Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-10-29
THE UNITED STATES EXHIBITION.

The attraction of yesterday was the speak
ing. Mr. W. H. Macfarland delivered the ad
dress of welcome TO the invited guests, TO which
the Hon. Caleb Cushing responded in his usual
happy manner We have now only space for
Mr.. Macfarland's address
Visitor. IF the Eution1! ,uw Ce"tral FAIR:
have u message To dcaycr to you-a rnc>
sage of courtesy and conn., mpliment--which does
honor to those who have delegated me to deli
Yer it, since it expresses their disposition to dc
deserved honor to YOU LISA message that has
already reached you in form more expressive
and emphatic than is in the power of formal
announcement to convey. It Is, my friends, to
assure YOU, in the name Of the Central Society,
%: the satisfaction and pleasure which your pre-.
Scncc has diifiised and that you are cordially
and sincerely welcomed te the city and to these
grounds This you have behcld in the friendly
manifestations which have greeted YOU on every
Side--of which it is intcgdcd there shall he no
abatement nn the OMISSION Of amy thing
which can entice you to Eel at home surround
cd by familiar brethren and friends.
The friends from other States, who favor us
with their presence, is particularly gratifying
feature Of this imposing occasion To you also,
l.; extended a sincere and cordial welcome
From whatever distance you have travelled
and whatever pcculiaritieS and diverSitics you
may note, in comparing the scenes you left be-
hind, with those you have beheld, you are not
strangers, hut brethren, united to the people in
whose midst you are, by indissoluble sympa
thieS anG duties.
Our Scial, rs our civil life, bears the strong
impressed the benign power Of our constitu-
tonal Union. Through its bcnetccnt agency
our hpcs our cares, the apprchcnsions We
would dismiss. and the aspirations We cherish.
work ngcthcr to mould and fashion Us into
great indivisiblc brotherhood. Our national
fair is .he growth md otfShoot of our Federal
Union and has for its aim the same cnd-the
encouragement of the insidiouS and jealous
suggestions of unchastencd local and sectional
attachments, and the diffusion of a generous
and faternal concern, in every section for the
welfare and success of the whole. Let us hope
that tn. national fair, at every succeeding re-
currcn@ will, a. now, be signalized by the
courteous mld confding intercourse it will
elicit the concord and harmony it will bespcak,
the growth and progress which it will display;
and that on their return home, one and all will
har had their convictions Of the necessity Of
the Union tepened and confirmed nor hc con-
tent until thir own vivid perceptions Of its cx-
cclencc are partakcn by their ncighbpr> and
friends
Farmers are social, communicative, ever
ready to spnad and distribute their knowledge Of
new and better modes Of working out their re-
suits. 4 certain lord Of English notoricty, aS
Clarendon informs Us, refused to 20 to court
bccaiSc he might find there greater than him
self; our farmers attend our fairs because they
expect 10 meet with better farmers than them
selvcs. Farmers are exempt from the con;cn-
toas and calousics Of other professions. against
tn, Sordid temptation to inonopolzc and on
gr,Ss the use Of valuable discoveries and in
vcltions. they are secure, from the fact that
tlrr plans and operations arc subject to com.
mn observation and 10 imitation of course;
aui for the better reason thai grldg-
irs. monopolizing spirit is at eami
ty with the sentiment Of universal good
Wi TO which the benciicencc Of the ~
nal seasons is forever training them. 1t i.
tieir privilege to cxult in the adornment oil tbs
drth, and in making it fruitful not the acres
cnly. whcreon they separately labor, but the
whole carth-and to rejoice in every progress
Sye agricultural achievement wherever its
neatrc as another proof Of the dignity Of their
ncaton, and Of its exhaustlcss resources. The
iirs, associations, the assembling periodically
& farmers, have their foundation in the unity
q sentiment and interest which pcrvadcs the
gricultural world and whoever mpar!S to
hem a new impulse, by the attractive fruits Of
lis tillage, OF the animals which attest his ef
sctionate trainng-by inventions which acccl-
ierate labor, or fabrics which display the au
thor's handiwork, is bcnefactor, whose wor-
thiness bears Heavens attcstation.
For the brilliant success Of this recurrence
of the National Fair, for the extent and richnes,
nj the exhibition. and the vast and imposing
crowd assembled, whereof the number Of or
fellow citizens, from 50 many Of our sister
States is an engaging, felicitous characteristic,
,nr thanks are due, and especially to the dis
.ingrshcd President Of the National Society,
Ind to all who have co-opcrated with him. To
Ill who have contributed to the occasion, and
in its innocent excitement. we ten
Der our heartfelt congratulations
Again, We tender to all present, sincere,
cordial, Virginia welcome.