New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-02-03

Gent to cause and account for the very evident
failure of the whole thing. In the first place
the Worlds Fair at New York tired too quickly
upon the heels of its predecessor and had the
glinmerofits light eclipsed by the setting glories
of agreater and far more brilliant illumination.
Frequency and repetition tend to render COM
men evensthe grandest and most solemn cele-
brations. Had the Olympic games been annual
instead Of qudrennial their fame would have
speedily Taned and they themselves descended
into q rank little better than modern horse
races, All of the dies fasti and most noted
world sshows have been kept widely apart out
of regard for this very plain fact-and the more
widely they are separated the more successful
are they.
In the second place the New York Werld's
Fair wanted the illustrious prestige OF ofheiaf
rank and high personal reputation. 10 be sure
| General Pierce and Caleb Gushing attended its
| opening and the former expectorated some very
silly twaddle about the greatness Of our country
and the latter gave vent, in Newark, to some
| nonseneical notions concerning ancient Greece
and modern Cuba. But the Exhibition was not
aided thereby. Its prospectuses were not in the
name and under the authority Of the Govern
rnent of the United States of America but of
some half-dozen individuals whose high reputa-
tions on Wall street we're exactly ada pied to in
quire the cause they represented. People looked
upon it as a speculation and distrusted it &C.
cerdingly, The numerous and repeated delays
which attended itsopening only confirmed the
idea and rendered it less successful
In the third place, the arrangements made In
the various States of this country and in for
I eign countries were not such as tended to draw
| out the enterprise and attract the patronage OF
those individuals whose industry, wealth and
spirit originates and supports such shows. The
! plans were not sufficiently matured-them means,
ends and objects not sufficiently understood.
In proof of this we have only to refer to the
published lists of awards, which demonstrate
how small was the Exhibition from near States
and regions that might have filed an entire
division. Nearly two-thirds Of the medals
awarded in this country are retained within the
city and State of New York. Louisiana claims
only two! A great cause for this slight notice
of cur own and neghboring States is doubtless
attributable to the apathy and unconcern, the
distrust and doubt which prevented our citizens
from sending for exhibition the numerous arti-
cles they might have contributed. Something,
however, is attributable to the different feelings
and reasons which regulated the distribution of
prizes While one article was commended on
account Of its originality Of design, another
was praised for the neatness Of its execution
and third for the benevolent spirit which
prompted its production. Alabama was rewarded
for model of we'll finished steam engine; Eng
land for q novelty Of design in cotton spinners
and the New. York Shirt Sewers Association
ferthe laudable spirit which actuated their en-
terprise.
The thing, however, is ended, and whatever
| may have been its faults and failures it had
some merit and will, we trust, leave behind an
influence that shall incite the Industrial classes
Of our country to greater effort and more yalu.
able labor .z ,.