Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1837-07-07

clTn nations. The multitude seem more
TO love the throng--ihc ci,y.-thc tinklng
OF money in the shop of the broker, or the
rustic Of silk and calico in the shop of the
dcu Ter, than The notes Of the sweet sonrster
The woods, the rich beauty of;he trees or the
inviting vcrdurc spring and SUMNER
One reason is, that we have no farmers,
such as the farmers Of England, of IIol>
land, or Of Lombardy, who cmbcllsh Ma.
'ure. and make thclr homes more delight
fu' than the 'ofllesl palaces Of the town.
Our men Of wealth in the country, who
have sons 10 educate, prefer TO manufac.
tu-e them into third rate lawyers, fourth
rate parsons, and siX,h.ra'e doctors, ra her
than 10 bring them up in the way that
should teach to raise double crop from
toe same acre Of laud. or to Introduce
some new product, which should double
the available means they now have.
As farming people, the means Of crca
ting wealth from landed estates are not yet
half developed. There is no reason on
earth why this should not BE- a vine grow
ing country. and yet it is not There is
no reason why the Old World should find
us in silks aud yet it does. So varied Is
our soil, onr climate and 50 extended our
lines of latitude, from the rocky and fro
zen regions Of the river S.. Join, to the
sandy SABINE, that we have all the capacl-
ties for doing every thing for ourselves {;
aud yet nt this moment, We are oppressed.
and over bnrlhcncd with prolglons foreign
debt. The cotton planters make money ;
Why may not the hemp growers? The
sugar planters make money; and why may
not stock growers Of even the Green
Mounrain-' Silence is what is wanted
| frs, and then art aud taste will come a.
handmlids. Educate then your buys IN
college. If you choose--a good education
| hurts ~ man--bui make Farmers OF them
| afterwards, If you wish then to be happy
and healthy.
Wall street is a big sounding place ii,
the history Of our time nav. We live
there some twenty hours in a day and
lhrreiorc know something about it,
Nhon The Wall street bank, suspended
Specie payment, the whole Union follows
I IN" "XlmpI".--W hen the Wajl street
Banks expand, the hearts Of the people are
! made Glad. Wall street is the money
! throne OF the Uuicd States of America.
| It's BANKERS are the money princes Of tbe
day. SITES Of the Un,uu have their des'i
MES settled there--ani Wall street tell,
them whether they shall have railroads o
rot, canals or not, money OF not; for the
| Ru'hchllS Of Wall street make and un.
make empires here at will. Bot Wal
street, The Thread Needle street of I'll,
New World, is a vile place At best.
The street is 50 dusty, aud dirty, so H.
! ltl W. WI ~ bIN " ltN>. dlu STONES. lIiil re
~praion even Is difficult, in it, aud lus,y
old tree. which has long felt that i, was
not n home in such street as this, il
sckening and dying away daily in this bu'
~ lhOrough'are Of man. When the clerk
within il 90 home. many of them lie dowl
IN boarding houses, in rooms no bigger har
the collins Of the ancirnls. and when tn,
money makers oflhc dav reach their fami
hes. they are hartasScd and arratcd b.
excitement, trembling lest n racket shij
should bring them the news of the ship
wreck Of their fortunes. or some convulSion
blast all their hopes. Now IN what is TIN
Wall stree, to be compared with some beau
tlfnI river or lake Of the country. No
twenty Of these men of wealth have car
den a. large as the pea. pnch of tho Far
mer. Not one of them who, on war;
summer day, doe, not envy the Farmer
who has his trees to look at above all, hi
pure air to breathe aud his pure water ,
drink.
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