The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-10-03
From The Boston Transcript.
Speech Of the Hon. Edward Eyoretl

AT LOWELL, ON WEDNESDAY, sERTEHBER "a,
On the occasion Of The Union Celebration Of he
| AIiddLeseT agricultural Society, and he Middle
ser Mechanics association.
Mr.. EVERETT spoke in reply to the compliment
of Jude Hoar, the presiding officer substantially
| as follows:
am really, sir, much obliged to you and the
company for this very friendly reception. II still
| filled the place which formerly, through the favor
of the people Of the Commonwealth, had the honor
| To I'LL should know better how 10 take It, should
regard il, in good degree a tribute Of respect
| TO the Office But being nothing but poor old
! Hunker of an ex- Governor, hardly know how TO
thank you as ought for 50 friendly and cordial
| welcome.
am present to day, sir, with real and deep in
terest in the occasion You have spoken OF the So
ciety of Middlesex Husbandmen and Manuiactur-
crs as Of fifty years standing For more than
half that time have had the honor to be member
of tan Improbable one. must coniess-and
attempted, good many years ago, to perform, AT
| the request OF the society, that duty which has
been SO ably and acceptably performed by the gen
| tleman on my LEFT, (Hon. Linus Child,) who has
| Just addressed us, in another place.
deem the great objects Of the society and those
of the Mechanics Association, whose members
| unite in this festival, OF the utmost importance.
They comprehend small part of all that has been
| done for the culture and civilization OF man. We
| do not enough reflect how much we owe 10 the arts
! of the husbandman, the mechanic, and the manu-
iacturer how much they do for us all, every day
of our lives Strip society of all that these arts
1 have done for il, and you reduce man at once TO
| pastoral and savage life. You turn him out, like
| The wandering Arab or Tartar, to roam, with his
| iocks and herds, over arid deserts and dreary
steppes; or, like the aborgnes of this coptfnt, TO
| earn aprecarious living by hunting and fsnlng.
But although rejecting persons feel, when they
consider the subject, that it is the arts and indus
| try of the husbandman, mechanic, and manufac-
| turer, by which man has been elevated In the So
| cial scale and brought within the reach of moral
influences, we do not all realize that we have not
| yet gone az far we can ought; that, vast as
the progress is which has been made In the cult
| mi aria of artic
| years, still no doubt, in the infancy OF I'M
| provement; that man always must be in this re-
spcct, in state OF infancy, because there are alb
| soutely no bounds TO his possible progress. The
| individual man grows old, but the does not
grow old tide of new life is forever pouring in;
freah minds start into being, adding to their native
powers all the advantage of the teachings of their
predecessors; and thus keeping the race (where
no causes of degeneracy exist) always young, Wig
orous, and progressive.
II has ever been favorite idea of mine, cir that
we live the verge of new improvements and dis
coveries equal to any yet made; that IN the earth
| we tread the air we breath, the water we drink,
and the substances of all kinds-mineral, vegeta-
| bic, and animalwhich we daily handle, there arc
I the materials and elements of discoveries,
| which, when made, will astonish the world Yes,
| sir the quarry and the torest-the coil and the
air--the streams and the winds, are full OF elemen-
sary principles, and hidden arts, and unseen adap-
taions to human comfort; they are replete, burst
ing, might cay, with great truths. The intelli-
! gent artisan-I appeal to the worthy president os
| has not experienced the emotion-thc intelligent
| artisan almost hear them address him like the
imprisoned genius in the eastern tale, imploring
| him to touch the spring-to speak the magic
| word-which shall cali them into being.
| | would apply these remarks to the husbandmanr
! as we'll as 70 the mechanician, although, us you
told us sir, in your instructive Discourse, from the
earliest records of our race the calling OF the hus-
| handman is coeval with man; and although the
| farmers a class said to be rather dsposed TO
adhere to old ways Yet, sir, have no doubt that
| in the several departments of husbandry, In what
relates to climate, soils, manurcs, animals, imple-
ments seeds roots, grains, and grasses, vast lm-
| provements yet TO be made; improvements
| equal to what has been witnessed III any other
| branch Of industry.
| You will be surprised perhaps, sir, 70 hear me
express the opinion that any Improvement can be
effected in reference to climate that being thing
outside, beyond, above us, which we must take as
kind Providence pleases TO send it. Buch much
can be done, sir, to modify the influenced climate
In the neghborhood of large towns, (and the rail
ways constantly charging this ncighborbood,)
a very great business is carried on in the way of
raising fine INDEPENDENTLY grapes-and howers
| under glass.
am afraid TO repeat the estimates have heard
on this subject. 1t is growing business; and by
the of hot air, hot water, and steam 1t Will be
carried a good deal farther. have not the least
doubt that fuel enoughi burned 10 toastc annually,
| in every farmers house in Middlescx county, TO
heat conservatory, which, with careful culture,
would furnish grapes in single year enough to
pay the outlay Of the building.
question of climate in another shape) has not been
enough considered. Whenever you cut down
large piece of woodland, you change the climate OF
the tract Of land which shielded by it from the
| prevailing winds. When you clothe the summit
| of hill with thriving plantation, you make n
mider climate for the slope which is thus sheltered.
| | have seen tender shrubs killed by removing
building which protected them from the northeast;
and every one knows that delicate fruits rarely fail
to ripen in thickly built city, which are very I'M
certain in the country. In short, sir, II any one
To 81 10
| ter, let him remark the difference between the
north and the south side of high compact wall,
when the snow is going off in the spring. You
will have little glacier one side Of the wall and
I dandelions in blossom the other.
| | saw the other day at Nahant very striking
illustration of the effect of shelter in producing
change of climate On the highest part oil that
peninsula, a spot which the northwest wind
| in winter comes charged with needles points and
razors' edges, and where, in the spring, the east
| wind dists from his dripping wings chilly damp
ness that carries raw feeling to your very bones;
| 1 say, sir, this spot, and on the northern slope
of it, the perseverance and skill Of an intelligent
! gentleman has created entirely new climate
He has clothed the most elevated portion OF the
| promontory with trees for shade. His cottage is
| hidden in a grove of his own planting, and that
| commenced, ! think, less than twenty years ago.
| On the northwest slope of his grounds he has
garden filled with the choicest fruits of the season;
not raised under glass; but in the open air, and on
standard trees. | saw the most beautiful pears
have seen this season, with peaches, piums, and
effected by glass, by furnaces, or by hot walls; but
by shelter, and not much of that Rough bats OF
wood, higher or lower, as required, some OF them
twelve fifteen others twenty or twenty-five feet
high, nailed up an inch or two apart; these have
produced the mighty effect and produced the CHI
mate of Provence on the cliffs of Nahant. solid
fence would not stand the mighty power OF north
wester on this exposed spot; the thin Stats few
inches apart stand very WELL and seem to answer
as effectually.
Well, my friends you will be ready to exclaim,
ooh, yes, this is a single case-a very special in
stance in which, by great outlay of money, a de-
sired result has been produced on small scale"
have no doubt Mr. Frederick Tudor Il trust he
will pardon me for making free with his name)
has expended good deal OF money ON his house
and grounds at Nahant but il did not strike me
that the fence of slats-thc main instrument OF ef
fectjng the change of climate-could have cost Il
great deal. think any farmer who lives near
saw mill could for five dollars, buy Stats enough
to do all that has been done by Mr.. Tudor in this
respect
And now, sir, having alluded to this genternnn's
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