New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-23

Wazeppa." IN clay, By Plerot,i, though 10;
withou, good points, is extremely unequai-.he
face of Mazeppa, in particular, being exceeding
/ ly weak. ~
Manfredni exhibits a very pleasing Mar
cissus;" Croft, group Of " Hermes ana oai,
mace" Of great merit, and very oeaa''ui
| al, eda :" and we conclude our examination OF
| tho nurelv artistic portion of the Great Exhlbi-
ZION with the consOling conviction that notwlth-
| standing the fears OF those who regard as sign
| of deoeneracy the tendency of Modern Art to IN
| corpoIa,e itself more and more widely In the
| creations Of industry, the power OF evoking me
purely beautiful, apart from all considerations OF
material advantage, and for the simple "use OF
being fair" though not the leading spirit OF the
age is vet very far from being extinct is iadeed
etiu living. still active and full OF vitality OF
most happy augury for future days
And now, having finished our survey OF Inc
various treasures which fill the House OF r anne,
| we can in some degree measure It's grandeur as
| an ACCOMPLISHED Fact in the worlds history, and
| annrecia,e it's significance as a Prophecy OF the
| new social era that is coming But like all
great Thoughts, whether spoken or acted the
Worlds Fair is eminently sugge stive, and vol
umes might be written without exhaustng me
topics furnished by this generous theme Inc
Intrinsic worth and dignity OF Labor, as a,tested
by the worth and dignity OF It's fruits the mus
tlce of social regime under which, as IN CID
fashioned hives, the honey-bees perish while the
spoiler approprlates the products OF their toll
the beauty OF the pacific struggles IN which all
the combatants are gamers; the steFlllty OF mere
political action, and the emptiness OF mere po-
litical glory, when compared with the iecundlty
of industrial activity, to do honor to whose grand
results the whole world comes fiocklng as TO
festival these, and thousand other trains OF
thought grow out spontaneously from the teach
ngs of the Crystal Palace.
Who again, while examining these countless
objects of comfort and pleasure, drawn from
every department Of Natures store. house, has
not been painfully seliconvicted of Ignorance
with regard to the origin, properties and uses OF
the greater portion OF even the simplest products
of industry, and lamented the singular system OF
sO.called education" to which we have all been
subjected, and which would seem TO have been
devised for the express purpose OF examining our
heads with useless matters, and preJudlces often
| worse than useless, To the entire exclusion oil
| sound practical, available information on matters
pertaining to everyday existence who has not
| ionped TO 90 again TO tmer school, and TO make
| acquaintance with the vertabe guarantees
| of real life , who has not vowed TO do his best,
at least, to secure these wiser teachings TO those
| who are coming after US
| Moreover when we see how invaluable are
| the services rendered by the most seemlngly-ln-
| significant substances how vast an increase OF
| worth the highest elements may acquire IRON
| the adunction OF the humblest, and how lndls-
peDsabe is every portion of existence TO the per-
| lection OF the Whole, who has not felt that IN
very truth
| "There is 10 great and no small
To the soul that maketh all y
For without water where were steam without
| the rubbish of mineral deposits where were
| electricity without the ulces of trees OF which
a child's needless tread might have trampled
| down the germ where would be the submarine
| telegraph
If in the earliest ages men had wantonly root
| cd out the brambe rose, the unpretending weeds
| OF the field the crab-apple, the wild-peach, and
the sloe, where would be the glorious Centfola,
the fragrant Canatlon, and the luscious frultage
Of modern Summers In the animal kingdom,
also, has not the skill of man succeeded in ope
rating transformations as wonderful and vaua
BILE as those produced IN the vegetable and NINE,
raj And if the crude germs OF the lower world
contain such inexhaustlble treasures, II each be
the embodiment of some special form OF use and
beauty which no other than itself could supply,
can We doubt that each particular branch OF the
human family has also It's own latent quality and
worth, necessary TO the final perfection OF the
| race and which cannot he supplied by any other
Setting aside then, all considerations OF Justice
| and of right, how insensate is the policy when
| IN dealing with the so.called savage and baroa-
| rian nations, destroys instead OF developing,
| extermlnates those integral elements OF humanl-
| ty, through the violence OF superior force anu
the peIidy of superior cunning, instead OF rally
lpp them through the ascendency OF superior
| know ledge. and absorbing them through the at
| traction OF reciprocal benefit Who can see
| without regret, exhibited among the splendid
| trophies OF European industry the delicate mat
| tings, the tasteful little baskets, the rude but
pleasing carvings, touching relics OF certain SIM
| pie trlbes of New-Zealand and Van Oemans
| Land, now alas ertinct, crushed out OF existence
by the iron heel of their powerful elder brethren
And is II not evident that they who, IN their lg-
| norance and isolation, could accomplish 50 much,
were susceptible of cultivation and Improvement,
and possessed OF qualities that would have amply
repaid the labor of their instruction And Is II
not to be feared tina, England, In ex,ermnating
the Hlndoos and kaffrs, France In roofing out
the Algerian tribes the United States IN de-
stroymg the Aborigines Of the New World, are
really eliminating SO many constituent elements
of Humanity That certain tones will be want
ing In the great concert, certain hues missing III
the PRISM, certain forms and perfumes lacking
IN the Eden of the future
Who again. IN contemplating this magnificent,
epltome Of human skill and labor, and drawing
up the long inventory OF useful and pleasant
things already IN existence, can fan 10 remark
that productive industry has already attained
degree OF development altogether dlspropOrtion-
ate to the exlgences OF eur present social state
| The great mass of the human race mhablt crowd
ed and filthy dwellings, are covered with rags,
and wear out their existence in repugnant toll
sordld misery and british ignorance even the
most favored portions of humanity are very far
from having attained the conditions OF rch and
| healthy life. Yet we have forces at our COM
mand capable OF TRANSPORTING the whole face Of
material existence we have agricultural impe-
ments and Improvements that might bring the
entue surface OF the globe under cultivation, and
provide abundance for all earth's Children build
ing materials natural and arilhclaD fit only for
the construction of palaces and abundant enough
- dot, fka .1r,1.
together with furniture and decorations worthy
only Of these sumptuous homes facilities for the
generation and diffusion OF heat and light, and
The innumerab'e comforts thence resulting. not
only applicable on the NOS; generous scale, but
,nappiicable on any other machinery to perform
| tho tasks that excs,d The measure nj hmm an