New-York daily tribune., 1843-09-25


eF duties TO instruct myself the principles and practice Of
this primitive art have called myself bu; ofhe
humbl-st Of professors aad practitioners Blu. what
lack IN knowledge and experience have endeayored make
up in zeal and diligence and 20 Ear he who goes
ar,hest in my deep conviction Of the supemnent import
Of this work Of man. the foundation Of all cvili
zation IL every part the world the cultivation OF his mo-
tller Earth bv his own hand
Gentlemen, il this the f,ting Of day, ii
i condition to address you, or you in condition
10 indulge patiently, would even now venture TO Sa!
something upon this interesting ubjectnterestiug 10 all
classes Of men-which has assembled you together h=Fe
Cheers and cries Of go on.)
Gentlemen, have said that Agriculture the first step in
the civilization of man-and it is Ii think, the
remark of French philosopher that Man began TO be CIV
zed when he could restrain his wandengs the forest as
barbarian his migra,ions shepherd and TX himself
down TO the necessity of tlng the EARTH And if we run
out into all the acquisitions and aaiaments OF human soce
ty the useful and the fine arts if trace the pol
ised productions Of the Giecian pencil if trace the ar
ctecture OF Rome and Of the whole modern world and eve
ry other art society shall fad that they sPns
uniformly and necessarily from the first great principle ana
element OF human civilization, the cultivation OF the earth
aud the production fruits for the susenance of man.
Gentlemen your good fortune 10 inablt region oil
the Earth of mild climate Of rich soil, aud under circu-
every way conducive promote the highest hui
man happiness. There is nothing gentlemen, that know
Of that deserves the consideration OF those who would
study intimately the Foundation and elements of strong n-
teectua society than that disposition Of things by Provl-
dence which enables men, Of the soil, cultivate 1t
in temperate la,tudes and zones Of the Earth.
Gentlemen, find that after so long Journey without
rest and under the feeling of heavy cold may trust
myself to enter any considerable conversation, $50
what call speech) with you this evening.
have the productions OF your fields and gar
dens be able carry home something of instruction TO
my neighboI by whom am surrounded. shall have the
pleasure Of being with you CHEERS, and cries
Of GoodD Aud shall then have great happiness in
ing and holding personal conversation with each and all Of
YOU And viii conclude for the present, by assuring you
that have come, without inconvenience for the
pleasure of this meeting and hope and assured that
this Exhibition Of the Agricultural Association Of New
York will enable give good account thereof the
good people Massachusetts, loud and repeated cheer
When Mr.. WEBSTER had concluded, he retired
from the room amid the loud and enthusiastic
cheering of the multitude. Hon. ADAM FERGUSON,
a gentleman from Canada, then made some humor-
Gus and sensible remarks upon the general sub
iect of Agriculture of the union Of interests be-
tween Great Britain and America, and Of the
reception which Mr.. Coleman from this country
had met with in England. He concluded by pro-
posing the health of the President, Mr.. Wads-
worth"I say" said he, God bless the farmers
of Western New Y York-and my friend Mr.. Wads-
worth at the head of them" loud cheers.
Mr.. WADswoRTH thanked Mr.. T. for his COM
plimcntary illusions and the audience for the man.
ncr in which it had been received He then read
a sentiment sent in by the venerable Abner Bar
low Of Canandaigua.
"AMERrcAs EDIroRs:-A stock which needs no i'm
proyement'
To this GEORGE DAWSON Esq. the able and ex-
cellen Editor of the Democrat, responded in a
most humorous and effective manner. His few
off:hand remarks were filled with professional jokes
and were received with 'unbounded applause by
the peope-with whom he is highly, and most de-
servedly popular. We should have given sketch
of them but for the fact that the immense multi
tude, in their anxiety to hear him, leaped upon
and broke down the table at which we were taking
notes.
The meeting then adjourned for the day.
THURSDAY Sept. IL
At 3 o'cock in the afternoon an immense num-
Der of persons assembled in the field where the
Exhibition had been held, little distance below
the main fall of the Gcnesee and Immediately upon
the banks of the river. a large space of ground
had been enclosed and staging erected at one
end. Not less than 10 or $4,000 persons were
present, and Mr.. WADswoRrH presided. Upon
the stage were Mr.. Van BUREN, Gov BoUcK, Ex'
Gov. SEWARD, Hon. CHRISTOPHER MORGAN, Sc
nator RuoADEs, and other eminent gentlemen. Ihe
President made a few opening remarks and intro
duced DR.. BEEKMAN, of Undertook, who had
been invited to deliver the annual address He
presented hasty review Of the operations of the
Society since 1892 when it was first organized.
In February of that year few persons held a
meeting in Albany, formed the Society and elect
ed Mr.. LIE Roy DE CHAuMoNr President. To ad-
vance the interests of the Society the Cultivator
was established, in March, 1894 The first Fair
was held in Albany, 1884, and was only credita-
bic as first essay. The next was at Syracuse,
and was decidedly better. In 1912 another was
held at Albany and was highly enthusiastic and
encouraging. Mr.. BEEKMAs spoke at length OF
the contrast between the laborcrs of this country
and those OF Europe-of tho great advantages
which the State OF New York possessed as an az
ricultura State, OF the utility OF her great works
OF Internal Improvement and Of the general en-,
terprise of the American character. He com.
pared the State Of New-I Iork with England
Both were of about the same size. They have
about ninety eight millions Of acres under cultva
tion-we, say ten. They produce annually two
hundred and sixty-two millions of grain-we
about fifty-one millions. They have ten millions
OF cattle, and iorty-four millions Of sheep-we
two millions Of cattle and FIVE and half ml.