The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-01-29
Oar Agricultural College.


The following i, an extrtct from Judge
Wrght's address at the late Iowa State
Fair. -s-...-s ..... -s-s-.s-a... .....f r-r.
Not until recently has agriculture secured
!. distinct port folio at the National Capital,
ard only within the last few months has a
poi tion Of our immense domain been grant,
cd tor tie endowment Of an instituiion in
each State, where practical agriculture may
be taught as science. In this legislation, bow
ever, We have the evidence that the na,sn il
waking up more thorou shly to its true mis-.
sion and destiny "'.
Having the endcwments, high duties de-
volve upon US. In reference to these let me
say one woril to the ciiz z5ns Of iowa now be-
fore me We in TIE disposition OF this mag
.niiicent grant, are custodians Of a most sa-
cred trust Let Us not bein too great haste
in se'liils these laid OF expsndiliy the pro
ceed>. Let rs exact from those entrusted
with its management a most solemn pledge
and the most binding Obligation that those
lands shall never be mortgaged they shall
never be hawked in the stock market; that
they shall never pass either directly or indi-
rectly into the hands Of monop,iiziny spec:
uatpfs, to be returned and accounted for in
the shape Of bonds, certificates Of stock or
like unavailable securities that the funds
Shall never become means in the hands Of
politicians to quarrel over, nor instrumental
in accomplishing party ends or purposes
button the contrary, that they shall be with
drawn entirely and completely FROM the par
allzlng influence of party schemes and polit-
ical management, aud devoted honestly,
faithfully and sacredlv to the very purpose
designed and none other. Have as little ma
chinery a> possible. Have but few officers,
and let them be of the most sterling integri
ty, of the highest capacity, and compensate
them literally. If we d. tniS, we Shall prove
ourselves worthy of so noble endowment,
and leave patrmony to bless our children
aud our children's children to the last gen
Grafton. :" @-f'
With such an institution richly endowed,
ably conducted, the funds carefully husband
ed in every State, with county aud State an
nual meetings to compare products and in
cite to greater improvement and success,
while al able Agriculture Bureau at the ma.
tional center, dispensing broadcast its prec-
.
ious budgets, gathered with proper care
from ali parts Of the habitable glob,, with a
coil and climate as rich and invigora,ing as
they are diversified and genial, with popu-
lation continually advancing in a knowledge
of those laws which assist in the develop
ment of the true wealth of the nation, with
legislation which will insur, national pros
perity and perpitaity by providing for the
education of every chilli in the land, | say
with all these things accomplished and these
Influences assisting, who eau foreteli the ma.
teral future OF this nation and especially of
this great Northwest Already our products
give tone'to the market Of the continent and
the world. '' Already our reapers, plows,
steam engines AMI Iu,nberless labor saving
machines have found their way into every
part Of the old world as well as the new =
Already our sister State of Illinois sends to
the New York market not, les, than 1000
head Of cattle annually, and our own State
and others hardly known in the decade Of
1850 are siding to ana rapidly increasing
their contributions.