New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-16
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No thoughtful observer could witness the
clo,ir- Of tine Exposition on Friday without
feeling that II WIS the end of -tvat expert
,l,nt which. ~ nothing else has ever done
gagged oui social and domestic progress and or
auiit,. not %, political element, IL tho world,
but q, civilized men and women. Whether
it DAVIS Stockholders or not in rccmiaIy
,rn>,. !, l,u, small matter; hs, achieved
great end; i, bus shown rs Ours Ives as others
zee a.. The most useful day IN the life of the
great man Of a country town Is that which
Luiu., him 10 thc metropolis Ia measure NM
self with m,n who have had better chances
than he. II Is the consciousness "i what We
can be that give, Us strength, not OF what we
are.
Another useful purpose, not probably fore
seen by IL, uuyinitor', has been answered by
Tim. experiment. II has united lis ~ q nation
revived 10 great extent the Old genial
feeling Of good fellowship among natives of
different sections. which has 80 long lam
dormant Oar only point of national inter
course. Congress, is now and probably always
will bn Battlefield rather than = FANNY
bcortb,,onr hut we have all gone pl'aSnring
together at Philadelphia on our first chance of
Il
notirn.hlr Ia the thronging millions who came
from every State in the Union tnan their good
humor with Che world and each other th"
kindlncss. courtesy, hcartincSs of feeling that
showed Itself ut every turn. The newspapers
through the campaign might threaten revolt
ton and insist ON irreconcilablc sectional diiier-
cnccs; bat here, where the great masses OF the
people, who neither print nor run Tor oili'e
had a chance to show their temper 1t was
brothcrly aud honest The Snuihcrner was
nrold of -England's machinery, and the
Yankee complained that enough display was
ma, made of corr cotton and gold licldS
B,.jdcs. thry all played host together, and felt
. natural family pride i'll their house and hos
Vitality. The idea Of pure patriotism had
crown dullcd of late years, not more through
fine lingering accrbilics of the war than
tLr,uob the increase Of greedy mcrcenaIy
rc,iino. the country was our field or mar
lct winch yielded III livelihood. Now, rs
NE have seen her standing erect among the
nations of the earth, with all her sacred
mcmoric, about her, aIl her mighty promise
or tbc future before her, she has become to
~ also more sacred and more dear. Even in
a less degree the same advantage has been
Gained by every aSS0clatlon or corps, sccn-
tile, practical, or artistic (and their name is
legion, winch have met during the progress
OF the Exhibition at Philadelphia. The very
fact of meeting then and there was in some
sense vindicaticn of themselves, as a body,
before the world, with the background OF their
common country. They will be not less Jews,
Professionals MasCns or scientists for the
meeting, but they will he more certain that
they are Americans.
As for the great national results to be hoped
for from this Exposition, they viii be, in the
larger sense, so subtle and slow in action as to
make it impossible for us to estimate them.
He who runs may read the advertisement
which the Exhibition has made of our re-