The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-10-29
MIR. MAciAaLAsp's ADDnIss.-The re-

MR. MACfAELA6D ID 8 sADDHESj.-Ihe re-
port given by us yesterday OF Mr.. MacfarIand's
address Of welcome to the invited guests, was too
brief to do him justice. Below we give q corrcc-
ted report of it:
Visitors Of the National and Central Fair:
/ have q message deliver to you-a message of
court sy and compliment which does honor to
tEoss who have deiega ed 10 deliver il. hiIce it
expresses their disposition to do deserved honor to
you. 1t is message tha. has already reached yo1.
in sfoI m mora expre8-ive and mphatic Than ~ in
the p wer of q formsl announcement TO convey. 1t
is my friends to Gu in the of the Cen
trail society of the satisfaction and p.ea ure which
your prs sence has diffased. and that yea cor.
daily and 5lncare,y welcomed ~ the city and to
thebe grounds This you have beheld in the friendly
IN snif station which nave greeted you on .very
sdcof which it s intended there shall be 10 abgte-
nent, nor the omission OF any tbii which can Ell
tice ycu TO feel at home, surrounded By ia as.ila-
brethren and friends.
The friends ir. m ether States. who favor us with
their presence is particularly gratifying feature
Of this imp sing occasion. To you also is extended
"A sInctre and cordial "A eIcome From whate yer dis-
tanee you have travelled and whatever pecnliarics
and olVersities you may note, IN comparing tn.
scenes on left behind. with those you have bshsld
you not strangers. but brethren, united to the
sympath es and cuties.
Our social, as our civil life, bears the strong i'm
press of the benign power OF our constitutional
Union. Through its b9nCfcient agsncy our / Iopes
cares, the apprehensions we woaid dismiss and
The aspr atoms We cherish, work together TO uould
and fsst irn into preat, irdlvisible hTotherho a.
pur iongl fair is the growth and ofrst o, OF our
E-deral Union. and has tor its aim the sane end-
the discouraQ ement of the insidious and iesIou,
sugg stioDs Of ur chasten'd d loca and sectional Al.
chnents and The diffusion OF gener. US and frs
ernal asrn. IN Vtry section for he welfare and
success OF he whole Let US ,pe q at TIE .onal
far, every succeeding reCuIience wtil as row tc
eignazej by thee juTteons ana coGtding inteTc
it will ecit. The concord and harmony it will b.
speak, the growth and progress which it will dis
play; and that on their return home. one aai all
vii, have had ther convictions If the neeessity lf
the Union Dc opened and conf rmed, nor he content
urti CerCertiQns OF
are partaken y thei naighbors and fsieLds.
Farmers arr .c..l c,mmnnicatlye. ever ready to
srreaG ami distribute their knowledge OF new and
better modes OF working cut t6eir resutts A Ger
tain rd of English notoriety rs Clarendon informs
u.s. refused 10 GO to ccur5 because he might find
there greater than himself our farm, RS attend
fairs because they expect to meet with ba' ter
farmers ihan themselves. Farmers exemp
tim the contentious and ealonsies OF other pro'es
sions Against the Gordid temptation to monopoze
aud engroes tho use OF valuable discoveries aud in
eentions they secure. from the fact that their
tion and TO imitation Of course; and for the better
reason, that grudging, niopopa iizng spirit is at
TO which the bens fcence of the genial seasons is
forever Il ching them IT Il their privilege TO ex
ult il the dotnment OF the Garth and in maxi e it
lsbor but the whole esrtha and to rejoice In every
progressive agricultural ACHE wherever its
theatre anoihr proof OF the dgni,L Of their voca
Citations the a,senbng periodically OF farmers have
their foundation in the unity q sentiment and ipte
rest bich reryades the agricultural world and who
ever imparts to thfm Dew 5Inpulse by the at
tr.cfvc fruits Of his tilsge. or the animals which
.ttest his a!Iertionsts training by Inventions
which accelerate labor or fabrics which display the
authors hapdiwork, is bepefsetor. whose WORTH
ntss bears Heavens attestation
For the brilliant of this of the
National Fair tor the extent and richness of the
hieition and the vast and imposing crowd assem-
pied, whereof the number OF our fellow w-citizens.
from 50 many OF onr sister states is 0agipg fell
citons eharacter.tic, our thanks due and espe-
ci,ly to the distngnsbea President of the Nation
him. To all who have contributed to the occasion,
and syn psthlss In its innocent excitement we ten
der our heartfelt congratulations
Again. We tender to all present. sincere cordial