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THE REPUBLIC. J|
"WASHINGTON:
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MONDAY MORNING, JULY 18, 1853. "
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The PftusiuKNT and the officers of hi* Cabinet d
who accompanied him to New York returned e
io this city on Saturday evening. ?
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The attention of our readers will be recom ?
penaed by the perusal of an article on the ^
subject of our diplomatic mission to China, t
which appears on the first page of this day's ?
paper. <
The Presidential Progress.
We regard ihe visit of the President to the
World's Fair as very appropriate. We think
it very proper that the world should be wel
corned at this display of American hospitality
by the Chief Magistrate of the nation. Besides,
the visit is to some extent a personal relaxation,
and gives the President an opportunity
of mixing with the people, and of forming
some opinion of the reception which his appointments
and his foreign policy, s<? far as it
has been developed, has met with amongst
them. We trust that he may avail himself
wisely of this iatter advantage.
There are, however, two points in which
the visit of Mr. Pikh.ce has attracted our attention.
The first is the style and tenor of his
speeches, anu those of the members of his Cabinet
who accompany him; the other relates to
the ceremonial with which the President has
been received by the public authorities.
We treat the sj>eeches of the President in
no spirit of hypercriticism when we say that
the minuteness with which the local history of
each of the three great cities has been got up,
with the references to Fort McHeury, Carpenter's
Hall, Brooklyn Heights, and the Bow1:
rt i . . r. *IT
ling uret)u, rcuuuus us somewnai ui vvurcester'a
Geography, with its wood-cuts and accompanying
description. The intense admiration
of the European population?of the city of
Baltimore for ita enterprise?of Maryland for
its religious liberality?of Philadelphia for its
wealth and industry, and of Pennsylvania be- ,
cause its coal and iron will rivet the States ,
like boiler-plates, and bolt California to the
Union with a railroad?of the city of New
York because of its power and progress, and
because of its expressive motto. All these
things, though in themselves proper, are told
in & style rather complimentary for our individual
fancy. Any defect of taste is, however,
redeemed by the following just and eloquent
reaffirmation of some of the inaugural pledges:
"How arc you, men of New York, to show
your gratitude for the past ? How are you to make
the most of the present ? How are you to secure
all the noble promise of your future? You will
keep high your standard of intelligence and morals,
because all apparent advancement will prove
fallacious, and weakness will be substituted for
strength, whenever as a people we cease with reverence
and humble dependence to look to the
source of all power and all. wisdom. You will
educate your children in the belief and conviction
that you have neither power nor permanence,
nor security, nor liberty, except as
you constitute one of the members of this vast and
now universally respected confederacy. You will
foster everywhere the living, active, efficient sentiment,
that under the Providence of God these
great blessings may only be enjoyed under the
present Constitution. You remember yourselves,
and often remind others that wise men framed that
Constitution?men who knew what independence
cost, because in their own suffering and in the
privations and trials of their families and friends
nicy iiiiu paiu a pari 01 mat expense. me great
problem of the formation of the Union called not
only for all the wisdom, but for all the patriotic ,
conception of the wisest body of men the world t
had ever yet seen in council. If there are those ,
at the present day who?having never made for j
their country the sacrifice you have, of ease, of ,
a dollar of income, or of one moment of personal j
danger?would brsak up t he foundation on which j
we have so prosperously and securely stood?the
basis of our happiness at liotne and our respect
abroad?the only sure pledge of all that we expect
for thoso who are to come after us?it is to be
hoped tluit tliey are few in number, and their
sphere of influence is limited. If there are provisions
in the Constitution of your country not
consistent with your views of principle or expediency,
remember that in the nature of things that
instrument could only have had its origin in compromise;
and remember, too, that you will be
faithless to honor and common honesty if you consent
to enjoy the privileges it confers, and seek to
avoid the burdens it imposes. It cannot be accepted
in parts; it is a whole or nothing, and, as
a whole, with all the rights it secures and the duties
it requires, it is to be sacredly maintained. I
accept these lienors as your servant with a thankful
heart, but I bear with mc at 1 he same time a
proud consciousness that by your free and un-1
sought choice I am also your representative, I
charged with the care of your intercuts and your
honor, tyiope to 1m; encouraged and strengthened
in all my efforts to promote the one and preserve
unsullied thfe other, by such countenance and support.
on youft part as a fearless and faithful exercise
of the functions committed to 1110 may merit."
In the same connexion we may mention the
declaration of Mr. Davis, fho Secretary at.
War?we suppose "by authority"?that the
Federal Government may constitutionally apjropriate
money to the construction of a railroad
to the Pacific, because it is necessary for
the national defence and the military protection
of the Pacific shores. In this opinion
Mr. Guthrie and Mr. Buchanan concur,
either upon the same or some other ground;
whilst the President endorses the extreme
strictness of Mr. Davis's constitutional construction
as a thing of which he has personal
knowledge. We infer, therefore, that if the
great issue intimated by Mr. Benton, the
New York Tribune, the Missouri Democrat,
and other authorities, shall be made, the Administration
will be found prepared to meet it;
and this we regard the most significant declaration
of the occasion, or indeed of the day.
