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Resolutions Offered at the Eighth Convention DOCUMENT NUMBER 15 475 Illinois State Agricultural Society Report, 1861-1864, p. 986 EIGHTH CONVENTION Preamble and Resolutions unanimously adopted at a meeting of the Farmers and Mechanics of Illinois, held on the State Fair Grounds in Decatur, September 15, 1864. Whereas, The industrial interests are of paramount importance all others being dependent upon their prosperity: and Whereas, Congress has made a munificient grant of four hundred and eighty thousand acres of land, the proceeds of which are to be used for the endowment of an Industrial College for the promotion of agriculture and the mechanic arts: and Whereas, Certain existing institutions of learning have sought to divide this fund and partition the same among themselves : therefore, Resolved, That we distinctly reiterate that the industrial interests of this state are one and indivisible; that the industrial classes are perfectly competent to draft a plan and arrange the details for the proper disbursement of this fund. Resolved, That we endorse the sentiments contained in the resolution of the Farmers' Convention held at Springfield in June, 1863, and January, 1864, that there should be but one institution created out of this fund, and that it should be entirely untrammeled by connection with any existing institution* Resolved, That we, the industrial classes of Illinois, pledge ourselves to combine to use our utmost efforts for the advancement of our educational interests, and knowing, as we do, that these are the foundation upon which the permanent prosperity of the nation rests, we will continue to labor to devote this fund sacredly to the purpose for which it was intended, viz: "The establishment of one institution in this state in which the leading object shall be to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic a r t s / ' Resolved, That as the aforesaid sciences are intimately connected with true progress in agriculture, it is of the utmost im-
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