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from sea to sea ; it is surely the wish and purpose of the 

 Deity, that such possession should be made a source of 

 happiness both to the ruhng and to the ruled, and a means 

 of furthering at the same time, that general advancement 

 of the human race which all philanthropists so ardently 

 anticipate. 



But this conjoined happiness and progression demand 

 the constant aids of augmenting knowledge. In your 

 western migrations, you must bear with you, to plant on 

 your new soil, the arts and sciences and daily discoveries 

 of the east ; and thus will population and civilization ex- 

 tend together to the shores of the wide Pacific. 



And among the branches of knowledge which you will 

 most usefully carry with you, those which relate to the arts 

 of rural life, will, above all others, contribute largely to the 

 temporal welfare of your spreading people. That which 

 we know in England, you soon learn to master and apply 

 here ; and what is known in the Empire State, ought, in 

 like manner, to diffuse itself hence over the vast dominions 

 of your great confederacy. 



Though I have considered it my duty, in conformity with 

 your request, to lay before you the observations I have put 

 together in the present address — it would be presumptuous 

 in me, after what I have seen in this show-yard, and in this 

 city, to suppose that any thing I could say, would mate- 

 materially hasten the progress of agriculture among you, 

 or turn you into any better paths than those you have 

 already begun to follow. If any man wishes an evidence of 

 what you are in energy, and what you are capable of in 

 action, let him come to Syracuse, and look around him. 

 It was brought as an accusation against the ancient Romans, 

 that they made a country desolate, and called that peace. It 

 is the nobler praise of the great modern Republic, that you 

 find a country desolate, and cover it with people — a wilder 



