great results must have 

 great causes ; great poets have great themes ; great historians have 

 great subjects. Milton had Paradise, Shakespeare had Humanity, Jef- 

 ferson, in writing the Declaration of Independence, had the "inalienable 

 rights of man." The Columbian Exposition at Chicago, had the birth 

 of a Republic. An Exposition, in order to be successful, must have a 

 great event to commemorate, such as will create an enthusiastic interest 

 and zeal in the enterprise. 



The first thing of importance, therefore, in the discussion of the 

 great Exposition, to be held in St. Louis in 1904, is to consider, under- 

 stand, and appreciate, the great magnitude and far-reaching effects of 

 the event we are about to celebrate, and review the causes that lead to 

 its consummation. To do this without the mention of Napoleon Bona- 

 parte, would be like a marriage without a bride, or Shakespeare with- 

 out a Hamlet. 



One hundred years ago, the Old World was completely dedicated to 

 monarchies. By the acquisition of the Louisiana Territory, the New 

 World was dedicated to Republics. A few years before the acquisition 

 of this territory by the United States, the American Colonies had gained 

 their Independence, and established the little republic, along the west 

 shore of the Atlantic. This little nation owned the sea-board, from 

 Maine to Georgia, extending westward to the Mississippi river; the 

 mouth of this great river, and the entire west bank, was owned and con- 

 trolled by nations, unfriendly to the United States. This new and 

 growing republic was made up of sturdy, pioneer and patriotic people 



