The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1840-03-13

!, cast upon them. a Statesman unace
'quainleG with our condition, would say
that we we're in a slate Of bsEbarlsm,
that our government was grossly in
fault for not extending encouragement
and aid 10 the cullivaters Of the soil;
that ignorance and indoleRce. were the
characteristics of the. people. No mat
ter how rich IN mines; no matter how
we'll supplied with all the secondary
means of wealth nation may be, that
nation will never, prosper; that people
will never be great or happy, go long as
the farming interest lie neglected.: though
pearls are washed by her rivers, though
her mountains be filled with gold, and
her vallies glitter with diamonds, if che
be dependant upon, other nations for her
bread, she viii inevitably become depen.
dant upon them for her political exs-
tence: The diamonds Of Brazil, the
gold and silver Of Peru and Mexico have
only tended TO enrich other nations,
where agriculture has formed the basis
Of their wealth, and received the foster
ing care Of government; while the pearls
Of India have not tended 10 ameliorate
the condition Of the people, or advance
them IN the scale Of civilization. If you
would learn the condition Of any nation,
and the relative happiness Of lts people,
you have but to learn the estimation in
which the science Of fagriculture is held,
the encouragement given TO It by gov
ernment. and you have a criterion TO
judge by, that will never fail in its gen.
eral bearings. 1t was this encourage
ment given to agricultural improvement
by their respective governments, thai
enabled those densely populated coun-
tries of Europe, after having supp lied
their necessities, 10 supply ours also.
I Will not this circumstance, serve TO a.
rouse the attention of our Legislature 10
a subjec. Of so great lGportanceto the
happiness Of the people, TO the wealth oi
the Daion, and the perpetuity ofour free
institutions? The legislators and, great
men Of Europe have bestowed upon il
the closest attention, given TO it their
most anxious thoughts, and watched its
progress with the greatest care; and
why should our Legislators deem it un-
worthy of their dellberaton and actionl
| Why have they thus long, and with due
difference ! must add, thus shamefulIy
neglected in Had they manifested hall
that solcitude for the farming interest,
that they have for subjects of local &
private nature, and party questions, we
never shOnld have had lne ,aunt thrown
at us "she does not even raise her own
( Ireadstuffp we should never IN time
OF peace have had to eat bread made ol
grain grown upon foreign soil.
| The eastern sia'es are beginning 10
act upon tbissubject and may we mol
hope that another session Of the sgisa.
ture Of The Buckeye State will not pass
away without having done something
to promote the Agricultural interes, Of
| Ohio. II is true, Ohio raises her own
breadslufi,' and her own meat, but s'i
she is paying her annual millions. into
foreign markets, for other articles,
which she has Ebun ant mesne Of pro-
ducing from her own SoIl, and Ifproper
aid should be given by the legislature It
defray, The extra expenditures incident lc
every new undertaken, she would do IT.
and keep those millions at home. A
mong the most prominent OF these, are
Sugar, Silks and Br0adciothS.