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than his own name, and not meeting with l'.
the sueeess lb Boston npd other plaees in ?
the Kasterji States which he had hoped fur, JM
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-his father, or fufcay v other friend in whom j *3
liedarod fctinlide.' dint >of pcr/istent a
however, he-obtained a </nasi em- ' '
, gl'oyment as a canvasser (in the neighbor'
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of tire 6ne-lioiigea. lie could not nerve i 11
K " liimtfelftQ constant refusals. Jn this state.!1'
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Address of Hon. J. Foster Marshall.
Delivered before (he Stale Agricultural
Society, in the State /louse, on Wednesday
Evening, November 11,1857.
Gentlemen of the State Agricultural
Society :
You have assembled again, to celebrate
llie tliiid anniversary of your association,
llllilnr - '*
V..VI..II.-U.UU3 ui |>ucuuar grailUOUliou
to each member. You have invito!
hither by your premium?, medals and diplomas,
the industrious, planter, the man of
cience, the energetic manufacturer, the ingenious
mechanic, the enterprising merchant.
the skillful artist, and "though last !
not least," the aged mother and blushing
maid. Each in their appropriate spheii?,
iiaVC contributed something of their skill, |
industry and ingenuity, and something of
:he products of the soil, to show to the pass- \
ing stranger that the people of South Oar- i
jlina have awakened from that lethargy and,
iiipiueness, which has so long paralyzed her
iiicrgiea. That we arc alive now to our
ligli calling, tile offering that each citizen)
las made to your Fair, prove* that a spirit ,
\f inquiry has gone throughout the length
Itld hri-aillli (if our IjiiiiI.
it lias been beautifully said "that the |
laHli is a ureal machine, made ready by |
he Almighty lo the hands of man, with
Is soil and seasons working for him ; and
t may- not be uninteresting to trace for a
uw moments the progress that man lias
nade in exploring the mighty resources of
his machine.
The experience of man for nearly four 1
housand years is written in immutable
haracters in I lie great volumes of nature,
vliiliitiurr ?ic it .1 ; -.."1 ..Pil
- J?1 ..w.., .. j.......... v/i l.lVi J>IW;rcssivc
and retrogressive operations of
uind, in its efforts lo explore the hidden
ncrets of the universe. Look into llie dim
ista of antiquity, among the dilapidated
lasses of mural rubbish, strewn throughut
the once gorgeous Kast, and the wrecks
f ancient grandeur, meet our gaze at every
urn. Where Wiethe ancient emporiums,
f agriculture and commerce, Kujiio, Alexndrja,
Tyre, Siilon, Tarshish and Thebes !
he foot prints of desolation are clear and
(.-fined, and with all their storied greatness,
ley are now almost lost to human ken.
\ here too, are tlie mighty people who once
fell ill.-.1 mi /iiif nmiliiwint 11./-. ? 1
alaces of Anahuae, Otrnnba, Cholula, Ox?utal
?n?l l'alempie i Tliev evince, in "si;nt
veracity," an enlightened era in Ameica.
'l hese nations, like the nations of the
last, occupied the most favored portions of
nr continent, and yet deserted palaces and i
ilapidated tuninli are all thai is left of
lis mysterious people.
These nations of (he cast rose from ob-'
nrity,ns tillers of the soil, and to such a '
oint of perfection did they attain in this
apartment of industry, that the name of.
usli.indinan has become immortalized by
leir poets and orators. History the great
acher l?y example, tells us that they, too i
ere lletilllilics Mini wliilrt nww.nli...? n~.-~ '
? Vl> - "O1 v * t
bed I lie natron prospered in commerce and ! ,
ic arts. 1'?ul when luxury, with its con- ' ^
>mitaul evils, passed through the gates or ' f
icir cities, instead of the pinducts of tlie ' s
>il, they became an ea*y prey to each ntli- ,
, ain 1 the eoiiijuercr in his luru IV-11 into (
iC hands of the Vandal and the Goth. ,
hey and all their gorgeous grandeur have ,
eeti swept into the vortex of oblivion, and ! t
II that is left to us is the foot-prints of their ,
lighty intellect. We read of their inigli- 4
r men of genius and learning, a Cadmus* ,
Solomon, a Herodotus,a Socrateiaud an | |
.rehimides ; of a Cicero. 1'linv. Yirml?l.
lid above all we read of tlie patriotic niul 1 j
inner Ciuciunalus, who twice saved his 1 ,
mutry from impending ruin. May we j
nt pause here for- a moment, while we are .
