New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-05-05


re- iicresse ard enrich H. this ed fee has arisen .e
ace # az, to he the pcory If What wonders oiiah1r
"a XII men Aaads 'asc ought ~ ih-5e d-ys. -
C. nov, I'm yer v,re ih8t w York begins % fuhl
cr-s by - state and this Nation. L has urovded
hCot 70 ne vorng-we Etcce Libraries iOr all-booss
Co., bools 'cr ;he leoiogisu- books for the iwyes
~ non wiose paeos the poet may ara" iI-a.e" or
le sfg.csn leoTn TIE s.ory oi OfhcI lands 80 ,O' m
hc dead y, 3 o. Suck 20 hle AID CIV ~. - ~ ~ ~.
r,s-c. i,rel hese men, b-or are IN, - iS
hey 70 90 hon he iokers ri tc signs o. m i1elec.-
's-ly.d initclense a t'aurhts by which ;hsv
o;eh ard le-n # orc .5o+ber r., ar tbs
iisa' "a "a ..sof N metal, stone Or wOod-bocks
',n -, 'o~ WAT HI fclowworkers did iorg hgo or
,''c,; = ,re doing N d,s'al. lands '2,ay no To.iy
~" .pion cAr make oear 10 him. He must sec the
'afs'e thing done, t-lore Ls oyes, and .TBdy u snA
crpare ;lc eXceing performance With Ms ern or els
s cTsft remains It'll Uys'ory and secret = BIN Itd-
te craftsmen KAN. Thus III this grs>i school can
he sln. Hc need rs travel 5ey0ld thce AZ. ~ fnes
# knCwledle of Is craft Here, ssssh 81 unasr tbs
ref - the won9sr, wrought by ul.'r -ini h"i' me
master workers, II al times aad nom ~ plae k %
Lnroint H. -shs they have dDre 9re what ~ may DO
arouse bJns noble ambition and tech hin 3o~ labor
guided by tate oriae to the dssts oi art 4kno" 81
mat thu my oCnih century ty POpniarceniur ana
mean ni 20 way to doirac IIDso The creff due 70 IT,
wien ! venture 10 suggest that IN so~e respects Ii
nv hive .t,I TO learn. j. - 10 Gonit progress
iye ,r,',rv n fast century Mon rv0 ias. AMI dc
sss AID woIk fast and ink In ano errn ilst am move
fast We lave fat horses ard fast SHIPS ana ir men.
,r,.e~en isforuod iast too SJ-f seems % ne
he rrne object. 10 convey men quickly - ihe "" 49,
hen 30 Get the work quickly done, are Ieais on VIE
ae especially pluincs iisoli-ani "'h Ju-'.'t 90 ~ -
is vcrS coca. To have conquered distance am bokeh
on IFS checks and obssscoso have enabled the VOrkI
10 .d himself with and repfiy By me silr % NJ
woik, II surely great gam. let ms u no. az, i' -
,,i .orneiiuc more md often question wiener, ai'eF
nh ofber and more D,Odest centuries have not hR Der
oliccs ana done better things SLOW centuries on ~
ceniurios might call 'hcin yet very SURE or an
wien men labOtd not 20 fast In we-Wheh u,e N".N
done was We done aud nothing efi their hanis hAi va
not uelfect Of Us kind sfue expression o. Nv! -, :"
s,mInetry and bounty. In such days tney ouA' ..e
EsrL.rou and s1 il high a rock, 10 be forever -ish
and hy Of Athens IN Tho eyes OF an al"flhI "".
In fhe shadow Of that tcHI les ies4dns no'e! - ~
civ al far women and brave men, h'h ~ iio'o ~
Us! ,,eesTre of genius Of science and Of art ITS sol
J;.s vere heroes iB statesmen philosophers ana i's O"
Tors seces from whose lips fl IN language OF 1nIl'e
,rel,dv he great thoughts that have since meh "-'eu
ard n s1ired mankind. 1t summer time wan human
irclletce and it bloomed in the GENIAL atmosphere 81
f,eJm Patriotism was with the Athenian no occ' ohai
;n,,e but confirmed habit Of soul lie gad edrln re-
aid with smiles the of the husbandmal, ana rom
end end the little Republic 9uied s iv o O'
4 he land Of Atlica lovely and beloved - was II
with Athens while Aheus sI llVed Al iasi No, uo'i!
