"My country, 'tis of thee!" Or, the United States of America; past, present and future. A philosophic view of American history and of our present status, to be seen in the Columbian exhibition.

CHAPTER XXVI.

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OUR GREAT CONCERN.

Our country first and foremost--No sectional differences--No foreign interests or entanglements--The people first, the party afterward--Loyalty to party means disloyalty to the republic--Meddlers must be suppressed--All in the family--One for all and all for one--E Pluribus Unum.....597

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

FACING PAGE

Bird’s-eye View of Grounds and Buildings, Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1892-93, Frontispiece

Christopher Columbus, 17

Landing of Columbus, 32

Washington, 49

Residence of the President of the United States, 1798, 64

Abraham Lincoln, 81

World’s Fair, New York, 1853, 96

Main Building, International Centennial Exhibition, 1876, 113

Libby Prison, 128

Independence Hall, Philadelphia, 145

Chicago in 1856, 160

Chicago Street Life--Washington Street and Wabash Avenue, 177

U. S. Grant, 192

The Capitol, 209

Bear Pit (Lincoln Park), 224

The Auditorium Hotel, 241

Bird’s-eye View of the Proposed Buildings of the University of Chicago, 256

Tacoma Building, 273

Residence of Hon Potter Palmer, 288

Mines Building, 305

U. S. Man-of-War, 320

Agricultural Building, 337

Perspective View Looking South, Showing End of World’s Columbian Exposition, 352

Administration Building, 369

Electrical Building, 384

Gallery of Fine Arts, 401

Transportation Building, 416

Horticultural Hall, 433

Fisheries and Agricultural, 448

Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, 465

Machinery Hall, 480

Woman’s Building, 497

“MY COUNTRY, ’TIS OF THEE.”