The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-10-27
NEW YORK.

'hes thNh wy 80 aitNi
third.ra English town, and that it has
has no name worthy of itself and its ia.
ture. by what foolishness il was de-
prived Of its early name, we have hot
looked into its history enough to discov.
er; but that the adoption of foreign
title which has now become absurd, was
great mistako,is evident to all. Manhat.
tan it was, and Manhattan it ought to be
now. 1t is strong dignifed and legiti.
mate name, and if it is too late for its
adoption, the mores the pity. Blu. this
has nothing to do with the matter on
which we started, except that it is libel
on good taste, and offend4 the 5eA.hs,io
element in us all
If New York is to be worihily great.
she must be something more than a cor
mercial city. The colossal fortunes which
have been acquired here must 6nd invest.
ment at last in something better than
warehouses and lots and something better
than railroads running to the moon. Ii
we look across the water we shall find
more than one or two or three cities
much smaller than New York, which are
objects of creator interest to the world
than our great metropolis. Nothing gives
Munich its charm as resort except its
repositories and schools Of art. 1t ia the
home Of thousand artists, constantly
The works OF Schwanthaler Piloty and
kuulbach are there The city is crowd.
ed with magnificent broples, all Of which
are made there. 1t, galleries of pictures
sncient and modern, attract the travellers
Of the world. The little town Of Dresden
owes all its prominence to its picture gal
lery, which holds the master. piece Of
Raphael. Hundreds of thousands of men
and women from all parts of the World.
have visited Dresden for the sole purpose
of seeing it, treasures Of art, with ,be Sis.
tine Madonna as their leading attraction.
Floronce is another home of art with its
Ufizi and Pitt galleries. Take away
from Florence its wonderful collection OF
pictures and statuary, and lis principal
charm will be gone. To considerable
extent the same is true of Rome. As
the home Of the Pope, and the site Of the
ruins Of an oil civilization, Rome would
be Interesting to multitudes, withou.
doubt hn, the priceless treasures OF art
that ate contained iu its churches and
polico' give 10 it its crowning attraction.
aud make it tn leading Mecca Of the
miDd"
If We 60 to the larger cities of Europe
and search out the leading attractions.
they are always the objects aud colec.
tons Of art. ln London the National
Gallery and the art department of the
South kensington Museum, with the mi
nor galleries of the great metropolis are
are always the leading points of interest
to visitors in the city. Paris without the
Louvre. would not be Paris at all. And
now what have We as New Workers to
show to those who visit us, What have
We to attract the whole country and TO
make New York worth visiting We
have u fine park for ourselves; but for
those who live in the country, what spe-
cial attraction have few acres of grass,
with rockstre and roads thrown in ? 1t
is ouly 4 oetter.kept patch Of q Kind Of
scenery with which they are all familiar.
aud OF which they have become tired BY
long familiarity. They look at the peo-
pie the public buildings, iheg attend cen
certs, they 60 to the theatre and the ope.
ra. the Colosseum and Barnumo Hippo
drcme. They succeed in being amused
in certain way, but they 60 home uniu
. structed. The whole impression left upon
their mipps is light They find the city
absorbed in its trade and speculation. full
of the vulgar display of wealth, and De
voted to driving and light amusement.
They get no uplift by or through us they
do not carry away coed impression OF
US they are not benefited,
Where are our artists! They are
scattered all over Europe Their homes
are in Paris, Munich, Florsence. Dresd 70
and Rome. Why Is our annual exhibi.
tion so small A little pamphlet aboul
Us thick as a temperance tract, suthces
for the catalogue, and iew little cham
bers at the Academy Of Design have wall
room enough for oil the pictures that are
worthy and many Of these are painted
abroad. There is no opportunity for
study here; and when painter has seen
ono or two private galleries, be has seen
all that amounts to anything Whs, ~
need is great gallery, We need it ?o'
ourselves. We need i. for home eiuc4
ton, for the cultivation OF public tsst,
and refinement. We need it as diver
sion from ifivoIu- pursuits aud from no
pursuit, at all We need it as a perms
nent attraction to the whole country. II
those who have -uperabundant wealth
would but unite and give us gallery
worth ten millions it would do more fol
New York, socially, morally and fnauci
ally than similar expenditure would
give us iu any other way. 1t would at
tract and tasten here the art students G
a continent. 1t would Gil New York will
visitors from every part Of the country
1t would give us something to be proud
oil, that would not belittle US 1t would
elevate rich aud poor alike. 1t would
stimulate and develop genius, 1t would
Siso'iJ ShangS iot tuc uSttcT luo tNuc u
society, AMI powerfully modify the civil,
zation OF tho country. II would be wor
thy Of the republic, and command tn.
pictures the pictures that wonld keen oul
artists busy and prosperous The gooc
i. would do in New York and the coartr,
cannot be measured.
New York abounds in charities an,
churches The poor and the sick Ar
bountifully provided for by state an.
city aid, and voluntary benevolence Nil
lions Of dollars are invested 10 churche
nearly every year. Great cathedrals anC
temples are going up all about US, anS
still they talk of more, although the sit
tings Of but few of the churches alread
built are fully occupied. Millions of dol
lars stand accumulated in hands that re
ally do not know how to dispose of ther
while this great boon to great peopl