beauty of the fountains, and the proud consciousness which every citizen of New York felt that his or her own cherished and honored city had, in this mighty undertaking, accomplished a 'work with no superior, either for extent or for excellence of object all these were elements of gratification such as it is not often the pleasant lot of a municipal

peopte to enjoy ; and they were enjoyed, temperately, yet with an exquisite satisfaction.

And apart from these, there was the sense of grandeur always called into being by the sight of the presence of a great multitude, animated by one impulse, and moving or acting in the attainment of a common object. Nor was the proud reflection absent, that under the

benign influence of political institutions which give and secure to every man his equal share in the general rights, powers and duties of citizenship amid this great convulsion, as it may be called upheaving and commingling of society where half a this mighty

million of people were brought together into one mass as it were, there was not a guard, a patrol, a sentry, not even a solitary policeman, stationed any where to hold in check the ebullition of social or political excitement that there was need of none and that the peace, order, and quiet of the city were as completely undisturbed as they could have been in London, Paris, Vienna, St. Petersburg, or any other great city of monarchical Europe, by legions of bayonets and an army of peace-officers.