New-York daily tribune., 1842-10-01
T HE TRIB u N E.

Al the Capitol, Albany, Thursday, sept ~
tRgported for II. Tfibune.l
FELLOW Clrlzss.: Tie display OF animal and vesta
-, t,c,on, ,. ~ ,o.i,ie,s OF culture and the trial oi
nnIsrnens OF ,illags under the patronage Oh !he new
Work Safe Agricultural Society ara conipissea anu
ouly remains 10 coner the civic pzes "nich nAS "ee %
hoporabiy won Shall scenes 80 anInuiiS 'lioost ~
eacrfn a Instructive though so siape pa "i'Su' 1o
uept! :, ;,,,.
ia ,,..a IN the philosophy of agriculture, esinea IN
l,, ,y-tsu, ana transcendent in eloqasncs here are
~ rorum and L, theme Suck ei,izsa you have expected
Let my isperi,y IN assuming the p!rcc he has ie.t
,,ot and others have declined, find apology il ,se
,tuds which the abnndau, kndness OF nay fsllsw s;i
,ens has isspires.'
In tllst ,me-worn Tower which tells many seed OF
eacbery and Of tyranny British Government exhibits
the .ror of Kisgs, Nsbe. knights Soldier; ana
s.snen who have bose the 'sHdard OF 81 george around
ds circumference OF the Globe France Win prids mere
,,pet -lay. galleries OF the Louvre, the chtS d.
r,r, OF her artists with what sle yet retains Of !he pro
I.os Of the pencil and the chisr of which Ns2osss de-
ousd, the na,io,s Of Europe. Thsse monuments excite
ar;r,t;os bat they lsave generous zns grateful Iymps-
,e.nnmoYed wilde the benevolent mind recognizes IN
m axe the ;low and the loon, agea,s OF civilization and
t,n;v and cxss thrn above all the weapons that arr
hon and rapine have forged and even above all the EN-
;.ens mo- al lite that arts merely ornamental have
,x.nfion or brs,ow exaggerated praise upon their au
,, Ainlng tse nferinrty Of our schools TO the mi
r,,s of Europs and thr deficiency OF our artisans in
Warning and experience, we Way Yet maintain that ali
dc .cqui,emeus hare, and all inventions pas immc-
G.,ly 10 the general asd conttibse directly to the
o.r,I welfare Srch are now OF dinusng and
,,,ryipr kno ledge that 70 reilly useful Invention
Ar bs lost or fail erpoyed in every region OF our
cous,ry Let this festival
-"Pasiorsl'y swee.
And rur.lly magnificent"
\. preserved, AND tho ncrca,ng emulaon Of our yeo
rsnry and %aechGncs maintained and tue effect will be
se only in the Improvement Of Agriculture, hot in
the amtloa,ion of the character OF the People. Thirty
wears before The Revolutionary war. al celebr,-
ton in Nas.acuscts the M.trons and Maiens of Boston
appeared the Mall, each ndusriously plying the busy
spinning wheel Need it then excite surpe iInt Sis
,tr STATE exccls with the shuttle and wealth
o the losds the ice and the rocks. The character Of
people may be studied In th9ir The warlks
Greeks fixed their epochs the recurrence OF the Oym.
pic games Tho husbandmen of Switzerland stated
periods celebrate the Introduction of The vine Well
weien, continue cvaiions in honsr of Agriculture which,
while they give expression to aaonnl rejoicing, promote
,he welinrs of country and the good of mankind
FARMERS New YoRx-you 10 wisely in collecting from
every district and every region the various species 0 plants
and adopting such find soil and cmse ost congo
nal in introducing branches OF culture and mechanic
industry in choosing of domestic and foreign stosk The
animals which propaate most rapidly, with the least eH-
subsistence ana yItiG the
husbapduas earc in stimulating invention 10 the discov-
cry s principles Of ,sge, machines ami implements.