Notwithstanding the President expressed his
opinion of his auditories in such a complimentary
style, the authorities of reception, and the
"citizens generally," threw him into the
shade by a degree of flattery almost amounting
to adulation.
New York is now so near Europe that she
is almost copied the ceremonial of royalty. 1
fa are not therefore surprised to observe some
sported specimens of flunkeyism committed
j individuals, and even by the titular dignila #
m of the occasion. Thus the Preeident, ac- c
ording to the republican theory and his own a
eclaratiuo?the servant of the people?is hail- b
d as "the head of the nation." He "removes
his hat and bows his acknowledgment to the h
people," "when shouts and huzzas lend the t
air." Officer MAvrtinTON picks up a buu- e
|uel presented by a lady, which the President r
akes?returns to that zealous official and "re
quests him to take care ot it;" whereupon ()
' the shouts become tremendous, the ladies t
wave their handkerchiefs and the uien their M
hats " Emulating the honor conferred upon
he fair donee who bestowed this bouquet, anither
lady throws down a two-pound nosegay,
iccompanied with a provident request that the
President will, "when he has time," read the
rather lengthy prayer and benediction with
which it is accompanied. It is signed a "Reiponse"
from a daughter "of thine own native
Jills." This valuable with its loyal manuscript
is likewise entrusted to the fortunate
Masterton. Then the rain comes, and the
President, getting wot, rejects at first the
"silk umbrella" of Mr. W. A. Cochran, de;laring,
according to the modern metaphor of
the Anglo Saxon, that "being neither sugar nor
salt" he cannot melt. But upon "the earnest
' solicitation of General Sanfokd, he consents
' to raise the umbrella and to hold it up."
Geo. Pierce reviews the troops upon a black
sharger which had "been twice wounded in the
' same battles in which the General had partici
1 pated." "The fact of the President being
on horseback misled the public to a certain
extent," "and the great object of attraction
had nearly passed before the shouts of ap'
plause became nearly universal." [This
surprise reminds us of a connoisseur pointing .
imt an equestrian figure of "St. Paul," in regard
to the authenticity of which his friend in- <
timated a civil doubt, as he "had never heard I
' of his being on horseback since his accident."] j
Dividing the merit of the display with the 1
black charger, the narrator adds "that he con- 1
1 tributed much to the grace and fine military 1
' bearing of the distinguished rider." All this
is fulsome adulation, as annoying to General
Pierce, no doubt, as it is degrading to those
who perpetrate or chronicle such trifles. Mr.
Sedgwick compliments the Queen of Great
Britain in the following parenthetical paragraph
:
"That royal lady, who commands tho respect
of foreign nations as she does the affections of her
own people." [Applause.]
It will no doubt furnish an excellent card of
introduction if printed on white satin and presented
upon Mr. Sedgwick's next visit to
England. But we think that France, our constant
ally, and honest Holland, who founded
the city in which Mr. Sedgwick spoke, and
| furnished the money to achieve its freedom,
were well entitled to some share of the compliment.
Still we have no quarrel with such specimens
of adulation, since they must everywhere
exist. We are gratified to believe that
they neither taint the popular character nor
mislead ine president. We were even
amused to see the illustrious Mynheer Belmont,
as chairman of the Committee of Reception,
throwing up his castor for the appointing
power for the last time before he goes to serve
the country beyond the seas. We had certainly
thought that he had departed to gild his
mission with new honor long before this date.
Illustrated Record of the New York Exhibition.?Messrs.
G. P. Putnam & Co. are
about to publish in weekly numbers " The Illustrated
Weekly Record of the Neir York Exhibition
>f Industry of .Ill Nations, edited by Professor B.
3illiinan, jr., and C. R. Goodrich, esq., aided by
vther writers," the whole work to consist of
iwenty-six numbers of large quarto size. The
5rst (a double number) has reached us. It is
beautifully printed, and contains a number of
very handsome engraved views of objects of art,
as now exhibited, and commences with views and
architectural plans of the Crystal Palace at New
York.
G. P. Putnam & Co., New York.
North American Review.?The July number
of this sterling old quarterly has just been received.
Its opening articlo is on Recent English
Poetry, being a review of the poems of Alexander
Smith and those of William Allingham. It also
discusses n number of other topics of interest.
Published by Little, Brown & Co., Boston; and
may be obtained of Mr. Franck Taylor, booksel:
ler, in this city.
De Bow's Review.?The June number nf tliia
clever periodical is here, and exhibits a variety
of statistical and other facts bearing upon political
economy, and elucidating the condition and
prosperity of the country at large.
Mr. France Tati-ob, bookseller, is the agent
I for the Reticio in this city.