i the brilliant march of intellectual im- ,
roveiwnt, ami ask the question, nrc we j (
L-t in the meridian height of this great '
luorjjle of mind over matter, when we , t
d??: i-ito consideration the advancement j
i?t was made jn agriculture, couimur^,, s
nd the fine arts by these mighty nations . t
f antiquity t May not the splendid en- ,
or ol to day be based on the wisdom, the j
lventions and discoveries that have been ,
uidetwenty and thirty centuries acjo ? Mav [
icy not hare furnished the rudiments of ?
lechauical elements from which we now j
rm the fiery vehicles on which mind tri- i 1
inphantly rides from the "duMy peilioua j t
i.. ?
i"?-j < " n3 j/iv-3uiii uiizzuug nriuevc- | <
icnts ? j t
lJis<ng8ged from the gross hallueinn- i
ions of past siges imposed J#}' piiusts and 1 ?
rinocs, mind lias now mounted tin; ear of t
roiffes/with its feet resting on ngrirulture
-the reins of science in one hand and com- I
lerce in the other?is now enlightening ' I
lie world in its course nnd invigorating the f
urnis of intellect and genius. Timo nnd I I
pacenrn measured by its operations, nnd ;i
lie world is embraced at a ed. It com- i <
lands the'eleincnts and Ljiey oln>y it!. The i s
'orld is too circumscrilieiUforc ?U expnn- i i
iye research?the universe alone calf* Hm- 1
tila aspirations^ ... v>>- x-"
The di*ct/V'ery of A rffrriea, .fftjCjffiUjflf) i
f priritingand the applicaLfoi^or^^yer lo-1N
li'u various wants-of man, have <T?ns n?or$ ^
t> ch&ngethe destiny &f the moral, pl?v?i- I
nl and commercial world, thaii all tho'jmHcifi*II??
?! ?? ^L"
, j y. uiw .jg^y viuo-yi I'uinjwcrwr^i J
Uo tortuPesof tji? ingiij*itorial IribmuO, or t
lie valine, of rott'ioafct. pliilnritKrojiid*.
di*co/Wes <*^re essential to itfatiVjl
tirce*sful cal-ofer of iinprovomcnt, but \vli4 i
trouU.T asbjJliare Jtecn (ligprttamd qtulie .i
tfre, coramerO^mflnol^ i
Orcs.^fTuie tnoolifinic *rl% without Aiiio- *
ica J,' Mitrtf . wouM have ?bectr i
^"^(^'de'creM .nnd bpH* of tte \
3lil_ 'j*
. -1>
j grasping the electric holts of .Heaven, lias
j struck out for herself a new sphere of exisI
tenco. The howl of the tempest, the light|
ning* flashed, the pierccittg frosts or tlie
i fervid heat of an c?piatorial sun, impede
i not lier progress. Ik-r march is onward
i and upward, until she shall realize all the
| truo and grand conceptions of man's hapI
pini'ss and man's political equality. The
genius of America has eviucc'd a precocity
i in agiirulture, commerce,manufactures and
the mechanic- aits, ncvi.p ....l
thcsame time by ?ny nation, ancient or
! modern. She is second to none in the
practical demonstration of progressive improvement.
ller agricultural products,
now feed and clothe tlie half million of the
OKI World. Her white wings of commerce
aro spread to every breeze. 'J'ne darkened
vapors of a thousand engines, mark the
track of countless miles of railroads?penetrating
through mountains of the farthest
point of civilization. Young America holds
tin! plough, drives the plain, the saw, the
billie,the forge, the needle, the mill and
the great custodian of our liberties, the
press. Her crystal palaces and iron mansions
rise up like the eastern palaces of the
ancient genii. Her land is now teeming
with the overflow of agricultural products
?seeking the thousand and one avenues
leading to the great emj eriun s on t! c Atlantic
and <iulf. I a-V, what is the cause of li s
unparalleled success in all that, tends to elevate
ainl ennoble the American citizen \
/lis uyricnlti'rc oml its Joiuil ni'titl conimera'
! It in llw u/>jtlicntiun of arlvner to
nil (he ilrjinrtinen is nf industry ! JI is
the diversion of labor a ml cojiilul.
