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of very respectable farmers reassembled at tlie booth, 

 and refreshed themselves with a var'efy of excellent dis- 

 tilled and fermented liquors. From thence they were in- 

 vit d to sit at the table, which u as well furnished with 

 iTierino mutton, beef, hams, poulfry, puddings, &c. the 

 prodjcts of his farms. I'he proprietor did the l.onors 

 of the table ; and the following sentiment alone was giv- 

 en after dinner: — 



" Independence. Deeds — not Words — Let those 

 who wish to appear to \o\e thc'r Country, prove it 

 by Actions rather than by Toasts and Declamations." 



After dinner the concourse dispersed, much pleased 

 with this new and rational mode of eelebratirg the An- 

 niversary of Independence, and highly del ghted with 

 the perfect propriety of conduct of ail present. 



ADDRESS 



OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF PmLADELPHM, TO THE 

 CITIZENS OF TI 1 UNITED STATES, 



ON THE SUBJECT OF THE NATURAL PRODUCTIONS 



SUPI'OYED IN THE A2TS A7iD MAMiACTUKES. 



To every nation, it ought to be an object of the firsfc 

 importance, that it should possess wilhin its limits, the 

 natural productions essential to manufactures and the 

 arts. 



A nation which depends on another for the supph- of 

 iits necessary wants, or the materials for its labour, can- 

 not be entirely free. It is [placed under such disadvan- 

 tages, that seldom will it dare to maintain its rights 

 against the aggi"€ssions of the government, which com- 

 mands its supplies. 



A large portion of its citizens, accustorricd to consider 

 a foreign nation as the immediate instrument of support, 

 of acquiring wealth, or yielding tlie enjoyments and 

 conveniencies of life, contract foreign partialities and 

 foreign prejudices. They are more connected and 

 more attached by uiterest to the govenimeiit, whose 



