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country, and he has laid the foundation so well that I believe America 

 will ere long raise more tea than she can drink. 



All these efforts tend to one grand conclusion! National Indepen- 

 dence — what ought we to say of the Briareus of mechanism, of our 

 mechanics of every branch 1 Did any human being ever behold 

 such efforts to make all the works of skill so perfect 1 We have an 

 omnibus to ride in for sixpence which Cleopatra would have given a 

 Province to possess. Carts and wagons for the most common pur- 

 poses, that were never equalled by the triumphal cars of any of the 

 Homan Emperors, for beauty of work and strength and utility. 



We wished that we could have used our own exhaustless ores of 

 iron and our coal beds to make our own railroads ; as it is, we had 

 not long ago as many thousand miles of railroad as all the world be- 

 sides. Now, stimulated by our example they are copying fast and 

 well. The Russian Emperor has emplXyyed an Jlmerican to make one 

 of the most magnificent roads in the world, that from St. Petersburgb 

 to Moscow. 



We have, however, a lesson to learn now, and that is the way to 

 fortify our independence and liberty. We are recently admonished 

 that OUT free system sets a bad example to the O^d world. That all 

 republics but this one alone are laid low ! That perhaps a struggle 

 for OUT free system is approaching ! Let us prep;ire by having nothing 

 under heaven to borrow from other nations, but every thing to lend I 

 Let us keep the Washington, Franklin, and all those western stars 

 like a constellation before our eyes. Work out all our own vast 

 resources like Beavers. Avoid all idleness, and in the life of a large 

 portion of those who hear me, future Washingtons and Franklins will 

 tell a hostile world in the old Scotch motto — JVemo me impune lacessit 

 — and' at the same time advise them to do as we do 



The American Institute recognizes no party politics ; it labors for 

 the good of this nation, because it loves it — because it glories in all 

 those delights and utilities of the highest civilization that cnn be en- 

 joyed by a people which will cover this continent from sea to sea. 