r .1 ... c ?*
uut us iur a iiiomciu cast our eyes over
this great confederacy of States, and see
wliat each is doing for itself in litis age of
progress. Some are engaged in mechanieal
inventions, like Connecticut, wliiie
others, like Massachusetts, are engaged in
manufacturing ami agriculture. Some are
engaged in agriculture, commerce, ami
manufactures, like New York, while others
like Maine, have neither agriculture, manufaelurcs
or commerce, but compelled to
resort to their forests and to ship-building. |
Some like Pennsylvania, have to depend 1
ujiun their great mineral resources and a a
riciilt'ire for tluir wealth, whileothers like
Kentucky and Indiana, have to depend u;
in their agriculture and great pastures for
tlieir prosperity. Then again, there are
those States, occupying the Eastern and I
Southern slope of llio Aileghanies, which
lisive depended atone upon their r.^ricultu- j
ral resources for the happiness :in<l prosper- ,
ity ot their people. In the Northern porLioii
of this confederacy, we find that no
>t;ite in pursuing any one brunch of in lusLiy,
to the exclusion of all others; but l>v
llic division of labor and capital, all their |
resources arc b/tug developed , and all the (
h-partinents of industry arc nourishing. ,
With an unfriendly climate to contend ,
ivith, they l?y dint of energy and peisercrnace
have made grass to grow where
here was no soil, and two ears of corn to
?row where only one grew before. Their
nun.-!iii nsouircs now iiuiMing palaces,
river.*, building railroads and
,lL*airis!ii|?-i, iiii'l furni.-hing the path upon
vliieli thought is eouveved l>y the cdeehiei- ,
y of Heaven, from one cud of the coufed- |
:ra<-y to the other.
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j nviiti ? h?i uoj j?vnau.viu^ ||(H UUC-liaif Of
lie advantages in soil ami climate as wo of
lie South, have furoutstrippcd#as in agricul- |
lire, commerce, manufactures ainJ the me- ;
iliiinic arts. We, oil the contrary, who
mve been blessed in soil and climate, nn?l
villi all the natural advantages that abound !
Iirotighout the length and breadth of our |
loiintry in endless variety, are content to ,
ilod along in the old beaten path of our
ince-tors, relying alone upon the production
if our great Maple cotton, to eh the and feed
is.
Tigs comp irison is not instituted between
lie North and the South, to show the superiority
of the one over the other ; but
imply to exhibit what can he done, by iulustry;
energy and perseverance,'and the
roper application of labor and capita^ to
lie various wants of man. In point of A
renin*, and all jhe attributes that make hjaji
i noble being, the archives of our nation
uul the noble deeds of our sires will prove
ncontestibly, that wo have no superiors,
i'ct with nil this halo of glory encircling
>nr urow, ana all the nalural advantages
vc possess, we laok as a people, that indtisry,
energy, economy and perseverance,
>vbicb is necessary to develop tlie rt.-ourc;s
)f our country. It is true, and I ain proud
0 see it, that lb some of our sister States,
he dormant energies-of their people have
jeen awakened hy a Kutthi and a l'eters.
It is also true, that in our own Palmetto
State, the people in some sections are awakening
ftum ttieir supinenuss and lethargy,
ind are putting forth their energies and
capital in reclaiming our impoverished soil,
ilid in developing the mineral, manufacture
ngnnd mechanical resources of our State.
1 feel that ua change has come" over the
ipirit of our dream," and that we are in The
pornina'of thaVgreat reformation which is,
!fe?flht/u lo plate South Carolina ?*ilo by
lido \Vith Vir^Juia and Oe0rgia*iti sgriculures.
mfttuifactufes and the mechanic arts.
Tno queitioil klisti presents itself?what
lire the resource of our Stute, and bow are
ibejr ! be dewdunod I ti. ^ .
It ii? bjf?oll-geoWgHial
Mid Hgwhlttifai writersi Eoudtfy ??
mviu ui no nimosi.muctuiuo tjpctenlion
in .agricultural* rowiiroe^fJfh^n those
sAtys ^cotfpyitig t^ie ^Atfouikfc tfMgMvlf
?S9iX0 dfaiio iilpu it'rdge MouritHin^. ^f&rtiie
faid3t*6#ilMS<Prt>liD-' itk'nilt'tliiUtiiiiKBil.
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[ lime?\vhieh are indispensable to tlic former !
! ami mechanic. They lie imbcdcd in some i
. of our middle and mountain districts fur the I
want ol capital to < pen them up, and the
i means of an expcJit'unts and rhcap transportation
to our markets. There arc many
fine water powers distributed over the mid- !
pie and northern portion of our State, which
I would be well adapted to the manufacturing,
milling and mechanical department of industry
: but are now lying idle for the want
of capital, and a (.Jrcgg, a Mcl'ee, a Sloane,;
a tiibbes, and a host of other practical meivf
in our State, to develop their great powers.
| Then a<rain. there are our oreait linoa ?? '
... _ r '" v" j
; railroads, extending from this seab nd to
llie mountains, and branching off into vari- 1
, ons suctions of the State. These come not '
properly under the lie.-ul of resources, but j
tlify are llio Archimedean leader of the '
i present age, and have done more towards
j developing the resources of our Stale, than 1
all other elVorts hitherto made by. the people !
or State. Thc-e, then, are the trfre and I
substantial resources of our State, and upon '
| their development depend the future liappii
ness of our people, and our Ileal cijuul,
ify in or out of the Union.
