Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . at, in the great and exciting international yachtrace,—which formed, in an inii>ortant sense, the grandJiiialeoi the of tlie Industry of AllNations, held in London, in 1851,—t
Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . at, in the great and exciting international yachtrace,—which formed, in an inii>ortant sense, the grandJiiialeoi the of tlie Industry of AllNations, held in London, in 1851,—the victory hadbeen won by the clipper yacht America, of onehundred and seventy tons, built by Mr. GeorgeSteers, of IJrooklyn, N. Y., and commanded byCommodore .John C. Stevens, also of New prize was no less than The Cv]j of all Na-tions. Making but an indifferent show of contributionsto the various departments of art, science, andmanufactures, at that renowned , theconclusion had become universal, that the UnitedStates would gain but little edat in that magnili-cent congress of the industries of civilization. Onetrial of championship, however, was yet to be madeand determined,—the supremacy, in toarchitectural model, equipment, nautical skill, and power of speed, upon that element,the dominion of which has ever been the coveted achievement of cvin-v maritime coun-. GEEAT AND MEMOEABLE EVENTS. 559 try, and of England in particular,—thehigh claims put forth bj- the latter beingwell understood. How happily it was reserved for theUnited States to take this honor to her-self, in a manner, too, undreamed of byany compeer or rival, will appear from thefollowing history of the great fact, as givenat the time by the press of both Englandand America. Indeed, in resiJect to theEnglish journals and the English public,it can truly be said, that fair play andmanly acknowledgment of a fair beatwere never more lionorahly Andthis last-named fact
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