New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-24
The London Time upon America nt the
Great Exhihigion

The Tones, which is 50 pcrpetual!y nes-
yous and irritable whenever brother iona
than Is mentioned. has recently emitted tw,
leaders. containing such blasts against
America. that certainly good humor must
have been secured 20 is columns for 4 long
time 60 come We extract the following
generous and GENIAL remarks
Ict u> so hence io ihc United STATES. iha, pattern
c..u'r .or Manchester pVoctllANc.> ana Li.cgpoot
r7a-ctg>. 4 .C~ veCA> ago no.hnS would >l.i>y
~. t.,t,u tut tme ..a journalism. OWNS 90 the
sc>rrcc ot stamp and gantr duties. >at be, Aulcfi-
c.n newspapers were Nrcrurac.c a. hali penny
cac-. .r- Wlat volume, .i ms isci speak Tor ne
.l's. -CucS OF iae Republic No~. n ,0C middle ot
'lt aa.t. close ol i.e spot w1erc the EtteA Save
SHINES Naiawc Wharton m She execution Of
~.s.. rs'.rf.s on ~ pivot. therc Will Pc found a
Whole bundle ot cheap American journals. ami luSt
l.>.c tHt opposite compartment hes a stu larger ME
Ot these famous publications.. /, woUG not De dc
ccr'. perhaps. ,or u> ID draw any detailed conNAr-
>o> ur So tcl,tc tup'c. and there - the les need
for >,I argument ~ The visitors may patiently read
sr.i De-. .e lcr themselves We Wall 90 no more.
tact rr, taan say. what " are >sse every MaRch,
'tl workman Nl. aNuIt t.f.a> Tar - cheap ltef-
aurr" goes. England has t> examples rs well IS
Nu,rra, aut ina, thc newspapers sold m The Cntcd
STAKE, .oy hal.gCany are. unque>uonaoY. NOS halt
goud those >o4 u >tll>ogrf-> luarV lor penny.
Cross now to the south side " .he building. let
'.'.N .'-.'.N t'N t''.'-' ''''t.F
st -o t-e p-oiuc. o. Vermont and Ma>>a huseit> II
Is r.' mUDh to bt sire. That They VII STE hut The
Au o'au> have failed fo display tnc'r MANUFACTURES,
t.t a' least exhibit themselves tct'i in SPe-tiians
>aor . cc .hc motto 90 The compartment, tor - nu-
u,r and NicllNe are thc daguCueotYpC> that W.
cam .a1r Iron lnifed states worthless" ~ ctcctu-
ay as 1--WE had go them within the reachol Roses
telescope Here. then. hr,t praying our friends to
recall what they have been told about the British
my tid - officers, rs 9rStocIai> and Is hncry
compared with the QuaScr.hke economy Of the
states. We desire to remark mat every thd worthy
Is soldier and not only soldier. but officer.
and MOI only officer. bat general, Moreover. they
are ai IN uniform With very big CpauctteS. and II
thCyc is alN truth 100 phN>.ognOmN. they really
"meau Cglfng n the Manchester ami Liverpool
visitor has >tiN any lingering doubts respecting the
reality az ms martial spirit let HIM 80 over 20 the
stall furnished ON Nr samuel Coli for tn bcnebt of
our fancy tilr tie Viii Nud the attendant palilcu-
larry communicative ani easy. naturally proud OF
h, remarkable country and ms distinguished en-
poYer, and ready With every information respecting
The new spinning jenny which Is TO WORK a reyolu-
ton in War The most popular and famous Rvcn
ton 90 American industry is pistol Which VIII Kill
eight time, u.s. quick as the Weapon formerly IN use.
II ha> been exported upon BY committees and sane
toned b' congress. and so keen Is The national APP
prCcaOn 0i THIS great discovery that the Republican
Government of Washington does not hesitate To pay
about three times as much for Cavalry pistols Is
England pays Tor Infantry musNctS
IL the Americans do excite a smile. % l. 10y their
prytenSIou>. Whenever they come out of ihclr own
proNncco rugged ulliiy and enter INTO competition
With European elegance, they certainly do nuke
th,m>s elves ualCuoU> Their Wmtufc - gro
tc>out hrrrarrage> and harness, are gingerbread
their carpets are nwdry their patchwork quilts
,urpa>> even the mFauablc ugilne>s oi tins horic
thtW cut glass Is clumsy their pianos sound OF
nothing hut IRON and wood ther boONblndlng In
that of loumtNman working ON ms own account
M AN English marNet-tONn their dagueueOtypcS
are the ,iemosi and gloomo>i of all dagueueoYpcs.
their printed ctlcoeS are such As our houSemadS
would not think 70 respectable 10 wear Even ther
ingenuity. great is It is. become, ridiculous when
% attempts competition with Europe Double pr
amos a combination of a piano and a violin, a char
with cgar-tr>e M rs back, and other mongrcl con
>tncuons belong 10 people that would De ceniaurS
and mcmcu 10 They could, and are alWas rebelllng
against the trammcls of unity bul why should the
Americans take % so much 10 heart # they cannot
Dee an things 40 once Would n De- reasonable shat
Pam, should envy them the possession of cont
nont Then why should they envy PARIS, or any
other city, ITS natural aptitude for art The Amer-
cansicannot be all thing, at once. len some things
they claim 10 SurpaSs the whole world, aud expect
their supremacy To De allowed IS matter OF course.
In other respects they are rs plainly behndhand AMI
must remain 80 for ages. The Americans have really
no occasion 10 fret Al the homey and even uncouth
figure they cut hy The side of their aelghbOrs Even
supposng they heard few sneers." they may say,
with the wealthy man
"Populus mlh sbiat, At mih' pinudo
nation with a continent m MS pocket can afford
to oe laughed at After all. the American section Is
the hteSt possible picture of The geographical part,
not merely rs iaStldlOus Europeans might describe
n. but even 10 would strike American himself
ln ms progress from the Broadway 10 the Missouri
or the RIO Graudc. l. America not content with
beng America, but does % want 10 be- Europe also
lct 70 beware m time OF mat fatal ambition II the
United states wise they viii De more anxious to
ascertain their own place and keep tO 1t, han 10 be
many nation, 100 one. They viii see that. rs Europe
cannot be America, 80 America cannot be Europe.
The significance Of this perOratlon we un-
derstand to be this, that If the United States
are wise they will content themselves with
growing cotton, and not attempt to manulac-
ture 1t, in manner impertinent and disa~
greeable to England. And, deprecatIng the
wrath of the Times, We cannot but indulge
a smile that q nation as VIGOROUSLY deficient
in contryances Of grace as 1t Is proficient IN
those of comfort, whose carriages are the
apotheoses Of clumsiness, whose tailoring
Is the oke OF the world, since clothes were
not alone intended to protect the body, but
to protect it gracefully and satisfactorily to
the eve whose great virtue IS the stolid
conservatism Of the Roast Beef-and- Beer
of-Old- England patriotism, which this kind
of article Is intended to stimulate that, IN
fine, John Bull, who believes Theoretically
in the Thirty-nine Articles and practically
in plum-puddug, should undertake to crIti-
else inventions Of grace or taste But after
all it is the humorous development of one Of
those many weak points by the display Of
which our good old Uncle John occasionally
treats the world 10 a laugh.
CHlEF JUSTICE HoRSBLowER PRoNoUNcEs