The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-10-12

Could | fulfil the promptings oil my own heart,
| / would more willingly mingle with you as pri-
| va,e member OF so happy an assemblage, than
| dare to arrest the progress OF your enjoyment
10 listen words which cannot be OF such interest
| to you as the display which my eye now dwells on
| so pleasingly. Mlngling in your ranks-exchangng
the courteses OF the evening with such TRENDS as
| might meet would be more consonant with my
| feelings but il must say something, why must,
| and let the moment suggest the topic. what are
we assembled for, and who has assembled us to-
gether Look around you, and read IN the nurner'
Gus articles arranged with such taste and judgment,
the cause.-the lever OF the animated counlenances
| which surround them. 1t Is the triumgh OF Amerl-
can skill, in every department. OF agriculture, COM
merce, ingenious mechanism, and the hne arts.
And what nobler sight could an Americans eyes
rest on, and who has gathered us together! 1t
is band of patriots, whose love OF conn
try, of peace, Of onward progress IN civil
izaton has united them together under the name OF
The American Institute" for the simple, the only
purpose OF carrying out the great object OF their
countrys elevation among the nations of the world
Without selfish motives, without design OF selfish
advancement or ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, they are legally
incorporated for the benefit of the pubic For them
they have purchased valuable library, reposl-
tory OF arts, inventions and Improvements In ma
chinery-and for them this exhibition Is got up,
at no small labor and exerton, and to you they
generous support hitherto, and they grateful
He then proceeded to remark upon the necessity
there existed why tariff should be wisely es-
tablished by the government, to protect the manu-
checked, commerce, borne on the bosom of the
wide-enrichlng sea, which washes our almost
unbounded coast by the noble ships-the pride and
boast of Americans all over the world-would -four
manufactures, they are the weakest in themselves,
and require the fostering hand of the government
to protect 1nd encourage their steady growth On
this subject many perhaps of his hearers differed
with him, was he here to discuss the merits or
dement's OF the tariff question; that would require
place and time better suited to grave discussion
than the present, and he would no. enlarge on it.
He then proceeded to point out the power OF mind,
It's curious action dlffernt constitutions, and the
important results arising from Its active employment
by men OF enquirng dispositions. Each daysOme new
invention, some new discovery in science isbrought
to light, and all tending TO bring to the
design OF the Creator. He then compared the state
OF man as he now is with what he had been in cen
turies past-the American of the present day with
the savage or former days, when this vast continent
was the home Of the red manufacturing all to the
operation OF that mysterious principle which moves,
directs, and guides our every action, and through
which we are led to gloriiy the munifcent Being
whose word gave life and order to and the uni
verse. Leaving the soaring track whittier the I'M
pulse was leading him, he descended to earth and
proceeded to point out the good which had been
etiectedsy the institute since its formation, sixteen
years agone. The generous rivalry which had been
excited throughout the country, by the rewards
offered tor specimens OF Improvements in COM
merce, agriculture, and the fine arts, had
given an impulse to each, which had not otherwise
been obtained, and the consequence was that IN
creased Accommodation was necessary to meet the
increased competition. He thanked them, in the
name Of the Institute, for enabling them to afford
such accommodation, and closed his remarks by
bespeaking tor the Institute the warm interest OF
all presentn its future efforts forthe elevation Of the
American nation.
The speaker was well received throughout,
though his remarks were inaudibe at a distance,
owing to the working of the machinery and the
moving to and fro of the visitors. This should be
remedled
To-day the Silk Convention meet at the rooms of
the Institute, in the Park, at half past 10 o'clock
1t will be highly interesting meeting, and much
valuable information in this branch Of American
wealth will be given. Mr.. Barber, Of Massachu-
will deliver an address on this subject at the Gar
den during the evening.
The grand ploughing match at Paterson, N. j.,
will take place on Monday next. the farmers of
Long Island, New Jersey, and the neighboring
counties, are invited to the trial. 1t will be most
in md nj cfIuU por If tho dinuc