The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-01-02

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an impeachment, but as q Mayor who will
answer the purpose.
The Worlds Fair I'm Paris.
The proposed universal exposition of the
products and arts Of all nations in Paris will
be, undoubtedly, the most complete and grand
exhibition ever witnessed. Our Worlds Fair
and the worlds fairs of other countries Will
sink into insignihcance In comparison. 1t will
eclipse even the great London International
Exposition.
The French government and people, realiz-
ing the vast importance Of it to their COM
nerce are making the most astonishing efforts
to surprise the world with the excellence and
variety of their productions. No people, it
must be confessed, know how to do this better
than they do, If as well. They have exquisite
taste, and can transform poor materials or in
different objects into attractive ones. They
are, at the same time, most ingenious, inventive,
artistic and scientific. Their cosmopolitan
ideas and policy, too, enable them to attract
and appropriate the intellectual achievements
of tho rest of mankind. Italian art or English
and American science becomes naturalized or
adapted in France, and thus becomes in man
ner French. The same may be said OF the dis
coveries or superior productions Of other coun-
tries. We can readily imagine, then, what ex-
traordinary opportunities France will have at
the Paris Exposition. The liberal encourage
ment and energy Of the government in the
matter, tn ambitious rivalry and commercial
interests OF the French people, and the loca-
ton of the exposition at Paris, the centre of
both French and European art, will give to
France very decided advantages.
But tie other nations of Europe are alive to
the Importance of making the best show pos
sible. Each one has some peculiar excellence
in manufactures, arts or natural productions
which they will not fail to exhibit. We can
imagine that now there are thousands of
inventive heads and skilled hands hard at work
in England, Italy, Germany and other coun-
tries, rs we'll as in France, preparing for the
great occasion. II will be competition on the
grandcss scale for the highest prize-that is. for
the markets or the trade of the world. 1t will
be great show shop for all nations to gaze at
and study. That one which produces the best
silk manufactures, or cloth, cotton or any other
manufactures, will be apt to get the custom,
prices and other things being equal. So OF
works Of art, 'or raw materials.
The rivalry, consequently, will be very great
Other important advantages will be derived
from this universal exposition beside those
accruing to the trade of different nations. 1t
will be a great school, a sort of polytechnic,
where one may learn from the other and all be
improved. Ii merits the heartiest encourage
ment from The people of every country. No
one will begrudge the immense profit Paris
will derive from the crowds of visitors who
will visit 1t on that occasion, and the vast
amount Of money that will be spent there, for
the great city Is worthy of 1t, and the whole
world will be benefited.
The question, however. which more imme-
diateiy concerns us is, what sort of representa-
ton are We going TO make there! How will
the United States stand in comparison with
other nations before the eyes Of the assembled
word! That is the paramount question for
us 10 consider. II is TO be hoped every
American who possesses any capacity for in
veuton or execution in art or science. or for
bringing out our best natural productions, will
apply IL to himself individually, and work like
q Hercules for bus own honor and the credit of
his country. We labor under many dsadvan-
tages, but the energy aud talents Of our people
can overcome many OF these. We are at a
great distance from Paris; we do not feel the
influence Of those there and those
who ore much nearer; the conversations and
publications about the great event scarcely or
rarely reach Us, aud we see and hear less of the
for it. Those In the immediate
neighborhood have their minds more directed
TO il and necessarily become more stimulated.
Then we are not 30 advanced in the art Of manu-
the thousand little things which gil
NJ 10 much and prove 40 attractive at these
expeditions. We could not compete with
Europe in articles Of elegant buoutcrie Of uirtu,
,f ornament, or Of certain kinds of fine manu-
actures; and although we have commenced
lew era in the fine arts and have some works Of
he highest order, we cannot make much show
beside the nations Of the old continent. In
hose things which give us Q prominence we
'annot be represented at any worlds fair Our
,sst continent with lie varied and teeming re-
sources, cannot be represented. The vigor of
hirty-ave millions Of hardy, brave and indus
rious people, subduing the wilderness and
making 1t blossom a. the rose, cannot be rep
esented The spirit and ambition OF the
'cople, the unequalled military power Of the
'ation, the character Of our institutions,
which elevate men 90 much and which difFuse
prosperity throughout the community, cannot
V represented. The religious sentiment, gen.
raj high standard Of morality and domestic |
virtue Of the mass OF our native born and well |
established community cannot be represented. |
iany other things in which we excel every |