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The trial should be made in everyplace where 

 its failure is not certain ; and for this purpose 

 young grafted trees should be obtained from 

 Europe, and the formation of nurseries from 

 the seed immediately begun. 



The Olive is perhaps the most valuable , 

 but it is not the only accession that might be 

 made to our vegetable reign, if a more enter- 

 prising spirit prevailed in our husbandry, 

 and if establishments were formed for the 

 reception of exotic plants. This important 

 subject claims the attention of government : 

 amid its labours for the promotion of com- 

 merce and manufactures , why should not its 

 fostering care be extended to agriculture ? 



The people of the United States, instructed 

 by experience , have consecrated an altar of 

 oblivion to the Genius of the waves and to 

 the Genius of the soil. They will not allow- 

 one system of industry to be promoted at 

 the expence of another. We have solved the 

 transcendant problem of reconciling the in- 

 terest of the individual with that of the 

 public , by throwing down the barriers to 

 every species of industry, and by leaving 

 every man to enjoy the fruits of his labour 



