American InStitute-Anniversary Address
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American Institute o-AnniVeTSary Address.
The address of Hon. Il. ID. ELLIOT, Of
Mass, before the American Institute, was
listened to by one of the largest audiences
ever congregated within the walls of the
tabernacle.


The subject of this address was the ne
cessity of elevating the standard of ma
nual labor, and improving the mental con.
diton of the producing classes, particular
ly the tiilers of the soil. He alluded to
the Annual Fairs of the Institute as some
thing of the character of the scenic exhi-
billions Of the ancients, the tendency of
which Was to inspire rivalry in all manly
and valuable callings, though he abiured
the main features of ancient excellence,
which was perfection in human butchery.
We want peace, lasting and genial peace.


He rapidly sketched the history of our
country from the days when strife was in
the land to the present hour, and gloried in
the unexampled growth and prosperity OF
our people. Yet every point attained dis
covers other positions yet to be gained; as
the traveller among the mountains sees
peaks on peaks in long perspective rise,
till he may almost despair of reaching the
heaven.crowned summit. He expatiated
at length upon the value of the great In
heriance left us by our patriot fathers
upon the great price of blood they paid
for il, and wonderful progress their sons
had made in all sciences and arts. Ame
rican skill had always been equal to the
demands made upon it. When the want
of an invention is once felt, the discovery
is at 4he door.


What have the mechanic arts done fol
US, aided by the natural enterprise of oul
brethren? Now we want equal legisla
tion, well regulatated commerce, and a
bove all, profound peace, at home anc
aboad; for which every true friend Of the
country ,-he hoped, would fervently pray
War freed US from the oppression of "
rants; but war never would have made u:
the nation we now are, ii the plough AM
the loom had not gone heartily 10 work.
Commerce depends upon the farmer fo
ITS very existence. Accumulation under
lies commerce, and both rest upon ih'
foundation Of Labor--the great idea O
Divine will. What avail is it if ous ri
vers run on golden beds, if our granarie
are groaning with their abundance, il on
ships run to and fro to the uitennost end
OF the earth, and the laborer still be down
trodden and ignorantg


That old and deep-rooted prejudice
that ungenerous and ridiculous idea, tha
the hand must ever be suhservient to tn,
head is fast fading away, and must b,
completely eradicated. God has given
head and hand to every man, and il i
not becoming one to say 10 the other
"what doest thou2" Our country will
naturally be mainly agricultural. Elk
cept in one corner where rocks Of granii
and rocks of ice are grown for exporEa
ton, the soil is ever leeming wish the pro
team shapes of vegetable life. Lass yea