Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1840-04-30

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from "norn ill dewy eve" without rest
or rea$uIion; il will amount 10 but liule.
unless his affairs are in other respects lnan
aged with economy. BY economy we du
nOl mean that cli,seness ur llrIeness--;lin-
giness. if sou please--whirh some ure
pleased 10 cal! economy, hut which is in.
iallably connected with IDeaune.s; AMI is
nue or The most eHtctuai preveatiVrs Of all
Improvement, aud the suresr precursor oi
utter degradatou that can lie found in n
man, and, of all other things, Is most out
of place with IA farmer. The great secret
ui economy is. Knowing w hat is useful and
necessary and What not; Of knowing when
10 expenI, and when to withhold expense;
in keeping our uutsurs clearly within our
income, und never purchasing what we
can ourselves produce, or which curres-
pundin2 amount of our own lalUr will not
| p ocure; and OF having every thing in,i'urs
and oui. in its proper place, nothing was
ted or destroyed. but Il general supervising
care directed to every thing connected
with our business al all Seasons of the year.
IL is miserable economy 20 undertake In
labor without The proper m'ls--,o under
take 10 see how cleaply we can summer
or wiulrr our aniura!<---ur to see with
iow lille knowledge or Intelligence, or The
means Of obtaining ithrr, We can contrive
la plod along through life.
A Farmer shoMi be free .ffom dsJt. If
the farmer wishes to hind mill-slnne a
boni his neck to sink him beyond the pos
sibiiry ni hope or rr-cue--tn keep him con-
slanlly restless, and struggling for subsis-
teuce, il moi for existence, let him keep in
debt: il he would he able to call what he
has. his own, aud breathe The air Of free
man, LET him religiuusly eschew drb,s'--
We would alnlnsr go 40 far rs To say, rha,
nnih!ng except the purchase Of land ran
justify a farmer IN contracting dehh: aud
hefnre lie sells himself for. more land. lie
will do well 10 inquire neither he has cap
i,al enough to work il prn6lahly y, or wheth
er what he now has is brought 10 the
proper degree Of fertility. We nrr conf
dent thnr if men were To pay ready money
for II thousand things they fancy they
need. and ran Obtain oil credit. they would
nol he purchased. The habit of conlrac.
ting debts has Il direct tendency I" induce
needless risks. anIi had .I,n,a-I;'. -'.''"'"'.
Two thirds nf the law suits lhnt rise. and
which are protlucive nf 50 much expense
aud i'll will. spring from this simgIe cause.
But whatever circumstances else may 0c-
eur td render debts necessary, Indebtedness
rn banks should never happen To a farmer.
| and he shnuld never he seen within the
walls uf those institutions. They were
never intended for the farmer: and. neres.
sary and lenf firial as they may be frr the
purpose If rxt hange and trades. the man
wllu>e business aud transactions are rs
those of The farmer should he. can never
with safety allow his name 10 lie used too
famliarly within their walls.
4 Farmer should be Intelligent I. is
an nl! and true maxim. thai "ignurance If
the law excuseih no man:" and ignorance
ON any topic necessary toa proper Prose
culiun of his business, or 10 his proper
standing and influence in The community,
cannon now he plead Ivy the farmer. wi'h.
out Indirectly confessing great anil inrx-
clsahe nrelrct Of means within the reach
nfevrry nne. Knowledge, no less Than
money. is power: and its accumulation in
the hands nf anv class il Sure pnnf of
rvtnrrnl ascentIanry: AMI this fact should
stimulate farmers tn Use every exertinn Ia
become its poSsrssnrs. Universal ednra.
lion is the glury Of our land The true fnun.
,aiion of our national greatness; aud in
connerrinn with sound morals. is its sufest
preservariyrs. Schools, books. newSpa
pers ind journals nf all kinds. have wirle
circuaIion.and n, a rate which places them
| in the hands of NIL who cIiunse tn think and
investigate. Errnr tannm esrape under
the gnise or plea of antiquity: aud The stake
aud ihe ,pillnrv nre not required 10 combat
il in a land where reason is free TO expose
its ahsurtliies, nr I" plead the cause "frrliih:
By this general diffusion nr The means at
knowledge. no claSs has been more beur-
fitted than the farmer, and none can have
deeper in,eresl in its continued increase:
and little should more freely and fully a
vail themselves of The means The laws have
so literally placed within their reach.
4 Farmer should be moral. 1t has been
said thu 'annndevont astronomer IL mad;'
and an immoral proaigaie iarner. is an
equally derisive iuS'nure "fmen,"l ahher-
ra,iun. The owner al the soil: the lrndu-
Ger and pnssessnr uf The main part of the
cnuntrv's wealth; lis defence in war, and
its consrrvalnr in peare; The farmer has
every reason 10 uphold IL system. right in
i..eli and pnhurlivr "f prosperity aud per.
nianrnre, and frnwn down every thing
thai has "A contrary tendency. There is no
surrr index 10 The general happiness of Al
people. and stability and excellence of
their institutions. than the tome nl NOR.
MS that exists among them. If The stand
ard is high. private right is respected the
law is paramount. aud property is safe;
if the standard is low. power makes right
fnrre its law. INSTRUMENTATION prevails. per-
sons and property ere insecure. the tenn
piles of justice hrcome the fountains of
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