Young folks' history of the United States . olly untrainedin republican institutions. The civil war has provedthat the people of the United States, when at peaceamong themselves, are strong enough for self-protectionagainst any foreign power. The thing now essential toAmericans is to guard against internal as well as exter-nal dangers, to purify their own government, educatetheir own community, give to the world an example ofpure lives and noble purposes; and so conduct theaffairs of the Republic, that, as President Lincoln saidin his Gettysburg Address, Government of the people,by the people,
Young folks' history of the United States . olly untrainedin republican institutions. The civil war has provedthat the people of the United States, when at peaceamong themselves, are strong enough for self-protectionagainst any foreign power. The thing now essential toAmericans is to guard against internal as well as exter-nal dangers, to purify their own government, educatetheir own community, give to the world an example ofpure lives and noble purposes; and so conduct theaffairs of the Republic, that, as President Lincoln saidin his Gettysburg Address, Government of the people,by the people, and for the people, shall not perish fromthe earth. CHAPTER XXXIII. HAYES. GARFIELD. ARTHUR. HARRISON. —- CLEVELAND. MCKINLEY. Our Oantennialcelebration G ENERAL GRANT served two terms as the last year of his second term (1876) theretook place the centennial celebration of the independenceof the United States. All over the land there were meet-ings and festivals, and a great International Exhibition was ys^^^^^sd^mmammkmmm:. THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. held at Philadelphia in honor of the event. The leadingnations of the world sent specimens of their works iiscience and art, to be publicly inspected and compared;]and prizes were given in all departments by skilled com-missioners from various lands. The exhibition remaine(330 HAYES. GARFIELD. — ARTHUR. 331 open for many weeks, and was attended by vast numbersof people. The whole effect was to give a great impulseto American industry. The exhibition showed that, whilethe United States surpassed all nations in inventive skill,the older nations still took the lead in art education,and could teach us a great deal in that way. During this year (1876) Colorado was admitted as a Colorado ^ ^ . . . admitted. State, making thirty-eight States with eleven Territories. The next presidential election took place that same Theyear, and led to muchexcitement, from the pe-culiar circumstances ofthe case. The Repub-licans nomina
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