Barns Burnt by Lightning.?Two barns, one
owned by Mr. Burke, near Sterlingville, in Baltimore
couuty, Maryland, the other by Mr. John
Kirkwood, in Hartford county, in same Htatc.
were struck with lightning, yesterday week, and
both consumed.
Fatal Steamboat Collision.?The steamboat
Empire was run into on Saturday morning, seven
miles below Poughkeepsie, New York, 011 the
Hudson river, staving her boilers, in consequence
of which two persons at least were killed, and
several others dangerously scalded?among the
Intter, N. S. Buiitt, of this city, who has also a
leg broken.
The Sculpture at the Crystal Palace.?
A writer in the New York Tribune of Saturday(
<n a notice of the statues on exhibition at the
Crystal Palace in New York, has a most savage
critique of Clark Mills's Statue of Jackson, which
he characterizes as "the work of a novice," ami
"not a work of art." "Who is this malign scrib
bier:
The Norwalk Tragedy?A Gift or GratiTrDE.?Mr.
Linu? "W. Benedict, a stage proprietor,
(not driver as reported at the time,) through
whoso instrumentality the life of Miss Griswold
was saved, as a tribute for his exertions, has received
from her father. Dr. Ilufiia W. Griswold,
n richly-chased heavy gold lever watch, with a
massive vest chain and key attached.
BSmSBBtf. ... ? mmmm
rhe President's Tour?Crystal Palace.
New York, July 16, 1853.
Sudden illness must be the apology for my long
ilonce; except for physical prostration, I should
ertainly have kept you advised of the incidents
ttending the President's trip to this great and
usy city, as I promised.
This lias Leen a busy week to tho President and
lis travelling Cabinet. You already know tho
irinc.ipal events of their tour?how many speechis
they have made, and whore; and enterprising
cporters have given to the world the sentiments
ittered by each in the language with which they
lothed tlieiii. I need not, therefore, say aught
m that score. What shall 1 say, then ? In truth
i ii..i i.- ?!._? *l._ t> :j .
acre us llllIU 10 IK; r>uiu, wvc umi uiu iiubiuciu
eoms to huve Blood the fatigues of the trip renarkably
well, and left ub this morning appaently
much improved in health from his relaxaion?if
fourteen speeches a day, and a thousand
ind one shakes of the dexter hand by vigorous
democracy, can be called relaxation.
This Empire City gave the illustrious guests a
irilliant reception. A finer display of military
han escorted them from Castle Garden to the
Crystal Palace the Union cannot afford. The
treets were densely thronged for a distance of
hree or four miles, notwithstanding a very heavy
ihower, which lasted thirty or forty minutes,
compelling thousands of women and children to
ibandon the unsheltered stand-points they had secured
on the sidewalks and the front Bteps and
lalconies of the numerous houses. Every winlow
on the long route of procession was thronged
vitii the fair sex, their eyes beaming brightly with
mticipation and pleasure, until the coming of the
['resident set in motion perfect clouds of snowy
cambric waving him right hearty welcome.
General Pierce looks remarkably well on horsc>ack
and rides gracefully. As he rode, his head
mcovered, between the surging tide of populaion
which opened on either hand, he was greeted
vith enthusiastic applause. With his speech at
he Crystal Palace there was much disappointnent.
The people had expected something prepared
for and appropriate to the occasion. The
ceremony of dedication they expoctcd would find
its great impressive point in the address of the i
Chief Magistrate of the land. The President verv
briefly returned his thanks for the kindness ex
pressed towards him, complimented the enterprise
which had suggested and executed the plan of
this great Industrial Exhibition, and resumed his
seat. It should be remembered, however, that he
had just ridden through a drenching rain, having refused
to dismount from his horse during the shower.
These certainly were not circumstances calculated
to inspire a man with abundant eloquence or sentiment,
or any train of thought except upon the
probable length of time which might elapse ere
ho could take refuge in dry linen and well-aired
broad-cloth.
The Crystal Palace certainly is a triumph.
The building itself is worth a journey to see. It
is unlike anything ever erected in this country;
and I know not how to convey an idea of its exterior,
except by saying that it bears some general
resemblance to a great and magnificent Turkish
Mosque. The effect produced by the contrast of
its immense size, with the comparatively light and
delicate iron frame, set with so fragile material as
glass, is exceedingly fine. The interior is grand,
rich, neat, and indescribably beautiful in design,
arrangement, and finish. The great dome over
the centre is the most magnificent I ever saw?
.far surpassing that of the Capitol in size and
splendid beauty of finish.
Already there are abundant evidences that the
Exhibition will be a highly creditable affair. Not
one-fourth of the goods entered arc yet arranged,
yet a day may be profitably expended in examining
objects well worth the interest they command.
There is, it is true, much to condemn as well as
much to praise?I mean in the articles exhibited.
