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

>''n' "'i' oi'' me Ntotm ol cry violence aud ciNi
anafchN, h' STILL. Their very prosperity is a safe
Guard AGAINST the evils and errors Of government
and renders indeed all bun that small p,r,inn o
hene6ccner in complicated law, m,a,nrably un.
: necessary. Seeing such results flowing from a
prosperous emil htenrd agriculture and the nat
| ilfai and pnrposed tendency cmanalne from ihi,
! Society 10 such national and individual felicity, 81
! Tar rs It's power and means may extend it,-whcrc
/ is the individual who could SEVER hi, feeling,
from II, and heeomr lis devoted or even lstlcs,
enemy leign believe that every one pre-
/ sent IS ready 10 respond III hls reflections
I where
have sad that the merchants of tins place
to their honor, lave contributed 10 disc So
! cmiy by thrir subscriptions. Are not man ot
i them, indeed still more vitality Interested in its
purposes and results Some Of them are propri-
ctors of extensive landed estates which lie in this
| immediate vicntv-hnd they are not only propri-
cfofs, III the Old Virginia of HE term-but
they are imProccrs OF the so,-having that object
as much at heart, oscnshl,, as their commercial
transactions and they are not only improvers
! III the mere physical means which they apply
they are encouraging, with strong energy, the
Application OF science to the first and the bcs oc -
/ cupation OF man. They are contributing LARGELY
to the circulation of useful publications having for
their object the diffusion of moral intelligence in
agriculture and To the introduction of exotic plants
aud animals, into ON soil, which may contribute
t. our prosperity AS a farming people. They have,
! indeed, airehdN riNaled many Of those whose ma
tai profession WIS IN the cultivation of the earth
| will not insult them, then, by u,,ering n douh, MS
TO lhcir continuance in the honorable undertaking
! in which they are engaged.
Among the various means which agriculture is
seeking lor It's advancement, the publication of
! cyn iimenlS by scientific and practical men, in
,i,p 4 -, a.,
mon cultivation OF the soil. is one Of the most
/ prominent and important. But few years have
elapsed since a journal, devoted 10 the improve
! mcni OF husbandry was almost phenomenon in
/ .nr country. Now, the emanatonS OF the press,
ON this val and long ucgec!cd interest, are cir
! culating in every region, aT7 extending Their III
nocnce TO every door They nave created an I'M
| pulse in favor of agriculture, TO which lhc public
/ were before unconscious; and the philos ophy
/ which they mineline with all the opera
! tons OF the farmer, IS AN ample surety that the
/ people oil the country, Of eyery class, are better
understanding their lr1c inlercsts--tha they are
applying the true spring to the only sure of
prod-hat that paramount and everything sonr %
is improving, oreht Ia be improved, and will I'M
prove, 10 the lnappreetble advancement OF inl-
vldnaI wealth and ylrtuc--ayc. sf-l say virtue
and of national felicity. Through these we
look, as through spectrum, M the past, and see
the melancholy and mortilyina effects Of cen
tury-rvelted neglect and msmanapc
the present, on country and on other
climes aud people, seeing tie impulse which has
been given 10 this science, and the bountilnl re-
suits it has produccd-and 10 the future, seeing the
vasl scene OF prosperity still magnfcd, and with
some dream otthr still more glorious ends which
may be arrived AT by poste,iy, by the revolution
/ which is working in the feelings OF man towaid>
this great means of earthly happiness. And yet
there are men, perhaps within the purlieus of this
SocictV,-who Will say, 1t Is nonsense Ia read D
bout agriculture. Why, sF, had thought that
mutual interchange of mems reflections. was the
! only source of intelligence in any thing. We have
not been constituted with the feelings oi hcrmits ;
and an agricultural book or Journal is nothing more
than the intelligence and mental operations OF ma
ny, presented 10 ~ IN our private moods, when we
can commune with others, and not to be disturb
ed. But even such men, themselves, are not her
m;ts in feeling They converse plcnliiuly with
those who do derive solid information from the pub
LEGATIONS OF the time. aud thus obtain the iniellI-
gencc gratis which they would otherwise have Ia
pay for with IA piance. With what face then,
do they attempt to derogate from the value OF this
great means oi pastoral Improvement, by saying
that books are useless ! regard these, then, ms
one o. the gre AT moral instruments by which we
| are to improve our rural economy aud the mem
/ bcrS OF TINS society should rfdd-nOt merely to
encourage the publications of the day, but to be
encouraged and enlightened by them. Geology,
mncraloe,, and chemistry especially, are begin
nng 10 be felt, among every farming people, to be
important requisites in the skilllnl selection Of
soils for cultivation, and in their profitable culture
and of late II has been the great object and
recommendation of the periodicals of the day, to
teach the public mind some knowledge of them, in
plain and simple language, which those who
run may read and understand. II is not pretend
ed thar all should become classics in these, bran
! ches of science-hut that all should understand e.
nough of them, to know their proper application
to the art of tagr. Perhaps some, who now hear
me, might be surprised, we're to tell thenl that,
by "A limited proficiency in the knowledge Of the
formations Of the GARTH from its superficial appear
ance they would never in the selection OF lands
and that by equally as lille in The vital science
of chemistry, they would never fail of The desired
results in the application ofmanurgs.
Another great means for the improvement Of
agriculture, Is the elevation of lis character, j.,
comparison with that ofother professions. 1t must
/ be awakened from that long sleep of oppression
in which it has laid, from the times of the earliest
patriarcs, beneathtbn weight OF other professions
which, by the preference of mankind have con
signed it to the mean and scrvilr. History has
given us ample intelligence "talI the other important
/ operations OF men and nations-how empires
! have risen and fallen to dccay-trs bloated with
royal pride and ignobc conqucst--tlr crnm-
bling away beneath royal pride humlIiated and
the sword of anarcl, of realiatorv invasion -
how walled and regal cities have absorbed all of a