The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-03-29
CENERAL BANKS AND THE PARIS EA'
HIBITION.

HIBITION.
Tn the absence of any thing more lnteresting'
rve rive our readers the following racy article from
,he Round Table. It is mainly on subject OF
mncb ;runortance. Aside from that, however,
the clever castigation of the great eommlssary
Of stopewall JACKSON, and "the hero OF the he'd
River expedition" is we'll worth reading.
cenera, Banks, speech on the French Exposi-
+;on of 1867. delivered in the House the other day
was. in many respects, remarkably good one.
TIA eYcejIences, however, are receiving ample
nraise in all quarters. Perhaps we may tenoer
some service on the other nand, Dg nUe nronepce
The snSiect itself, indeed, while very interesting
md almost tnational-certainly na international-was
an entirely eober, practical and tranquil one, and
one on which We do not think the eagle shoula
have been let slip. We intend no reference, Oh
oourse to the Generals little philosophical refee-
tions, even be they as sweeping as. Tor example,
ssWhenever the people have had wrongs to re-
dreas or rights to assert, their only means OF ap
by violence, have been through the exhibition OF
the fruits OF their industry Thus it has ever been
in Poland, Hungary, France, or England.
lit ever amuses any gentleman to generalize
little. whether Ill or vel, on such harmless polnts
hope always to be the isss 70 ~ Tho ernos;
tion which attract our attention by their novelty.
First then, he desires to contribute ten scentlnc
gentlemen, who shall thoroughly lecture sne olo
world on our great and glorious cGdai s ,a t be
meath his legs; the French, Austrian, hussian.
and other eagles shall gnash their beaks, as our
own majestic biped joyously flaps his wings; ana
the benighted old world in genera! shall oe mace
to see stars in the new. After winch, the ulon-
phant ten shall journey homeward, flushed Wlth
pprator;caJ iriumnh. to tell US what they saw and
what they said.
But these selected ten are not the only live con-
tributions Mr.. Banks proposes to MAKE 10 tne eA-
near as possible, Admiral Farragut! "And that
he NAV not stand alone' (whichis certainly very
good reason), Mr.. Banks would send generals
HGrant, and Sherman, and Sherldann%tne opJecS
of this display OF dignitaries being tnas we may G
are Inadel" In other words, While we seno naIe- e-
rial products like other nations We are also, unke
them ALL to send few human specimens on .ne
genus americana for the world to nspect. SOtu' a4
bis will not seek to divert the world from Que az
tention her patent fapjack-pans and soothing ing
syrups, put she will confdentially remark to the
world Of these three generals and the admral,
like the mother of the GracSh III aFe
soions of the old world who get mp the grest SHOW
expected this grand stroke Of genius In the way
of contributions from our glorious repuohcI Dlu
they assign space for the "human form dlvlne,
alive and AGGRESSIVE in our sector OF the circle
What sort Of tags have they got ready for labels
for our bpeds?
absurd as to run not the slightest chance OF actual
trial It is only one Of those aqullar flights so so
common in our country. II our generals go at all
TO the show, they will doubtless 60 very quietly
and modestly, as is their wont, with the genuine
Yankee desire to see, not the bogus Yankee pas,
sion TO be seen. Mr.. Banks says we want that
Admiral Farragut shall command IN tne @sssrs Wa Ga
don't think we want, or that the Admiral wants,
ANYTHING OF the sort. Why, at all events pu.
Farragut over iron-clads and monitorsl His Ia
NOUS victories were all won while nc % n,mseh ts was
in wooden walls.' He was not tied to the "mast"
of monitor in Mobile Bay. And, by the way,
much as everybody admires that very bold and
skillful sailor, we think IT oecoeoly another aishs
Of 'tthat most simple, that most pure, that most
spotless hero OF this or any age, Admiral Fsrra-
gut" We dent profess to belong to the ny az
1nirari school; but, really, isn't this little
in eo@plimenting living celebrities, to clay it on
with trowel"
We'll, Mr.. Banks military personages are about
as likely to parade in Paris for the purpose he
wishes as the Davenport brothers.-two other
American human exhibitions whom, by the way,
contributions. Mr. Banks proposes, with special
fervor, "the log cabin where lived one OF our
earlier Presidents and ssthe humble roof beneath
which was born or dwelt the martyr President"
This is an unique suggestion; II lt Wlli neiP sne
pointed one of the ten commissioners, and be as
signed to the department Of curioslties. Indeed,
perhaps the veteran Snowman has still in his pos
session (as he once hsd) one OF the two houses
Mr. Banks intends to transport
Perhaps England may follow suit, and give US
the original dumpGngs which caused the royal
George to google 30 and to stammer, "How get
the apples in 2" MIR. Banks reves in the historic
triumphs of McCormick's reaper, Steers yacht,
and Hobbss picklock. But some of the objects
which he is chiefly bent on sending this time SAVIOR
more Of piquing unintelligent curiosity than OF
aiding scientific knowledge. he would contribute
materials OF war which have ''seen service" as II
they really had seen it and appreciated it. This
recalls one Of sidney Smiths remarks. person
in the company had beer exhibiting q walking
stick which had voyaged around the world, to the
great curiosity of the behoders. Sand, after all,
says Sidney Smith, sit is only stick" Gen.
Banks says:
ga pair of orn-out shoes, the dress of an Ameri
can soldier the shelter-tent under which he slept,
his bayonet, his musket, his knapsack, his cap,
his rations anything thet belonged to him, will
attract more attention and draw greater crowds
of people and hold them longer and closer than
will tho crown jewels OF England"
We answer 'scarcely." We hope so, but do not
think so. The straps" Of one of Garibaldi's vete
rams, yes, or one of Marshal BaZaine's, would
doubtless attract even more attenton-thOugh, to
be sure, the French and Italians would not think
Of introducing them. But the chief negative rea-
son is that there will be nothing novel in the old
shoes, the coat and rowsers, the sheltertent, the
cap, or the knapsack. These all resemble closely
enough the European models. Nor is there, proba-
bly,, anything novel in the rest of the specimen
equipments; and the rations will be moldy and
inexpensive
In word, instead of quietly going and taking
her place among her sister nations, General
Banks proposes that America shall kick up rather
bigger dust than anybody in the circus. We
arc to use the exhibition for proselytizing the
rous. We are to have ten or moro spokesmen, at
least, because SIT is duty we owe to other ma
tions, as we'll as to ourselves, to show them what