Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-06-06
The Worlds Fair.

The Worlds Fair.
What spectacle of greater moral sublimity
has the world ever looked upon than is now
presented to its view in the city of London: p
What scheme, having for its object the well
fare of the race, was ever yet designed, better
calculated to bring the nations of the earth
nearer one common brotherhood, than that so
fifty styled the Worlds Fair 1t is certainly
worth contemplating not merely as a source of
pride and pleasure, but for the enlargement it
gives the mind, both in thought and feelings.
Nothing in history tradition can do this us we'll
In the grandeur of its conception, the mag
nifcencc of ITS execution, and the bencfccnce
Of its results, it may safely challenge the past
for a comparison. Egypt has its pyramids, Je-
rusalen its temple, and Rome its st. Peters
and the world has long priced them as the
proudcst monuments of the skill and genius Of
her sons but how low their objects. how mar
row their uses compared with those of the
" Chrystal Palace! The first are the un>
crumbling evidences of an unworthy ambition
filled with the Wondering bones Of single
nation the second is but the image chamber
of an iniidel people. and the third is consecra
ted only to the believers of one faith but
within the transparent walls of the Chrystal
Palace, all nations can gather the products of
Industry, Art, Science and Manufactures, with
nothing to modest or make afraid. There, in
/ that beautiful tempe of glass and iron, ems
blematic Of purity and strength, are congrega-
ted to-day the representatives of every civilized
people on earth, engaged in honorable, pcace>
| full and praiscworthy warfare; not with weapons
of blood and carnagc-not with the sound of
martial music--but with the implements of Ia
Dor and the products Of thought, cnlivened and
animated with the pcaling notes of the organ
and the choir. 1t is difficult to adequately es
innate the far-renchng influence of this world
wide Festival, it is no simple gathering of
the SONS of single naton to commemorate
some important event in their own history, and
to keep alive a local feeling. 1t is no private
celebration of any consecratcd day in the cal
cndar of scctarian religion; it extends fur
tier. it looks higher embracing the greatest
secular interests of the entire world How
must the honest heart Of the nottingham
swell within his bosom as he enters that vast
cdifcc. consecrated TO Labor and the Arts Of
Peace with what new and inspiring emotion
must the soul of the Artist glow, as he bchods
the creations of his genius, receiving the hon.
age and admiration of assembled nations; how
must the hopes of the Philantlropist brighten,
as the vista of the future opens before hlm-as
he secs fast approaching that long-wished-for
time when peace shall everywhere prevail, and
Labor receive Il worldwide cxaltaton. Cor
daily do VIC respond to the sentiment of 1Ior-
ace Greeley, when, after cloqucntly describing
the prospect which the spectacle suggests to
his mind, he cxclaims, L" Heaven speed the day
when it shall no longer be a prospect, but be-
ngnant and sure rcalzationw But while, MS
citizens of the world we take a Just pride il
the fact that scheme traught with such ben
eft to humanity has fallen to our age and time
-. ought we not, as Americans, to feel a peculiar
sense of modification, that our country is not
> doing more to advance those interests of which
she claims to be the most generous patron =
Is it not cause for shame, that our country'S re-
sources and products are not better represented
at the Worlds Fair Why should our contr
bu,ions be caricaturcd by the English Press
when so many sources and evidences of on
greatness remain at home. 1t is not true tina
we are behind or below the Old World in any
thing that constitutes the true glory of a ma
ton. Why then, should we not strive to exer
! our due measure of influence upon the repre-
II sontatiycs of Monarchy, through our contribu
, tons to this great Festival, so that they ma.
= return to their respective homes not dcspsin!
> us and our professions, but rather longing 10
that form of government which has been, an
= still continues to be, the cause of our prosper
ity, and the promoter of the highest interest
Of mankind
o We perceive that the American Commission
e or is urging his countrymcn to send more cor
e trbutions, saving they will be received unit
a the first of August. Shall his appeal be lost
a Has Vermont nothing more to send?
II THE Man THAT WAS "BRoKE OF HIS REST
About the drollcst man alive, is chap nov
IS in Chicago, well known in Northern Vernon
|. bv thenll of "'rim Watt Say what yo
- might to Tim, he was always ready with
, rcpartac, and Il good one. On one occasion, h
. came into hotel in Burlington, looking rattle
5 faded, and down-in the-mouth. "What's tn
Is matter, Tim Z" said one of the company, "yo
look rather the worse for wear" "Why, yo
!. scc," said Tim, Il haven't slept wink fc
\, three nights last night, tonight, and to-morro
u night" Having set the bar-room in roa
lr Tim left, to make up for his loss by tripl
)r snooZc.
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