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5. Machinery. — An unsettled national policy is worse than the friction of 

 the ipheels, — this tnaj he estimated and yield to remedy, — the other eludes 

 calculation. 



6. A'lilUJJcatwn, — the Spasmodic Cholera of the Union. Let speedy 

 purgation and persevering cicunliness save us from its fatal collapse. 



7. Tlie Statesman, who is true to his principles, and whose principle is 

 the true interest of his country. 



8. The cause of Liberty in Europe. — The seeds have been profusely 

 sown, though the growth has been kept down by the crown imperial and the 

 Siberian crab. 



9. Gardeners. — The most iisrful, else the Creator had not made them the 

 frst class in his great school of icisdom and benevolence. 



10. Heroes. — The earth has bubbles, as the water hath, and these are of 

 them. 



11. Woman ! — Like the Iris, indigenous in all countries, — like the Rose, 

 admired by all nations ; — in modesty, equalling the Cowslip, — in fidelity, 

 the Honeysuckle, — in disposition, the Clematis ; — may she never sufl^er from 

 approximation to the Coxcomb, nor lose her reputation by familiarity with 

 Bachelors' Buttons. 



VOLUNTEER TOASTS. 



By Gen. H. A. .^. Dearborn. The Orator of the Day. — A true Philoso- 

 pher, who renders science subservient to the useful arts. 



By E. Vose, Ksq. Our Horticultural Brethren throughout the Union. — 

 Their only competition being in doing each other good. — May no '' root of 

 bitterness" spring up among them. 



By T. G. Fessenden, Esq. The Massachusetts Horticultural Society. — 

 Those who survey our Morning Glories, and peruse our Dahlias [not adver- 

 tisers], " see our folks and get some peaches," will hope that in Thyme we 

 shall be worth a .Mint to the '• land we live in." 



Ey S. Appleton, Esq. Agriculture, Manufuctures, Commerce, and Horticul- 

 ture. — The first gives us food, — tlie second clothing, — the third gives us 

 riches, — the fourth adds grace and ornament to the others ; and though now 

 mentioned last, was first before Jldam^s Fall. 



By Vice-President J. C. Gray. The Gardener, and Florists who have con- 

 tributed to this day's Exhibition. — May we always honor the merit which is 

 displayed in good Fruits and in striking Colors. 



By Vice-President Bartlett. The Massachusetts Agricultural Society. — A 

 pioneer in good works. — May the only contention among her children be, 

 which shall excel. 



By Z. Cook, Jr., Esq., First Vice-President of the Society. Culture in all 

 its branches, — from that which raises a seed in a garden, to that which 

 plants a Washington or a Franklin on the summit of human excellence. 



After some pertinent and eloquent remarks, Gen. Dearborn gave the 

 following. Hon. John Lowell. — The Patriarch, Patron, and Pattern, of 

 Farmers and Horticulturists. 



By Dr. T. W. Harris. Gentlemen Farmers, who bringing scientific attain- 

 ments to bear upon practical skill, have done every thing for Horticulture in 

 this cotmtry, and whose success these festivals annually exhibit. 



By Professor Farrar. Phrenology. — As our Country is more distin- 

 guished by her rich and fertile plains, than by the number and height 

 of her mountains, so may her sons be better known by the general devel- 

 opement of all their faculties, than by the cultivation of any one power to the 

 exclusion of the vest. 



By Gen. H. A.S.Dearborn. Drs. Knight and Van Mons. — The orna- 

 ments of England and Belgium, and the benefactors of the human race. 



By Rev. Dr. Harris. — 



" The tree that bears immortal fruit, 

 Without a canker at the root ! " 

 Its healing leaves to us be given, 

 Its bloom on earth, — its fruit in heaven ! 



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