The question then that addresses itself
; with peculiar force lo each member of your
Association, and to every true lover of his j
j country is, how shall these resources he de- i
vcloped ? My answer is h>j education of,
(he masses, a thoroar/h reform in oar pres- j
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(/a mwir <>j ni/rti iiintrr ami economy, m d '
it ]>ro/icr division of our labor and cnt ifa'. |
Ili^torv, ami c\*en on o n ob orv ni> n
teacher that no reformation, cither in polit i?.-s
j or religion?that 110 advancement, either in ,
t :o arts or sciences?have over Ik-cii accuni- ,
' pli-hed in a day, a month, or a year. It
lias required years of intense study and uii- '
tiring industry of master minds to digest
an I prepare the proper plans of epilation*.
' It has required time to arouse the masses
:iiitl Iii imr llii.ii* ti?
, - ...v.. IV MVii U|iy?i invalidjeet,
tor ihcin lu understand the necessity of '
; tlie work and comprehend its length and '
breadth, heighth mi.I depth, before they can
J move forward with force and power*. As it !
I lias been in all ages with politics and re- |
1 ligion, so it is now in agriculture and all
; the departments of industry, l'aticnt study, I
energy and perseverance have overcome
mountains of diflioullies. The glorious c.\
ample of the sous of <.>Id Virginia?with a i
Jiutliu as their leader, arousing themselves
I thirty years ago from their supineticss?reclaiming
their impoverished lands?developing
the hidden resources of the State?di\
crsifying hei labor and capital, and placing
their .State in her present prosperous and in- j
dependent position, should cheer us ou to j
this noble and patriotic work. Our people, !
1 am proud to nay, from the many evideti- i
ces, 1 have teen in various sections of the
Stale, are fully alive to the necessity of a !
reformation in agriculture, and in our manul'actumi"
ainl ?ih-i-1?:hi1 -= -
o - I v",i*
industry. All they want now lu carry on
this great wot k so earnestly and nobly bo- j
gun, is "inure light1' mid an lvJmuiid liufliti i
lu guide and direct their energies. I aspire 1
nut to that distinguished post, of enlighten- !
ing and directing the energies of our people, |
but simply as a co-laborer in this great j
work, to contribute the result ot" my observation
and experience, and the conclusions to !
which 1 have arrived upon this important j
subject.
Before we can carry oul successfully this
great work of reformation, we must prepare 1
the minds of the people by a system of [
popular education. J?ut I am met at the '
threshold with the question, "iu it necessary
that the farmers?that the tillers of the soil I
? should kiiuw as much us other people?"
( To prove thai it is tiecesrui v to an intulli- {
gent mind, would seem-to l?e ;t work of!
biipi-rerrogatioii ; but there are many per- I
sons in litis Statu who do not admit the lie- '
ceSMi-y? believing that too much lumper! tif/ .
, with the musses, might catisu them to rise
| in the majesty of their strength and break
over the old established land mark usages 1
! and customs. JHiave no fears of an educu;
led people breaking over "old land innrku,"
: customs and usages, if these land marks are \
it accordance with their advancement in j
civilization.- lint if they are not in accord- |
mice Willi the warns uf the people and the '
' progress of the Age, let them be uprooted
and exploded, mid in their htcad let such
\ improvement* be introduced, as will tend
i to develop the pdwer and energies of the
! people; v ' . '
! 1 maintain, that in proportion you elu- i
( vato the masses in tliu scale of education, in |
. ilie same ratio will the resources of the State ,
i be developed. All will admit that it should
' be ilie tint and great concern' of the Sjpte j
| to place the means of a good and substan- i
tial-education within the reauh of all her j
people ; but how few of our legislator and
men of learning have devoted their labor
and talents to ilie digesting ot a plan suitable
to the condit ion and wants of the people,
it is true, that there is an Ailstou, a Thornwell
and A Meuuoinger in out*, midst, wfTo
have investigated the subject.with Zeaf-nn# '
ability, but tlieir. plans and schemes jfatve
,t?ue Mud agalu beeu'rejected by youiN&ffoJators,
for Urn wanto>f a'ifioro"n(j4? investigation.
i trust, however, tipit the day is now
iluMMitiiir umn/iu- <rln.? t1'-? ? "
, OT|rv/*i u-y (VUUII iUO OUllO Will
tiifji liur uuuu^roi \ ICS*
auftjcot, '.'Inynig V^?}& *
.frytiugsf^jcaUwSievuod. Uigi?t such irplan
'wlyifr will" faviiiff sUpeHtiou lo.o*o?y nfau V
\4wRT .* * ' ; !
w^3^^^&ert^in.y/nnng^^uuf<?uplry,
otibe^Ci^^Ko 1^*2 ?uJ
J ecuiu of ou/.S?h^. . U{?on their itrameritr
ding look to the i?ll?_-rs of iliesoij. It is tho
products of tiiu soil that alone can atl'ord relief.
