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Let me say, then, Mr.. President, and gentle.
men rie, OF the Mechanic, Association, ,.-PERSE-


vEhE. Do any ask what you have done, and
.nn Hna' you are doing for the public good? Send
the e" 2 = your exhibition rooms; and let them see
el, eae walls OF the temple Of American Liberty,s
nuy covered with the products of American art.
Anu Wniie they gaze with admiration on these
cieauons OF the mechanical arts Of the country.
BID them remember that they are the productions
OF people whose fathers were told bv the Rr;-
tlsh ministry they should not manufacture bnb.
nail! Does any one ask in disdain for the urea.
names which have illustrated the Mechanic Rrtsi
Tell him of Arkwrght, and Watt, of Franklin.
OF Whitney, and Fulton, whose memory will
dwell i'm the grateful recoections Of postertv.
when the titled and laurelled destroyers Of man
kind shall be remembered only with detestation.
Mechanics Of America, respect your calling re-
spect yourselves. The cause Of human improve
ment has no frmer or more powerful friends In
the great Temple Of Nature, whose foundation is
the earth, h,-whose pillars are the eternal hills
whose roof is the star-lit sky,-whose organ-tones
are the whispering breeze and the sounding
storm, ,---whose architect is God,-there is no
ministry more sacred than that Of the intelligent






The exhibition was held in Faneuil Hall--[Ed. Mes