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sand of presses pouring out daily, millions of papers in that noble 

 tongue. 



England claims the high honor of being the first in tlie West 

 of Europe, to set all her children at work ; so that while a por- 

 tion of her sturdy people make the bread, the remainder, large 

 and small, male and female, are at work in the wonderful arts 

 of genius and mechanics. And although not fond of a rival, she 

 is pleased to behold Jonathan doing likewise. She now invites 

 him to be in London in May and June next, with every one of 

 his contrivances and the natural productions of his country. 



On this spot the other evening, the delightful song of the be- 

 nevolent Swede, filled thousand of hearts with joy, and from this 

 spot she poured back into the hands of the people, ten thousand 

 of their dollars for most Christian uses. One would think that 

 this temple of the honest industry of our people, was, by 

 that precious act of Jenny Lind, so consecrated that for ever 

 after, sin and misery may not enter its gates. , 



The American Institute, true to its title, has ever maintained 

 one course. It has no sectional or any narrow views. It has on 

 all fit occasions encouraged Agriculture, Commerce, Manufac- 

 tures and the Arts in all parts of our country.. It has rejoiced to 

 know of late years, that the loom is brought near the cotton 

 field — that all the mechanic arts begin to cluster around that 

 loom. And throughout our country the fine arts, Painting, 

 Sculpture, Architecture, &c., are all actively employed, — 

 Farmers' Clubs, Institutes, Arts Union, Mechanic Associations, 

 Premiums at Agricultural and Mechanic Fairs becoming greater 

 and greater. An Agricultural show at Albany, where the things 

 shown were excellent, and the people a hundred thousand of them — 

 the most interesting part of it. 



And, gentlemen, allow me to say that here in this well-bred 

 throng, how would our glory eclipse if the ladies were absent. 

 We never can make a Fair without them ! In the rich engraved 

 diplomas of modern times, we behold, for the first time since crea- 

 tion, the most humble arts elevated so as to be subjects of equal 

 notice with the greatest. In some of the European engravings^ 

 as in the diploma of the Gewerb Verein, of Lower Austria, — the 



