20 ANNUAL REPORT OF NEW-YORK 



Other seminaries, we shall have an enlarged system of education 

 for the mind and for the body. We shall cultivate both together, 

 and having all the appliances for that cultivation, w^e shall expect 

 them to produce their desired results. It will be in vain to look 

 for the accomplishment of this object from ordinary operations in 

 similar cases. 



The aid of the State is to be invoked, and all that is necessary 

 to give permanence and efficiency to the institution should be 

 provided from the public treasury. 



The laboring classes sustain all others. The fruit of their toil 

 is the wealth of the nation. Our commerce — our manufactories 

 are equally dependent upon them. 



They may truly be termed the life blood of the nation. Is the 

 vital fluid in a healthy condition — the whole body is full of life. 

 Is it corrupted — the whole body is covered with ulcers and ready 

 for decay. Can that which is thus vital be degraded, and yet the 

 interest dependent thereon not be affected ? It is impossible. 



The future of our nation, it is difficult to predict. There are 

 from time to time complications in the body politic, which for the 

 moment seem threatening, but they disappear with the occasion 

 which gave them birth. And so must it be while the masses of 

 our farmers are well instructed, not only in their pure, elevating and 

 noble profession, but in all their duties as American citizens. 



May I be permitted to congratulate this society upon their pro- 

 gress and success in the establishment of their Agricultural 

 College — upon its location in one of those fairy spots of which 

 there are so many in this State, and upon the prospects opening 

 before them for its usefulness, and may I be permitted to suggest 

 that it will for a long time require fostering support, and a gene- 

 rous and liberal patronage. These, I doubt not, it will receive, 

 and that its blessings will be largely felt and fully appreciated by 

 the citizens of this great State. 



It is gratifying to me, also to state, that Pennsylvania intends 

 to compete with New- York for the honor of the best endowed 

 and most beneficial farmer's school. 



She too is advancing rapidly in her preparation for giving dignity 



'and honor to farm labor. With these two great States going side 



by side, in this noble work, what may not be hoped for ? In vain 



