Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1851-11-06

MR. WEBsTER's SPEECH.
DeiiUered at the New Hampshire Agri-
cultural Fair Eloquent stnfimessts.
The annual Agricultural Fair at Man
chester, N. H., on the 9th, drew togeth-
ter an immense crowd. Mr.. WEBSTER
was present, and was warmly welcom-
ed al the cars, by A.. HI. AVER. He was
escorted 10 his lodgings in Hanover
Square. and there was called out in an.
otaer speech. We make these extracts:
LADIES AND GKNTLrMEN hardly
know how to occupy the few moments
in which il is proper for me to address
you. came here to-day as a visitor
and guest, 10 see aud hear, and exchange
congratulations with my country men and
country women Of New Hampshire. but
i. is TOO late in the day. il the occasion
was proper, for the discussion Of any
subjects except those which belong 10
that particular object, in regard 10 which
your eloquent friend has SO fully and
ably discussed-so closely confined in
its appropriateness TO one object.
l will say to you, ladies and gentle
men, thatil there be auy one thing III
my heart stronger than any other wish
il is, that all the various pursuits of life
be protected by law, prosecuted by sci
enti6c discovery. and guaranteed by free
government, may continue 10 prosper II
this oar land
Ladies and Gen,lemen-- Y our fathers
and my fathers--generasions that have
gone before us, united The character .oi
soldier and farmer. They fought the
enemy, and they fought inclemency OF
the weather. aud they struggled with
the soil. The mechanic arss they pnr-
sued and engaged no farther than was
necessary TO carry on those great elemen-
,ary operations Of farming The country.
Fhey lived in cold regions-sa region Of
six months winter and short summers,
during which they were 10 provide for
this great length Of inclement weather.
They went, therefore, zealously 10 work
to defend themselves from the savage
foe, and cultivate the fields Cor their own
subsistence. and / am old enough to have
seen, and have seen since was q mem-
her and praciiced al the bar. those who
have been sho, and wounded III their
own corn fields by Indian nuskets on
this river just above us.
Now, gentlemen, all is changed. Wars
Of that kind have ceased. and some have
come 10 amend. He who was one half
soldier and half farmer. has now become
altogether farmer, or else he has gone To
the mechanic arts--io those very inl-
provements which enrich and adorn soci-
ety; and our state of New Hampshire
is as great a participaior in these improve
men,s as any part Of the country, and |
need not say 10 you, gentlemen, need
not say TO you that this new face Of
things-this great change that has come
over us. while il is partly owing to peace
on the frontiers which has released in
former times so many of The people Of
New Hampshire from border wafs-lhat
peace itself has been promoted, and all
the arts that we see fourishing around
US, and the increase of wealth which we
behold, are the fruits, first OF all, of the en-
terprising character, and next of the
good government under which i: has
pleased Almighty Providence 10 let us
live.
Friends and Fellow Cilizens We are
al The head in This western world. No
man can appreciate what il due to him.
self as an Americans citizen, or what are
duties incumbent upon him as such, who
does no. feel that he is one Of the twen-
ty-fve millions Of people who are set
ting great examples Of freedom and re-
publicanism 10 The rest Of the world, and
if he be narrow. or local, or prejnIiced
lii he be as blind as nole--if he
cannot see an inch before him. he cannot
comprehend his destiny, He does not
know the place he fills amidst the hn-
man race. Therefore. think that il rs
Incumbent on US all, in all these public
meetings, that we see, and know and feel
the progress Of our own pros sperily, and
remember that il Is The result Of those
institutions which opr fathers founded
for us, and which Il Is our duty always
and " every sacri6re 70 maintain.
Gentlemen. the hour Of the day, il
nothing else, would prevent me from dis
cussing any Of those subjects which
more appropriately belong 70 another
sphere. Al!
The eloquent gentleman v no welcom.