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In a word, instruction is their aim, patriotism is their motive, anil 

 their country is the only shrine at which they worship. 



To every friend of American progress, it must be gratifying to ob- 

 serve the encouragement so universally afforded to the National, State 

 and Agricultural fairs throughout the countrj'-, while it can be no less 

 gratifying to the founders of the American Institute to look back 

 upon the influence of their earlier example, to find it, like the beacon 

 set upon a hill, dispensing light, life and animation amid the sur- 

 rounding darkness. 



As an indication of the effects of native industry, let us exa- 

 mine some of the social combinations of any extensive manufacto- 

 ry, such as are found to exist on every stream of this thriving Re- 

 public. 



Here you observe that the capitalist has embarked or accumulated 

 a legitimate property in the creation of some useful domestic fabric. 

 A hundred, and often a thousand operatives are furnished with a con- 

 stant and reasonable employment, who, year after year, and by faith- 

 ful attention, have been enabled to gather around them the comforts 

 which centre in a peaceful home. 



Fathers, sons, brothers and sisters, are severally employed to ad- 

 vance some agreeable portion of the duty assigned to them. Under 

 the protection of a good government, they are seen to thrive; con- 

 tentment is associated with them, and the smile of satisfaction is 

 theirs; the humble fireside is lit up with cheerfulness, and they are 

 found to stimulate each other to increased exertions and renewed 

 happiness. A community of friendly feeling is cherished among all 

 parties, and a desire to promote the mutual benefit of the establish- 

 ment is tacitly determined upon. Thus, their attention becomes fixed 

 to a certain round of duties, and all are gratified in the supposition 

 that its continuance will be the means of ultimate success. 



Unprotected children are often gathered from the paths of idleness 

 and vice, and find an asylum here, where they are taught the more 

 rational plan of advancing their own destiny. They become accus- 

 tomed, and gradually attached to the scenes which surround them, 

 and interest readily advises them to continue where experience shows 

 that they can really do no better, and the sequel is, that with stabi- 

 lity and attention, they become masters of an occupation, when they 

 might not have succeeded in an apprenticeship to any qther. 



