46 HON. MR. SALTON STALL. 



his high character and endowments, the members of our Socie- 

 ty should have unanimously elected him their President, and 

 that in their undiminished confidence, he should have been 

 three times re-elected. The prompt and able discharge of tlie 

 duties of his office, and his devotion to our interests, have shown 

 the wisdom of their choice. Tiie ease and dignity of his con- 

 duct in the chair, the uniform cheerfulness and courtesy of his 

 deportment, and his well-timed and excellent addresses will be 

 long remembered. As farmers we sincerely lament the death 

 of one so able and well-disposed to advance the honor and use- 

 fulness of our association. Timothy Pickering was our first 

 President, Leverett Saltonstall the last; Pickering and Salton- 

 stallj worthy names, worthily associated : no encomium of ours 

 can add one green leaf to their ever fresh chaplet; their deeds, 

 their talents, and their virtues, have secured for them an endur- 

 ing fame. 



Mr. Saltonstali's life was full of active benevolence and use- 

 fulness. At the bar, he was an ornament to his profession, and 

 an illustrious example of what a lawyer should be. the defend- 

 er of the oppressed, the guide of the ignorant, and the advocate 

 of justice and good order. In the halls of our state legislature, 

 and in the councils of the nation, he was distinguished for his 

 diligence, his honesty, and his independence. With no desire 

 to mislead or corrupt others, he was too intelligent and too vir- 

 tuous, to be himself misled or corrupted. With a prudent cau- 

 tiousness, and wise forecast, he looked to the end, and judged 

 of measures by their probable results and consequences ; he 

 might sometimes ask, is it expedient 1 he always dihgently in- 

 quired, is it right? He loved the approbation of others, but he 

 loved more the approbation of his own judgment and con- 

 science ; he did not eagerly covet the flitting breath of popular 

 applause, for he knew how often the full bloom of its promise 

 withers and cheats ; he chose rather to wait for the ripe fruit, 



