New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-05-06
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

T"THE CRYSTAL PALACE AND ITS
Ly,sos, bv HoaAcr GsrELEY the title Of lecture
giving the personal observations of the suthor on tho
Worlds Fair win the reflections naturally suggested by
the Exhibition The following passage presents ono
Of the Lessons deduced by the lecturer;
ye,o,emors lesson; The Worlds Fair shall teach
m tbe cheering truth that there IL rghuully no such
thing ne Over Production or giut 10 tne LABOR mar
ket There may be msdreced "eleo, Useless o.
worse than useless Industry like that devoted 10 the lab
ycstion of indictments Of Gaming or Intoxicating Bev.
erspes but of the Labor and skl devoted ~ the pro-
duction of whatever Is needul, 10 tributary 70 Man
ubvsc sustenance, intellectual and moral culture, or
material comfort there not and cannot De too much
IL all were insist being employed ard subssted In
the fabrication Of Hats OF Chntzes, OF Pianos or
Wallpaper there would of course be giut IN that par
ucular department but corresponding deficiency 10
others Not until every family shall be provided With
commodious and comfortable habation, ana tha, nso
xssion amply supplied with Food and Fuel not only but
Nth Clothing Furniture, Books, Maps Charts, Glooes,
Musical Instruments and every other auxiliary to moral
and Intellectual growth rs well as To Fnysca coni'r
can we nationally talk Of excessive Production Inere
Ia no such thing AZ general Over Production and can Do
MORE. Immense the collection OF useful pIoducts
which the Crystal Palace enolds 1t Ia yet but drop N
the bucket when compared with the far va'ter agsre-
gate required TO satisfy the legitimate wants OF Europe
sne though that by far the best supplied OF the four
quarters Of the globe II each llng In wealthy ana
profusey manufacturing Englandhone were 10 DC htiy
and adequately furnished from the existing stores the
undertaking would very dismante not merely the
CRYSTAL Palace but nearly all the shops and warehouses
In the Kingdom. There IL at no time lack OF employ
meut because no more needed work remains undone,
but only the machinery OF Production mas not
vet been adjusted and perfected TO bring the WORK
and the Workers into their rghul and fruitful RELATION
Jp and down the streets of every great city wander
thousands sier thousands, seeking work from day 70
day and seeking it in vain when they themselves would
reciprocaly afford demand Tor eacn oner laoor,
market for each others products, II they could but be
placed where they truly belong. Several know now 70
spin Cotton, Flax or Wool others 20 weave them al
into fabrics; and sl others TO fashion them into the
garments whereof the unemployed nearly all stanh Ia
need while other thousands Oh thus hungry muu'uhe
know how grow the grain, and dig cut the fuel and
make the bread which essential to them ali Then
why roam this hageard legion from day 10 d'y from
week 10 week from month MONTH idle, anxious fam
ished taered miserable aud desparngf Doyou answer
that they lack Industrial training and thence productive
effciencyi Then, tell you, greater shame 10 US,
practical workers or IN some capitalists who re-
azng their defect and how II brushes them 70 the earth
realizing AT least that they must live somehow, and
that so long as they may remau idle their su'tenance
must out OF our earnings or our hoar1s-5ali LOOK
vacanty, stuIdly on and see them founder ever 10
this tantaizing and ultimately devouring whirlpool,
withou, stretching forth hand TO rescue and save them
As ind viduals the few do little nothing; bat as
the State the whole might do much--every thing--or
these poor, perishing strugglers. As LOOK out upon
their idireced Dcoherent, ineffective efforts 10 mad
work and bread they picture themselves ON my mhts
eve an disjonted fragments and wrecks of Hnm2ny-
mere heads, trunks, or lmbs-(Ctener hands )-Orn
apart by some nscrutable Providence, and anXOusly
dumhy awaiting the creative word, the electric ntsn
which alone recombine and restore them TO their
proper integrity and practical efficiency. Tnst word .
individual has power 10 speak but Society," tae STATE
the COMMONWEALTH may readily pronounce it. Let
the State but decree'There shall be work for every
who will do it but subsistence in pauper idle
ness for any the incapable Of working and all
will be Transformed Take the orphan from the cellar
the beggar from the street. The petty hcher from the
crowded wharves, and place them all where they must
their bread and ia earning acquire the capacity
to labor efficiently for themclvesthis il pnary die
tate of Public Economy less than of enlightened
Philanthrophy. Palaces vaster and more commodous
than Paxton dreamed of might be built and fur
nished by the labor which itself out in vain
attempts to find employment-by the application of fac
ultes undeveloped perverted to evil ends. Ony
let Society recognize and its duty TO find work for
all who find none for themselves, and the realm of
Misery end Despair will be threetouths conquered ut
blow by IndnstrY Thrift and Content