New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-10-16
VOL. HE. NO. 1852.
The State Agricultural Fair-Letter from
Mr., Wadsworth.

We publish the following letter from hT. F." ADS
Nth reference to his remarks at the late
State Agricultural Fair at Rochester, win grea'
,,easure In order, however, to show that we arc
not open to the charge of having mlsrepresen'eu
them. we append to the letterln the form OF notes
extracts from our report OH speech. 10. r'0'
To the Editor Of the Tribune:
NV attention has Just been called to an article
in your paper OF the Cd inst. in which you mate
r;ajlv mistake, doubtless unintentonally, the re-
marks which made at the late Far OF the New
York State Agricultural Society. The subject
&c one Of little importance to the public, but 1t Is
due to nv friends in the Agricultural Society
that should not allow the erroneous impression
to remain which your comments are intended to
produce. limitations to the same effect have ap-
peared in other quarters, but not, as thought, IN
a manner which required that | should notice
them.
You say that I attributed the frauds. forgerlcs
and defslcations which have of late been so Ia
mentally frequent in our country to ou' system
of paper cyeditS.* In this you are entirely mis-
taken. | said that those evils were owing III
abuse Of paper credits" No one will more
readily admit than myself the necessity OF paper
credits in some form, IN a commercial and CIVIL
lied community; and | should be very unwilling
to attribute to any insurmountable cause evils so
numerous On the other hand, am not aware
that it is questioned by any party, or even any
individual, that our credit system has been most
widely extended and abused.
Nor did I say one word for or against the
Tariff. On the contrary expressly stated, as
many who sat near me will bear witness, that l
deemed that too much of a party question for the
time and place. merely remarked that the an
nual value of our Corn and Potato Crop exceeded
the whole capital invested in Manufactures
fact which our National Legislature did not seem
to bear in mind when they devoted session after
session to the Tariff Question, and refused more
than passing notice to the millions engaged IN
Agricultural production. In this | referred to
the neglect with which several valuable recon-
mendations emanating from Mr.. Ellsworth, OF
the Patent Office, have been recelvedln Congress-
In alluding to the guests of the Society, ex-
President Van Buren, and Gov. Bouck, was
much more guarded inmy language than l should
have been, had it been my duty to notice, gentle
men of the opposite party.
In conclusion | have only to remark, that 1t has
been the constant aim of the officers of the Soci-
ETY. to exclude from allits proceedings every thing
of political nature. Not ony the usefulness,
but the very existence of the Society depends
upon the continuance Of this policy; and regret
that any thing which [ said should have been
msconstrued into departure from a rule Of such
0O''0 JAS S. WADsWoRTH.
The following is from our report of this passage:
"N1r WApswoRrt, in his opening remarks, alluded to
the peculaons, the frauds and deacatons by which the
past years had been Marked and expressed the hope that
they had arisen mainly FROM THE COLLAPSE o. deestaoy
ABUSED system Of credit"
repor, presents this passage nearly the same form
When he recollected that g. 900 Of people We're
engaged in the pursuits of agriculture while only
wele engaged commercial and 900 IN
pursuits he led ask hmsef this pePonaeahce OF
numbers did not indicate the great influence OF the apoIns
classes He expressed the belief moreover that the polt
Giyns attention 70 aIli OCCUPATIONS,