Mass. horticultural festival. 



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^©V.S^V^tteftiCe'B of whose connexion we are necessa> 

 ^ily ifjnorant. 



Under the influence of this opinion, permit me to 

 •o^er the followin<ir sentiment >. 



Tiie most iise(\il a>vi ylorinus of all coiiili'.eror!, he, Who 

 subdues :i sftlljlxirri snil, ni'cl Who, by eiirichiiijr and ('.eepeir- 

 i-n'r it, adils to vxtY country a belter a'M more perttianeiil do' 

 million, than he W'ho ^^erely enlarges ii^s siirfate. 



His Honor, the MaVoR, then rose and said-^^ 

 Mr. PftESiDfiNT — You have observed that it was 

 well to '■ settle up^^ as we go along. Now, sir, 

 you have taken the giieat liijerty to make a pun 

 upon my name ; I do tiot meaii to make one upon 

 youis, but merely to offer you a sentiment— 



Tht ^^assa-chuisus S^ortiriitl-n'-nl Sacrciyi AVh^n tliey fret 

 anoth r Ppsideiit, may ilipv hsve Cue tliat is tuuioaua, foi 

 it would puzsie them to find a Wilder. 



The If^resident replied that ht> had been very fairly 

 taken advantage of-. 

 Ite then proposed—^ 



the Ckrgij: No longer '^ymboli^ed by thfe " Monkfhcod," 

 nor sulytci to monastic 'tertcrs ; the ''Star of Bethlehem" 

 has led to the better way. 



Rev. Miv RovSers iwse to replj"^ 



The kindness of the society, or its officers, has 

 placed me in a position where I am expected to 

 meet the f^^otiiteous reference had to the clergy iti 

 the last toast. It is certainly tree, sir, that the 

 clergy are not without their interest in horticttl- 

 ture, or in any good ViT)rk •; and in horticulture 

 chiefly, because it is a good Work, looking to the 

 contentment, peace, virtue and happiness of Uie 

 communityv As I conceive the matter, sir, this 

 society, and hr'rticultwrists generally, in the pur- 

 poses of their life, are not so far removed frotn the 

 clergy that thej' are to be regarded as even wide 

 apart, or by any means devoid of mutual sympa- 

 thies. If the life of the clergy be occupied with 

 the vjords of God, are not you, sirs and your associ'- 

 ates, dccupied with the works of God f If we arB 

 called upon to interpret what He hath said, are not 

 you to develope and bring forth what He hath done 

 in forms of exquisite beauty and loveliness^ And 

 it seems to me that you cantrot have a happier Hfe, 

 or one looking more To virtue and to peace. There 

 is enough for the development of tlie mind, cr the 

 taxing of its powers 5 enough for the exercise of 

 all its ingenuity -; enough to t|uicken the curiosity 5 

 enough to prompt to eiHirt and to labor 5 enough to 

 reward you with success ■; enough to give yon a 

 happy day, and a pillow blest with rest. In every 

 form that fruits and flowers ai.d plants can take, 

 tliey bring out the seciecies and the ttsysteries oif 

 God> so that in their loveliness we may look upon 

 ihcm and appreciate themv 



This is your work j and it seems to me that there 

 is a lesson to he learned. Goil spake b.y the lips 

 of prophets and apostles, and it is our duty to 

 heaiken to their voice, and repeat the truths they 

 tittered, to enforce them, and to live by them. Has 

 he said nothing by the trees, and plants, and flow- 

 ers? Is there no language that they speak ? They 

 have a language ; they have an utterance 5 it is the 

 very language of the stars of heaven, that display 

 His glory and show us His handiwork. In develop*- 

 ing these works of God, you are occupied with 

 truths which God hath written upon the flower i 



upot\ its form, its nature, its texture ; on the leaf, 

 the circulation of its juicesj its uses ; you are occu- 

 pied with truths Which develope the greatness of 

 that Almightiness creating us and preserving us. 

 Is there no lesson to be learned f There is a les- 

 son ; a great) a good, a glorious lesson; ard what 

 is it ^ That the elements of happiness for every 

 man are easy and accessible^ I admired the toast 

 given by the senior Quincy, that the greatest con- 

 queror is he that brings treasures up out of the soil, 

 rather than he that spreads dominion upon its sur- 

 face, and it seems to me that we may add to it, 

 and 1 give it to you as a sentiment— 



The Happiest Han: He who is content With a country 

 hoMe. with (Vuits and floWeCs perfected by his care, a friend 

 and a good conscience. 



The Rev» Mr. Latkro? also made some excel- 

 lent remarks in reply, and concluded with the fol- 

 lowing sentiment) alluding to the great public 

 work, now in progress, for supplying Boston with 

 water i-=- 



thv Water CoWi^t'ssioftet-s ;■ In pit>viding: a supply of " cold 

 water" for others.^ they have matiaged to Ifeep out o( hot wa- 

 ter thettlselves. 



T. B. ClTRtiS) Esq., replied to the sentiment — ■ 



Mr. pRESiDENT-"-Albeit a Water Commissioner, 

 my time to spout has not yet come, [great laugh* 

 ter,] but the fair display of luscious fruits and rosy 

 lips which meet the eye on every side would make 

 any man^s nm'ath water. Being called up in my 

 ofScial capacity, I may^ Mr. President, say that 

 the fulfilment of the promise of water is near at 

 hand-^it is tkere. soon to be here' pure and plenty ; 

 the cost you will know when tlrs work is done. 



Mr. President, our lives though in some respects 

 dissimilar, have had some analogy ; you, sir, 

 ploughed the lattd, I the ocean ; you the Rusticus, 

 I the Nauticus 5 [laughter ;] your peaceful labors 

 achieved, may you hereafter repose beneath your 

 own vine and fig tree, leaving your posterity to the 

 grateful enjoytiient of the fruits of your honest toil ; 

 for myself, wherever my body may repose, I ask 

 but the borrowed epitaph. " Here lies one whose 

 name is writ ift Water.'' [Applause.] 



The President announced the presence of Hon. 

 RoeerT C. WinThrop, Speaker of the House of 

 Representatives, in Congress, and gave the fol- 

 lowing toast 5 



Wirjhrop, the firs'. Governor of Massachusetts ; The good 

 stoek which he planted more than two ceinunes ago, bears 

 fruit ill this generation which speaks lor i'self. 



Hon. Mr. Winthrop replied as follows: 

 I wish that it could speak for itself, Mr. Presi- 

 dent ! Most heartily do I wish that the fruit of that 

 old stock to which you have so kindly alluded, 

 could speak for itself in a manner worthy of this 

 occasion 5 could find language for the sentiments 

 with which a scene like this has filled all our 

 hearts. It is so long, however, since I was at 

 liberty to speak for myself-^'^I have so long, of late, 

 been a doomed listener to the not always very 

 inspiring speeches of others— -that I am almost 

 afraid that my faculty, if I ever had any, has 

 flown. But with whatever words I can find, I de- 

 sire to oflTer my congratulations to this society, on 



