Year: 1874

and lime stone; the mines of coppe


lead and the more precious metals


which have been so freely assigned b


Providence to other States, have a


been withheld from US; and is it NJ


evident in thus considering what natul


has given US. and also what she ha


withheld. that it becomes plain to OF


minds that our Peninsula, with its fin


climate and fair soil is intended to /


the home of an industrious and intell


gent people, and that the true and onl


key to unlock the treasures of our so


is ,cort steady, hard aoorke
This is our sole condition preceden


to happy aud contented lives here-th


tell which will be rewarded, and th


constant and useful occupation whic


will not only keep US out of mischief


but will make us prosperous au


worthy people.


Diversity in our industries diversi
ty in our productions, leads directly tt
increased use for all we can produce
and gives us nucleus at home for ad
vancement upon sure basis, and ont
within cur control, and we witness will
Joy and pride the mechanical skill whicl
has made our harbors on the Christian,
the grandest ship building centre in tn
Union-and see the ancient town o
New Castle awakening from her slum
bers to listen to the roar of new foun
dries, the din Of machine shops and th
clatter of factories.


The real foundation Of this growing
prosperity is the government Of goot
laws. which was bequeathed to US by ,
worthy ancestry Of good plain stock
frugal. hardy. industrious and brave.


In the past history of this State, we
have just cause for an honest pride. o
all that is worthy in the State, we shoult
be proud, and that same pride shoult
teach us to amend our defects.


As that man is not to be trusted who
does not respect himself. and who does
not feel his good character as something
to be valued and jealously to be pro
tected, SO, in like degree, should We
regard our little commonwealth rejoic-
ing over all that is honorable and use.
full in her government, and determining
reform when reform is demanded by jus
tice and right


I admit that where our little State is
concerned, | am prone


'tTo be to her virtues very kind


To her faults little blind;''
and this perhaps is in resistance to that
class Of men, not so much those to the
manner-born as others who have lately
settled among us and have adopted o
habit of belittling this State and her
citizens, with unjust sneers at her in
the smallness of her area ;
the paucity Of her population, and her
relative feebleness in the proportion Of
numbers to the larger communities
which lie on our borders.


Such people commit very common
and. may say, american error in mis-
taking bigness for greatness Goliath
would be, with them, greater man
than David, and the battle of Thermopy-
lac, an Insignificant skirmish because
Of the small number of men engaged on
the Grecian side. Such people would
never have comprehended the soul-lift-
ing speech of Henry the 5th of Eng
land to his troops on the morning Of
the battle of Agincourt. The enemy
we're FIVE to one, and Westmoreland ex-
pressed the wish that there were present


"But,on ten thousand of those men
in England, that do no work to-day"
But the gallant Harry would not on
ly have refused to enlarge his brave lit
tie band, but would have sent out Of
their company the man who thought
them too few to be great and useful
There is more Of soul-culture than agri-
culture in his address, and I must let
you read it yourselves when you 60 home
in the 4th act Of Henry V.


Our duty is simply to be true to our
selves-to keep abreast with the cur
rent Of improvement, in modern science
and discovery, still holding fast to the
principles of our forefatners. By pur-
'uing the same rules of economy and
in our State and County gov
,rnmennts we shall induce renewed
ides Of immigration, both of capital and
abor. into our borders, making our
State hive of industry where property
md person are secure, because our laws
ire respected and obeyed. and an up
light public sentiment shall mould the
avs.


cannot withhold expressions Of
qualification at the thorough and COM
,lete classification of premiums which
your catalogue contains. 1t is marked
With such knowledge Of all that per-
aims to the work of your Association
hat I am made to feel even more pain
'ully my own unftness to do it justice.


No branch Of industry or production
which attaches to farming, floral, fruit
'r tree culture, or the important needs
# housekeeping. seems to have escaped
he minds of your committee. There
s chance for competition to every
me, young or old, rich or poor, black
n white, who is willing to make the



From this elaborate schedule let me
elect, as the subject of special value
md interest,


Cattle and Horses,
o each Of which classes the prominence
hey merit has been assigned by your
committee.


Let me ask to what do we owe
he magnificent herds of neat cat
lie, SO numerous in great Britain, and
which. finding their way of late years
lcross the Atlantic, have been so much
urther improved by the intelligent care
# our American breeders, that it is
low no infrequent occurrence to find
English purchasers. at our auction sales.
the Americans and carry