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THADDEUs B. WAKEMAN, ESQ,


CoRREsPoNDNe SKc'Y AMERICAN Institute -
MY DEAR SIR
In our many conversations on the great purposes
OF the Institute, have, you know, often dwelt
with high enthusiasm on the origin, progress, and
future destiny OF this great republic, ofwhich you
and | are almost but grandsons. What hopes
have not great and good men entertained from the
experiment on trial in this new world ofthe capa-
billtles OF our race Tor all manner OF Improvement
as well IN arts and sciences as IN righteous govern
ment!


Let me remind you how near we yet are to the
extraordinary fountain OF this western empire !!
In the year one thousand eight hundred and one,
after was Bachelor OF Arts, held many con-
versations in the city Of Augusta, Georgia, with
venerable muatto man, Chen living al his ease on
the plantation Of Mr. Course, who had been the
Oglethorpe, the founder Of the city Of savannah.
The old valet was in good health--he walked some
six miles day for exercise, and his descriptions
of events in England in the time OF Charles the
ment Of Georgia, before and after the founding of
Savannah, had deep interest TO me. lie was
born in 1877, and was one hundred and twenty
fonr years of age when conversed with hlm.
So you perceive, that of two men living and act
ing the two first ages of this great republic, only
one has yet died although the time elapsed Is
one hundred and sixty-seven years and IN that
time the two handsful of noble Anglo. Saxons,





Jamestown, have increased TO nearly twenty mil.
lions OF imen and with allshat too, the arts and
sciences have kept the same double quick step


am not authorised, as mere Secretary OF the
Farmers Club of the Institute to address note 70
the minister OF our grandfather John Bull but if
had the proper authority, certainly should say to
my Lord Aberdeen, that, considering what has
actually come to pass in the short times OF Gene
raj Ogethorpe's valet and myself such grow
ing that should solic.. his lordship's advice as
TO what possible device he coul0 divine tor us to
arrest and put full stop to such most unheard OF
expansion of any race-except rabbits. and that
his lordshp will, by all means, stay ,our growing
out to Texas and Oregon, and other places on tins
Columbian side of the planet, if it can be done
without injury to our health


But my great desire well as yours, is, that
this growing may be well provided with all
good things and that we may be able even to
make pantaloons fast enough to cover decenty
such myriads of republican legs as are even now
straddling away over the Rocky Mountains, and
padding away far beyond Salt River


It's comfort, my dear brother laborer in Ame-
rican institutions that we have lived long enough
TO such an incompre hensible growth OF our
nation. Let US then continue with unabated zeal,
to drive on the American system-and may this
years labor add more still to the astonshment OF
the old world. am always truly yours,


HENRY MEIGs,
Secretary Of the Farmers Club Of the American


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