New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-19
America at the Worlds Fair.

don. Oct 18th, to the American Commissioners,
Jurors, Exhibitors, &c, in the Crystal Palace,
Gen. wALBRIDGE OF our City made the following
remarks:
GENTLEMEN: am conedent but respond to Ii.
sentiments Of every individual here present. when
e.pres the most feryent admiration at the concep
ton and design of tina. grea. British UNDERTAKINGS
ronsregating beneath single roof, and upon her own
soil the Hottest exhibitions OF human power and
wisdom in all the grea, and varied depar'men"es
civilized life.
An. Science Manufactures, Commerce, Asricl-
ture Painting and Sculpture, have here all been bal.
mopiously blended into one grand enoft, ana essa
Nature herself ransackei 20 indicate the present ca
pacities Of the human understanding. no. WIZ .ae
influence of that great event be limited 10 TIE lmme
date age in which, transpired -oescsnuis ,nfouss
all time and everywhere attracting the eager gaze Of
posterity. 1t Will be regarded as one oi Inose il1ut
Gus deeds in the progress OF our race, oy which the
| human intellect has been enlarged the humin alec
tons ennobled. and the age of universal peace aat
brotherhood approached. Dista.t countries nave
been brought INTO more Immediate contact, lntema.
tonal intercourse stimulated, and the ingenuity Of
| man Quickened TO new achievement.
But confess DO not share IN sne m ur cnsn
trymen that the United States have not contributed
generously to the undertaking Under all the en-
| cumssances, the American exmohofs, consisering
our remote position, have displayed puouc spirit
not exceed by any other nation, ana In pfopefkeep
ing with rising Importance IN the anirs OF MAJ
| kind. Our people at home are too much occupied
! in their legitimate business pursuits 10 wHhofaw
| much capital or labor from acuvc employment ana
| It's consequent gam
The official statistics Of the proper department a
| Washington will show that far greater number OF
Inventions are annually patented IN the United States
with our twentyfour millions OF citizens, tnan III AZ
| Europe with her redundant population auemeh'el
| nearly twenty.fod But this should not elicit sun
| prise for where political and individual equahty n
most recognized the greatest stimuant IS presented
for individual exertion Yet the intellect hatiabors
to confer great benefits upon the world, generally
so much engrossed in It's high objects as TO forget SELL
and eminent inventors are usually destitute OF any
| other resource than the CONSCIOUSNESS OF having
| conferred renown uron their country.
| Thousands of useful Inventions IN the United
States have consequently been prevented rom
reaching the Crystal Palace, because the exhipior
| could perceive no actual immediate benefit TO HIM
self, and he could not afford to embarrass his capt.
tai or subject himself 10 the expenditure and loss Of
time. Nor does this hold equally good. to the same
extent, of the European contributor Tor Is no.o.
nous that every English contributor, and the greater
part of those from the Continent, have had tneu
separate articles in charge OF agents, VINO, while
they unfoded the utility of their invention, or tns
quality of their fabric, persuasiyely solicited your
probable patronage. The Exhibition thus became
to them mart for their merchandise and manuisc-
lures, and the surest means OF increasing men Gus
toners and OF enarging their trade and prohls. bW
of this We should not complain for only Dy ,hsse
means have they been enabled TO remuDera'e thsm'
selves for the heavy expenses many OF them necee
sanly incurred, while the greater portion oi the
articles from the United States were placed on e.
hibition as evidences OF American skii labor, ana
UTILITY wno sny on ,ns par
| remuneratiDg advantages
But now that the immense structure so recently
attracting, unoer Its ample traDsept the loftiest ex.
hbnons Of human power, is about 10 pass into his
tory, may We not triumphantly inquire II there was
| anything wanting from our own country calculated
10 occasion regret When the record comes to b
made up for posterty, 1t will demonstrate that for
| the number OF articles on exhibition, the United
States have not been surpassed BY any other depart
| ment and how UNNECESSARILY is this reflection en-
HANGED, when we consider the tributes we haze re-
celved have been awarded FOE some ne discovery
in science and manufacture or the successful ap-
| plication OF some well known principle to wider
and more useful range In the common purposes OF
! hfe.
l am not insensble to the infinite pleasure Il
would have afforded US IL we could have placed %
exhibition here, before the assembled intelligence
| OF the world, some OF the great elements OF cur
prosperity and renown But they seem to be In
digenous to the Western Continent and can only be
properly estimated that soil where they were
! first fully developed.
Republican Government Of Independent State
SOvereIentes sustained by popular equality and the
representative primo plea liberal and untrammeled
press, with a boundess cIrcula,on-the writ Of
habeds corpus-ihe universal right OF trial by jury
| no national debt-the general prosperity and com.
fort Of each citZen-free public instruction TO all
casses-large and frequent asscmblages Of the peo-
pie, and their unrestricted interchange Of ideas
absolute control OF our legislators through the agen-
cy of the baot-box-and the opportunity thereby
presented 10 the humbest individual OF attaining
the highest dientes Of the Republic
These are the hgaments OF our strength, and on
stiute our legitimate claim for the proper respect Of
mankind There they all are-behOld them. Afford
ing protection and giving subsistence to all who, IN
der The providence Of God, seek refuge from IT,
ranny and oppression.
Gentlemen, all communities have their own high
obligations TO discharge. Since the FIRST organiza'
ton OF society. various nations, at different periods
have been enabled 10 impress the genius OF then
institutions upon surrounding states and influenced
for good or for evil the destoies Of race Such
was the Office performed by Egypt then by Greece,
and subsequently by Rome. In the midst OF this "
iustrious presence, drawn from the intellectual
wealth OF Two great empires the one representing
unconditional liberty and universal suffrage, the
other qualified freedom and limited monarchy, Il
this moment giving the most and dirsc-
ton TO human affairs Let u.s. however, fully realize
that whatever shall tend 10 disturb the amcaoe re-
latons now exIeilng between them, may De Justly
regarded calamity to the progress OF elyilizatoh
throughout the world Let also hope thal me me-
dunn Of a common language and a common iiters
ture together with our IN reaslng social ana DUN
ness relations, may render II impossible for ANY sucn
calamity hereafter 10 arise. That great event, 80
recently concluded, has contributed most powerfully
TO extend 70 tie whole people OF both countries
more accurate Information of the wants, hsolts,
tastes, and sympathes OF each other. In the cor
dial and hearty intercourse, that for months hatn
been Afforded US with eminent citizens from every
quarter OF the globe trust the boundaries OF our
own thought have been enlarged, and we the better
quairhef, from what We have seen, 70 estimate the
Immortality OF our country, still In the early morn
ing Of her youth
Standing where We now do, and anticipating the
future by the past. what glorious inheritance as
people awaits US, know not what the emoNons
Of other men may be. but the pulsations OF my owh
heat beat more feIyently as contemplate me hisn
destination OF my country at the close Of that cen
fury whose first half has so receetly expiei,-an III
telllgent ana industrious population OF more tlsh
one hundred millions, spread over the whole hoaa
ern portion Of the Western HemiSphere-esch man
secured interest Ia the soil with the means u
public instruction provioed for MS children WINE
broad and comprehensive policy shall invite Az ~
tons to unite with us, without any legislative re-
ssictioDs, IN the emu!ous contest thai srdsgles"'
the commerce OF the world -
Gentlemen, let US then return 10 our rcspeca.s
homes. more thoroughly determined than ever ~