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em States that they were compelled to become manufacturing 

 communities. The tide of emigration which has filled the west 

 with laboring inhabitantSj in turn n<)\v subjects ns to the competi- 

 tion of fresh and fertile, soils. Our manufactories but recently es- 

 tablished, have to contend with the superior experience and 

 capital of New England. If these views are correct, then the con- 

 dition of these two great industrial pursuits calls for the exertion 

 of all their energies and skill.- The agriculturist must, if possible, 

 increase his productions by increased sJiill, care and attention ; 

 and the manufacturer sustain his interests by every effort of 

 ingenuity and enterprise ; but above all they must be stimulated, 

 encouraged and applauded by a public sentiment which shall 

 spring from a just appreciation of their condition and value. If 

 this is done, we shall place our State on that firm footing of pros- 

 perity which can only be obtained by the stern and successful 

 struggle with vigorous competition, giving nerve and muscle and 

 compact strength. 



If we take a view of a still narrower field of duty and consider 

 the communities to which we are more immediately attached, we 

 shall find a wholesome public sentiment equally powerful and our 

 responsibility to create and influence it, still more direct. If 

 its objects are on a smaller scale they are more varied and not less 

 interesting. To diffuse around us happiness and virtue and pros- 

 perity ; to desire to see the places of our abode sanctified by the 

 temples of our religion, adorned by institutions of learning, and 

 rendered prosperous by the successful pursuits of life, will ever be 

 the impulse of the enlarged and generous mind. 



To render our nation great, it must breathe forth a spirit of 

 patriotism, of virtue and intelligence. To render our State one of 

 the most honored members of our great confederacy, it must honor 

 its industrial pursuits and stimulate our artizans and husbandmen 

 by a just applause of that spirit which works out prosperity by hon- 

 est toil and manly energy. Do we wish to make the towns of our 

 abodes distinguished for morality, intelligence and beauty, we 

 must be the liberal supporters and earnest advocates of those institu- 

 tions which should adorn every city and village throughout the 

 land, whose influence shall vivify and improve every department 



