The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-09-30
ADDRESS.
Delivered by Judge Miller, Of Rockford, at the
10Th Annual Fair Of the Kenosha County Agri'
cultural Society.

Delivered by Judge Miller, Of Rockford, at the
10th Annual Fair Of the Kenosha County Agri.
cultural Society.
1N1. President and Citizens Of Ken0Sho
County,. Ladies md Gentlemen:
Complying with your request to address
you on this anniversary of the Kenosha
County Agricultural Society, | now ten
der YOU my acknowledgements.
Harvest Home Festivals, and periods OF
public rejoicing over the bounties of All
from time immemorial while Agrlcultu-
raj Fairs and Industrial Exhibitions are
comparatively of modern origin.
These joyous greetings afford pleasant
and useful recreation and respite from la
Dor, enliven the endearments of friend
ship and neighborhood, strengthen the So
cial ties by u reunion of those in kindred
pursuits, excite emulation for excellence,
and an earnest and generous competition
for improvements in the departments of
industry, and inspire and vitalize in all
hearts feeling OF gratitude to the gra-
cious Ruler of the seasons who crowns the
years with His goodness. A
Withdrawing from the scenes and tolls
of ordinary business without contending
distinctions,-for the pillow is of no party
or locality, its broad burrows reach from
east to west and from north to SOUTH
and now forgetting all strife, save for the
promotion and honor of labor, and the ell
ovation and happiness of society, we have
assembled in the vast Temple dedicated at
the beginning, as the garden home of man;
a Temple, at the rearing of whose stupen-
dous columns and sublime arches, "The
morning stars sang together, and all the
sons of God shouted for ioy;"a Temple not
made with hands, eternal as the heavens
Around US are ample proofs of indus
trial skill and intelligence, the rich and
bountitul productions of the field, the or
chard, the vineyard, the garden and the
dairy; choice domestic animals--the best
breeds of America and Europe; admira-
bic specimens of the fine arts, and woman's
delicate, intricate, and elegant handiwork
tasteful and useful; and substantial ar
ticles, fabrics, furniture and machinery,
from the manufactures, shops and stores,
which for quality, invention, construction
and finish, are unsurpassed. And all this
in region so lately redeemed from a will
derness, over which but as yesterday, say
ages and wild beasts held undisputed do
minion. CSoaJitos i9uccess1 Bdrbarua1,"
Civilization succeeds barbarism), ap-
propr:ately adorns the seal of Wisconsin.
Your great and rising State exhibits a
gratifying spectacle in the rapidity of its
growth in wealth and population, and in
the superior character of its progressive
Developments.
Wisconsin was not admitted into the
National Union until 1S47, CTerritory or
ganized, 1850 and yet she now sue
cessfully completes with the Oldest and
richest of her sister States, in those i'm
proyements which mark the highest stan
dard of civilization.
Farmers, knowing that you understand
the best modes and details of your bust
ness better than any one from another &C.
cupation can tell you, and believing that
these are more fully discussed in your Ag
ricaltural books and papers, which every
one should have, than they can be in a
brief address, [ shall use the passing
hour mostly in considering the position
of Agriculture. the Dignity of Free Labor,
and the Helps and Hopes ofthe American,
Farmer
Awarding, as we must, the first position
to Agriculture, we purpose no antagonism
and would make no invidious distinctions
among the branches of Industry, all of
which are essential in the world of crea-
tive art.
We maintain that Agriculture, Manu-
features and Commerce, in their natural
|sympathies and highest interests, sustain
cordial and harmonious relations which
are indissoluble.
Production is primary to Distribution
and Consumption in all the commodities
of life. Without Agriculture and Manu-
features there would be little or no use
for Commerce, and without Agriculture
just as little for Manufactures all other
industries reach back to Agriculture for
their being and support, they are her al
lies and servants-not her masters-in the
business of the world. Indeed, great are
Agriculture, Manufactures and Commerce
these three-but the greatest of these
is Agriculture. Affirming this, we mean
no disparageiment to any other useful EN-
|ployment. We heartily rejoice in the va.
riety of industrial callings. This diversi
ty of productive occupations, with the ed
ucation which it gives, aud the strength
and independence which it creates, is the
safety and glory of the nation. Emergen
cies, in the late war, found men in the
Union Army skilled in every branch of il.
dustry and science. Engineers and Ma
Echinists were often needed on the railway
lines and roads of transportation, and the
I the supply from the rank and file always
exceeded the demand When one Of ouI
| famous war ships got aground in harbor
the commander of a regiment On board
called for men able to navigate it, and
more than fifty soldiers advanced to the
service of -seamen. The national troops
confined in Libby prison, Richmond, form
ed classes in various departments of Liter,