Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1835-12-10

/ We insert the following extract from tn
address Of Rev. JOHN TODD, delivered be
/ fore the Agricultural Society at Northsmpto
in October last, with this request,-ihat eac
Of the Farmers among our subscribers vii
read it attent;vely,-t that he will again read
To his family, y,-that he will lend it to his neigh
bors and ask them to read it,-that he viii
make it subject of reflection and Of conver
saton and that he will profit by its sugges
tions. The whole address ought to be circu
lated among all the farmer in New Eng
land .Noricich Courier.
| "As you pass over the beautiful hills ant
valleys Of New England. and see not more
than half, or perhaps third of the land sub
dued,-barren hills, bushy swnmps, and fern
| pastures, is there not something fortidding il
the profession Of farmer? And do not oul
young men for the most part turn away to
almost any thing, rather than be farmers?-
| Why they had rather be pale faced, penny
less clerks in our cites-rather make their
home on the mountain waves-rather hide
in the forests of the west than to settle down
as farmers in New England.
II There is no banner that waves upon the
our own stars. There is no ship that climbs
the waves, that leaps off with freer gait,
than our own. And there is no man on the
face ofthe EARTH that can lifi up his head with
more real respect, than a citizen of these Uni
ted States. But the proudesu spot if we may
talk about pride, on this or any other CONT
nent, is New England. You may talk about
the mighty West-or the lofty character of
the south; but 60 where you will, there is no
spirit that walks this earth like that of the
Yankee. DO you hear tn" fall of the mighty
tree in the wilderness? Depend upon il, It
falls by the Yankees axe. Do you find the
stream turned away from yonder mountain,
and apparently made to run up HILL and in
crease as it runs, it is his hand that digs the
channel and guides it. Do you find the man
near the southern pole who dares go and look
into the mouth of the whale? he is a Yankee;
to be sure he cannot make discoveries in the
moon, and find mountains Of precious stones
there; but if you could make him believe
there were such things there, | verify believe
he would seek a ladder by which to get there
and then with patent for the nvention, draw
il up after him.
Now for one, l not only glory in being a.
New England man, but / want to transmit
this character down to posterity. But be-
ieve we are in fault in one respect; viz. we
suffer too many of our young men to 90 off
and leave us. We raise up a promising son
upon whom we set our hearts, and if he has
any share of spiri; and enterprise, he is away,
and New England is no more his home. A /
few remain,-not ono fifth of what the soil
would support, not enough to raise what we
consume, but enough to keep our farms IN
always the same couditon as they have been
for generations. Our hills will continue bar
rem, and the mica will shine in our rocks, and
whole districts will continue swamps and
waste lands, so long as our young men all |
go of. Those who would make first rate
men, are ushed off and their enterprise is
all lost to Us. Now if could throw out
few hints which would be the means of keep
ing our young men at home, should not
only promote the interests Of the farmer, but
the whole interest of New England, and of
the nation. Let as look, then, at the causes
ach,ch carry our young men a,cay
There Is one trait in the charac ter of New
England people peculiar to them. 1t is the
ardent, unquenchabe love of money. Mo-
ney, the Yankee must and will have. On
tha, ne hxes his eye with gaze ever burn
ing and eager. Sometimes you will find him
chasing the whale, trapping the beaver, on
me rat on the st. Lawrence, on the pedlar's !
cart among the mountains, watching the ma
'hlhery which every moment turns out but
ION, or roll OF cloth. Sometimes you will
zee MIN seeking money by marriage at dis
ance; and believe this is the only way in
'h'ch he honestly acquires il, while at the
anne time he loses all self respect. This
eaus MIN to inventions and patents. and | re-
ret TO say II, sometimes to a species of dis
IL h,,, q
'ooden n nutmeg selling. 1t also leads To ma
y useful Inventons-and in the words Of
Nc ballad which lately heard quoted, 4,
" we the wooden nutmeg make, a
We mad. the cotton gin, Sir. S
Now many, who most egregiousy mis-. 8
axe our character, suppose that all this
prings from selfish, cold, and avaricious r
lspositlon; that it would be impossible for ;
ice, IN whose bosoms there was a particle /.
any thing but avarice to be so greedy for
oney. But this is not so. The Yankee
iscry! What mean these schools, these
'lleges, these seminaries Of learning scat
red over all New England-the glory Of
us or any other land Is there a spot on r,
't,n run where money is so freely and so abund- ~ n,
,ty gwen to these and to kindred objects =
IN New England?-Nisery! Shew our
great and noble enterprise Of a II
'blic nature, and see if there be people
earth who will be so gcnerous-more no.
s--more sublime in their acts.
And yet il must be confessed that the YAM III
e loves money and that he will have it, ~
I'd what is the principle which moves him 4
all this? will tell you-it ~ an Unborn. 4
irrepressibie desire TO be INDIE, i
NDENr. Our sons from the very cradle. SCI
'athe the air Of independence; and we ele
'ch them to owe no man-to depend upon sliI
man; tisto crafty this love of indepen. GO
hat tba~ l. lin