oriHceasn Ike fertility OF the soil and the producveness
OF human bor But iesc efforts alone well conceived aud
besefceat as they do fulfil The responsibilities oil
the American Farmer Similar exertons, though less ci
eye have been made by the ters OF The earth IN every
age however bengh,ed and in every sountry however
subjected. Tue God of Nature has given us a territory
Netiag through fifty degrees OF longitude with airaoI
etreadib OF Le temperate zone, cmbosonlng numerous
hkes and raver>ed by capaccuS rivers Every variety OF
SNpo Of the tropics, aud every mineral resource, with
maintain, fsres and pain sbundantly supplied We
tan relation 20 this wide territory moi unlike the pro-
s Of in regard 10 The earth over which he re.
td dominion from the Almighty. lie has permitted us
nanrn wisdom from tie rugged experience OF almost
s;;y centuries and establish system o government new
and peculiar, which, while it etctuay personal
rights and domestic tranquility does not favor war and
mol adapted 10 asgteson which ca>tens ararce ana r3'
presses ambition which lavss equality subdues individual
power and stimulates strengthens gnd combines the power
c' e msSs-a system resting on the consent ana kept IN
acton only by tie agency of the governed Toth al
'shases aaded social organization which rejects III sr-
ioim he principles OF involuntary reluctant Tabor ana
s'audoh among The members OF Ill. Stale, and by oer-
R qia rewards calls forth the equal industry ana enter
eoe'ery citizen These pecuariies OF our politcA
asocai condition Indicate III civilization and iap'e
generous confidence that il NAY be our privilege 10 open
a' 'dce Tue way to brighter ana better destiny 'i1h
@opNsssed have doubted whether advancement from the
vale ol existence was a blessing and havessrusged
w 0ey u II msre liberty the end OF hama achieve
but we have learned that civil liberty only one ef
Ueshs Q; human happiness, and is de.lrabe chiefly
layors that ssca advancement which the ever
Hhs destiny OF mankind. In every stage o. that ad
ernient hitherto, Agricultural improvement has been
as~onch II should always be first. b Agriculture, ma
As l! su2forls ANA clothes smnnknd; ttufni,heS tbs
'' 'oF prsiecnen and deenc~ aud The meals ertnoi
'a improvement asd intellectual cultivation. PoroIn
UaConmuny, Cities, and States, may exiitby e1ef
ehs The Ncctanc or by going down TO The sea N
PS uai thsre must nevertheless be somewhere, .o!c
Nger Agricultural community tcrnisi the productions
elauIcs indispensable in such OF sOcely. The
sssNaTy muefa.s, Ircn. lead copper, aud o,hers,
&c fene.icia sy because They are employ ed in ala
agriculture, or In preparing It's productions Tor orr
Si ana even the ns.as WHICH BY consent OF
Aaa aIe called precious, have value except rep
Ssls.!'es OF The !uts si Industry Other interests may
&a iaiL and o!hsr masses may csmsiEe si>eove sid
sGsae asd the agricultural be scarcely Affected,
VSas waol. body polite synpa,Lses when this !nere,,
@Sie,es asd tl.is class suffers
fnce' and ios,s ,aay Il ,u,,s nay fade,
Aheata mahc lson, .rrath has made:
sos, 4 bsii peasxnlrv, lErii eouuTy's p,idr,
"NSii oac- IestrUyrs, can never be Iupp.ied
osn obvious pons bil,y Of the Americxh People 10
'c natural and proper order OF secial improvement,
Yeho'a1g Asyicnllurc-tor til, is the tendency oil our
aesir Il rs p-a& IN ether countries tsst society
"l'y consists ul two clsss-s-le ruth: 'er aud the
naay. The latter ,le.snaled under iae most
81 oals OF government .ile i4boring poor in The
counties OF the South a.. Pr,san,ry, and IN The
f North ss sef," Here we know not a. cas,
'eassttry or Poor; and the laboting aany constitute
- s' Shshe: de,sn,dly net, they Who apply 10 our
susoges deriss, from aonsrchical or arsocraue
Noaa nilead u, md .sose deceive themselves who
Wa oar government viii operate otherwise than for
oSuTiy aiai he:ef o. the Tie Legislators oil
are lis citizens; and ii. predoslina,iny
oelens enn>is; oi tiers .! tie SOIL The American