France, for instance, contributes a statue of Webster,
which would disgrace the veriest novice in
plaster existing. The French artist would seem
to have been quite unable to imagine a head big
enough to hold Webster's massive brain, so he
cut a sort of protuberance on the forehead, which
looks like a great flattened wen. The whole face,
too, is tame and powerless. There is nothing
to indicate will, mind, or sentiment of any kind.
The whole affair is a caricature?or, worse than
that, it is meaningless, not even displaying the
caricaturist's skill in presenting a prominent trait
with more than natural boldness.
Italy, however, besides some inferior specimens
of art, presents not a few magnificent pieces of
statuary, into which tlio very soul of life would
seem to breathe and beat. She has also contributed
fine paintings, and curiously perfect specimens
of picturing in inlaid wood-work.
A New York and Dublin manufacturing and
importing house contributes as rich and exquisite
specimens of needle-work as ever fell from tiny
French fingers. Among the specimens they exhibit
is a superb handkerchief, designed and worked
with a view to its presentation to the lady of
President Pierce. The chief figures in the design
are the arms of the United States, the American
flag in many a waving fold, ships in full sail,
steamers, and various other emblems of our national
happiness, progress, industry, and prosperity.
It is certainly a most lieautiful and appropriate
present for the wife of an American President.
But I must close this lengthening epistle. And
in doing so let nie suggest, that my expression of
opinion, that evory one who can should visit the
Crystal Palace Exhibition, is in nowise influenced
or perverted by good feeling towards the directors
for favors shown, i paid my fifty cents admission,
as did some other members of the press, for
whom a rather unfortunate management, had
made no provision. I don't complain, it vas
really a pleasant sensation which raiue over me
when 1 entered the palace, feeling that havsug
Ptcen allowed an indenendent entrance on the
name footing with all outsiders, I could speak and
write independently of all I saw, without being'
reminded of certain musty proverbs about looking
in the mouth of a gift horse. JOSH.
The Earthquake in Siiikaz and im Washington
the Same.?The coincidence is noted that
the destructive earthquake which occurred at
Shiraz, in Persia, on the 1st of May last, happened
at the same time that a slight shock was felt
in this city, and hence it is inferred they were
identical.
The Hon. Truman Smith, of Connecticut, is
at present on a visit to Lake Superior, as the
general agent of the Northwest Mining Company.
Judge IIubbeli., of Wisconsin, who was recently
impeached for malfeasance in office, hus
been honorably and unanimously acquitted.
President Pierce and General Scott.?It
is said, in the Crystal Palace, last Thursday,
when President Pierce mot General Scott lie
shook him warmly by tho hand, and said: "Ah,
General, I never exnectod to meet you 011 the
same platform!" Of course, both laughed heartily
at the joke,
The Opening of the Crystal Palace, t:
Thin event, which took place at New York on ?
the 14th instant, is represented by the papers of v
that city to have been inexpressibly grand. We n
give some of the particulars derived from the ae- *
count by the Times. "
At an early hour the Palate was besieged by jj
applicants tor admission. At ten o'clock gates
unclosed, and red, and yellow, and white, and s
blue invitations poured in at the different en- *
v
trances. ^
The Palace filled rapidly. The floor was soon ^
parti-colored as .1 garden with brilliant bonnets t
and silks. The platform in the north nave, which a
was to be the great scene of interest for the |
day, began about this time to lie animated. Mem- ^
bers of the Senate, guests invited by special re- ,
quest, militia officers, looking anything but easy a
in their uniforms, and tlio President of the Crys- <1
tal Palace with his official staff, mid a host of *
other persons too distinguished to he well known,
made their appearance 011 the boards. The press, B
too, took possession of its table at tho base of t
Washington's statue, and nibbed its pens, und ar- ?ranged
its note-books with great solemnity. '
At one o'clock, the President, without whom (
nothing could go on, had not arrived. Watches t
j innumerable were pulled out on the platform, o
Mr. Sedgwick looked grave. His staff looked still '
more grave, and among all outside barbarians |
who were not on the platform, there was a great
craning of heads over other people's shoulders, to
see if they coul?l not catch a glimpse of the Chief t
Magistrate. But he came not, and people took t
to wandering once more through the galleries and 1
naves. Presently there was a stir and a hum, 1
and the people surged to and fro, and all that 8
could run, rau, and arrived in time to see a tall, j
soldierly, and not ungraceful gentleman, cross the
platform A loud clapping of hands greeted the
Hero of Ohippowa. Then some more celebrities
mounted the stage unrecognised by any popular
demonstration?Mr. Meagher, among others, took
his seat on the reserved benches. The time wore
rapidly on, diversified by a slight panic among the
gentlemen on the stage, created by the breaking
of a pane of glass in the dome, and fiill of some of
the fragments, until, at length, the sound of
trumpets was caught up in the distance, and then
everybody settled themselves firmly in their
places, ar sought new ones, or strove to regain
their old?for it was announced that the President
was comiiur.