was accomplished; the flower OF clVhi~duph peEah ~
droop and 7giher. An hour came when hearts gre" pu
md tan9s grew welk A Roman fleet was m er harbor
and Roman standards Oyeropped her Whis, E'ch u''i
in that ast hour OF the nation HE when Atiehan t"os
,opd NOT save Athenian liberties Athens The city Oi tenn
MICS and taieCes stood still uncOnquercd ana ullhiImeu
he vcios awod and soiened in The presence OF that nm
excellence Of which all SIDES met Their eyes
her hands forgot iheiriury III spared
to Greece and to the world those stately monuments Oiym
mery and eraCe on which still gaze with reverence ana
delight Ii is known 10 most Of you how ar, led captive
IN; ia Train Of Roman conquest. toed Tor masters and
tang M them TO edices, whose massive sendor my
the majestic power OF the undsPu.ed lords Of
II ear.h Rome tell before the storm oil northern MA
,iop and t sckoned and lay long If deada spell
hound Ariel mute, motonless and forgotten Christianity
was Tie PrOserO that united the spell ana Dae Inc ueh-
CAFE spint agalD forth III lie ana irecuoh Shce ci
ar, has be, wanderer travelling always wos;wad-Nls-
iting city ter city-beautiyng each ana leaving some
far Memorial Of her stay Once again, fearful ialufe
fl,.. .sfafn pA
sugng oil that fierce torrent that desOated her cities anu
far ,ds long ago. Again the banks OF The Don and me
Nistula rosound 10 ne cang OF arms ana me tramp VI
souadrons lurying 30 the South Again me genie snrH
lakes wing "A longer fight, and crosses me ocean
and uchts on your shores With kindly hand bd erwe-
come IA this fairy structure let her ma tempo anu
home Ict this institution be permanent IN your CITY
erect in il school OF native art collect under ms
roof the wOrhiest work OF painting am sculpture WHh
yopr reach learn architecture OF Greece ana Rome.
a. Pomueii teach your citizens how the simplest articles
of household be beauihed by garb OF elegance
and grace. The eyes of your citizens accustomed 10 forms
III artistic beauty win grow critical and correct taste al
from this center rudiae and be diuscd Some may iik
all this Of small importance The tastes aud habits OF
,eore are all important lou seek 10 reform the drunk
ard TO check base and degrading appetite 10 cvllze by
law. You Will fail unless YOU supply The proc wan pure
and refined Injuries in place of the fatal pleasures you
snatch from their lIs Create IN your cluzens new ap-
uee an instinct for the beautiful teach them in the quick
alN citation Of artistic excellence to find new treasure,
a. unialng delight All the world is ahead OF you IN this
,Nor and bee kous follow Paris has ts Louvre,
ondon Las its National Gallery. Scarce petty duchy or
tile province the shores of the Mediterranean bat can
81 low its Of art My own native city Dabn
rs lis School of Art in which many asiraui has found
The road TO excellence. And shall kings and dukes and
r,ty lotcnaics be more munlhceni than tins people
Shall Hey do all this for their subjects, and this
Republic heir of all the ages, foremost IN the files
Of Time" be less generous ia the education OF ls
citiztnsl No, Sir | do not believe it. THIS enter
prize shall go ON and prosper This CITY as II grows
here, this continent of whose existence Aihenian mar
dreamt, another and s,aeler Athens VIII arse
4 tftff alln
ever built cut OF the ruins of the old, ana change ONets
tUs us all. time VIII come when tins great hepupI -
who're growing might we now rejoice wan nave Passeu i,o
a dream away. When lis projects and Ms Achievements
viii be remembered only i'll history and Afford suiye'' or
a winters tale Commerce will then have chosen some
other home and this island, Wheto now we slh ne dau
lonely and desoa;e il was long ago, when The red in
adoied across its encircng waters IN has hght canoe
Then should some stranger hither to muse among
-, or tr,co ,Le outlines of what was once the capital
city end the pride of the Western World let HIM ma dura
lie ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS even IN then deca!-o TESTIFY 10
YOUR power Monuments OF symmetry and strength su'h
as become fl 10 govern and instruct mankyld anu
let HIM take away with him Ibis lesson, which all the past
las taught Us, that art wants no king Tor patron no
palace for dwelling, but that II urNes pest ana accom-
shes most when welcomed by the kindly hand OF honest
labor and cherished in the hearts and homes OF free
people.
Unfortunately he audience, many OF whom had been
standing for three hours begun to be uneasy and the
footballs of Thousands OF feet though many OF them
were of tie Chinese pattern, tended TO drown the
speakers voice 10 such degree that he could be heard
by only mere 1.-THE of the throng. Fortunately, lot
only those who were present and could not hear but
millions of others can read to-day what was said yes
terday in tie Crystal Palace. Yet these lost much,
for though we can print the words by the aid OF the
photographers skill as they fell from the speakers
mouths yet types cannot give the effect OF the spoken
words Some OF the beautiful sentiments of Mr..
OGOR,AN's speech gave the audience great pleasure