If tills 11143 collars of the batik with gold
an.I silver ; it oils the inueliillery oft lie manufacturer
and mechanic; it drives the .ship
across the vasty deep,and feeds the countless
lines of railroads thoughoutthe length and
breadth of our country. Then it is your duty
to arouse the talent that now lies dormant 111
your sand hills, in our rich vallic*, and on
tliu mountain top ! Send the schoolmasters 1
llltn j.**.jf* it-wil* .? ?.! I 1 * 4*-i
viv^i uvun IIIIU Ii.illllt.-t Ul lllu Oltlic,
and teacli ilium tlie laws of nature?liow 1
tho soil can become modi lie J and euiiched 1
L>y the judicious application of tho mineral
and vegetable kingdoms 'leach them the
principles of natural philosophy and mechanics,
and let tho Statu College furnish that
additional instruction in Agiicultuud .
Chemistry, so necsessary to prepare our sons |
lor the praclieal avocations of life.
As an additional source of imformatioii
I would earnestly recommend to our farmers
tho sustaining of the agricultural survey of
our State. I pon the knowledge of the
earth and its constituent elements, depends i
t lie success of the farmer, ami any iinlormatiou
upon that subject, is worth to the planting
and mining interest of our Slate ten
tin.us, nay, a hundred times, the amount !
the Stale may expend. Neither the manu- '
faelurer, the mcclinnii-, or the artisan can '
work with any degree of biiece?s, until they
thoroughly understand the capacity and
puwot of their nniehiuery or the tools they
worn wiin. l nev call in science to aid
tliciii in their labor.*, and hence wc iind I lie
perfection each lias attained in their respec- '
live departments of industry. Not .so with 1
agriculture. Ji has ha-1 to contend with
ignorance, supersmoii, OKI customs anl usages,
un'iii we Imvo ne -.r'v worn out this
rent machine which llie Almighty lias I
made to our hands, without even uuder-laud- (
ing its first clemelary principles. Then let j
tliu farmers cull for / ></h t t'jiou this subject
and nil the assisl'tucc that the State can j
contribute towards agricultural knowledge. (
Hut 1 mil again met with that prejudice |
prevailing with .some classes ot'our fanners, ;
"That hook farmers never succeed ?
their fanciful theories can never hoar practical
test." This perhaps is true as applied
in some instances; nor wdl deny t^at book
farming ilhaecoinpained with good practic- i
ill comuiou Sense has ever succeeded. Uut
I deliv the iironnsiluiii. llmi. I t- ftirium.r
I l,~ .~K ' * "* J"
has not been of incalculable biniiit to the
farmers, or tliat. llio-e fanciful theories. when
explordt-d by practical test, have not served i
as beacons to the agriculturist. These the- j
ories may not have accomplished the desired
end, at this time of tiie experiment, for
the want of a pract ical mind, to ftppjy correct
elementary principle, but tin*)' established
a fact not known before in agricul- {
ture. "The failure awakened a spirit of in<iuirv,
opeud the wav lor another exneri
incut, which unfertile guidance of a pr.ictjal ^
head succeed. Knowledge in any of the ,
avocations of lilo, is panted by experiments
which hare time and again failed, il is j
impossible fur man to make improvements
of value, in the arts or business of life, 114- !
less (ih is directed in his investigations by 1
the knowledge of others, or what is liiid
down in books.. The manufacturer, the
mechanic, the artisan all depend upon the ,
fXperimeiils of persons ioiig since passed '
from thy stage of action.
To understand and perfect themselves iu !
