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committee appointed for that purpose, submitted the following ad" 

 dress to the society, and on motion it was Resolved, That the same 

 be adopted, signed by the President, Vice-Presidents and Secretaries, 

 and published. 



Resolved, Th2t the formation of societies similar to this Institute, 

 in the different counties of this State and neighboring States, be re- 

 commended to the friends of the "American System," and that they 

 be requested to give public notice of their several organs of com- 

 munication. 



Resolved, That associations embracing similar objects with this 

 Institute, that already are, or which may hereafter be formed, are in- 

 vited to correspond with this association, for the purpose of collect- 

 ing and diffusing information. 



ADDRESS. 



Fellow Citizens: — The members and associates of " The Ame- 

 rican Institute of the City of JSTew-York,'^ having been impelled by 

 motives which we are conscious, proceed from public spirit and pa- 

 triotism alone, to organize a society under the above title, it belongs 

 to us, in submitting our proceedings to the public eye, to present to 

 you the considerations by which we have been actuated. We shall 

 accordingly state to you with entire frankness, the objects of our as- 

 sociation, and the means which we propose for their accomplish- 

 ment. 



The members of the society, entertaining the same views in rela- 

 tion to the policy of encouraging and protecting our national indus- 

 try, have believed that the most effectual service that can be rendered 

 to that cause is the diffusion of a more thorough and intimate know- 

 ledge of our national resources — agricultural, commercial and manu- 

 facturing. Anticipating, from the inquiries and labors of zealous 

 advocates of our principles, acting in concert, the most favorable 

 operation upon public sentiment, they have resolved to unite them- 

 selves as a society, under the name of " The American Institute of 

 the City of New-York." In the constitution it has adopted, the ob- 

 jects of its foundation are declared to be: — " to promote improvements 

 in the Mechanic Arts; to encourage American Industry in Agricul- 

 ture, Mamfactures and Commerce; and to sustain such a system of 

 policy as will protect the great JYational hiterests of our Country. ^^ 



Such are the objects of our society; and although in attempting by 



