Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1853-07-07
Industrial Worlds Fair.

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men can be viewed, is in daily strife
one man seeking to destroy the life Of
another-and yet what is history but a
series of descriptions of massacres, bat
lies. sieges and cities laid in ashes; des-
pots and mighty conquerors with their
butChering hordes pass in glittering array
! from page to page. Man appears to be
the most vicious of all animals in res
! pect to the wanton destruction Of his
own species. Hatred and strife, because
of the evils which they entail should be
avoided by all wise men and all enlight
ened nations. In order to accomplish this
! object, the spirit of mutual good will
should be generally cultivated. As a
means of accomplishing this end, we hail
cd the "World's Fair of 1851. in Lon
don, as the grand pioneer of series of
such exhibitions, which would rotate tr
annually among all the civilized nations Of
the earth, and which would tend to bind
/ them closer and closer by the frateTnal
cords of an enlightened self interest. and
honest emulation TO excel in the arts of
peace. Our hopes respecting such future
results are now exceedingly faint. The
prospect Of a Worlds Fair, one worthy
Of the name in France in 1888, in Amer
! ica in 1888 and so on rotating among all
! the enlightened nations Of the world, as
we at one time anticip ipated, will not, and
cannot, we are sure, be realized. This
wear there are in two different and sepa-
rate countries, two Worlds Fairs in name
/ but only local affairs in reality. One
is now open in the city of Dublin, Ire
/ land the other is to be in New York City.
The Irish Crystal Palace is said to be ex
ceedingly creditable to the people of Dub
! lin. but we have seen nc Illustration OF
it excepting that funny che in the New
York Daily Times. consisting of five os.
all in row. The New York Crystal Pal
ace has yet TO earn a good name if 1t can.
We, however, consider that the Crystal
Palace Of Dublin, and especially the one
in our own city, barriers to future World
( Fairs. We hope we may be mistaken,
but it is not possible that nations can
unite periodically in great industrial ex-
hibitions after spending their strength
and wealth in disjointed and extraordln-
ary local efforts. We do moi allude to
annual State and county industrial fairs,
as these are not attended with great ex-
pense to exhibitors. and rather serve to
fit them for successful! competition among
the nations; we only allude to very expen-
Sive fairs like the New York Crystal Pal
ace, which we consider anything but hon
orable to our country, as it blocks up the
pathway to a future Worlds Fair in a.
merica, one worthy of its greatness, and
the genius aid skill of its enterprising
people. Let US look calmly at the case
as it stands. and see if we have not good
reasons, as lovers of our country, for feel
ing deeply on this subject.
The New York Crystal Palace is the
property OF a Joint Stock Company com
posed of merchants, lawyers, and
stock -jobbers. 1t was projected by the
American Commissioner TO the Worlds
Fair of 1851. and was designed for money
making objects; in fact, the project has
been looked upon as such an excellent
speculation for paying good dividends.
that the stock has been running up and
down from par to seventy per cent above
it. 1t has been represented abroad as
! Worlds Fair--a national exhibition, in
stead of the fair of mercantile company,
in order to make it highly successful.
hence the Queen of England has appou
ted a ROYAL Commissioner TO represent
her Court in the person of the Ear. of Ell
lesmerc, who has come TO our shores III
fine frigate appointed for that purpose,
and with a brilliant staff of Joint Com
missioners consisting of Charles Lyell
Bart, and Professors Wilson, Dixie, Wal
lis, and Whitworth-all distinguished
men in the pursuits of science. These
men we're no doubt appointed with per-
feet understanding that they were coming
to Worlds Pathfinder national pat
ronage--instead of the Crystal Palace of
a mercantile company. They no doubt
expected to find it fair worthy OF the
spirit of our people, one that would be
faithful index Of our country's genius and
power; but instead Of finding magnlfi-
cent and large structure corresponding in
dimensions with our great population
twenty six milions-they have found
only an unfinished but neatly designed
building. placed SO unfavorably that it is
dwarfed by neighborlng water reservoir.
and surrounded with dust. dirt and grog-
geries. We hope that when the exhibi-
ton opens, a favorable impression will
be made upon those distinguished for
eigners who have come here to view the
handiworhs of our people.
At present things cannot but make
most unfavorable impression upon them
but neither our government nor our peo-
pie are responsible for any disappoint-
ment in their expectations.
Scientific american.
o~-Mrs. Lowman, of Buckingham m