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climate, our natural industry, zeal and intelligence, will not 

 deceive us. New England will be, what she has always been, 

 the nursery of arts, of intelligence, of enterprise, and the abode 

 of virtue, obedience to the laws, and love of liberty. She will 

 never desert her rulers, whether national or State, so long as 

 she is convinced that they consult the true interests of the 

 republic. She will forever cherish agriculture as the acknowl- 

 edged foundation of all national wealth, while she will 

 recollect that her numerous harbors invite her to avail herself 

 of the benefits of foreign commerce, which has raised her to 

 her present comparative importance, and produced a surplus 

 capital, which can, in times of peace, only be successfully 

 employed in manufactures and internal improvements, to 

 which the rare mechanical skill, untiring industry, economy 

 and perseverance of her citizens especially invite her, while her 

 numerous and inexhaustible waterfalls afford her facilities 

 which no other section of the country can boast. Let our 

 maxim forever be, ' a liberal union, without jealousy, of 

 agricultural, manufacturing and commercial interests.' By a 

 strict adherence to this liberal principle, the population of New 

 England must increase in wealth and power — power of the 

 noblest description, most advantageous to the nation, the 

 power of mind ; a moral and beneficent power, which ought 

 not to be the subject of jealousy or envy, but which will com- 

 mand the respect of our sister States, while it will essentially 

 promote their best interests." 



After the address, a discussion arose upon Agricultural 

 Schools. Dr. Hartwell, delegate from Worcester South, advo- 

 cated, with much earnestness, the connection of the proposed 

 school in this State with Harvard College, in order that 

 farmers' sons might enjoy the benefit of her professors, libraries, 

 museums, and lectures. E. W. Bull, of Concord, favored an 

 independent organization, and presented his argument with 

 much force. He urged the occupation of a farm where 

 students might learn about cattle, laud, forest trees, &c. 



Mr. Stockbridge also supported the plan of an independent 

 school. He felt sure that the students in the agricultural 

 branch of a university would be driven into a class by them- 

 selves, and would be exposed to the contempt of those above 



