508 [Assembly 



down and smile — the farm of freedom, in which all oppression, 

 all despotism, all demagogueism, would read the doom of death. 



This school, it has been well argued, should be founded near the 

 ciTy of New-York. Thus located, it will positively succeed, and in 

 any other part of the state its success would be somewhat doubtful. 

 Land of every necessary variety can be obtained as cheaply there, 

 considering its contiguity to the great markets of the metropolis, as 

 in any other section of the country. The farm will be visited by 

 more people, if near the city, than any where else; the chance of 

 obtaining students will be much greater, because the school will be 

 seen and known by more persons than it could be, if located in any 

 other part of the state. It will have, in this location, the advan- 

 tage of frequent voluntary aid from men of science, and the benefit 

 of the library and apparatus of the American Institute, and the other 

 libraries and apparati of the metropolis. It will receive donations 

 from wealthy patriotic citizens to a greater amount than in any other 

 location. There, it would also have the advantage of the reposi- 

 tory for testing improved implements and machines (without the 

 expense of purchase,) and of the great Annual Fairs for the exhi- 

 bition of machines and other productions of the country. Selections 

 may be made from the vast variety of seeds, plants and animals 

 which come to the city. A location near the city is further desira- 

 ble, as a greater variety of manures for experiments is afforded 

 there than in any other part of the state. The experiments and 

 results of the farm will have wider publicity through the numerous 

 papers and journals of the city, than they could have from the 

 periodicals of any other place, — and seeds, plants and animals can 

 be more readily transmitted to and from all parts of the country, 

 and of the world, by means of the great land and water convey- 

 ances. 



It has also been suggested that the school and farm should be 

 under the supervision of the American Institute. Happy will it be 

 for the farmers of New-York, for the rising generation, and for the 

 friends of educational advancement, if that Institute should under- 

 take the task. 



He can only doubt this, who is unacquainted with the rise, pro- 

 gress and general history of the Institute. But who is not acquainted 

 with these? The American Institute has secured to itself a noble 

 page in the annals of the American Republic. The professed objects 

 for which the Institute was founded have never been lost sight of 

 for a single moment ; those objects were, the encouragement and 



