Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1853-08-04

mere and daughters were present.
FOREIGN MINISTER'S, &c.
Gen. Almonte, Minister Plenipotentiary
from Mexico.
NJ. de Sartgecj Minister Plenipotentiary
from France.
M. de OSna, Minister Plenipotentiary
from Peru.
After prayer by DR.. Wainwright, and
the singing of a hymn to the air of "Old
Hundred" Hon. Theodore Sedgwick ad-
dressed the President in a neat speech, to
which the President made the following
reply:
Jfr. President and
Gentlemen Of the Association:
In behalf of the gentlemen who are with
me, as well as on my own account, | re-
turn you my most warm and cordial thanks
for the kind expressions with which you
have been pleased to receive tne. / have
come here, Sir, 10 testify the interest / feel,
and the respect | enteatrin for this great In
dustrial Exhibitiohi designed and calculated
to promote all that belongs to the interest of
our country. You, Sir, and the gentlemen as
sociated with you, have laid claim upon all
of us for thanks that Will be enduring
Whatever may be the short cotnings, Of
which you have spoken, l can only say that
they appear not here; and, so far as | have
been able TO learn, do not appear at all.
Applause.
Everything around us reminds lis that
we are in utilitarian AEGEAN age where
science, instead of being locked up from the
admiration of the world, has become tribu-
taty to the Arts, the manufactures, agricul-
ture and all that gees 10 promote our social
comfort. [Applause. Sit, if yon had
achieved no other good than that which you
have astie in bringing together citizens from
hll parts Of the Union, yct ~ould hare full
filled one of the most important missions
that Can be imposed upon any one Of us
that of strengthening the bonds of our Un-
ions [Great applause.l Sir, You have
done more-=and YOU have already alluded to
it, Your Exhibition has brought together
men eminent in almost all the walks of life,
from every civilized country on the face of
the globe. 4 s[Applattse.l And TINS you
have done more than could have been done
in any other mode to promote that great OBJ
ject, dear to you, dear 10 me, and dear to
my venerable friend near me, Bishop VAIN
wright peace and good will among men.
[ Applause But, sir, have not the voice
TO address you more. Returning you again
my thanksgiving you my hearts best
wishes for your enterprise, l mnst conclude.
Great applause
Mr.. Sedgwick, when the President had
finished, proposed three cheers for the
President, which were responded 10 by the
Multitude.
In noting upon such an ovation, it would
be grateful task TO us TO speak with un-
qualified praise of all the proceedings, but
we feel it duty to make an exception, and
one Of the most positive and condemnatory
force.
We do not in this connection make much
account of the Crystal Palace and its con-
tents, not being ready. Let any one enter
the premises and see the apparently infinite
detail of beams, rafters, pillars arches, par
titions, glass, tints; and add to that the care,
trouble and calculation to place in their
proper positions and under their best
phases, nll the goods from six thousand con-
tributors, and the vulgar complaint against
the place and its treasures not being ready,
will be swallowed up in admiration of the
ARCHITECTURAL and generally esthetic splendor
of the scene.
OF its beauty, there is but one opinion
Mr.. Pierce and all those who came witt
him, seeing it for the first time, were evi'
IDENTIFY thrilled with delight No words are
at all too strong for admiration, first, fol-
Messrs. Christensen and Gildemester, the
Architects of the Crystal Palace, and ther
Mr.. Sedgwick and the gentlemen connected
with him in the elaborate and difficult worl
of supervision. Under these circumstances
the triumph of the scene, so thorough and 81
far exceeding expectations, must silence
reflections on the delays as 10 the time o
the Exhibitions and the public agreed full.
with Mr.. Pierce when he would not admi
of the existence Of shortcoming as regard
ed the aspects of the scene.
Our objections lie in another way, and w
shall explain them. We hold that the Crys
tai Palace is, if anything, the most etninen
tribute to Art and Industry that this countr
and this century can pay.
We held its Inauguration should have bee
the occasion when artists and mechanic
should have occupied representative seat
-, ,bo ,>latrorrn and that both Vuare ahSr