1
At this moment the scene presented from the j
gallery by the crowd upon the floor bejow was one i
of unequalled brilliancy. The whole space under '
the dome, extending nearly to the end of each J
nave, was densely filled by the eager mass. La- ,
dies in great nuinberg, many of them exceedingly 1
handsome, and All gaily dressed, filled the benches, i
sat upon the stairs, or stood anxiously looking over '
the gallery railing. Here and there, scattered '
through the mass, rose the tall plumes of the j
military, adding variety and brilliancy to a scene (
already gay with many colors. The platform set <
apart for the reception of the President was erect- y
cd in the north nave of the Palaco, towards the j
centre of the building; and on it were ranged j
seats for over seven hundred persons. These ]
were occupied by the officers and directors of the <
Association and their guests, Secretaries Guthrie '
and Davis, and Attorney-General Gushing, the J
committees from Philadelphia and other places, ,
and quite a number of other gentlemen distin- 1
guished in various walks of life. Among the <
number we noticed the following: Governor How- '
ell G'obb, of Georgia; Governor Seymour, of New '
York, and ntnfl"; Mnjor-General Winfield Scott; ]
Govern^, Fairbanks, of Vermont; Senators Brod- ,
head, of Pennsylvania; Chase, of Ohio; and t
James, of Rhode Island; Rev. Rishop Wain- '
wright; Right Rev. Archbishop Ilughesj Rev.
Drs. Spring, Ferris, Adams, and Kennedy; Tlios. j
Francis Meagher, esq.; Comptroller Wright; Wil- <
liam II. Prescott, the historian; Hon. Charles i
King, President ofColumbia College; Hon. Ogden !
Hoffman; Hon? Thomas Florence; Hon. Samuel j
B. Ruggles; Hon. Judges Kent and Mitchell; j
Morton McMiehael, esq.; J. W. Forney, esq., of ]
Philadelphia; General Samuel Hamilton, and t
Thomas Cadwalladcr, of New Jersey. j
Sir Charles Lyell and lady and Lady Ellesmcro (
and daughter occupied eligible positions near the J
platform, at the right front corner. Lord Elles- i
mere, who reached the city at an early hour in v
the morning, having come express from Quebec j
on purpose to attend the inauguration, was unfortunately
confined to Ins room by a severe attack ^
of gout. Professor Wilson, Mr. C. Wentworth t
Dilke, with his secretary, Mr. Duncan, and the
other gentlemen of the royal commission, were \
also upon the platform. Mr. August Belmont, e
United States charge to the Hague, and several
ministers resident at Washington from foreign
countries, were also present. N
The President entered the building at a little J
after two o'clock, preceded by the chief of police,
and walking between Captains DuPont and Davis.
Tho band immediately struck up Hail Columbia,
and followed it with Yankee Doodle and
other popular airs. The President was escorted
to the platform and seated in a large arm chair,
at the right of the President of the Association,
who greeted him upon his entrance.
After the audience had become quiet, and the
music had ceased, Right Rev. Bishop Wain wright
read a prayer; which was followed by an anthem
by the choir.
Theodore Sedgwick, esq., the President, of the
Association, then addressed the President of the
United States as follows:
"Mr. President: Amid this concourse of people
in this assembly of personages collected from
all parts of the world, eminent ii^ every department
of human skill and genius, surrounded by
the trophies of intellect and industry, the eye and
the mind naturally, inevitably, rivet themselves,
sir. upon you. [Applause.] Upon you, tlio head
of that political system to which, under God, we
owo our choicest public blessings?of that vast
Confederacy founded by the immortal man whose
effigy stands before us, nnd the chief executive
powers of which have been transmitted, through
a long line of illustrious statesmen, to your hands.
[Renewed applause.] It has fallen and will fall
to the lot of others to welcome you in other capacities.
It is my dutv, sir, as tho presiding officer <
of the association wfiich has raised this einfico, to
thank you most, cordially, most respectfully, for
tiw. i,n,,nr l,? fin- -in,, n?.?. fLi :?
dceplv. It was perceived by us, at the very outset
of our enterprise, that it was essential to our '
complete success to obtain the approbation and '
secure the confidence of our own Government; 1
that while we were of course mainly to rely w
on our own energies, it was at the same time indispensable
to create a general conviction that our .
objects were public, and our aims national. The
work of impressing' on this undertaking the seal of '
national approbation, as far as that can be done c
under the restrictions of our form of government?
and I recall the circumstance with gratitude, mill- .
gled with pain?was begun by an illustrious statesman,
now no more?a son, sir, of your own State, h
He bail a mind large enough, anil s heart broad w
enough, to perceive, even in its infancy, the devel- a
onnient of which this undertaking was capable. H,
How much of interest bis nreeonco would have
added to this occasion I need not say. Alas! bis
image only is among us. Genius knows no coun- &
ry. The monument of Daniel Webster, hewn t
ut of French stone by English hands, rises lisro ?
lost appropriately to contemplate the work to (
rhich he gave the first great Impulse. Whathecomaenced
was continued by the eminent gentleman (
'ho succeeded him in the hut high office which he '
illed?a gentleman of whom I may be permitted to i
ay that the country is still fortunate in command- j
ng, in another department, his experience and
bility?and finally you, sir, have this day conummated
the work, by permitting us to greet '
he Chief Magistrate of the Republic within our '
rallH. Wo once more thank you, sir, fbr the
lonor you have done us. [Applause.] Your (
iresenco liere to-day proves the close and friendly
ies between the Government of the United States
nd the happy people whom its power protects.
