22 HAMPSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Such associations are ^\'orking out glorious results for our beloved 

 country, the happiest land upon which the sun ever shone. They do 

 not indeed restore man to Eden, but they make a Paradise of the 

 land in which he dwells. 



When I consider my country's vast extent of territory, her agricul- 

 tural resources, her thriving arts and manufactories, — her rapid growth 

 in intelligence, wealth and power, — the hundred millions of human 

 beings who will inhabit her at the close of the present century ; when 

 I contrast all these, Avith the condition of the few feeble colonists who 

 at first settled upon her soil, I can but exclaim, — truly this work 

 is marvellous in our eyes ; a little one has become a thousand, and a 

 small one a great nation ! On her depends, the destiny of the 

 world. Responsible, glorious trust ! If any angel fallen from heaven 

 present to her the apple of discord, and invite her to eat that forbid- 

 den fruit, may she respond, Nay ! Nay ! ! I have in charge Life, the 

 Life of millions. 



My country ! Let the Eagle of thy liberty which so lately stood 

 upon the cleft of thy Atlantic coast, but which stands to-day upon 

 the lofty height of thy Rocky Mounts, stretching her broad wings 

 from shore to shore, continue to shelter the happy millions of thy 

 sons ! And from those wings, from year to year, may her Eaglets fly 

 to other lands, till the reign of universal freedom shall introduce a 

 universal Jubilee. my Country ! my Country ! ! Glorious pros- 

 pects are before thee ! Union, Wealth and Power ; Intelligence, Vir- 

 tue, and Immortal Renown ! 