llieir various profession^ iliey can in science 1
iu men aui, imu wiiii it" us ineir ii;iiki inaui, |
they now propel tliu engine sixty miles per j
hour, wheu Fulton thoughuit might attain
six. Your cotton is now ginned at the tale
of five and six "bales pur day, wheu it was
thought otio hundred pounds of lint might
he obtained.- Science and inochanicaKingenuity
now aids you iu cutting your wheat |
at l lie rates of twenty acres per day; when
one-fourth of an acre was regnided as the
work of the sickle, it threshes four bundled
bushels of wheal per day, -'-when ten
bushels wns the task under the old system,
in u word, science has uo simplified labor,
that a laborer now perforins tlni,tusk*of ten
and twenty laborers iu the same time,' Yet
with all this light, there are some men who
seem to take a pride iu refusing to call to j
their aid science, or .even tu t-oimult an ag- ,i
ricttllural journal. They point to tlimr ,
fathers, success, and aro content to follow (
along in the same old beaten path?fargit-. j
ting that the face of the soil aiid the *Thts ,
nl* ilio urn! Iinvii i imiiili'lcl v miili-ririiiK. >
? 1 -V % v,~*" ;
change since their auccestors first, conimcu- ^
ccd cutting down the sturdy oitk. iiliow^j
me a man who will not adopt the improvements
of the age in agriculture, in imple-(
mcntf, in seed or in stocks .of horses, ,
hogs, cows and sheep, and4l will show you
a man "Ay ho will always"he behind hfo neighbors.
Then 1 say,* away, ivjtli, tins idle de-"
clamutton about "booU fiirnnng." Take
ait agricultural j'Mirnal, oyiiMirt- nie'n of
scientific and practical jrMaimiietjt*; and g<^
to making expurtmeiiU on a small scale, if
you succeed or fail, let vour neighbors know
it, >,Vour success *will bt> .tbeir* .jamfcvour !
jtrosperiiy will be your country Tw When 1
you iuivg duuo ilw^you. will ,hjivi?,doue your'!
duty to yoursult"nuU .to your, country,. ?nU
Will iXlj?OlU?y >!?*? l)tMUVsU,'?.p^tli^jU
^?vU?g ^r^Mud.tUe uiindi oj'ourjjoq^e
Uy a snU^l'mi education, *y<i Aow:.
jlo f ! ?Vi
i nipto rin<f turt& futyto.* A^r.lb^ miigtS Ito^
<"*- ' , .; 'A
;.l ubiitiUtiii tbitpropoBition, tlmt*uo rtfforur j
Bey#ruJ^|>ltHi*?ru oar ?j?ric,?ri$w? UiiHl^j
j nose, witlioiil tcetH;" with bald pate and fur-1
I rowed chock, nnd like old age turned bui^
' to grass; then sell the carcass for whal j-oti ,
can realize, and migrate to the *SunMi-west
; in <piest of another victim. This runious '
. system has c-i?tupon us an exhausted
soil, and a dependence upon -Kentucky and !
|'Icnnessee for our mules, horses and hogs, j
| and upon the Northern States for all our I
necessaries, from the clothing and shoeing
of negroes, down to our wheelbarrows, corn- j
lirooms aiitl axe-li:<iiclies. Some inav say !
this picture is over-drawn, but in iiuswer, I
would n-Ic every candid man to look around
in his own neighborhood, ami see if-there j
arc not sotno farmers pursuing this very '
policy. The evidence is all over the State,
and it is useless for its to elose our eyes to
the fact, though painful the sight may he:
To coi (cut these evils, ami stop these [
blood-suckeis from preying upon our,very |
vitals, I would have you ni/itcc the number j
of acres you plant in cotton one-fourth, j
prepare your land thoroughly, make all (he i
manure you can from your woods, marshes, j
l??ts and stables, and apply it to your coin j
and cnMlill \.l.l t.1 v..Ill- nmrnil I
crop the ?j?iauity of laud you have taken i
from your cotton, ami" plant rftore barley j
ami rye, until your smiili grain crop equals i
(hat of your cotton. Plant the same qnahl- I
ity of corn that you do of cotton, and iny
word for it, from actual experience, yon will j
make as much if not more cotton, than you i
(Jul under the old system. Yotar hams and
cribs will bo belter tiled < with corn, ?rhe?t, j
b ir. ly and o.its. 1 on then can rat-so all \
your haeun, your slocks of horses, j
li"?s, calllo mill slivcp in a ihrivir.g condition,
aiitl in livo years out of six you will
always have an abundance to supply
home wauls and the wauls of your neighbors,
and n surplus to sliiji to Columbia or ^
Charleston to supply the suspended banks j
with gold and silver. i
1 would not liuvo you infer from inv urging
the necessity of reducing the number
ol ai res planted ill cotton, that I iiin in fa- >
vor of diminishing; the production of cotton i
a* was recommended l>y Crow Hammond I
in 1813. An.I t-jvcialiy upon the ^roiiml 1
lie tlieli urged that the production of the
raw material had now cxeeeded tiie de- 1
maud, and had fallen so low in prie<\ that
we could not compete with the South. wes- 1
tern Slates in its production. l?v ito menus.!
We know socr.w'ell >yhat power and inHu- '
enceitcxerciws6v.tr the civilized world.!
