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thou art fed and clothed, and warmed from the field — 
venerate the plough. 
Farmers, I have before remarked, ye are the lords 
of this lower creation, and 1 have shown you this by 
clear demonstration ; reverence yourselves, by your 
industry, economy, temperance, sobriety and punc- 
tuality; with all the Christian virtues ; and you will 
compel the world to reverence you. Should any one 
order, rank, station, or individual in society, withhold 
from you the tribute of respect, justly due to your 
rank, and worth in society, let him alone; reflection 
will correct his error. Let no advantages of im- 
proving your knowledge in the science of husbandry, 
escape your attention ; apply this improvement in 
knowledge, to the improvement of your farms, by lit- 
tle and little, as circumstances, and your means may 
afford you opportunity ; a well directed industry, with 
the blessing of God, will enable you to surmount all 
difficulties, and will make you both rich and inde- 
pendent, and your families after you. Remember 
ihe Salem Alms-house Farm ; the example is before 
you, go and do likewise, and become the Paul Up- 
tons of your country. Under such husbandry, the 
merchant will flourish ; the artist, and the labourer 
will flourish; the agriculture and commerce of our 
country (those handmaids of nations) will flourish ; 
our country will become the garden of the world, and 
America the store-house of the world. Enjoying, as 
w’e do in America, the advantages of every clime, 
which constitute the delight of the temperate zone ; 
blest, as we are, with a variety, and fertility of soil, 
unrivalled in the geography of nations; together with 
the privileges of civil and religious liberty, unparel- 
lelled in the history of nations ; let ns remember that 
the eyes of God, and of the world are upon us; in 
jiroportion to the distinguished magnitude of our pri- 
vileges, so let us fill up our duties to ourselves, to the 
world, and to our God. 
Let us keep free from debt, and once more J say, 
we are of all men the most happy and independent. 
