4 MR. NEWfiALL'S ADDRESS. 



are now assembled to encourage. I am aware that it will not be 

 expected that I should attempt his eulogy. That sacred task belongs 

 to other and abler pens — to those better qualified, by similarity of 

 talents and pursuits, to set forth in worthy phrase, and just discrim- 

 ination, the eminent endowments, exalted faculties, and distinguished 

 qualities of his mind and heart. But in justice to your feelings and 

 my owriy I could not pass by, unexpressed, the sincere tribute of 

 affection and respectful regard which is present in our thoughts, and 

 swelling in all our bosoms, towards one so truly beloved while living 

 amongst us, and so deeply lamented now taken from us by the cold 

 hand of death. Had I the ability, here is not the time or the place 

 to dwell upon the innumerable and unrecorded acts of domestic kind- 

 ness and cordiality in the private circle of his family love and en- 

 dearment. There, in that sacred retreat, the heart's bitterness can 

 be known only to those who feel it. And aught, save our sympathies 

 in their bereavement, and our prayers for their solace and comfort, 

 might seem intrusion. Those wounded hearts we would fervently 

 commend to the soothlngs of time, and the sublime consolations of 

 our holy religion. Neither would I presume to enter the elevated 

 walks of his peculiar profession. His brethren in the ministry, in 

 the pulpit and by the press, are bearing their united testimony to his 

 rare endowments, and eminent qualifications for his high and holy 

 calling in the ministry. In the broad field of his exertions and 

 achievements for the promotion of agriculture and its kindred arts, 

 both in this country and in Europe, his own publications will be a 

 lasting memorial of his diligence and talents, while they will associate 

 his name with the benefactors of our race, and carry it down in 

 grateful remembrance to all coming generations. 



As a friend, a neighbor, a citizen, and a farmer, Mr. Coleman 

 was very generally known, highly esteemed, and sincerely beloved 

 by the inhabitants of the County of Essex ; and more especially by 

 the members of this association, whose festival has here assembled 

 us together. To his extensive knowledge, practical skill, zealous 

 interest and indefatigable exertions, in the cause of agriculture, in 

 its different branches, this society is deeply indebted for its existence 

 and success. 



By conversation, by advice, by example and by his pen, he con- 

 tributed, and effectively, to its influence and prosperity, while he 

 remained one of us ; and the most painful feeling now pervading 