Applause.] The cordial sympathy entertained
iv the highest functionaries of the Republic for I
natc connexion between labor and honor?while ]
t the same time it is proper here to state most (
listinctly anil most emphatically, and especially
o those not so familiar with the frame-work of
iur system, that the Government of the Union is
tot in tlie most remote degree responsible for our i
hort-comings in this matter, whatever they have
>een, whatever they may be. With the general .
ibjects of oar enterprise, sir, you are already
ainiliar?to bring before our countrymen the
:hoicest productions of the genius and skill of the 1
)ld World?to make a first exhibition on a naional
scale of the trophies of the inventive spirit
,nd restless energy of our countrymen?to colect
(in the poetical language of a most distinguished
stranger, this day for us unhappily not
lere) a full representation of
" 'The arts for luxury, the arms for strife,
Inventions for delight of sight and sound-,'
o bind together the two hemispheres?to extend
he area of commerce and the fraternity of nations.
These have been our aims. How far they have
teen, or will be, attained, it would be most prelum
ptuous for us to say. Recalling to mind the
mrgeous and gigantic pageant exhibited in Hyde
'ark two short years ago?knowing what French
renius has undertaken to accomplish in the capital
>f continental Europe, that centre of intellectual
ife and of artistic luxury, it is enough to say that
ve have desired to do something for the art, for the
irchitecture, for the industry of our beloved coun;ry;
and that if we shall be hereafter pronounced,
>y competent judges, to have succeeded, our dearwt
wishes will be answered. On some particuars,
however, I may for a moment be allowed
.0 dwell. Incomplete as our Exhibition yet is,
ve have what aro to us abundant proofs of the
nterest which it lias excited, and the results
vhich it will accomplish. The flag of England,
borne by a vessel commissioned by that
royal lady who commands the respect of foreign
rations as she does the affections of her own
icople, [applause,] has waved in our waters on
this peaceful errand. Tho national vessel ofFrance
s on her way?that of Holland will almost iinnodiately
follow Old armor, from the old Tower
rf London, frowns here, as it did perhaps at
dressy or Poictiors. Tapestry and porcelain from
.no iiupuniu munuiuciorics 01 rrance, porcelain
md iron from the royal workshop of Prussia, are
lere or actually on the water, bound hitherward-,
md I cannot express too strongly our sense of the
kindness and courtesy with which our foreign
igcnts have been received abroad, 110 less than
pur respect for that liberal and enlightened policy,
n obodience to the dictates of which the sovereigns
>f Europe have vied with each other in sending
jffcrings which, in other periods of the worm,
vould have been made to crowned iieads alone.
^Applause.] Nor, sir, are our greetings or acknowledgments
yet concluded. I have Htill to express
the extreme gratification which wo feel in the
presence of so many distinguished individuals? 1
listinguished Iw social position, by character, by
ittainincnts?from all parts of Europe, from all
parts of this continent. The dwellers 011 the ,
eastern shores of the Atlantic uro here mingled
vith the represent atives of our own Empire 011 the
;oast of the Pacific, and there are, I believe, here
o-day fifteen cliief magistrates of as many States
if the confederacy?lights of that constellation
)f which you, sir, are the central star. [Applause.]
We are deeply sensible of this courtesy
md kindness, while, sir, we are not so blind or
10 vainglorious as not fully to understand that
the honor is done not to us, but to you, [renewed
ipplause,] und that the homage of their respect
s above all paid to the growing power and 111a- 1
esty of the Republic:. May that power and majesty?and
1 say it with the profoundest rcver;nce?bo
ever united to and governed by that
ipirit of peace end good-will which is our direct
:ommand from 011 High, and to contribute to which,
n the great family of man, is the best and purest
md wisest motive that can bring us together in
his temple of industry?in this palace of labor.
[Jut, sir, I detain my hearers from the pleasure
hat awaits them. Hereafter I may take some
liorc fitting occasion to state in detail what we
lave done, and what we desiro to do?the difli;ultics
we have encountered and the obstacles wo
iare surmounted. To-day my voice is of little
noment, except for the echo and the response,
vhich it is fortunately destined to awaken. Pernit
me here, sir, to ask you to let your voice be
leard beneath our dome, and to request that you
rill by words, as well as by your presence, inaugurate
this Exhibition of the Industry of all Naions."
