The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-11-12

dant ren ard Is cure. sgfsenlinfe i truly
sfand shoald be - ean.idrred. ] The elifi
Interest oT The ration. Cnmmesee and
msnulaesnres sra also weighty interests.
and are principal constituents In he fnrs
saasian III national SID lndisidual wealth;
Il yei llsey are arsi6risl. and drpend sale.
Ii ppan agriculture Tor sure bzsis On
which 10 rest.
When inprudenee o. unforeseen eslam.
iiies disturb he laas II trade. embarFass
can. mereial operations. and 1epsess ne
manufacturing and mechanical Interests
of The country. then I'll eyes are turned
. b. the grainfelds II HE norsh and wssi.
and lie roltnn rl1nlalions IL The sapiii,
! ~ the source from whence sure remedies
Tor existing evils must reme. When
| due psopnrti0ns II sun and shoser draw
forth from The exuberanl bosom 81 rarlh
iis varied treasures. and there sse prom
ises III abundance ii The coming haEsesi.
, then. esrn in tne darkest hour Of COM
/ mercial distress. The snnbeams nf hope
/ tnjighlen the future. and I'll arr ready 10
excla;m. IN view Of anticipated sbun-
J danee-
.Bsha.d hpw brightly breaks tie morning.
II Is from lie suil that ihr sure wealth
Of nation established in . land with =
climate and o.her natural advantages Ike
ours. must be drawn; and il should be
lhe ardent prayer d every patriot that
The great interests of agriculture should
: ever be hcid paramount 70 All others
That foolish pride which cenies The no.
billy Of msnual labor. ani urges lhou
! sands of yeomen's sons 10 engage in mer.
: esniile pursuits. should be discouraged.
!. Many. seIy inany, think il far more no
! nnrab.e 10 siaai behind the counter III
!. large cities and huy aud sell The products
= of manufacturers, Than 10 hold lie plough
or swing The scylhe; and are ready %
! Exchange the homes, Independence Of The
!. life Of farmer, for lie precautions and
!, scxaliuus pursuit II The merchant. Thai
= The later Is an hnnnrable pursuit. we 81
' course admit; but that II is mote honora
lie Than lie former. We deny. Admitting
I then, that agricultural pursuits are a
honorable as any other. what inIacemen
! can there be for tie SIMS Of farmers Il
" leave The pure air and moral influence o
Y the country, and bury themselves in th,
!. cares. and The moral and physical i'm
!; puriiies of cities! The young :arme
1 finds his labor, when connected will
:, temperance, - be the hest preventive
!" in the ma,eria mcdlcs. Of diseases Of boil
!. miaI and body; aud - for independence
i i he can truly say
4. II am monarch oi all survey,
=. My tigH ihcre Is nnnc TO d,spais."
and boast like Shakspeare's husband
ia man: Il am a true labofer. ] earn tia
1 eat, &C. what wear, awe no man hate
M envy M msn's happiness; glad Of o,he
be men's good. content with my farm, an
re the greatest Of nv pride is 10 see m
M en- es craze and my lambs SUCK"
N. Again t.@
al 81 cal my own lamb,
Nv casrkcns aud ham.
~ shear my own asece, aud wear H."
With these advantages, how can
ny Young man .'long debate which Of III
,m two 10 choose" the pure breath pf he
,ul ven, or The smoky atmo sphere; the pro
al. peci oi brick and mortar. and the cite
nal rattle of carts and olDnibuses; or III
nix green woods, the golden harvest fields
A. and the sweet melody Of birds.
NIX History Will bear us out in the asse'
nat ton that in Ill ages, whenever the chI'
las pursui, Of a nation was agriculture. pc
|. ,nasea, prosperity marked its c"ar>e-
10 lie morals al the people were III h's
~, character, when judged Of by the ssai''
ard OF the age. and The nation ard i''i
NO ,idusls enjoyed more genuine lappinc'
L" than fell 10 The lot OF a commercial PEE
he pie. The hapfiss. days "f R"me we'
during tina, perloa Of the co'nmoaweal'
et when, TO be good hushandmsn W;
hut considered high honor, and when. iih
20, iCincinnatus, her rulers were investe
,ll i,h the purple, a, The plough. Whe
~. by foreign conqnests wealth vas p"urt
I'd, Into her lap, and agriculture was nesisc
IAN ed for the barbarous pursuit 81 var, III
r" peonle tiegenerated aud the seeds OF d
red lcay were planted. So il has been wi
md other nations, when The agricultural in'e
~, ests we're neglected; and Adam Smith
,nv Ibis "Wealth Of Nations" clearly trGc
ou, the prime cause Of the degsneraey
he Spain. in her conqaes. Of Peru and di
his covery Of its immense mineral wealt
ard lin the sixteenth century. by this ese
mes large numbers Of Spaniards were indn
AIRS ed TO leave their country to amsss Il
nd. tunes in this Ell Dorado of the wes,e
opp world, and the grea, wealth which 4
or mines of Po,osi aud Others poured in
ina. old Spain. introduced luxurious habits
an. the great tetrimenl Of agriculture and
low. consequent, degeneracy Of The people.
A. IL Is hoped that in this country.
!, q, well adapted To the pursuits Of agricultu
idle. it will ever remain the paramount na,io
ION. al interest; and that while we foster CO
merce and manufactures. aud all oil
avocatinns OF general and individual
IN. ..l:... .,a ..,o,, avar fank .a agrientt1