Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-03-05
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On M. BUr,rtVS Int unprecedented speech d2ainsi
The establishment y an agricultural Board.
First,-fie tells us he Is deeply interested in The
welfare Of Agriculture bun is there not some am
biguity, or Janns-tactd b, sinoss 10 this seemingly
warm attachment We should suspect the friend.
ship Of u man, who sh 1uld hold us up 10 derision.
sarcasilcaily sneer at Us. and then spin IN our face.
Says oui Oraror, F." ! might sag something on Meo-
retical Agrictlare- farming on rapcr-Gr he did
MOI wish to throw Tidicuic and dcrision dround'
poor degraded and already insulled ag,irulttre.-
Farmers surely you can afford to give Mr.. Burwell
a free discharge from The arduous duties Of opposing
agriculture. OF within, lIing in ye,y mercy, Gliouph
unpremcdnaled) irony aud sarcasm, or (modifed)
ridicule and detision, around agriculture. But,
" hat are his reasons for opposing The Bill, Why, The
reports Of the Board would not be read by the mem.
ters Of the Legislature and IS ibis IN argument
Of sufficient weight 10 defeat so essential an arrange
mcui, and one Of such vital imp, rance To The Stale.
Yet, with The SANE admission OF the fate Of eeulog,
IN one bieaIh, he advocates il with lis expenses. BE.
&c. The GeologIsi IS "a scientific man but what is
Farming, and who are they who mol al IT, fie upon
II. aud are we, who, at Election times, are dubbed
with Lords OF the Soil, aud a deal more such blair
ney, 10 receive in return, when IL comes to The test,
a paddy's hint, only indeed 10 be kicked down
stairs. Geology rs very good, hut the sciences and
researches cannot be sustained without The means
which agriculture affords. We can live without,
Geology rs a science, but without Agriculture in
some form or other, we cannot live in a civilized
| DFHl, dbb ( NV hHao'b W. - uHlfSS tltTe ls a nrt-
tc,inx Of The condition efarr..icullufe, size must and
eiH givc udy. She is not able now to sustain the
burdens piled upon her, and il is useless any longer
TO throw dust into tie prop'e'seyes, laying the diff.
fculties /, the General Government alone. What
is our State Legislature doing TO benefit directly,
or remotely, at an expense TO The Commonwealth
Of between dirty and forty thousand dollars pc,
month. together with all The Time lost in election
eering, party excitement and universal turmoil
Zach thinks his ncigbbor makes too fee,
Yer likes II slice as well as he"
Virginia might be great. She is announced By
a late learned work, 40 BIZ the largest and most cen
tral Stale nihe union perhaps The most varied IN ler
production, and the richest in natural resources;
blessed with a most happy climate, abundantly sup
piled ~ It'll noble channels Of communication, exhibi-
ling over her spac.ons bosom "a pleasant interchange
of the widest aud most lovely scenes. Virginia
seems 10 possess within herself the elements ol an
Empire. And yet Ibis oldest, a gtst and i~oretiesf
State in the union. had. IN 1880. a population Of on,
one million. two hundred and eleven thousand, four
hundred and five, and, OF which number, nearly one
half we've slaves. What has been the increase in The
last ten years, we Cant tell, but il we may Judge by a
small town, said too 10 be the largest tobacco market
in the world, the increase is rery small. Great Bfi-
tain aud Ireland at the same time, number twenty
iout millions OF people.
John Taylor, Esq will tell US something about il;
but the peoples represe natives are fearful they shall
fiud it out, hence n determined opposition 10 aay
move for the elevation Of agriculture.
Mr.. Taylor asks, '@hy is il, that our Zee form
Of government has bestowed life and activity on eve
~ other occupaioD, agriculture alone lsneuishes |
Panolisln and beneyoleuce, conscious Of tins calan.