The President rose to reply and was received
vith loud applause. After this had somewhat
ubsidod, I10 spoke as follows :
"Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Association:
In behalf of the gentlemen.who are
vith me, as well as on my own account, I return
rou my most warm and cordial thanks for the
r;?.l :a ?.i.:_l 1 -1 1 .1
wuu UA^IODOIVIW IVlkU WiHUl^UU IlilVU uet'U pieasuu
o receive me. I have come here, sir, to testify
lie interest I feel and the respect I entertain for
his great Industrial Exhibition, designed and calculated
to promote all that belongs to the interest
>f our country. You, sir, and the gentlemen aslociated
with you, have laid a claim upon all of
is for thanks that will be enduring. Whatever
nay be the shortcomings of which you have
ipoKen, I can only say that they appear not here;
ind, so far as I have been able to learn, do not
inpear at all. [Applause.]
"Every tiling around us reminds us that we arc
n a utilitarian age?an age where science, instead
if being locked up from the admiration of the
vorld, has become tributary to the arts, the manlfactures,
agriculture, and all that goes to pronote
our social-comfort. [Applause.] Sir, if you
lad achieved no other good than that which you
lave done in bringing together citizens from all
?arts of this Union, you would have fulfilled one
if the most important missions that can be im>osed
upon any one of us?that of strengthening
he bonds of our Union. [Great applause.] Sir,
,ou have done more, and you have already alluded
,o it. Your Exhibition has brought together uien
nninent in almost nil the walks of life, from every
civilized country on tho faco of the globe. [Apilause.]
And thus you have done more than
could have been done in any other mode to pronote
that great object, dear to you, dear to 1110,
ind dear to my venerable friend near me, (Bishop
Yainwright,) neaco and good will among men.
Applause.] But, sir, I have not the voice to adress
you more. Returning you ngain my thanks?
riving you my heart's best wishes for your enterrise,
I must conclude." [Great applause.]
The President during his remarks was once or
wice interrupted by applause, and on resuming
is sent was greeted with six tremendous cheers,
'hree cheers were also given for Theodore Sedgnek.
Then Hie organ again pealed forth the Halleluili
diorus, from Handel's "Messiah," followed i
y the Triumphal March, by Ferd. Ilics, and a
horns from Haydn's "Creation.''
The ceremonies concluded, those on the plat>rm
threw off all official formality, and conversed (
}gethcr in groups on the great event of the day; |
rhile those in the galleries and nave* wandered t
round the building to feast their eves upon such '
Lores as were yet visible. '
The President retired to one of the ofticos in <
ompany with Mr. Sedgwick iking informod i
hat General Scott was in the Palace, the Presilent
eel it hia respectful regard* to liim, and rojuested
to see him. General Scott iintantly
ailed upon the President, and a very pleasant
nterview took place between the distinguished
gentlemen. M. de Surtiges, Minister from France,
sJeilor Almonte, Minister from Mexico, Baron
Girolt, Minister from Prussia, and Befior Molina,
Minister from Costa Kica, also called upon the
President at the Palace and paid their respects.
Thus waned the day in the interior of the Crystal
Palace.
THE BANQUET.
A ! _ _ , - -
jn . uruing 10 announcement, the Grand liauquet
jiven by the Commissioners of the Crystal l'alace
tn honor of the Foreign Commissioners and the
President of the United States, took place on Frilay
evening in the grand dining saloon of the Metropolitan
Hotel, in Broadway, New York.
There were some three hundred and fifty guest6
it table.
The ceremonies were commenced with an appropriate
prayer from Rev. Dr. Spring; after
which, full an hour and a half were devoted to the
liscussion of the feast.
The Regular Toasts.
1. The President of the United States.
3. The Senate of the United States.
3. The Governments of Foreign Nations which
have contributed to ourInhibition.
4. Prince Albert, the originator qf the Great
Industrial Exhibition of 1851.
5. The Foreign Commissioners who have honored
us this day with their presence.
6. The Governor of the State of New York.
rr nni? r* c - * '
i. I no Vjruvernuru oi our BlSier OUlt.es.
8. The Commissioners from the other States in
the Union.
9. The Fraternity of Nations.
10. The City of New York.
11. The Arts of Peace.
12. The Judiciary.
13. The Army and Navy of the United States.
14. The American Institute and its kindred
pioneers in the cause of American Industry.
15. Tho Press.
At about ten minutes to nine o'clock the cloth
was removed, and the intellectual part of the
banquet was begun by Mr. Sedgwick, who rose
and introduced the first regular toast in order, as
follows: w
"Gentlemen : In asking you to fill your glasses
to the first regular toast, If eel that I am unequal
to the task, to preface it, as it ought to be prefaced,
in compliment to our distinguished guests
that are with us to-night, individually and collectively.
