New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-10-04
A NATIONAL EXHIBITION.

TUE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION NECESSARY.
Yo ths Bdtt0r OF Tks TTtbUHe
SrR: n che Governmental annop ncenent that the
Centennial celebration would not he q national affair
bas inte1fcred with the coming Of foreign Powers it
sccrls to have had an effect equally discouTaging
upon the anticipated readiness OF the American
people % subscribe the way proposed 10y Congress
fer the expenses OF the Exhibition. How far II
was wire IN Congress 20 ad0rt the scheme en-
hadiod m the creation OF the Centennial Board
Of Finance for raising SlOCOO,0oO by subscrip-
ton. and SiOOOO,OO0 more ny the bonds OF the
eorporation n il unnecessary ~ ask as the scheme
has been officially declared failure. But
rsy safely assume that Congress, N enacting
that IL bebOoved the people OF the United
States to celebrate by appropriate ceremonies
AMI az International exhibition The complcsonof the
fr7t century OF cur national existence and in pro
claiming that intention 80 the world did not intend
the world to understand that the celebration would
be dispensed wiz Il the people found on examination
that % would nos pay. The sharpest foreign invec-
tive against Americans has hardly gone far rs 70
suggest IN regard 20 our reverence fOf the men who
IN signing tAe Declaration Of Independence, pledged
their hves thlir fortunes, ana their sacred hcnor,
that in commemora, ing the Centennial Of that event.
VIC proposed 70 indulge our patriotism and cur
national pride Oaly in ease could turn penny by
the operation aad reward pety with
peellniarv prcik A singuary erroneous idea
seems % have obtained to some extent in America
tha the success OF international Exhibitions waste Dc
measured bv she excess OF receipts over expenses,
and that the vienna Exposition from the balance OF
ortro over income national failure. l. has
even been qurrcsted that this thc view taken by
the Austrian Government, and To vindicatc that
Government which exhibited a high pubic spirit
throughout tie entire work from possible mis-
understanding for which have been made appa-
rcnily responsible Il may BE- proper for me 20 supply
an omission in a dispatch from Vienna Which was
presented n he Senate hy the Hon. AARON A. Sar-
gent Of California on the 9th March, 1874, IN lis
elaborate speech AGAINST IN appropriation. for the
Exhibition 40 Philadelphia. Nj. Sargent sad:
request from lie secretary or state nym ". jay.
SIN stcr ~ Vienna which wac ast.d IN du,Ealy s.i,
speaking o. tEe finances OF tac Exhibition there III wnlch
AvruIc,v LEGATION, vienna, Jan 30 ls74,
70 Il4y oi interest o. lie Centennial toulIls-
slon and ~ Congrp-e should Lie SaP,ct again occgy
Lseir attention know Official source the cos ~
ibe Jenna Exposition ana ne eA,s.t - " S y 80
tI itse 600 a. ~ a i,lt oi az 10 c,, %, ,oii
SiviseG Ly the M.nlicr Of Finance nae amounted
sEnrn. 1nc dcirit s larger thaa expected sla tHe
sJten II soue 0uc OF norns 10 e years budget
aaye tse honor TO be, sir. yoa Oae,ent servant
Tic Hon. Haxuros FISH, Secretary Of state
Bi-xEFIT OH TIKI exhibition.
The omitted paragraph ,why or by whom omitted
does not appear wac to the effect that HIS Excel
Iency the Minister of Finance hal further remarked
IN substance that such had been the beneficial effect
nf the Exposition up0n the Srt-Lclstry Of Austria,
Oh giving DC new Sgmulus AID new prestige ana IN
orerinr markets Tor tie pruaucro OF the eia-
piro that n they the beginning OF the enter
,,ries and lltcw VII 10 woIld cost they would not
hrsta.e IN vote evcsy I'm; ard the Gsiatch added
that had received ils tX-clloIcyS permission 20
make kno~n laa5 stAtencut
Tie Anf.rias, view t,,is expire aed, is confirmed By
that Of one Of the thoughtful ard obscrvant OF
our count ryuen and Il the financial experience az
Vienna il suggestive dissipating iEarions a. to
probable returns IN money from thc Exhibition at
Paramount, d" the influence Of such an experience
AZ az. Charles Francis Adama, IL. remarks, IN bis
report 60 the Iecslsture o. Massachusetts, cannot
EASILY be measured in dollars and cents. On the
contrary, there can scarcely remain doubt II the
mind Of ca. ful observer at 81 familiar with the
rroVfrse of recent Austrian development that the
EXPOSITION even had il ras1itcd III decls twice AZ
large as tnat stated would nave been +" rJh i.r more
dian II cost - The outside cost OF tha International
Exhii4tisu 20 Philadelphia Congress seems 20 have
estimated at 800 Ut0p 900. Imagine success acIiev-
Ell -rel - that Of Vienna. ms, ructiGg the Amerl-
r4 nenue M the arts Cud culture on knroDe; teaching
a. Filrouc the bOundless resources and advancing
culture OK the American people and OF the perlc'-
flon az organizing and executive cGpaeity on tiie
cart OF tile Government; win thousands - l1H-
Koreans eeginC with their own eyes, and with the
,0rv fsirlv told by cortespoldeuts 70 the
press OF europe winch nov iehci7 s'H
accounts If oar progress and our character; WIN
tile ecent and Swans, Glc inventors ana manu-
f@ctuTeTs q tic world returning nome knowing loI
the first time the Republic and Its peoples u pos
hc 90 Trtieet upou the new prestige we should TINS
acquire. and upon it, effect III encouraging the
coming OF men o. and Of culture, III assisting
~ restore the confidence OF capitalists, ana ~ s,iinu
Ia.ing general emigration, without iiiing t#I tle
whole cost Of tie Exposition. were Is 4ZO,tftJs1Jo
niight be again and again repaid year after year
for half "a century 70 come, "a me h',N HIp'i"clS
of our instructed industry the new markets Tor oli
manufactures tie new labor and capital brought
BY emigraiioni Is this time ~ REJECT sdch an OPP
poTtUnltY
No such success. however, can be accomplished by
Che Centennial Commission whatever It's energy OF
genius while It's Governmental character Is denied
by the Government itself. az it denied in the
last instructions given to Mr. Jewell Gov. Jewell
hae announced tie fact, but has not furnished the
examination ; and why the fact of the second an
noun eIncut and vet more the reasons thai Induced
tins change Of 'front.' III regard 70 the CenteuuilI,
this explanation Of the character o. TIC hst invita-
ton IN q different sefse nom that conveyed 10
European powers by the language on the treatment
ans the letters TO the foreign ministers, nave nos
be.u -oouer communicated TO the American people,
tho remark that Mir Jewell said that the facts were
MI communicated 20 the state Dtpari ment az tie
tme but were not printed IN the last volumes oil
the fore gu correspondence. subject more inter-
estur 70 Che country could scarcely nave iOuhu
place Ia those volumes.
EAuOSAL PRIDE.
A point ON which the American people are rightly
sensitive s with regard 70 the honorable correctness
OF our dealings with foreign powers, andh we are too
ready 10 pardon Governmental mistakes at home, 10
overlook bunders. OF even unhappIy 10 pardon
crimes. the country ~ suH qulcE 10 clscoVeT any
blundcr that trenches on the prophecies OF dlplO-
macy tlat establishes erroneous procecenC 10 our
own detrimc,t or thai exposes To inst criticism the
pnde OF the Nation aud the dignity OF popular hiSl-
buttons.