The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-04-09
RgR.SE ECO.sO.uY.

INDUCEMENTS to BIZ FARMERS
Each trade and profession has IT'S adyan.
iages, its cares aud disappoinlments, and
% one pursuit would answer a good pur.
pose Il Ill followed il. In selecting sn &C.
cupation, we should endeayor TO choose that
one which edmits Of fewcst perplexllies aud
gives the greatest and most certain reward
10 honest industry. Here, the world is be
fore Us, and the history Of mankind TO guide
Us 10 every step and Judging Of the correct.
hess Of course by the na;nbeys and able
advocates who have been its friends, We
are compelled TO admit tina, no calling holds
out so many motives TO The man who can
be ccnnnted with tho honors and riches
which bounieous nature affords, as the culli.
walton Of the SOIL. Nature, however. viii
weld bul little without labor aud attention,
still "aeed time a1d harvest, never fail,
aad every one proeures foil subsistence,
who lives 10 the use Of the means afforded
Inn. Olher occupations may become na'
fashionable. Improbable and Of course nse.
ess but this, wherever the foot Of man
he's marked the soil, has been both proii,a
bic and indispensable To human existence.
It's the profession in which The man Of taste
and refinement may have ample scope for
all his enquiries and amnsenefils, the schol
al delighted ard pfoied, nnd the humblrsi
peasant 0b,ain competency. Health and
rigor. are the constant companions of the
husbandman NJ regular spd industrious hab
lis; but soil aud enervaled are the powers
Of the man Of scden,ary life. Honors aud
rches are Of but hitlc service 10 Us, Il We
have ~, health to ENJOY them. tits known
that confinement in ihe study, workshop,
cuDntios room, Dc, is the bate OF, many
frighilui diseases, which carry 10 an On
timely grave q large portion OF the young.
and some loo OF cur most useful eilizgns.
ldlcarss also, is q fruitful source Of much ol
the distress Of The world. Nothing strikes
ia with more horror, than the idea Of lndo
lence, pafalyzing lanily's physical enor
gies uud even destroying relish for what
arc 10 truth, the good things Of life. -
S1ilcIent proof Of this pitIabie condition Is
manifested 10 seeing parents ireqpently hlre
their children TO eat, sleep, aad almost TO
1--we: md when we enquire INTO the cause,
II is ascettained that transgressiou of the
ancient precepi, = 10 sbe sweat Of thy face,
shalt thou cat bread" has deb,hloled to
some extent, the powers both Of the body
aud mind, I'LL by d loss of health and good
habits, misery is enlallcd upon them.
The most vigorous, healthy md happy,
are usually such as I'LL the earth in hope,
and bu, seldom, If ever, fail TO realize an
ample reward for their exertlons. lie Sha
drinks the balmv breath Of morn, parlakes
q ais daily food with willing MUD and
grateful heart, and sleeps swecty with
composed limbs and good conscience at
night. Not 50 with the mere trader aud
Speculation, who only abourt. il is often TO
be feared, to fitch from the uususpectng
farmer, with some stmblaEce Of remunera.
ton, his hard earnings, This is not saying
that the merchant, whose business IS to ex'
change the exports of farmers for foreign
commodities, Is not useful, but II IS assert.
ing, that the greater part Of these herded 10.
eethcr 10 our villages and cities, determined
TO live without work" press as deadly
incubus upon the community. Schemng,
trading, specuatlng, shaving, &c. &c, on a
large or small scale, aru the e0grossing top
les Of large portion Of the citizens OF one
OF the most productive sections Of the wide
earth. They are not the producers Of any
thing, aud are worse than useless in society,
The consequence resulting from a supera'
bundauce OF traders, and few ,eorkers, Is
that our couo,ry groans updor imports that
Tar exceed our exports, aud while tbsls the
case, poverty, wretchedncss and wan, mus
stare US in the face. THIS is verified by the
constant failures Of our traders. During
tho last three years, many have been CON
PEELED, from sheer necessity, to cease oper
ailon, and they cannot be extrlcated but b,
The products of the genial earth, In the
failures and troubles of the times, our far
mers have generally stood unscalhed amids
wreck. None perhaps, who have not en-
gagged in some wild scheme to live withou
labor, have failed trorn year to year to NEE
every JUS, demand. The husbandmau VIII,