THE MECHANIC.
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THE MECHANIC. l

 In well ordered community, every pro- fession pays its part for the general welfare. Tue. occupation of the Agriculturist, the are all honorable, when conducted upon high-minded and liberal principles.

 .Honor and shame from no condition rise,

 Act well your part-there all the honor l'es.'

 In transferring therefore to our columns an extract from an eloquent address dellv- cred before the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, we feel great pride and pleasure. It was pronounced on the celebration of the ninth triennial festival by Nathaniel Green, who there gives the following account of himself. cannot but rejoice in the improvement of the Me- chanic Arts, and the moral, intellectual and political elevation of their professors Twenty five years of my life have been de- voted to mechanical employments. For | all that am-for whatever l may be- for whatever of good may have imbibed flor whatever of evil l have avoided for my whole moral and intellectual being Il am indebted to the teachings, the ex- amples. and the habits of a workshop.- And when consider the great number of young men whose characters are forming under like circumstances-aDd that these youths are destined to the active walks o' public and private life; that by their vir- tues or their vices, their industry or their

 dleness. their intelligence or their igno- rance, their patriotism or their selfsbness, they are to influence the destinies of fami- lies, of neighborhoods, and even of our whole country, cannot bat be most pro- foundly impressed with the importance oi our Association, and the immense good that may be effected through its instrument

 tality; it is highly important that the r's- ing generation of mechanics should come

 forward under the best possible influence,

 and with the best possible preparation tot

 the possible duties that may devotve upon

 them as men and citizens.' We rejoice with MT. Green, not only ii the great advance made in our country II the Mechanic Arts, but in the moral ant pbysical influence they may exercise in so ciety. Through the latter they give to th' community every necessary implement 10 the elevation of their condition so far as ou f physical wants are concerned-it is to then ! we are indebted for those instructions whicl mark the difference between savage ant 5 civilized state. The comforts of home :. that constitute the great charm of Iife-th' ! house that shelters us from the parch'nl n heat of the summer and the chilling bias : of winter, are provided by the strong arn r and furnished by the skill of the mechan Q list. The clothing through which we de s rive alike protection from the weather, ant y Enerceiye in truth the symmetry and forn :. given by the Divine Architect. are tn

 workmanship also of the Mechanic. Tn fl smiling beauty of the fair, and the conven . fence and ease of all arc sustained and iu