The centennial picture has a reverse side. witA images in sad contrast with the Presidents. One hundred years ago we entered into the familyof nations with acknowledged and respectedindependcnce. and with an almost limitless domain. rich in all the elements of national wealth. with unequaled natural advantages and facilities for their development. and with a hardy. selfreliant. industrious. and economuical population. Impelled by the love of freedom. and attracted by our cheap and fertile lands. immigration poured in upon us from all the countries of Europe. Increase in our population and wealth was steady and rapid. defiant of all error in policyandin legislation. But the great element of labor has not escaped its enemies.
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