New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-11-01

egance of the caricature Blu, the disrespet
felt IL not founded in Ignorance alone but also in relative
incapaciy to appreciate each others characters even
when properly recognized. The practical ~ nj con
tempt for the poetic the sent;men.aiss disgust for the
uiarinn, are the preudces of imperfect cniare II
you would make nations understand Torc of each other
ycr must not merely make them acquainted, bind them
together by commercial interest you must cula in
each appetite for the tastes and tendencies which
prevail in tho other. When see in the Crystal Palace.
that Austria furnishes larger share Ofscles OF artistic
products than any other country although only done
By claiming the products Of Lonbariy and Venice which
che has wickcdly spoiled, begin to doubt whether
may not b. hing preudices against the civilization
Of that nation which, better knoyledgs would disdan
and when my taste for what is elegant and tasteful is
heightened by studying the graeeulnes and skill OF every
French Manufacture, give up my here itary persuasion
that all Frenchmen dancing masters and dsndies.
when ine gous OF slatuary from Italy move nc to IN
firing admiration, 10 longer think sentiment useless
Unfuul root Of national character and begin n
pect that iszzaroni and banditt the only poPlla
latioB OF that lovely peninsula. In truth, Immense
amount OF national prejudice the source Of hatred and
contempt and finally Of war. Is di-pated by Exhib
ton which collects the various and diversified products OF
the industry and taste Of nsons aud DEVELOPS an ADM
ration or appreciation Of what is excellent in the spirit and
labor Of each Al time when Europe threatens 10 break
into general war cannot too much exal the Of
ell means OF international communication whether of pro-
duets or ideas and the successive Exhibitions at London,
Dublin New York. will have contributed in no incoasid
cradle degree to defer any breach Of the worlds peace
and to shorten and soften any begerent operations that
may rnhappily commence.
H. But now in the second place lot look at the uniOn
Of Man with Nature which is typihed and illustrated in
the Great Exhibition And here the ground Is not Ind
Iuabe ara nr ady made for but requires diserinna
iioa end argument The promotion of this union between
Man and Nature is certan its Is questioned
The increang tendency Of society to what Is sten called
mateTiahsm Is most papably displayed aid confirmed Dy
this collection and sample Of the Worlds Industry The
compact Of mind with matter, of the invisible spirit with
the visible world never seated more proudly thar IN
the praise and pride called forth BY the wonderful deve
opmoIt of comfort and luxury here exhibited Here we
epiome OF modern society and learn what The race
doing The Crystal Palace IA the show case or front
window Of the World Workshop
It's design and effect is TO show what the world is about
what the world has ale and il plainly enough pub
she the fact, that in cellar and attic manufacturing city
or private work shop by water power steam power ana
hand power, The men, and children Of the world
the loom and the forge the chse and the plane az
work in IRON liton and clay in sis cotton aud wool in
wood ivory end gums building better houses weaving
finer clothes carving elegant furniture noldng more
graceful dishes casting smoother wares in every way
multiplying and perfectng the comforts and eegances Of
daily life This splendid upholstery this gorgeous plate
these downy carpets this pictured porcelain this cleaning
cutlery with pearl keyed instruments OF music, aud tables
rlad with pocOus woods and carved with aitstic grace
with all the means and appliances for giving ease
to the touch delicious odor. sounds and sights TO the
other senses cconomizng iabor time and waste OF
meeting every defect caprice or susceptibility OF the hu
constitutions making deafness, blindness lamsness
almost no misfortune taking away the toll from labor tho
edum from losurchere turning necessary industry into
sport and there converting sport into useiplness iSno
Vo are eady 10 ask this unexanped industry Of the world
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destined drown the in just that ndolent self ndu
ecnce; that soft efcmnacy that vicious materalisn
which has been the destruction Of morality aad faith in
Older nations ard against which virtue aud piey are &C
customed to protest with all their strength
If Dudson, the heroic and haowed Missionary TO Bar
