The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-11-13

udu Olenueu tOSetneI anu melteu themselves III
10 his soul. Peace TO his memory let tnot per-
ish among you. Let the lines or his monument
be refreshed aud deepened.
Nor LEI me limit the achievement of the far
mers of New York to the subsection and beauti-
full adornmcnt of its soil. The great works of
internal communication, making this State a Won
der to the world, were commenced by the enter
prise Of yourselves, were undertaken when farm
ers held power. Call TO mir d the immense struc-
lures which make this State the astonishment of
the world IFS channels for inward communication
carried upwards TO the waters Of the st. Law
renee, stepping aside TO the Ontario, and united
at the northwest with the illimitable wilderness
OF our inland seas; and then Join me in paying
tribute 10 those who were the servants of public
mind III commencing this gigantic system. To
De Witt Clinton, whose capacious mind graspcd
n advance the sum ofits infinite benefits whose
enterprise like a powerful miIl-stream, as it dash
es on an overshot wheel of vast dimensions.
I(Applause) To Van Buren,, who, when the bill
for the construction OF the canal had almost been
abandoned by its earliest friends, PIT forth those
noblc-spirited, well-remembered exertions, which
resusciated it when all seemed lost, and restored
t TO the appreciation of your Legislature. Zap
plause) We'll might those chief in the world of
opinions embrace each other in the hours oftheir
success. If in action they were often divided,
in this great service they share a common glory.
Applause.
But the Farmers Of New York are not content
with improvements in the material world alone.
From their generous impulses springs your sys-
tom of free schools. They have proved them
selves the liberal beneElctors of academies and
colleges.-They, too, have been careful for the
means of their own special culture, and have
founded and nurtured societies for promoting ag-
rlculture. For an example of the virtues of pri-
vate life, name to you the farmer Of Westches
ter county, the pure and spotless Jay, who assis-
ted to frame our first treaty of peace, which ad-
ded Ohio and the lovely West to our agricul turc.
Side by side with him, | name the friend of his
youth, Robert II. Livingston, the younger, the
enlightened statesman of our Revolution, whose
expansive mind succeeded in negotiating for our
country a world beyond the Mississippi, and gain
ed access for our flag to the gulf Of Mexico.
Here, on the banks of the Hudson, he is celebra-
ted as it were by every steamboat, and remem-
bered on your farms through his experimental
zeal. On this day be remembered the virtues Of
Stephen Van Rensselaer,, who first brought Der
ham cattle in this State, and literally ditfIsed
The breed.
Join with me also in a tribute 10 Mitchell, the
faithful advocate, and perhaps institutor, of one
of the earliest agricultural societies; TO Jesse Bu-
ell, who connected science with fact, taught how
t the most barren soil may be made vastly produc-
! tive, diffused his acquisition by the press, and by
, life and by procept was the farmers friend; to
Willis Gaylord, whose agricultural essays are
standard authorities, honorable 10 the man and
ItO tho Gtofa,tc I n ID ,, IL Ck,,r,or4 ,,l,, LOOT
alive an agricultural society in Jefferson county,
when all others had expired, and gave the impulse
to the formation of the State society, OF which
he was the first president; to Jas. Wadsworth, for
his skill as a cultivator, and still more for his lib
eral e%xertions, pouring out thousands afcr thous-
|ands, at the impulse of a generous mind, as if
from a well-spring Of good will, to promote agri-
cultural science in primary schools. And |
should be wanting on the occasion, did | not ten
der the expression of your regard TO the present
f President, of the State Society, TO the influence
of that institutional of which he is the honored head
to its Journal OF Agriculture, to lis annual fairs.
But let me also entreat its friendly wishes 10 its
purpose of establishing an agricultural school;
and 10 that other moro dillusiye design of intro
ducing, through its secretary, scientific works on
agriculture into school libraries. | am happy al
so 10 announce that efforts are now making 10
constitute agriculture, as 1t deserves 10 be, a
branch o. instruction in one, at least, of your UAi-
~versties. Loud cheers.
, have named to you some Of the bcnc[actors
of Agriculture in New York. Their benefits en-
dure. The pursuits of the farmer bind him 10
home. Others may cross continents and yeX
oceans; the farmers must dwell near the soil
(which he subdues and fertlizcs. His fortunes
are fixed and immovable. The scene of his
youthful labors is the scene of his declining years
} he enjoys his own plantations, and takes his rest
|%beneath his contemporary trees.
Bnt the fIrmer is not limited TO the narrow
/ circumference of his own domain; he stands in
relation with all ages and all cljmes. Your soc;-
ETY. has done wisely TO urge on those who beau
, the Gospel 10 untaught nations, TO study their ag-
rlcnlture, and report for comparison every yarie-
ty Of tillage. All ages and all cIimes contribute
to your improvement. For you, are gathered
the fruits and seeds which centuries of The exis-
tence of the human race have disc overed and
rendered useful. Tell me if you can, in what
age and in what land the cereal grasses were first
found TO produce bread? Who taught TO employ
the useful COW to furnish food for man?--When
was the horse first tanned to proud obedience?
The pear, the apple, the cherry, where were these
first improved from their wilderness in The origi
nal fruit? And whose efforts led the way in chan.
ging the rough ska of the almond to the lucious
sweetness of the peach? All ages have paid
their tribute 10 your pursuit. And for you the
sons OF science are now securing every heath
and prairie, and wilderness, TO see if some new
grass lies hidden in an UNEMPLOYED glade; if some
rude stock ofthe forests can offer a new fruit tc
the hand Of culture. For you the earth reveal.
the innumerable beds Of mark its mineral wealth
the gypsum and the lime, have remained in store
for your use from the days Of creation. For you
Africa and the isles Of the Pacific open theii