The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-07-16


all parties, from the most sanguine to the most
skeptcal. 1t is great " fixed fact" 1t will,
from all present appearances, be successful ia
the highest degree, and in the most comprehen-
sve sense of that all-sufiicient word of infinite
signifcancy- 1t will be successful in
its benefcent results as the great industrial
congress of all the civilized nations of the earth
successful in convincing the people of E9rope
and of America that they have much yet to
learn of each other-successiul in vndicatiug
before the disciplined skill ard genius OF the
Old World the indomitable energy, ingenuity,
and enterprise Of the New-successfu as
Worlds Fair, as q national exhibition as
local attraction, and as a private speculation.
In each and oil of these particulars we antci-
pate the most hattering success in the crown
ing results OF our New York Crystal Palace.
1t would be work of supererogation to re-
capitulate the various obstacles snd embarrass-
ments which delayed the formal opening of the
building from the originally appointed genial
month Of May to the sultry middle of July
and it were also idle to suggeS now any modi-
fications in the fulhlment OF this bold concep-
ton which would have given it more of the
prestige Of nationality and universally than
| is attached to its organization. Unquestiona-
bly,, the cooperation of Congress, and the coope-
ration of the several States in their sovereign
| capacity, in getting up this exhibition. would
have added intellectually to its grandeur and its
| success; but all this would have required time.
| and in the interval this Augustan era of gene
raj peace might have been interrupted by the
| diretul necessities of war. In seizing, there
| fore, upon time so suspicious as the present
| it is probable that more has been gained than
| all which may have been lost in dispensing with
| those more formal preparations we have indi-
| Gated. What is accomplished and secured
is sufficient for the largest expectations
of the managers and the American pub
lic-it is the substantial nucleus of a worlds
collection. which will doubtless result in filing
the Palace to its utmost capacity with the
choicest specimens of art and skill ere get the
supplies are suspended
At this starting point therefore a few pass
ing observations in reference to the manage
ment of this exhibition may not be altogether
Improbable. We noticed on the day Of the in
auguration that though the Palace was opened
the mass of the exhibition was still closed The
Italian department, with its beautiful statuary
and paintings and exquisite mosaics in wood,
was perhaps the only section of the establish
ment which appeared to be in any degree COM
pleted. if we except the arrangement of those
fine bronzes, japanned ware, and pictures from
Holland; and that sublime group of statuary,
from Denmark. of our Saviour and his disciples.
Elsewhere, hither and thither, hasty display
for the occasion of porcelain or stationery, or
cutlery. or miscellaneous articles, made up
the sum total of the visible effects Of the
Institution. But the vast collection. dis
persed all over the building, of huge and
heavy boxes very satisfactorily indicated that
already were the materials at hand for large,
diversified and brilliant exhibition. In addition
to this. many boxes. bales and packages, are
still ia traasiiu, or lying in the custom house.
as for instance, the Gobein tapestries and the
Sevres china contributed by the Emperor Louis
Napoleon, which are still under the care
Collector Bronson. These facts and the remark
able popularity Of this substantial public enter
tainmcnt we have no doubt will attract large
accession of desirable foreign and domestic
WHO nave L1uS Decl awaiting
the success Of the experiment
Having, then every reasonable ground Of
belief that there will be no necessity Of admit
ing any commonplace trash to ill up the avail
able space of the Palace, it is to be hoped that
all such trash viii be carefully excluded. As
we understand it the design is that the articles
contributed shall he hefnest specimens of their
u
and We presume this design will be rigidly car
red out. with the encouraging prospect before
the company Of an abundance of superior
articles on hand and yet to come. Another
thing should not be overlooked-the possibility
of exhibitors trading upon borrowed capital
Suppose for example, that a fashionable and
enterprising Broadway barber shond get up
magnificent fancy pavilion full Of Partisan per-
tumery, and festooned with Partisan artificial
fowers-composed, in fact. to great extent, if
not entirely of articles of French manufacture.
from top to bottom-we should say the United
States quarter was not the quarter for him.
He should be turned over to the French depart
ment, and there his fanciful temple should
stand. Again, if another enterprising dealer in
fancy goods, purporting to be American, bat
which have been brought over from Paris,
should get up splendid and costly case for the
exhibition Of his choicest specimens Of these
Partisan articles, we should say that that case
belongs TO the quarter FRANCHISE and not to
the department Of the United States.
To be still more explicit-let US suppose that
there i here in New York house Of high
standing extensively engaged in the importa-
ton ofwhite French china. which il gilded and
decorated by artists employed in this city. We
are satisfied that that house would Indignantly
scout the idea Of entering their goods as Ameri-
can articles, further than their gliding and
decorations, though there may be others Of va