And. we well kiio^yCtllQt instead of cotton
! failinc lower sincQ.1841. it lias :\dvMii?*?.l 1
steadily to the liinU/jjvicc 6f sixteen,. cents
in the lace of large crops.juid'jQnc of themost
expens-ivo wars Uiat-lnis ever been tm-.
dertak<-n hy the groat {towers of E\m>p<j.
That fact is con<:lusiv'ely>fio\fri""from earei
fully .prepared statistics,-;t|iat.' tiro deroand
! for tlie raw.materia I, js now greater than j
the production, and*js^ikely to continue ^o j
for years to come?.Central Africa; Algeria |
!br India, to) tho now iif-tiio midst of"u linan- I
i end crisis, which threatens to sweep- down j
in us current. an me agricultural, manulacluring,
and mechanical. interest- of the
country. . Although mart now at contrary,
notwithstanding: Although' wo arc
now at tlie commejicomciit-of-anotber cx- f
pensive war Uytw.ecii England and h<ft j
Kast India po?3e^ions,.yet the"" Southern |
planter is better prepared to fiioct die present
crisis than they iire.l'nTany other portion
of this confederacy. \\'q havu not
been speculating ?nyl sfock-jobbin wild
schemes of internal improvement anil Northwestern
lands. Wo have been tilling tlfe
soil and. the results of our labors are Well j
tilled barns and plenty of cut ton to pay our ,
debts and a surplus to loan to our yeigh- j
bors or assist in developing the resources of |.
our maie.
Had it not been for sonle of <Jt?r l>nnks
in sending their fluids to the North arid entering
inio the gambling speculation held
out there in sloi-lcs, and Southern merchants,
paper in sending their funds to the
Western States to be made use of by fpeculators
and their agents, we would not have, >
been reduced to our present dependent- position
upon the,<Noi tlf.. Stone of^gnr^banks,
!>y ?J i \'ort i n?M h ei r ^fiwid^froin the %fc?(iti-j a
jnatw'ol.jeets for ft'hieh Ih?-y were1 cheated."
1. I.... .V ts.r.,x * ??...? Jr;
a Messing. The very time tiny ^
Off to insist tlic'^Micicliaiit and plajjU'r* jrf'
the very time t.h?y Oeny nll^sjisxi^^Vi"^
shut tliei^ iluors in 'the )
they liavi/ been t]i<^fji)iO'C?i^ j8^
iug iri our cq^ilitSfvi"o'jjfln
our prosperity should 'be exti?R?Hhiiite(f--f?eL1,
and branch. ^ I hope,, our
take docidud stcp*ji5* Will tiring %?m
Imck to'tlie rsojfirt| prfc<{tyto?\>f * baUkipg
tipon "goUlwuHi^ver ntul not ' uj^on^tcx-i'
changej ^uil confine thefr' orjwStibn4"* I
in fhe umi4?.?f South XJawJiTfyK jS"* ? -j
To rc^ur^o j
i tioii. then Vfe'sav the dood!?i(tfiwri!L*fiiftii- r
zee? }
most
for it; <JtJ !(fer e^ "*'?bo*o&?v }
vttMikl rir'o -up ,1o-j
"herjiifuldt Vri^o^feW^.-Sbe^fhf1 Wlr-P%}*i
^fti'joiis to rely %p?u.
liuftii c?U VompeHJ" ivnili W- tlieu f,-iflUi
tfonsenso to'llhlk uboui ov<? i
*fo iWjfoftO of the
jWirtfei &u ^ 'W
nnmlH. tl>
.?' ?*> <* - l&'Jg&SKf
.jggi.rj.j_"". i.1 '*,**[ i.1 :/&
- Ro'ry'a Kittaipg.
nut it kifis t!fly,c o?kt JTTb nftstVint eftfv tpiiy ,V '
Ivor' oKl ns I'm 'now,' ll?n minding lb "
Wtfcn u .spntpodu of *hrce, -4#ftb - ho\? jmiticli
Might . * - ' " *
My mitlicf kitatfiMlorjand Undo lifift-good Bight.
But my mitlier eW -
And the lasses I mot
That at kissing I werft^ first ytie findOTp&^tsjft'T
De-cause tbey wore bonnets uud loukeo.liije'.my
mithcr. ^,"?V
Atlasl, would you think it, swcetlJri dg^ilnn'.
I lud f carccly bocn kissed vlieo, olio Wv^scd jfi'o *
nsjin, * ftV
Ami lould inc h proftst,, way -rjlo\frU- in tiie clijV
Would sfty, if woM tisk liiin, a bifc o'fJiivditty. .* .
"A ditty, swate IJiulgot, and wliat mlghtj'tbo I"
"Ne'er mind, my dgar fiory, but come juat wld .
me!" - " *' .