mIh whose lie has just been publshed-a man who made
himself exile for nearly forty years to preach me Gos
pei 70 the benghted Bumans and harens Of India, ana
suffered every form If physical and moral hardship in bis
devotion to the single idea Of procaining Chrt TO tne
Heather If Judson could stand in the midst OF the Crystal
Palace and look upon it, complicated costly and luxurious
apparatus promoting the physical and economic ease and
pleasure Of the Christian world, presume his single eye
would I'll with tears OF Indignation and disgust at these
temptations and provisions for Christian population
There bats and lures for appetite and ease these eaoo
rate means for removing everything painful sel1ep ing
labOTiOus in the human lot Tor tapping VIE SOU IN an
eysyum of Incidence and selfish satisfaction And this
woalih and pans OF ingenuity, this talent and genuh nc
would exclaIn wasted on mems bodies, while miiions
of souls in heather lands are ponshing Tor the PLAN
bread of life - Tens of thousands are there IN our coun
try Who il they knew the meaning OF their own eeeds
o sympatizo with these hypothetical ieengsof the
heavenly minded Apostle to the Burma ought to l9sk up
The Crystal Palace epitone of lost word-the
brilliant device OF the enemy Of souls to beguhe mea
foueh their unto fogotfuness othe wrath OF GOd
and the fatal curse daTkenng the swirl coming usure
Tie fatal concession which the uphollers Of comfort ana
luxury apt TO make in their argument with religion
this that enience elegance luxury ease and
asacon gross and external in their aim and end
they in their materials and instruments Iney are
opt to overlook the advantage they have IN thi,
argument from their ability to reOri upon the spu iss'
d tr own charge of maeTiasm. What might the de-
fender of the arts and sciences, OF the economic
esthetic sk and industry OF the world eXcaim to the
ultraist and L. 1t not you who are the worst me
teriest You seem TO forget that the body Is the Shrine
Of the soul that the do not terminate in themselves
but in the mind tet sounds do not end in the ear ID.
tastos In the mouth, sights in the eye-bu that AL
have tLCir orrand TO the sOulthat in the bodily sen
sations haze their recognition and formal use in mental
and moral sensbos II You suppose that comfort ease,
Ieence taste luxurv are addressed er0yed by the
body chiefly alone YOU must forget that you are dealing
with 4 man. and not with al animal
But theory aside a. simple matter OF tact, IN pro
portion e. moral and intellectual refinement does the taste
icr msterel comfort and elegance increases and redexy
comfort and elegance instead OF brutyng man, have
dire and powerful tendency to soften hs heart open his
conscience ard refine hs soul The tendency of high
civilization and 10 purge the physical and
material Of their brutal faint and bring them into alliance
with moral and spiritual thing The nrst thing whch an
accomplished educator does with an idiot, Il 10 mako MN
with spoon and out OF dish, instead 81 using ms
fingers and the floor and the development Of MS mnd
pace with his subsection to the decences anu usaes
Of civilized life II is with the savage. IL i 50 with
all advance from lower 10 higher stages of humanity IL
you would give man Of rude manners some refinement
place Linn where any object lac checks his bo)rshaeSs
II be pit upon the moor pun carps' on u, anu nc WIZ
think before lie does il If lie whittlo his scat MAKE
il Of rosewood and satn and he will cease TO do 1t at
all. lie whole tendency OF rude I'LL nished, lneiegah
homes make perptuate within them rude graceiess
ard reckless occupants The increase Of comfort beauty
convenience and grace in the homes OF Chrtendom 80 lar
from being unayorable 10 the prospects OF morality or
spirituality il directly productive OF the order self
leIe dignity and decency which are hrs conditions OF
moral sensihly and spiritual lie. Indeed, - next 10
impossible TO carry the Gospel into uncivized countries
Commerce must precede Observation-Disclosures 60
hand in hand step ia adv OF christianzaton
Trade industry economical ambition are the precursors Oh
morality and petty In new countries countries new to
tie Gospel.
But leaving the religious objection of luxury we en-
counter another anxiety What reason have VIC 20 believe
that the luxury of the 18th century any safer than an
ent or more modern luxury We know the fatal inau
erce Il Lad in ancient BybylOn, Rome in modern France
ard ngand in the days Of the great monarch in and
the gay nODsrch in the other country. Why should it