Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-05-30

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poses which It's possessof IS called upon to /
fulfil We lefSently wish 10 behold
manly assersion oftheir claims to high re-
gard, exhibited, not BY envies and jealous
les towards other classes Of useful and
honorable citizens, but BY digniied and
manly department, by a demonstration Of
superior character and inteli gence by a
language, and BY manners and habits
worthy Of high-hinded and free menin
fine, bv full. devel opement and reduction
70 use and enjoyment Of all the capabili-
tieswhichthe profession Of agriculture
80 eminentIy affords. There is no want
Of dignity 10 agriculture. OF the voca-
ton itself, we have nothing 10 complain.
But we have somewhat against agricuitu-
rists, they will excuse our freedom that
they do not sufficiently sustain the dignity
Of their vocation, that they do not fill up
the measure Of It's high capacities, that
they do not sufficiently manifest their sense
OF its advantages and of its worth, that
they do not make science ard knowledge
tributary as they might to agricultural la
Dor, to the Improvement OF their circhm-
stances in life, OF their character as men
| and as citizens. Of their condition as INTEL
Iligent, moral, and accountable beings. We
do no, say that they fall below other class
es of citizens in any of these respects, we
INSTITUTE no comparisons between them and
others. rather we compare themselves as
they are, with themselves as they might
lbe-with themselves-shall we not foDd-
lily cherish the hope such as, in our re-
publican country, they viii one day be-
come
\ What other country presents theatre
| like ours, for the pursuits Of agriculture,
not as system of perpetual and inter-
l minable drudgery, Of drudgery performed
at the viii and under the supervision OF
others, but as an honorable professions
profession If rightly conducted, affording
leisure for the improvement OF the mind,
for the cultivation Of the social affections,
and thus Of the modes Of social Intercourse,
for the enjoyment of religious anvantag-
es-a profession requiring intelligence
skill, and holding out to labor, performed
under the guidance Of intelligence and
skill, the most ample rewards. In other
countries the soil IS held BY "a few men, a
privileged class, lords of the most exten.
sive domain, transmitted unbroken, from
age TO age, By inheritance, while the great
BODY Of the laborers with not an inch of
earth which they can calliheir own, oc-
! cupy the subordinate and dependent posi-
. ton of tenants, or Of mere laborers for
wages. The causes which stimulate men
to activity, which inspire them with de-
sire OF Improvement which impart to
them conscious dignity, are, in grea,
degree. pFecluded BY the very constitution
and laws of the land The consequence
! lis, men remain, from generation to gener-
5 lation, without the hope, perhaps, without
! even the desire of advancement. AS were
the 6thers, so are the sons-labor. UNI
) Qualified. unmitigated labor, is their lot,
How very different is the condition Of
things in our own most highly favored
I land With a soil abundantly fruitful,
} and divided BY the very genius Of our
5 laws into freehoIds Of moderate size, Of
7 which our agriculturists are the abso!ut.
Qp1ers, they are moved by all the motives
/ which can influence the mind of man, by
f their attachment to their homes, by theil
D love of a country 10 which they are SC
: highly favored. and BY the prospect which
!. they behold before them Of indefinite adj
: vancement ia their external condition a:
g well as in character and in knowledge
E Add to these inspiring motives, that thei
: country calls upon them. In common viii
e- citizens Of other clesses, to sustain pa
\ in public life, to acquit themselves as leg
) Iislators. in behalf Of The interest in which
\ They have so high stake, and what NOR
i do we want If aught more be wante,
it to make men Of dignity, it is 10 be foun,
Il in the power Of religion. And in this re
h spect how enviabIe Is our conditional On
q ancestors we're men Of religious principle
q Our institnlions were founded in religion
a. A religious tendency seems to have be
al come incorporated. as to speak, into th
n very stock Of the nation. And what cor
% dition in life admits so freely of the fui
b. development of a religious tendency, VIII
IS condition 50 favorable to the cultivatio
q Of religious character as that afforded b
E. the peaceful pursuits oil agriculture! j
T. is condition comparatively free from iii
sy cares and temptations which choke th
By growth Of religion There is somethin
nd too in its very nature calculated to inspir
in a sense of religious dependence. and
in elevate the soul with sentiments Of dew,
n ton and gratitude. The husbandma
at may well perceive the intimacy and cor
< stancy Of the connection between Diyiu
IT. Providence aud the condition OF his liz
r. The operations of nature, as Witnessed
10 The cultivation Of the soil, appear, as
ZEE were . more immediate display Of the
Or vine benefcence. or a more, immedia
re- | withholding Of the divine bou
nj, lfy. God causelh the sun to shin
49, fIa ! 0ivefh the farmer ord H. n,