Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-11-10

cultivate aud nlva lrr. The Inference j., tina,
II has ever been repolinted bV the great rs being
N'rvllc employ me6t-an that it l,s ever been
eonhnedto hat portion of mankind, who have
been The mere instruments oi II more honorable
conironl Il must then hcrt ,ived from its ienobe
slnmher. Il is rrsiyine--but i, must rise s,ll
higher IN the public esteem 10 secure its meri,cd
position Ii MUST call forth the rich in ITS behalf
1t must r"cr,v" the IndebIr impressions Of phi
ioS"phN, N tie application of il, nevcr-var, ine
truths lit must command the fostering atieaiion
oi p"llicnns aud Statesmen in their legislative
assemblies mi above all IL must have the
impress OF t'at general moral intelligence, which
Is cultivated IN other professions, and winch
will secure for it aud its votafies, a reputation
ms transcendan, rs il is meritcd aud Important
Perhaps shall be told, ut tn, point, that men,
from their love Of money, will not allow ,hnt oc
enpation Ia be honorable which i, nnt con,pnr,-
lively profitable This | sh,ll admit, aud regret
lhlt such has been loo much the tendency III pAh-
lie opinion, since man brean his history But
reply, and assert, fearless of contradiction, thai
farming is the only and lasting means o ac-
qn'ring wcalih-that the propretorship OF land
Is the only sure foundation of private and the r,-
neral veal. All other vocaiions, IN times OF mn
tionnl COMMISSIONS mobbisl, violence are u
mere fiction. They fade away rs mere yapor
before the breath of the wliilwinl. In the COM
mercil world, which, ever returning periods, is
characterized by hloatcd speculation, the mercS
lferze of dlsifust will shake The whole svslcm,-
and 'he application OF a bank probe will dcplcl"
Tho MISS OF Obesity To a mere skeleton. Mutual
confidence is suddenly destroyed, from a revolu-
ton IN some great market, or from counter
movement OF some great corporation and the
i heSom OF adversely sweeps over town and civ
leaving but the seattle OF its DISSOLUTION to mark its
course. Bank credit and individual security are
St,pl hf,nn II, lao, ,,l 4
wealth and proud luxury are moi unlreaucnlv dis
possessed of their Businesses, hy humble wretch
edncSs and wiihcrrd poverty. Bat these convul-
slons reach not the ptoprictors Of the land--or
II they do, but partially in comparison 10 the
merchants and trllrSmen who have been hcir
victims. Thrg stand, lie the forest on the mar
Gin of the tornado, -sliaken, bn, no, proStralod-
wrure, but not dcspolcd Of their branches, OF their
tenintrv in the soil
Perhaps shall he told farther, tia, the law Of
Necessity, produced by Il dense population and
a consequent increased consnmpon, is the only
influence which can improve our system of farm
ing. To this, again admit, thai this great sl,ing
oihuman action has alsnAs been too much wait
ed for and embraced. In Europe, admit, il has
done much 10 the multiplication of agricultural
productions. But there the laboring portion o
the popnlatlon--lhe pcasnntry,-cannot get away.
II they could, they would contend with YOU here,
Tor the right Of property III Your soil. Let MS
wait be governed alooeby this Nlavsh principle
Of Improvement, and the valley Of the Mississippi
will hiyc received all The hone and sinrw Of onr
population. When that i. filled, there is Vet rlace
Tor civilization aud industry beyond the Rocky
Mountains.
Mr. President, will not dismiss his branch
ot my subject. without a1ycrlmg 10 one
more means which is calculated to give moral
impulse to our agriculture. 1t is the prospect of
having those great works of internal improvement,
which have already been commenced or purposcd,
and which promise 10 increase the facilities and
security, and 10 diminish the cost Of comrnnca.
ton and transportation Ia market. These chan
nels of trade, we have said, have already been
begun, or are contemp aed, with some certainty
that they will he Should not, then, pre-
pare TO meet their Demands and 10 enjoy their
bcnefcence, by timely and energetic improve
mcnt in the cultivation OF our lands, and the con-
>equent multiplication Of lhcir producionsl Men
may indulge in splendid dreams To the Use of
town property and landed estairS--nnd the in
crease of mercantile transactions, SUI posed to be
consequent on these works,-bui their only true
objects and merit are in the Improvement of the
quantity and quality Of the clear productions of
the soil. secured not b, dreaming, bun by
actual Labor, administered in The mos, scientific
moments of life. 1t is true, they eivo an impulse
to the value Of lands even before they are con
sructed-and it is natural that they should do So
Bat il remains with the farmers who are to be at
trcred by them, to continue and increase that inn
pnlse-to make it cvcr-durahr and substantial,
by increasing the moral and physical power Of
cultivation, and the consequent augmentation Of
production and consumption. They cannot live
upon visionary stimulus in property
They are ike the bands which made thrm--cllm-
ing for their support continually advancing pro-
dncc OF the soil. The merchants mostly pay for
them, when constructed by individual enterprise.
The farmers, then, should 'rturn the bcneilcence,
by keeping them alive and vigorous, under the be-
The people of Virginia have vet All abundance OF
land-lertile, we'll as such as can be improved
by few years of skill and industry. Twice
aye five times the present population may yet be-
! supported on it, Shall they, then,-w,I tlry.--
sever themselves from the charms OF native socic-
j ~ and Of llindrrd-from as pure a climate as ev-
/ cr breatlcd its balnv breath in the vale of Tenn
pe or of Iialy,-and bury themselves in the Far
Wcst-scrhing ncw fortune and new iie-and
perhaps prenaturcly to end both!
To conclude this part Of my subject, will read
an extract from OF the most useful publications
OF the day, which sets the positions | have partly
attempted to elucldatr in the clrarest light. 1t IL
from the pen Of une of the most distinguished tar
mcfs aud civilians of New York, and is Published
in periodical work which | would recommend 10
all to take and read. II is the Cuiivator,"
printed in Albany, and costs but the small pit
lance OF fifty cents year: 81
! leland and labor the legitimate sources of