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section of our country is particularly indebted for the/ 

 advances that have been made in this department of 

 national industry, and which may not be inaptly 

 termed a branch of the ' American System.' They 

 have given an impulse to the energies and the hopes 

 of our yeomanry. They have instilled into their 

 minds a portion of their sentiments, and have excited 

 in them a spirit of emulation, and the advantages that 

 have accrued, and still continue to follow their la- 

 bors, are legible in every field, and are daily conspicu- 

 ous in our market-places. 



The industry, and perseverance, and forecast of 

 the people of New England, is the basis upon which 

 their prosperity and security must be sustained. 



Possessed of fewer natural advantages of soil and 

 climate than are enjoyed in other sections of our 

 country, \Ye are happily exempted from many of the 

 evils to which they are necessarily subjected, by cir- 

 cumstances they cannot control. If we are denied 

 the privilege of a milder atmosphere, and a more 

 temperate climate, if we m.ust submit to the rigors of 

 our northern winter, and find no escape from the 

 chilling colds of a protracted spring, we can do so 

 without murmuring or repining. 



If Providence has been pleased to withhold from 

 us, what in its wisdom it has seen fit to confer on 

 others, it has given us much, and withheld from us 

 much for which we should be grateful. 



The habits and peculiarities of trees and plants is 

 a subject which should interest our attention, as a 

 knowledge of it will tend to prevent much of the 



