Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-12-26
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ADDRESS.
G3NE11xES.
Tae aooar roa have conferred upon
III d raising ne 10 TINS dls1asaIshed
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sts;i eFntinls, AMI feel ts2i Al apology is
<1ue iur nv nan-21tndznce u the last
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Won uha ] WIS prcFented oy unavoida-
; trgza instances. On thai occasion, |
US I'D u lay before you, my thoughts
9 emit Of the leading objects OF this
Szssi51n. ION; and for that purpose, trans
ml,-e1 Al address by the mail, but 1t ar
rived 100 late to be presented TO the
meeting: It was however, laid before the
public through the medium Of the
Eaztt,es OF Kaskaskia and Shawnee
town. That paper touched on some
eublects which | believe are of vital i'm
portance, particularly in regard to the
health OF the community. The expert
ence of the last season has given addi-
tional weight to those considerations to
which | beg leave to recall your atten-
ton.
Our society, SO newly established in
newly settled country, has as yet but
little to record which can claim the
praise of discovery or improvement but
il forms a chain of connection between
dls,ant settlements which might other
wise have been only known 10 each other
through the less accordant medium OF
1heir political interests.
Among the various benefits to be de-
rived from these institutions, their moral
influence in the excitement OF benevolent
feelings and honorable emulation is not
40 be overlooked, although the happy
result can make no figure in their
transactions.
The progress of agricultural labors in
the quarters of the state in which | re-
SIDE mas been considerable during the
last year, and the success has been such
as to afford great encouragement for
further exsrtions. In this carly stage
we should look for profit to the intrinsic
wealth of permanent improvements ra-
Their than in the shape Of pecuniary in
come and the farmer who thus creates
an estate for his family, though he may
abound in money, is laying founda-
ton for prosperity and comfort out OF
the reach of those adverse circumstance s
which at the present extraordinary juno
ture affiict every class in almost every
country, where the establishments of So
ciety have attained maturity.
The disturbance which now prevails
N regard to the value of all circulating
property will in due season work its own
cure: he will then find himself in pos
session of that description of wealth
which, being the basis of subsistence is
the natural standard by which all other
property must eventually be estimated.
The due proportion will be restored be-
tween the price of produce and the rates
of labor; and the business Of agriculture
will be carried on with advantage. In
the mean time he may cheerfuIly pro-
coed with prospective Improvements, in
building, fencing, and increasing his
stock in preparation for better times.
The character Of this country is singu-
1arly adapted to the raising and fattening
OF cattle and the vast countries to the
south increasing in population with a
rapidity beyond example, will open an
unfailing market for sailed provisions,
as well as for dairy produce, particular
ly cheese: an article to which our eli
mate and soil are both highly favorable,
as the experience of the last summer has
aft rdcd most satisfactory proof; and
the dairy is the bes, foundation for nu-
nerous herds OF cattle. To convert our
pralries into valuable dairy farms, fenc-
isg alone 10 necessary; but that is in,