We trudg'd to tlie city, and; <yilled lier -mo wife*
~ "*
Wo got a wee cottage, a pigr-and a spnde sy. & *
IJridget sickened ; we liired licMistei* fbf^
The maid I was kixxiMj, when, tni^ as yo'r Uicr&i
1 felt the ould devil a pulling.my half.si-'".
Iiigo?efcyou ould varmint!" I ycjleflTn'infJViglifj
Ami sort?' turiicd'rounil to be gttting^arfligii ;
Wlnst ilid I ?li.<kiycrif Instead of rtn'-elfi.
w? a. !>_ i? - ^v4 v
onuic uriuget vwinnteriy mere JWt Ucr&ejfi
"O'Rory !"' she bhibbirotl, ?till prflUpg
"But sick is my heart xvid ycrromluot to-duj^;A
kiss my sister wliilo I'm iyYn^Ued,*1''.. .
Not'able to l-aiie fro'fn the pillow-myMjca^'lw*
"Troth ! my Bridget," says I, "|Sefji(]ib3 v<^oiw^
in'nd * * pi-''
Wlieu ye to the kissing were greatlyu^cliji#^.^ /
Ye kissed me ami kissed me nl ^... m
An<l now by the jiiber^yeVe p tilling mj^llWV.^7^*
IJpgoire ! yiSXmld"fool, wiili a rumpus lilwttuis. \
r.,1 ot.lv n .... *;?/.? ma
?- - - ?"i" -j-"
1 . *
Foiaons. '?*< . '-; <
* What is ? poison ? . Every otie^ktloVfef^-'
no one can pay. - '
Wo know'*' tlirtt ccrtain sub^tnn/\es^ti# % *
poisonous?arsenic, for instance V biibyre ilo
not know wherein, this. tajribTa^-qprtfrts
lies?n;ty, \ve know c<liat in q diminjstiiaJ .close
lite fiamVa?seiuo becomes X</J^dioioe,
an.l, In t?li 11 SHiililler ilosev^fuod^ ' lAhxilioJ, . .
again,.Is a violent-^/ison, if ^ivwi.piiYo'^'ml "
in a certain qii;intit^^tt5il'-SQ?i^^U(rfr?/*^L',tt * *
dihited, aiaJU',givcn.Hi sTnaIl?iiv^7firttifltip?, "
these poisbtiV stimulate Uie . &e*fc|cUfl|ia,i^nd jiccelcratc
orguiiic.proocsses, "^Jcpho^,
all know, is a 'flunuu^^poisbn'/'^for it pup- ''
plies tluj place<>f tbo^^au^'gwilig96tiyp^
irot to mention -itS^rUhej' *qui^)taeiv; Aii(|it .!v
oply by arf abuso'of ^tigtw^'*^bn^9;c&A
qd[.alcohol in itself a poisofjf, 'wJfeifc"?atoe>*L- \;
encq and dxpdriinonC"'pVdy<j that-the ^oi^op- . "
oiis effects' hpQSuJt^ ouCy^ jrqru /Iarg^'4os<;.'>.
1'^en tlic most\ ^utntioWof ^iWeOu&m,; ?.
bccbme poiatntOija^in /Excess.v
is a3 injurious 41s jititfsiq'acitL*$$0 are^Uus
led to fitispetUifci't pot$n._i?'J^rd.^reprqk'. *
senfing-a tfiUintilalitic idpai .TK5 Cfilajta.q{^
noisonbus stiffetancea ibSujgsfai.
Ipgical .'dwturbances, it.isptflfc^vhiirlfya.
disturbance is carrtaj] beyond '/.?
it, and tIvusM11tef $ireij; wiUi !
and operation of tile ~\aW?&
'cesses that-the ; jmtsonous q(r:tmi?s^^,tuW' *? '
s'4j^aocesr"{ire jfiitBifcstcdk
tho l^jrfd ^lighj-in^^nr^fio^^aS"1 pitftjfrar .
but aJiligUb diKUjrhwti^?>a-jbfow wttuTf *
hammer kills! $efo-B#rn b^m|&8jnrc difty'V"
wliipp^f into life; bl?t? anfrjjy^errtifroa oft >
this midwifery prodSSft -tlr*
is jtIwars a oue'stiou of decree. roffWftclifelri
by phj'Bidlogical-consequonoe*. . .
liol, dilUtOQ/atirtiuJnt^lba . 1 ;
undiluted, it- attacks tlip lis$ye-j.6S^f
ter& iffi propevties, abstracti'
the e^elf an 8tliuoalf<Rti$f.'*
eou,sly c u s u eg. _ 'J''?
EL*? - gtfit