136 THE PHILADELPHIA FLO RIST. [Sept'k. 



^ where money and labour are abundant. The gates were opened to £ 

 ad fellows and visitors at 2 o'clock, and in one hour thousands had enter- 

 7 ed, so that by 4 o'clock the whole grounds were covered by at least 

 ten or twelve thousand, gay looking, richly attired inhabitants of the 

 city of the world. The day was propitious, and it was reputed to be 

 one of the finest exhibitions that had ever taken place. 



R. Buist. 



National Agricultural Convention. 



(Continued from p. 128.) 



N. Hampshire, 8; Vt. 3; Mass. 25; R. Island 3; Conn. 4; N. York 

 20; N. Jersey 2; Penn. 5; Del. 6; Md. 23; Va. 10; N. C. 1; La. 2; 0. 

 12; Ky. 2; Tenn. 3; Ind. 3; 111. 2; Ark. 1; Mich. 4; Texas 1; Wis. 2; 

 D. C. 11; Total 151, from 23 States and Territories. 



A committee of seven was appointed to nominate permanent offi- 

 cers. Mr. King presented the following from the committee : 



President — Marshall P. Wilder, of Massachusetts. 



Vice Presidents — Henry Wagner, N. Y.; Frederick Watts, Pa.; Chs. 

 B. Calvert, Md.; Wm. F. Hunter, Ohio; George W. Nesmith, N. H., 

 John Throckmorton, Va.; H. K. Burgwyn, N. C; T. J. Rusk, Texas; 

 James Duane Doty, Wis. 



Secretaries — Wm. S. King, R. I.; B. P. Johnson, N. Y.; J. A. War- 

 der, Ohio; J. D. B. Debow, if. 



The President addressed the Convention. We have not space for his 

 remarks. 



Mr. Holcomb, of Delaware, (or Holkam, as it is in some reports,) 

 moved for a committee to draft a constitution for the organization of 

 the United States Agricultural Society, and report other important 

 matters. On this motion there was considerable discussion. 



James Gowen, Esq., Mt. Airy, Phila. Co. Pa. said that a motion had 

 been made to appoint a committee to draft a constitution for a society 

 which had not yet been formed. The question as to the expediency 

 of the formation of such a society had not been considered or decided. 

 It should first be considered whether such was expedient. His own 

 impression was that it was not; and he was decidedly of opinion that 

 such a Society could not be maintained. After an animated discussion 

 the motion for organization was carried, and a committee appointed 

 of members from the several States, 25 in number. We are obliged 

 to abridge the report. 



Mr. Gowen. was obviously overruled ; but we do not see why he 

 should not be allowed freely to state his opinion, without being vio- 

 lently attacked by hired reporters or correspondents of a New York 

 partizan journal. The Society adjourned sine die. 



03?* The Ohio Cultivator, August 15th, publishes a communication 



from James Gowen, Esq., explaining his course of action towards the 



organization of the U. S. Agricultural Society, formed, he maintains, 



without any pre-arranged plan, or without having ever entertained 



the very doubtful question of the expediency of such a Society, with 



a central executive and officers to promote sectional interests totally 



. dissimilar — to embrace within its expansive folds the Southern cotton . 



■Q planter and the Northern free-soiler, full of nostrums so loathsome to 2± 



^ his Southern brother. But we shall see anon. j^u 



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