The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1851-08-29

~ - 10 inc sedul0us refusal OF all !DIefl(
specimens, that the faultless excclIene
of the English Department in the Exbb
iion is 10 be ascribed, and il is from tn
want Of such dligent wedding, that th
American quarter presents so many thing
TO excite condemnation and ridcule.--
Everybody being at.libery TO send wha
he chose, a number OF tradesmen l,av
have sent out their cheap and WORTHLESS
commodities by way of ofspeculaiion, estah
fishing agencies for the sale Of them il
London, and using The Exhibition as
mere advertising shop.
Upon a view of the whole cnse, ther,
| is no reason why our countrymen shoult
feel discouraged or humbled in regard Il
the comparative merit of their manufac
turing arts. We are entirely confden
ihat il the same efIicien, means wer,
adopted here which were in operation in
Great Britain, 10 bring out an adequate
representation OF the national produc-
lions, the fruits OF our industry woule
make not onl, crediabl o, but even !
distinguished figure, beside those O
every nation in Europe. In some things
we should fall short, but in many we
should greatly surpass them. But whal
are we TO do, 10 Withdraw ourselves from
the unfortunate condition into which ac.
cident and neglect have betrayed usi-
How are we 10 set ourselves right in the
judgment OF other lends, and vindicaie
our just title 10 general respect? Nothing,
we fear, can be done for the present
Exhibition. Il is TOO laie, and the sub
ject cannot now be taken up system
atically; and for our own part, we would
rather the presen: trial pass completely
by default. But there with be repeii-
ton of this great display. We have no
doubt that in The course Of four or fiye
YET ars, another Worlds Fair, on even q
grander scale, will take place. What
part is America TO take on that occasion! I!
Shall she take counsel Of her wounded
sensibiliiies, and remain sullenly al home
Shall il be said that she has been sneered
ard sniff1ed, and soutied off the fieldi-
that she dare not show her face in the
Of her sister nationsi Forbid
il pride! America must be there, in all
her manifold and mighty slrcngth.-and
by the full display Of her real and un-
questionable excellencies, she must
answer and silence the unworthy con
umely Of the British editors.
That this country, when her forces,
ire fairly marshalled, may outflank the
ines Of every nation on the globe, let no
doubt. Let US look at one
'ingle depariment-s-ille highest, most
and most Neutrality-suspicious..
England has roomful Of marbles and
plaster casts; Austrian Italy furnishes
mother equally large. These are pro-
,ably the most creditable and most
dmired contributions in the whole CAL
ec,ion. Yet America hade il ia her
,ower TO submit display Of works of this
ind.which would have thrownAusira and
Ingland into utter inferiority. We have
tolerabIe familiarity with The produc-
ions Of the chise Of every nation in Eu-
ope; and we defy any man 10 contradict
is, when we affirm that the American
chool Of sculpture IS at this time by far
he most splendid in the world. II is
roposiiion that admits Of no dispute
Ind how was this--,he FIRST Of all the
lasses of exhibited objects, in which 10
ave triumphed would have given us the
risteia Of the whole contest-how was
his filed up by our countrymen2 Will
be believed that the native land of
'owcrs, Of Greenough, Of Crawford, and
{ Browne, sen, not one single statue !,
OF one single cast, Of any sort whatever!
let it is even SO. By happy sugges-
ION Of Mr.. LaGrence-who, seeing the
itiable collapse Of the American effort,
lought Of borrowing the Greek Slave
lone single specimen of the genius of
ur sculptors is there's but il is there by
,e libcrality ofan Englishman. As il
!, that solitary block ofmarble constitu'
IS our highest pretension TO respect, and |
itself saves us from indgnity. We
ndertake to assert, thar, at the next Ex.
ibition, America can fill room with
venty statues, the least meritorious Of
hch shall be superior to the best that /
,y other nation shall furnish. For what
as Italy, Germany, or England produced
the last fifteen years, that can be
,mpared to Crawford's Orphens or
roserpine-lo Greenough's Medora or
the group now in bis studio at
Powers Eve, or America,
his heads Of Webster and Marshall
others which we might enumerate?
This matter Of sculpture is but a
,ecimen Of all the rest. There is not
inch of American cloth in the present
xhibiiion. There are no culicoes,
,cept some half-dozen very COM
on place pieces sent by one single CON-
my. There are no carpets. ln linen, y
tton, woollen and silk stuffs, there is
no show whatever. There
no machinery. OF the thousand ad- i
irable patent inventions which have s
ZEN originated here, not haifa-dozen {
Q to be seen. We ourselves could
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