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thou art fed and clothed, and warmed from the field 

 venerate the plough. 



Farmers, I have before remarked, ye are the lords 

 of this lower creation, and I have shown you this by 

 clear demonstration ; reverence yourselves, by your 

 industry, economy, temperance, sobriety and punc- 

 tuality, with all the Christian virtues, and you will 

 compel the world to reverence you. Should any one 

 order, rank, station, or individual in society, withhold 

 from you the tribute of respect, justly due to your 

 rank, and worth in society, let him alone ; reflection 

 will correct his error. Let no advantages of im- 

 proving your knowledge in the science of husbandry, 

 escape your attention ; apply this improvement in 

 knowledge, to the improvement of your farms, by lit- 

 tle and little, as circumstances, and your means may 

 aftbrd you opportunity; a well directed industry, 

 with the blessing of God, will enable you to sur- 

 mount all difficulties, and will make you both rich 

 and independent, and your families after you. Re- 

 member the Salem Alms-house Farm ; the example is 

 before you, go and do likewise, and become the Paul 

 Uptons of your country. Under such husbandry, 

 the merchant will flourish ; the artist, and the labour- 

 er will flourish ; the agriculture and commerce of our 

 country (those handmaids of nations) will flourish ; 

 our country will become the garden of the world, and 

 America the store-house of the world. Enjoying, as 

 we do in America, the advantages of every clime, 

 which constitute the delight of the temperate zone ; 

 blest, as we are, with a variety, and fertility of soil, 

 unrivalled in the geography of Nations ; together with 

 the privileges of civil and religious liberty, unparal- 

 lelled in the history of nations ; let us remember 

 that the eyes of God, and of the world are upon us ; 

 in proportion to the distinguished magnitude of our 

 privileges, so let us fill up our duties to ourselves, 

 to the world, and to our God. 



Let us keep free from debt, and once more I say, 

 w^ are of all men the most happy and independent, 



