so MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



to defend that Union against the foulest of all rebellions since 

 the revolt of the angels. I invoke you, Mr. President, and the 

 members of this honorable society, amid the proofs of the value 

 of government which are furnished to-day in the victories of 

 Labor and the Harvest, to consecrate them all, if need be, to 

 the higher victory of constitutional government and constitu- 

 tional liberty. And if the time shall come when this Union 

 must perish befoi-e our eyes, — which Heaven forbid ! which 

 Heaven, inspiring the value of our arms, does forbid, and will 

 continue to forbid ! — then, here, in the fields and villages of 

 Massachusetts, — where republican government, tempest-tossed 

 from the old world, disembarked on the new, — where the vir- 

 tues of the fathers have not been engulfed in the wave of 

 a luxurious civilization,- — where the armorial ensigii of the 

 Puritans still floats, emblazoned with the mingled watchword. 

 Labor and Liberty, — even here, amid her pines and oaks, the 

 spirit of the Constitution, which is the spirit of freedom, shall 

 find one refuge more and breathe its last sigh on the bosom of 

 its last friend. 



