The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-02-01
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iihes OF railway leading into tbe met,onols.
haJ ou,u nardly discern the signal posts, and
n'u 70 ciow tog7sisnals. The storm was ae-
oomp'.iiieu Dy high wind, and on some oftbe
ioaus IN the Southwestern part of ENGLAND
tne drlfts would have done honor +, q Jar,,o.
ry "north-easter" in Maine. LARGE trees hrsl,o
| oown under the unaccustomed weight vb;c,, .
feil upon them. The feathered creation hod
severe time of it, and large flocks of wild
fowl driven from their accustomed baunts
lowered for time about the sunny side Of tie
Thames, as il discussing the extraordinary and
pressing exigencies of the occasion and finally
wiz ed their fight to- tle South, where it Ia
hoped they found better weather. MANY
cases of extreme suffering among the poor
are reported On the following day, however,
thaw set in, and this brief chapter Of Arctic
experience was brought to clo-e. s,.s-. e
The PARIS UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION of
1857, is exciting great attention In this coun-
try. The New York Chamber of Commerce
has taken active measures to interest our
countrymen in the exposition. When the
subject was before that body Mr.. Elliot @.
Cowdin made some remarks which we conv IN
full: AiA asT2 - @ l
q 1t has been my privilege to visit most Of the
Exhibitions OF Eusope for the lat tftean
| year., and to examine many of them with
some care, especially that Oh Paris in IS55.
and or London In 1852, and candor compels
me to say that the Contributions from The
United States were altOge ther inadeullate to
40 justice to the skill anu lndus try OF our peo-
PIE. While a few articles won a worldwide
reputation, the absence Of Others, wei known
to excel made our display lar from satistac-
tory. ID ..eI sllf d-f Gea tdf d ID "
Now, sir, may we not profit by experience9
Let US appear as we are, or not al all. Shall
we tail to appear to advantage?
Tel me, u you can, wnat nation is able to
| compete with the United States in the yarie-
| ty and value OF the Elrth's products: its corn.
It's cotton, its wheat, its rice, its copper, its
coa, its silver, its gold, its Oil, its ironS
what nation can compete with us in imple-
ments OF war-rifies, reyolvers, aid cannon?
In pruning presses, steve, and wac. n. I? In
labor-saving machines, anu in starting inyen-
ventions of every kind? io,a' UT
| line late war made us known to the world.
and to each other; it has vlnaicated the char
acter OF our institutions and insured their
/ permanencY.
f. We are the larger branch of the great trad
ing and lighting race, and it now renlins for
4 Us to show that we are even greater in peace
than in war. ~.
i A continent Is ours midway between Eu-
rope and Asia-a position TO serve and con-
troll BOTH Crowned with the victories OF var,
and hoiding such po- -ltion, SHAH we lear any
cOnfiict2
Imperial and war-like France, at last casting
I down her armor, sends to the great Repub &c
i the challenge OF peace. Fixed In our princi-
pes and ready to ldeiend them; loyal to our
nationality and menacing none, we wecome
1t as an omen OF good to the whole family of
4 man. 90 oI h9AI4lJ X .ssi9El9ai 'iG l.
France having increased her exports more
than fifty per cent. since her last exhibition,
which increase is in measure due to 1t, is
I now expending more than twenty million
\ francs for another International Exhibition of
Industry in 1867, and has invited the United
States, in common with other nations to con-
/ pete with her. Our Government has accept
!, ed the invitation, and asks the people to Co
operate. To that end, it is eminently proper to
introduce the subject into the Chamber of
Commerce OF New York. ,..t
/ The benefits to be derived by the people of
the United States from full exposition of
their Industrial wealth are manifold. XIX
l. 1t will serve to. adpertise the fruits of our
genius and our soil, our inventions and our
products. our mineral resources and their
: availability. q .9seq e 9-isi ~ ~ d T9l6iI
i 1t will bring them under the eyes of the best
instructed men in the world, who will dicov-
er values in them which we never kn w; a,
the gfeas Humboldt, treading upon the nItner-
to worthless soil OF lriend, said. diamonds
should be here" and there diamonds were
found.
fh 1t viii enlighten those hitherto unacquaint-
ed with our resources, and let loose Tor invest
ment much OF the unemployed capital of
En- ope TO the profit of the people of both
hemiSpheres -
4 ltwAlnot only bring to us the lal ge eapi-
: talists of Europe, but also those of smailer
means, seeking a secure investment OF their
earnings; but what is better still, it will in
duce the skilled artisans and the hardy labor
ers to seek land so rich in advantage to
them. -T5g ~ tagt f,Hr-. -s.t 80 rr.
1t viii not only show those abroad, who
stood by our cause and had faith in US in the
darkest hour, but also those wno had no faith,
tnat aoe can and aoiH pay our national debt
not the Interest aione, put the principal, lar
too soon Tor their interest.
To secure these re ,ultj, it Is only necessary
that the Government of the United states
should lead, and that Congress make an ap-
preparation betting the importance of the en-
terprise and worthy OF the nation. Let US,
then, urge upon our Senators and Repres enta-
tives to act promptly and largely.
Let us also urge upon the Chambers of Com
merce and Boards OF Trade, in the various
sections OF the Union, and especially thoe oil
/, the West, whose agricultural and mineral re-
sources should form SO pr rominent and striking
a feature in the Exhibition, an earnest co-op-
Grafton. 4-, - r..s ..---
And above all, let us call upon the whole
, people, whose voluntary subscriptions out
weigh the patronage OF any monarch, to take
: part in tnis great international, display, In
which We have everything to gam and moth
ing to io-e.