The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1819-06-30

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same relative condition, except that the char
ges Of percep lion would be borne in an equal
ratio, and we should have lor our pains, the
pleasure Of psin'sining sn extra number, Rsu-
CUE eonsumere nGG. For my own part,
could dispense With any addi,icn.I control Of
government the less see and feel her lash,
the happier fancy myself.
II my follow sufferers, with myself, will
content themselves TO eat, drink and be merry
and trus, their children, however numerous,
to the tutelary genius of America, ell will be
we'll trust. Manufactures are very we'll in
their place, and should learn TO walk before
they attempt to run, as their mother AgIicul
turo did before them. consider them as
ignobIe cailIngs, until the fields shall refuse
10 give better bread, and sounder citizens
than The work shop. Let my detected forebo-
ding fellcw sufferers, take their despondipg
eyes from the dark hemisphere OF the east,
and look 10 the brigh, western horizon, which
promises plenty, whom what we call the old
States are glesned to the quick; and take ~
why OF consolation for the present generation,
into view that these old States arc hardly yet
explored, and so little cultivated to the very
gates of our cities, that Europeans wonder
where we get our corn. One more compsIis
on and l have done. Those farms in various
parts OF Europe which, besides mainlaing the
tenant, pay moreover a long list Of charges,
besides rent, Indirect duties, window aud door
,.xes, oc,foyes assS excises without end, ere
generally not above twenty acres Of land |, and
yet the tenants live, and have leisure 10 cele-
bga,e Fifty festivals in the year, instead of one
thanksgiving day and election. Therefore
n. A I..,l.
will make US happier and stronger and ii we
cannot like the French peasant, dance to the
sound Of the muset,e, VIC can read Tho news
papers, and the bucoiIcs, which he cannot do.
Let Us remember that many. very many OF
US bave MOI had time to forge the hoe aGd
the plough, and Ihst we may make as good
figure 10 the field as We have made IN the city,
and be less uneasy for the fate Of our pamper-
ed progeny Our girls will not be dead
weigh upon oui hIms, nor our boys moth.
Bot to be serious, it were asked whether
the town or country had produced The better
subjects fo' The bar, the pulpit, OF the forum,
should say IL was the country. The town
born children, tho sons OF our richest citizens,
arc not the bsigh,es.--l know il to my cost.
Let W. not Imagine thai the country Is the
tomb Of science, any more than at he civil or
military virtues. HoMrR and VIRGIL could
not have wril,en whs, they wrote, had they not
been familiar with the crook aad the sickle.
cannot bring myself to believe, that city
life snd loxuries, are conductive TO health or
he pp incssA~they were in old countries ncc-
csss,y evil, growing out Of redundan, pop
ula,ioo, or q state Of hostility and perpetual
slar N, requiring place OF refuge. IT they
will grow in this country because we have
brough, with US tho fashions OF our Fathers,
lei them grow OF their own growth without
tho aid Of costly msnures, or OF forcing fires.
apprehcnd no lack o. merchsuts, and ships
10 carry of tho supe Huous produce OF the
soil, and that superfuous produce will bring
homo all the luxuries and commodities which
other nations can produce, and export at a
rate that will bear the charges, aud moderate
duties, and yet sell for less han We can pro-
duce tho same srticles And believe that
Il is better for the American 10 poy for his
cloth with tho proceeds OF his plough, than
with the labor Of his shuttle, whenever the
same quantity Of labor at the former viii pro
auce q grea'cr result than the latter. 4 am
inclined in favor OF this theory from ma,he-
naticsl considerations, independent OF all
moral views, which have been forcibly urged
" better pens than mine. In the hlst place
he uumerical and immediate advantage pre-
supposed, would seem sufficient, one would
hink but the American sgriculturaiist has
,orc again an advantage peculiar TO his coun-
~, and situation he lives well, and with his
uper rhuous produce buys more cloth than be
an make with tho same labour, and at the
sn,e time he has not f!ih part OF his land
'nder cul,ive,ion he is growing rich BY tho
Increase Of population, (that which impovcr-
shes other nations y he is growing rich BY
he gradual improvement, OF his land and na
ure 10 silently and soreDy working for him in
he growth Of his trees, and The s'news OF his
ons.
Compare this sturdy husbandman after ten
ears labor on fertile farm, with his broth.
e after ten years labor in siekly shop. Com
are their fortunss--compare their frames
nd say, will you vinnow or will you weave!
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