The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-09-18

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Az half past eleven O. clock the members of the Legs
latare, and other distinguished PERSONS preceded by
military company fron Troy, with excellent band,
left the village and proceeded to the fair ground to hear
read the prepared by the Hon Sss Wright for
the occasion At twelve O'Clock precisely the Hon John
A. Dix, was introduced to those present; and after
brief prayer was delivered by clergyman present. he
SPEECH THE HON. JOHN A. DIX.
Mr.. President and Gentlemen of the Society:
have come here At your request to perform mslan-
choy duty to read to you and this assembly the an
nua address prepared for the occasion by sas Wright
the order Of your proceedings was 70 have been do
ruled your arrangement The Voice whchswas to have
been heard by the thousands assembled here Is senced
now stand and to have prominent part in your
proceedings has down in the ullness of health and
strength to the tomb The large space which Mr.
Wright filed in the public eye bis great talents and the
moral elevation Of his character this
tsgsncs Of his death carried with it, sttsts the pro-
found respect In which he held by his
nm lar
vices had wrought on the public mind.
The admonitions contained in these sudden dispense
conspicuous for their intellect and their virtue are
called from the field OF their labor while they yet
fresh and vigorous and when the path they tread seems
to higher distinction IL is this the
career of MIR. Wright has been terminated while his
faculties in full vgor and while much of the high
promise Of his life was yet to be fulfilled.
His death 10 the more impressive this time and In
this place. from the peculiar circumstance by which he
usi labor at which he had been engaged at the invita-
ton Of this society, performed The address which
he was to have delivered completed during the very
last hours Of his life. Thus the accomplishment OF the
he had undertaken for the society and the termnA
ton Of his earthly career, were coAcdent with each
other.
am not here, Mr.. President and Gentlemen to pro-
euogy the character public services Of
Mr. Wright, but to perform the more humble part OF
reading you the address which before me- the last
labor Of his life and which seems to q legacy to
the society to hs Sna 20 ms O s AT
proprate unsatisfactory to refer briefly to some Of the
circumstances attending his death
1t is well known that Mr. Wright for the last twenty
years, has held without interruption, various public
trusts requiring ncesssnt mental labor aud leading to
habituay sedentary life. In the intervals Of his
In the of the United States from 1893 to
ls5 portion Of his time devoted to the cultivation
Of his garden, and of land by his hand.
While Governor of the State he purchased addition.
al quantity land and when relieved from the duties Of
the executive office he applied himself with great dill
gence zeal to the Improvement Of it. His labor
not merely that OF superntendence but he was him.
self principal aborsr in all his agricultural operations
He had an able bodied hard. working man. and went
with him into the field powing moving and ssting
performing himself full share OF labor; and after the
agues of the day. retiring to his study and passing his
evenings in reading and in correspondence To those
excessive exertons Of body and mind and to the too
pd transition from life of comparative bodily inacti
witty to one Of severe manual labor doubtless to
traced the sudden attack which terminated his exis
tence.
need not dwell upon details which have been
widely circulated, and generally known.
Suffice it to say, that the morning after he had
vised the address which about to read and after
c0rr0ctlOn6,
and probably precisely what it would have been
if he had lived deliver it himself he seized with
pain in the heart at the village postoce walked
calmly to his house with few friends and in two hours
he had breathed his last.
Such, gentlemen were the last hours Of slas Wright
Tho cslmness which distinguished him throughout
all the chsngssof his life accompanied him at its close
From the FIRST moment Of his attack he appeared to
derssnd its fatal character and he submitted to 1t
without struggle or a murmur In him perished one
Of the finest models of a citizen and statesman the
country contained. He may be said, indeed, to have
been mpersonation Of the true character and tenn
early ages before their of legitimate history
marked by the lives and actions Of distinguished per-
senage invested with the ruling characteristics OF the
countries of which they intended to be the types
The spirit Of the political system is thus illustrated by
the invisible example. Mr.. Wright might have been
deemed, without any cooring Of the imagination, as
exemplidcaton of the genius OF our'sof what 1t is
and what 1t ought to be-of its simplicity, its purity
and its strength Plain and transformations in his
manners; serene amid all the agitations Of life
ambitious Of wealth Of henors; singulsry courteous
and kind in his intercourse with others equally dgni
ted whether dealing with tho most complex questions
Of public policy In tho Senate chamber when tiiing
with Roman simplicity his own fields he .reoalled TO
classical examples of disnterested patriotism
and virtue which usre to the times in which they
existed and which have come down to us consecrated
the memory of ages The close of his life in har
mony with its whole II. was appropriate that
the last labor of his hands should have been performed
with the Instruments OF husbandry aud that the lsst
effort Of his mind should have been given to the
Of agricuturea pursuit to which the great Of his
countrymen devoted and which the purity Of tho
body polite and tho durability social system pre-
-minently depend. With these few REMARKS which
could not orbsar to make and Tor which trust the
oAson viii furnish my apology, proceed to read the
Address.
These remarks were received with profound nteres
and created powerful sensation among the assembled
Mr. DIX then read the following address, prepared by
the Hon. Silas Wright -
ADDRESS OF THE LATE sILAs WRIGHT.
Mr.. p esident and Gentlemen Of the Siafs ag ieuura
Secetyad it been my purpose to entertain you with
eulogum upon the great interest conhdcd to your
care the agriculture Of the State should md myself
forestaled by the aibton which surrounds and
which that euogy to the eye much more
forciby, impressvey, eloquenty than could command
Language to pronounce 1t to of this assembly.
Had mistakenly proposed to address to you . dis
course upon agricultural production this exhibition
would have driven from my purpose by the convic
ton that backward and scarcely initiated scholar
in h Of sh 5.
to change places.
The agriculture of our State far It yet from
tupfty and perfection, has already become an art
science profession, in which he who would instruct
must be first himself instructed far beyond the advance
ment Of him who now addresses you.
The peryadng character of this great and vital in :
eres however its intimate connection with the wants
comforts and interests Of every man In every employ
ment and calling OF life; and its controlling relations
ths commerce. manufactures substantial independence,
general health and prosperity Of our whole people
present abundant subjects for contemplation upon
sions like this without attempting to explore the dephs
or to define the principles Of science profound and
to the uninated difficult ia that agriculture
Agricultural production is the sub-strstum Of the
whole the great element which spreads
the sail and mpels the of commerce, and the
hands and turns the machinery of manufacture. Tho
earth Is the common mother Of all in whatever employ
ment engaged, and the fruits gathered from It's bosom
sre alike the Indispensable nutrment support of all
The productions Of surface and the treasures OF its
mines the material which the labor oil The
culturst the merchant and the manufacturer alike
bestowed and are the prize for which all alike toll
The active stimulus which urges all forward exciter
industry awakens ingenuity and brings out invention,
ia the the hope Of market for the produc-
ton, OF their labor The farmer produces to sell the