Washington sentinel., 1854-05-07

the name of many gifted representative OF
labor with whom this occasion has surrounded
me. These and such as these are oar heroes.
To Morse we owe that .still small voice" which
murnurs along its prison-wjres our slightest
command, and mocks at time and distance.
Collins has bridged for us the turbulent ocean
with palace-way of boats. Hoe has accom-
pllshed what Archimedes could not, and in the
monster press has given US the fulcrum and the
lever that, spite of tyrant voice and hope, now
moves the world; while the builders of this uni.
verse OF thought, reserying for US the culmi
mating glory of the age, have taught us how to
bind together the east and the west in the
cords OF mutual production-to unite the am
bition OF the sweltering tropics and the shiver.
ing north in one grand effort to produce a
home where every man may find welcome for
the product Of his head and hands, regardless
OF his hue, his country, or his religion. In con-
ciusion, ladies' and gentlemen, let me mention
that the directors of this association, in estab-
fishing the Crystal Palace as a permanent in
stitution, have resolved to make the occasion
an interesting epoch in the memory of the in
ventors and artifcers generally throughout the
world. With this view, ! have been authorized
to announce the following incentives to the de-
velopment of mechanical ingenuity and crea-
tive art
The association offers q prize of q gold
medal, costing one thousand dollars, or its equi-
yalent in cash, if preferred, for the most useful
and valuable invention or discovery which shall
have been patented or entered in the United
States Patent Office during the year closing
the first day Of December next, provided only
that the said inventicp or discovery, by speci-
men, model, or product shall have, meantime,
been exhibited in the Crystal Palace.
Second. A gold medal, costing one thou
sand dollars, or its equivalent in cash, to the
artist whose work, having been exhibited in
the Crystal Palace during the three months
closing on the LIST day of December next, shall
be deemed most worthy Of such testimonial
Third. Five medals, costing one hundred
dollars each, or their equivalent in cash. if pre-
ferred, to the five inventors whose inventions
in the various departments of useful arts, pat
ented, entered, or caveated within the year, and
exhibited 10 the Crystal Palace as aforesaid,
shall be adjudged most worthy of such testimo-
mails next after the one adjudged most excel.
lent as aforesaid.
Fourth. Five medals, costing one hundred
dollars each, or their equivalent in plate or
cash, if preferred, to the FIVE artists whose orig.
inal works completed since the first opening OF
the Crystal Palace, and exhibited therein as
aforesaid, shall be adjudged most worthy Of
such distinction next after the most excellent
as aforesaid
= The ablest and most respectable Jury OF
juries that can be selected shall be appointed
TO examine critically the several articles ex-
hibited, and award the prizes mentioned The
directors will proceed as early as practicable
to select such jury or jurors, and hope to be
able to announce the appointments on or be-
fore the first day of June next. / am also
authorized to announce that the association
will, in their discretion, award medals or diplo-
mas to the exhibitors or inventors of such
articles as possess merit sufficient to entitle
them to such distinction. By stimulants like
these, ladies and gentlemen, we hope to bring
forth our new race Of heroes, heroes in art,
conquerors upon the battlefield of labor, vic
tors in the sublime struggle of handicraft and
intellect with Ignorance and inertia. We hope
TO make such heroes of you, industrials, who
listen to me, to immortalize you in the i'm
mortalization of our age and nation; and if
we cannot have you canonized in Notre Dame
or Vt. Paurs, we shall find you resting. place
in the cathedral cloisters Of the human heart,
wherever genius may be known, or science
may win a hopefskidolator.r