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Show OIIJLUIONS Mil "HI IOUMIHI 1 eer since ChUigo wasnwarle I the WorlJ'e lair ly Congrem, ew ork hatentirtaluoju more or lest illvful leelhiK which Is maiiltuttol ariously, but In no way moiu visit ly than I ) some ol Its liuw Ur A rorosltlon has lately leeu made to Iihto Iht orUlnaluoiy ol theDeolarttlmof In deeudeueo on ixhlbltloii ut the t It, shon, and recently the H elel of Ihu Bjiis of the Amerlutu devolution In the District cf C lumUn atted u terloi ol risolutlons ui;uliit suih a transaction The society bases Ita u I oslllon on the ground that "the doiu- went It the most f rollout In all our archives, tint exiraor Unary cire Is rriilred to i reserve It The ink la fallug away, Tho names of the 1 ethers are becoming almit lllejlblf . It has boon found noceiatry to keep thu great documont out of Hie sunlight In a hermetically sealed co, and the removal woul 1 Involve risks and perils Ihatshoull not on auy consideration bo taken " Of course, It Is the fact that It Is a preclout document that makes Hone ot the things desired Tho New ork lUcordtr comit to the support of tho objectors as follows: Tbe palrlotio Washington assoclitlon is right. The llMlnralloii elio il I not nn an) eonsl lorallen ass out I tl o c Mtody of tho gorurnment It Is th i verygrealnt loeiiiiK nt wo I are, an I lis lost ni il 1 1 a Irreparable Millions of dullara co it I noi urrhevi II H bit Mnsrletn woul I exchange 11 fir all tlio treatlires that will boon exhibition at Ho lair? Not one! i Let It rsm-tln where II Is, safe fr malt danger of linjAlrineutorilctlru lion! rhe fervor thus evinced should b neither tldlculol nor dccrlod, for It Is a long way from being Improper lu Itself. It Islhouso to which It la tut that Is objectionable There are a good many people lu this country whowould rather fee the Declaration than any. thing cite Hut will he shown, and the pruortlon last e,rist In what most ?ew lorkort regard as Hie uncul. lured and uncjmbed West as else, where In fact we of this region do not ixpect lo havo such another ohanca for seeing the toaullhit, the wonderful, the tubllme, the artlatlo and tho hUnrio things of our laud aggregated attain Wo have as much eneratlou for the 1 allien and as muc'i retard for the uui enka bio heritage to us hy them aa have the Knickerbockers or any others It Is becauso of this feeling that wo want lo seo tbo orlglual II d clmeut of (treat llrltaln by tbo colonies and the stent turrs of the heroes who pledged to otc'l other their all oil isrth Just M thry themtclvcs wrote them To say that the document cannot be transported and j laced for exbll lllou In safety nnd that it cannot be madu perfectly secure during such time, Is a rellecllon upon the rogress, tho attainment, tl e Intelligent!! aud the maubood of the oge |