New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-04-28

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| kmperce 10 Nsw-York, OF manufactures in Lowel,
u waterfall ct Niagara, or sn inland SEQ on the
fakes, or prairie IN Illinois, or river the 1ssi'
sepi that tti1g possess, and II we have any rg"s
I b be proud of il a. all we have right TO oe prous
= n 10 either Of those places. Bat IN the Nsionsi
c.y.ol TIE thing NE pretend to, and ouSht 70 have,
a. uohle and the hesuul embodied Ia the beet art Of
a, 500 in ,hs pubc domain end the public bnilaugs,
,-as,no, aud domain worthy Of the twenty six millions
.h;sa r.opI, The moe. favored ard the ost thrifty
"A o. most subjects, tse most intelligent twenty six
,.I6ons 10 DO forDi anywhsre that, without which
As have Absolutely nothing IL precisely the thing
Z 40 not possess. TIE Outsi6e of the buildOss, we
ssv ssSsIy sckDo ~ledge, isOr viii be- If any OF them
auld ever be foished-noble and bsantiful for ths
Of the wOrh hes been passed these many cen.
.,;ss upon the magnificent architecture Of the Pan
AscB and the Temple Of Minerva. Aud we are will
m 70 grant also that had no alternative but to take
as Gr,csu forms, which belong to an the rest of the
void and TO all time ss well as TO oar day; for had
" waited for an architecture Of our own expressive
4 oar he, religious, political, and socal, we might
sse waited Thousand years. But inside these shells,
aesst, We might have tried sometimes to be Ameri-
- II thai were not possible, we might have at
sTpeo 70 do no worse than 10 copy with some show
sste and come Of adaptation the OF other
asEtres; aud II being evident that we had no. the
fsd sense the medssty TO DO either CT thsse it 10
in6pite pity that we could Dot have been content to
b BethIng at all. An American who IL pros1 Of hs
9ubsTy sensitive Of her reputation, and anxious that
- her cslsuie in an should be in the right direoi ion
a Of the highest character is gTievsi and sshsTosi
xkfD be visits the Capitol and reflects that he is in
vsy, responsible for and to positive fractional sub
x-..,or of in that VAT II "a
plsce in which, II he /. wise, he woud introduce
ssTfva.ed foreigner. young New Yorker was taken,
Sw years since, on his first visit to London to Hyde
Pax, bya friend. my God" he said, lifting bis
s de and eyes in horror "rot long ago took party
asf Epglsbmen to the steps of our City Hall 10 show
"sbsm the City Hall Park HIS modification was
uhng to that which one would feel in the new Houses
Il Parliament for instance who had introduced srsn
ssss 10 our Houses of Congress. GAN this" said
" ign EmessssdOr, who was taken recently through
e CAPITOL and felt called upon to Say something, &" is
"a monument of the muni6oence Of the American
';psople." "B9t sit," raid his conductor, mon
sunent Of their good taste 2" The Embassador was
EsDt,
Bot let u.s. for the sake of those not familiar with
Warrington, enter little more into detail. The great
tstares Of the Capitol are, as they should be- the
sses There is much in both that is bad but there is
hss thas Is obi conabie in the nrss The prevailing
tes Of ,b room is agreeable, and its right especially
srsFy pleasant Il is not TOO large room il we
o,euize the pognS 5snsnd for publicity in our legs-
lsvs sseubhes, thou Oh undoubtedly the public bust
sss would be expedited nd done with more ease 70
Ssaators if rot 5stte- weres5e space reduced. But
vhsn is acknos that the agreeable thing about
M ho an
prss fit The ehs I'd desks ofthe Sen4torsare both
graceful and eOnvssient but the seats of the gallery
ss little else than upright ssttees while they might
easily have been made to add beauty to the Chamber
b. elegance Of FORM and particularly in the end s5u
ting upon The aes, in some graceful curvature Of
nnea3 of the cert Of iron stanchion which supplies
bsir place. This, however, is rather the absence Of
good thing than the presence Of one actually bad But
he dcor-vays and the panels which answer to the
dsorwsys are made Of sirdseye maple, nstve wood,
a great beauty. These harmonic with the general
- Of the chamber, and had the decorator been sais-
tsS 10 have left theu plain and well nshed without
sny Elaboration OF carving ornament, though this
wculd have eyirced poverty of design, it would, at
last. have beeH free from the charge Of bad TASTE
he was not satisfied with the negative quality, but
va unbappily nssgsted to screw upon the polished
urfsce of the wood some scroll work in bronze, man
H,sly improper and unneaniDg when examined
closely and mere bloteh and blar destructive OF the
character and color Of the wood when seen from dis
tsce. Sill worse is the ceiling. Through this the
climber is lighted by sbylights, aud is venhla-
ted But il is 90 heavy with bracket and cor
no and ornamental work in stucco and papier-
n.cke. 10 overloaded with color and gliding, that
Rs hight is lost and the spectator oppressed with
q weight of euperincumbent shadow. The poy-
sry Of design in the glass above is equally bad. TIE
Seigper woulS not have erred had he eonsute5 sim-
Sity and ute only in the skyght and sbsd the needed
Be alone upon the spaoe below through simple ground
gsss Bot this could not satisfy him In each space
be hes painted either the arns Of State,
kanatic device. What he means by these be shows in
sons Of them by good Roman letters; where he had
pomesnirg, or did not know what he meant he smits
them Fer instance, in he paints a locomotive,
bu 40 it without designation he evidently considers
ss spropos Of no.hng. In the next ne gives cleo
TRIAL machine Of the same sze with tee locomotive,
aDi tbs be designates as Physics" pow With
sone other agricultural implements ore taught is
"IgrieulsuIe;" telescope, as large by conparls
sc an sDceDt battering-rsm, tsPides " Astronomy
~. boxes and cssk On wheelbarroW are the
ss,le m Of Commerce" two horns OF plenty fall OF
covers and fruit and tied together in true lovers
kpd Of blue ribbon are Plenty" at'legraPbie ma
sbbe. with posts and wires in perspective, ia the
SEleersph;D . 6re-engire Is Machineryj" and
. tesmbost carries upon it, padole-bcx the sign
~, 5. Mail" There are many more of the
ssne sort Of designs, Of which these specimens
xlD al random, Gu. al chewing poverty Of inven'
6Or that would be 5scredtsble in a sign painter II
sold have been easy for az artist 10 have given 70
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