Daily national Republican., 1863-12-02
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Tho President Of the slithson Institute sAen
hose ln reSponss 70 nunetous calls. He spoke
of the kress progress hat haA been made In
shis country In horticulture. Il Was his proud
and humble duty to lay out a national garden
for instruction, 90 that every native or foreign.
born citizen could yisit' n, Ysad shs sisbels on
his trees and shrubs, and 60 home and tell the
difference bstweea an oak sndla popiar-bs
tween eo~sptcss and . Prptese,
He was native born Scotchman; he had
never seen q trea hhh lfa blfSrelhe came to
this country. There are no trees IN Scotland.
[Dr. johnson and the Marquis Of Farintosh nod
ded approvingly.l The truth is not to be told
always; but that Ia the truth. But when he
came here, when he saw the magnificent growth
of American forests; when he saw the i'm
mcnse wealth of foliage which this country
possesses, which he had made study OF, FIRST
In books, and had then come hero TO realize,
when he had seen oil these, and felt how igno-
rant the natives were oftheir wooded opulence
he was surprised, and determined to lay out
chart Of Arborology in the Congressional
garden. I have he continued TO contend
with my rival, the Bureau Of Agriculture.
I cannot get Congress to make an approprl-
alton sufficient to enable me to plant all the
trees and shrubs required; nO, indeed, not to
pay for the labels by which each species shall
be known. The members Of Congress, to be
sure, carry off all the choice cuttings and young
seedlings, by which they are, no doubt, dstrib1
uted but eminent Observation-Disclosures who
have made our lawns and gardens passion
who havetievoted their lives to clothe
1.-THE turnpike wayside, q,
"And the hunblest porch glory
these persons have never been able to receive
even the clippings Of my humble department.
The President Of the Smithson sat down
with great applause.
Music-"A A mans q man, for A. that"
The Marquis of Farintosh then took the floor,
and said, there was one plant which he had
never seen In this country, and that was "ths
heather" 1t was an humble plant, but 1t was
the symbol of hospitality, aud he hoped that
those who had, and those who had meyer, ex-
perienced a Highland welcome would try tn
induce Congress to pass more generous ap-
preparation for the smithson institute, andthat
the appropriation should provide for an i'm
mense number OF the "cuttings" of this plant;
for, said he, whoever puts his foot upon that
springy turf will feel 1t ga welcome at the
porch he is approaching;" and, although I am
in favor Of excise laws for the good of q coun-
try. yet can assure you the flavor of private
still, which pays no duty, is drawn to me as an
individual. r...
Music" Willie brewed peck of malt"
The Rev. John Knox then arose. 1t Is i'm
possible to describe the fun, the laughter, the
hob.uobbing of glasses, the cries to the wait
ers: 81 say, John, a wee droppie o. tn Glen
lIvet;" "The chanticleer crowings Of the sons
Of St. Andrew, after this speech of the Mar
quis;" The dell a drop o. water IN hae In
my glass;" "I'll gle ye Bob Burns-here's te
70 kinsman;" "De'll the drop o. pump water
but what spoils the punch;" Dye ken Peg Al
llson, that famous wench Of lang syne" "Ow,
but was ma the remark o. tn Marquis CRATE -
"The private stills 7" "Did ye ever taste q
dropple o. the rale mountain deci 2" "Surely
hist! w-h.l-s-h I whishi h-u-s.s-h! the Rev.
John Knox!"
Scoundrels !" he began, after three hun
dred years of stern discipline do you dare TO
drink the poison that has infected your
brains 7" feeble cries Of "Put him out."l
I" Do you not know that there is an American
drink much better 2" 81
Music" Coming through the rye" ..
It would bo impossible to recount all that
followed. DIR. Samuel johnson, In reply to a
toast: "The writers Of Old England" regretted
that American authors were not protected by a
national tariff upon the works of English au.
thors; for, said he, If cotton and woolen manu-.
factures are protected, why should not the Egis
Of the American Eagle be spread, to protect tho
American STUDENT have known Grubstreet,
| ! have starved, have taken my tea with brew.
ers wives, my dinner with my booksellers,
hare strpggledto pay my honest debts, aud
may have died without farthlng In my pock,
ct, but with some renown. But, why, In this
country (sensation) does your Congress moi
give copyright act to foreign authors to pro.
tect your ownl Ia 55'.J ~ -, e..
DO you not see that while they ars protecting
mere worldly men, by imposing stsx upon
English competition with Lowcla, Now York
VI oP'ihShoiu, VI uou huoW0 hoW many otnei
American sources Of national industry, that
they have neglected 10 cay word for the intel
lectual progress of the conntryI lcrles oil
silence sit down old fogy how are you literq'
ture ETC., ect., etc.. .#rT'.,
How the meeting broke up nobody knows,
but your correspondent next morning had a
lively sense of having been somewhere, and 1t
l.I Ii
throat aud q burr or two stuck to his tongue
and headache or two was making St. An
drew's cross Of his skull when he woke up
so the end of the dmuer must have been yer,
pleasant. ...,
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