ADDRESS. 



"Nothing is more certain than that, were the practical 

 'Operations of Agriculture to be discussed at the present 

 hour, he who speaks to you should be a silent pupil, 

 .'learning from the ripe experience of those sitting around 

 him, who, through a long life, have taught the earth to 

 •yield of her plenty to the strong hand and ready arts 

 .-of husbandry. The pupil, then, is warned that he should 

 'not venture, here and now, to ' speak, even, in the pres- 

 ence of the masters of the science of field culture, which 

 rthey love so well, and in which they have been so long- 

 Averse d. 



But there are studies connected with the tillage of the 

 earth which well become the philosophical statesman; 

 'by which he may learn how laAvs may be best framed 

 for dividing the land among the citizens, so that the 

 greatest good to the greatest number may be secured 

 without unnecessary restraint upon the individual, which 

 lis the sole object of government. 



