Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-09-16

be maintained between the GATE of Agrlcu- |
ture, and, indeed, Of society itself and the |
coiemporaneous state Of lHvcHtlnn IA the
arts. The necessities Of industry IN every
department stimulate aud sustain the ACTIVE /
ny Of invention II, therefore, you would
have invention free, perseverihg and COM
ptchensive, what have YOU To do but to es-
tablsh aud maintain the different processes
of manufacture as well as the departments
of Agriculture aud Commerce For near
twenty wears, and until a twelvemoulh ago,
we battered ourselves with a belief that we
equalled, IT, indeed, we did not excel .-olher
nations Ia inveniirn An opportunity then
came To- test the bold preiention. England,
IA generous spIrlt, invited The civilized
states of the world Ia assemble under an ed
flee which she had reared fM their recep-
ton, which, IN architectural maQnifcence
as well AS ~ extent. surpassed The Coliseum
of ancient Rome, aud tn bring Together ex-
hbu aud compare whatever machines they
had contriyed aud perfected Tor the melInr-
alton Of human labor, IN all It's comprehen-
sive variety ct application. Certainly the
Games ofGreece, the trIumphil professions
OF the C.EsARs, and the tournaments of Chts-
tlan and Saraceu Knights % the plains Of
Palestine, fell infinitely short Of the panora-
ma of tie Worlds FAIR in moral grandeur
and heroc achievement You all rcmem-
Der how cheerlully how even 5oldly
we accepted the challenge am sure also
that you Cannot have forgol,on the morilf-
cation We endured when our Inventions
having been arranged with studied care To
expose them with effect, their limited extent
aud narrow variety showed as inferior in
the broad range oi Invention to not only
England, but France, Italy, Prussia, Austria,
and even se,u-barbarism Russia True,
We retuyed at the cad, by the demonstrated
superiority of q lock whose mysterious wards
btlllsd the skl.l of the worlds artisans of
81. Johns adjustment Of tie mlEuauc Nee
die, SO as tu overcome metallic attraction
McCormick's Reaper, which enhanced lbs
atwenteih the value of the English harvest
and OF Ste. ems Vat ch and our East India
clippers un the element where England had
before dehed competition. Bar these lri-
umphs nevertheless, only indicated our &C.
mus for invention, while they cii undisturb-
ed the distinct, impressive, aud painful fact,
that II was InadeqGatrIy encouraged, aud
: 1t very partially exercised noag US Thus
aud consequence of our dependence on for
e'gn nations So largely fr the clothes We
wear, the implements we use, from the family
table, through the wooden, COTTON and silk
manufactures up to The philosophical lee
ture-roon, lnd for a thoDsand other fahrtrs.
which, IA So high aud uxuriaut state of
civilization, we employ and consume. Hap
py will il be for US # the instruction shall
not be Forgotten. IL was simply this We
had failed to encourage aud so To procure
the establishment among ourselves Of the
manufacturing processes which IN other
counties had given blrh 10 those manifold
inventions. shall not urge here The com
mon arguments Tor the institution Of varied
manufactures bat IT is gcrmane 10 the oc-
caslou to show lou how what j. called an
application Of free trade IN a country yet un-
prepared for it, has operated Ia eter and
bud down among rs the highest aud most
beuehceut faculty of the human mtnd-the
faculty of uulltariau Invention. Here, then,
is d national loss over aud above aud udetl-
nteiy exceeding all the waste ui iTeighis.
commissions and risks incurred ~ purchas-
ing in distant markets Articles which abound
IN our own fields, forests and mines, with
the further waste of ireighis, commissions
aud RISKS, outwards and inwards, on the
transportation Of our own abundant raw
materials TO English workshops, aud on their
reconveyauoe To- your own shores, charged
with the cost Of mannfaciure to be paid ~
provisions and gold. Beyond and above all
these losses, here Is stlnilng aud sitting
of the very life of all national growth, de-
velopmenl and perfection. Lnok, then, ye
true men of Vermont, To the correction of
thls great national fault, as You value your
own welfare aud prosperity, the advance
meni of society, aud the greatness, power
and glory Of your country. Who does not
desire that the generation to which he be-
longs shall be wiser and greater than those
which have gone before II!
Teliow-cilzens. If you would hds disiIn-
gulsh The generation To which you belong,
oi winch you are part, you must have a
wiser and more enlightened system of Ag-
ricuiture than that OF your predecessors. |
appeal 10 the learned men whom | see d.
round me--Is the science of Agriculture Pc
cularly difficult 10 explnre and perfect .
Quite The contrary Chemistry, Mmeralo-
gy, Botany aud Psychology, the anclllary
sciences, have already gwen up the secrets
. oil The composition of the sol aud of the at
mosphcre, aud the laws which regulate the
termination aud growth Of vegetable and
animal organisms. What remains seems 10
be hItle more than the reduction of truths,
already known, into melhodical toFms, for
the purposes Of instruction, with guides TO
their application under the wldey-yarylng
circumstances Of soils, climates, and sea
sons. Notwithstanding these obylons truths,
aud notwithstanding that Agriculture, as II
was the FIRST, has also always been the most
general pursuit of civilized men, yet II is
nevertheless true lhai IL has been, more than
all other sciences aud arts, neglected. Man
kind learned the motions Of spheres lying
far away beyond unaded vision, aud applI-
ed the discovery to the practical purposes OF
Geography anu Navigation. They laid bare.
ALSO the subtlest of all laws-the laws OF
the human mind--and subjected them to the
formation of systems OF religion and gov
eminent while the simple processes of veg
elable organlzalion aud Development, until
very recently, remained altogether hidden
aud unknown. Unhappdy, TOO, what has
been at last acquired by philosophy. still re-
mans close IA her keeping. The general
mind has not received II, nor sought tor ~,