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by the power of application of his mind, ad ding wealth 

 to our country. Behold the steamships and the iron 

 steed that traverses sea and land with majesty, and 

 speed, revolutionizing the world in its commercial 

 advantages ; the telegraph, with lightning speed, heralds 

 the news from town to town, city to city, continent to 

 continent, and expecting soon to break down the bar- 

 riers of the ocean and hold converse with our mother 

 land, and the civilized world. Are not these glorious 

 attests of the intelligence of the age ? Are not the 

 mechanics and manufacturers far in advance of the 

 agriculturist ? This is too true, and the fact should be 

 our admonition. We need be proud of these our legiti- 

 mate children twin sisters, honorable in their efforts, 

 linked together by a golden chain that never, never 

 should be broken. 



To the agriculturist, mechanic and manufacturer, our 

 prosperity is the result of labor and skill. Honest and 

 persevering; hibur is honorable, and sure of its reward. 

 Labor can point to many proud memorials. The wide 

 spread fiehls of cultivation, the hand of labor has done 

 this. Labor has built our cities, our dwellings and 

 sumptuous palaces, the walls and bulw.irks of nations 

 as a defense; the steamers and ships that traverse the 

 ocean and float upon our lakes and rivers. Labor has 

 built the proudest monuments of nations, and com- 

 memorated the brave deeds of illustrious names.— 

 Wherever peace, comfort and plenty prevail, where 

 there is progress in the arts and sciences, where civil 

 and religious liberty find congenial hearts, m ly we not 

 exclaim, •' Behold the beauty, the sublimity, and the 

 responsibility of kbor. • ' 



