The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-28 00:00:00

The Paris Exposition.

General was the disappointment felt by every
visitor to the Universal Exhibition of Paris in the
year 1855, on reaching the spot where floated the
banner of the United States in witnessing the meagre
display from a land abounding with everything that
contributes to the welfare of the human race. A
few specimens of cotton, some useful machines, and
manufactured products of caoutchouc were all that
were sent by a people whose agriculture, com-
merce, and industry, whose mineral wealth, whose
rich vegetation, whose mountain ranges and mag-
nificent streams, have been the theme of astonish-
ment and admiration of the older nations of the
earth.

The apathy of a mighty people, distinguished for
their activity, their resolution, and their determi-
tion to place themselves in the highest rank of
civilisation, with their courage in overcoming
obstacles, their zeal in the pursuit of wealth,
seemed totally at variance with their principle
" go-a-head," and their predilection for " the al-
mighty dollar." The causes of this unexpected
want of energy need not be examined. The great
object now is to call upon the United States to
show of what it is capable, and invite every patriot
to stand forward and vindicate the claims of his
country to hold a sovereign rank among the bene-
factors of the world, and not allow its two neigh-
bours, Canada and Mexico, to carry away the palm,
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There is no occupation, no trade, no manufac-
ture which cannot furnish
something for the general
good. Every man possessing that which experience
has taught . carries with it something useful to
for-
ward. The agriculturistm
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its mineral wealth.
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gold fields that possess It is not only the productive
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for the comfort of mankind, ought to find their way
to Paris ; the machinery by which the mines are
made to yield their treasures should be made known,
and, by comparison with those that have been
found of immense service
improvements which would' E
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and of implements of ordinary use unsurpassed
by any inveni ors. Thus, nachines for working
cotton mills, for grinding flour, for sawing timber,
the facility with which they are constructed, the
economy they introduce, and their remarkable
adaptability, have met with general approbation.
There is, besides, a marvellous intelligence
exhibited
in the numerous domestic articles, which are
furnished at a cheap rate that seems almost un-
known on the Continent of Europe. It is not only
the sewing machine that would attract attention,
but the spring chairs, the bell telegraph, the pegged
boots and shoes, the cooking ranges, butter churns,
cheese presses, which should be displayed to give a
proper idea of what has been done. The industry
and the enterprise of the shipbuilders, by which
commodities are carried from one end of
the world
to the other, has a superiority over less favoured
nations that ought not to be passed over in silence.
The models of some of the clippers, with
the various
improvements, would be a most desirable portion of
the great museum which will for a short time be
open to the inspection of the world. Some en-
coniums attended the exhibition of books and
papers on the last occasion. The materials for
paper making are now said to be considerably in-
creased, and some curiosity is excited to ascertain
upon what depends the large production which has
become indispensable for the gratification of the
reading population of the United States. That
even manure is now employed in paper making is
generally believed. Corn, husks, straw, hay, ropes,
rags, &c., are enumerated amongst the materials
employed for the fabrication of paper, cheapness
being the great object. Still, the books that have ,
been imported are remarkable for their clear type