From the gentlemen who, on this side
of the Atlantic, first put their confidence in us,
and extended to our enterprise every encouragement
in their power, to those who have come
forward to greet us, from all parts of Europe, our
acknowledgments are justly and emphatically due.
[Applause.J To the press of the United States,
fentlemen, are we under especial obligations.
Cheers.] I repeat, gentlemen, it is utterly impossible
to solect from the toasts, collectively or
individually, any becoming preface; but our acknowledgments
are due to those English gentlemen
who liavo come from the other side of the
Atlantic, and submitted to tho annoyances to
which they have been subjected in order to render
us material assistance in reaching the point
to which we have at length come. [Applause.]
I have thus endeavored to convey a feeble expression
of our acknowledgments in the fewest possible
remarks, gentlemen, for 1 feel that tho best acknowledgment
1 can make in the presence of so much
genius and intellect as wc have hero this evening
is to suy as little as possible. [Applause.] llut I
must be permitted again, before sitting down, to
invite your attention to the first regular toast.. It
is often said, gentlemen, that loyalty is an European
instinct, and finds no expression on this side
of the water. Loyalty is one of tho most deeply
planted feelings in the human breast. Tho soldier
recognises it in his flag, and the lover owns it
for his mistress. The Englishman is loyal, right
loyal to the Queen. Tho American, my friends,
wherever winds blow him, or waves drive him, is
at] all times loyal to?tlir Union. [Applause.]
Gentlemen, you have hereto-night the head of the
Union, [morn applause]?ugentleman who, in the
presence of illustrious foreigners wo may well be
pardoned, if what we owe hiin, as, from gentlemen
to gentlemen, we have imperfectly ami with difficulty
conveyed. What we owe to fiimas President
of the United States, and for the liberality and
courtesy he has shown, in order to associate with us,
in our enterprise, it would pain me to say. Permit
me gentlemen, then, by a preface to the first regular
toast?good Anglo-Saxon on the other side of the
Atlantic and well naturalized here:
'1 The President of the United States?God bless
him.'" [Prolonged cheering.]
After the uproar had somewhat subsided, President
Pierce rose and responded as follows:
"Mr. President and Gentlemen: In rising to
respond to the sentiment which has just been proposed,
my own thoughts, I confess, dwell on a circumstance
which mars?and, so far as my know-,
ledge extends, the only circumstance which does
mar?the festivities of this occasion. Prefer to
the absence, gentlemen, of Lord Ellesmere. [Sensation.]
Grateful as wo all are that he came
among us, how much more gratifying is it to reflect
that he came not alone, [great cheering,] but
that he brought his family to graco and honor the
inauguration of your Palace. [More cheering.]
Sir, (turning to President. Sedgwick,) I should
never be forgiven should I fail to pay my respects
to another gentleman who has paid so many compliments,
1 have sometimes thought hardly deserved
, to our countrymen?a gentleman who, if his
reputation reposed solely upon the accomplishments
of science, would stand at the head of scientific
men. But his reputation, Mr. President
and gentlemen, rests upon those broader and ampler
grounds which have added greatly to the .
sources of human knowledge. [Great applause.]
You understand me that I refer to Sir Charles
Lyell. [More cheering.] Amazing as the thing
may seem, gentlemen, 1 learn for the first time,
from him, that although we are within eleven
days?nay, nine days, as 1 am informed?by your
ocean steamers, I learn that a distinguished machinist,
wko has como to this country to attend
your exhibition, has but just ascertained, at the
city of Lowell, the fiict that though his countrymen
are five hours in advance of us in the moulding
of iron, we are five hours in advance
ot them in the cutting of wood. A striking
fact this, that, the United States and England arc
now, witli the wonderful application of steam,
only nine or ten days apart. It is thus, by these
exhibitions, that wc compare the mutual progress
of nations; each finding out how far it is behind
or how far before its neighbor. While we roturn
thanks to all the nations of the earth who have
their representatives with us here to-night, 1 ain
sure gentlemen will unite with ine in the hope
that, in all coming time, we shall have no rivalry
between us and them [cheering] other than the
rivalry that, shall spring up from an anxious and
honorable purpose to promote human happiness
and peace and good will among men."
President. Pierce sat down in the midst of the
most uproarious applause.
The Chairman next said:
"Gentlemen, we are not to forget that, the President.
is not here alone to-night. There nre other
gentlemen standing close around him who assist,
him in the arduous task which he discharges, who
have also done us the honor to be present at our
inauguration, and are here to-night. I shall give
Mr. Guthrie." [Applause.]
Mr. Guthrie said:
"Fellow-citizens, though 1 have been a public
ipeaker for nearly forty years, I never was abashed
cforc. What can one from the banks of the
Dhio, a new State, offer here to this assemblage,
n commemoration of the industry of all nations
[n commendation of the acts of peace, tho merits
>f religious and political sentiment, the extension
if commerce, t ho extension of agriculture, tho
:xtcnoion of manufactures, tho extension of art#