Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-02-20

there will fly to moro hcalt'N regions, and where
will they more likely go than Kentucky. 1t is
now conceded that Kentucky is the most healthy
part Of this continent and the great main street OF
America 0he father Of rivers) running by our Dor.
der will facilitate the passage Of our brethren Of
the southwest to the cool retreats in our hills,
gushing with mineral waters and refreshed by sa
lubrous air. Let us be in haste to odd to our
natural gifts, tasteful, and elegant cultivation, and
we can make an Eden Of attraction where the
stranger and the citizen can be happy together
We are grafed at the presence Of our fair
country women. We should despair OF success
without their counenance and support. For what
has ever occurred in this world to humanze and
improve our race without the aid of woman! who
does not know that morals would perish and man
rapidly go back to the savage state if it were not
for female influence. And there is nothing below
the duties Of religion that claims so much regard
of woman as agriculture. Her condition in the
hunter and shepherd state has ever been that Of a
slave to brutal man, and never, until cultivation
caused fields to wave with harvests and gardens
bloom with flowers, did woman reach that high
asccndency in the scale Of existence which has
enabled her TO polish, purify and refine the
world.
He that believes that agriculture is perfect, and
that we have nothing to do but pursue the old and
beaten track, as blind animals move round the
tread MILL deserves our compassion. Nature
proclams that neither agriculture nor any other
branch Of natural science can ever become per-
feet. The mind of man is capable Of indefinite
improvement, so are all the productions Of nature.
For examples, look at the valuable plants in the
condition in which they were first found in their
native woods. The various kind of corn, pota-
toes, cabbages, fruits &c. were all, before they
were touched By the finger Of culture as unlike
what they now are, as different species are unlike.
They are all susceptible Of continual improve.
ment, all ever running into new varieties. 1t
is not long ago, that he potatoe was a useless,
unhealthy vegetable in the woods Of South Amer.
lea, where it was first found; but it has been so
changed by the hand Of care and industry, as to
become large and healthy, and now supplies food
for more human beings throughout the earth, than
any other plant, save corn and rice, and is no
doubt destined to as much future Improvement as
it has received in the past. Compare the maize,
or Indian corn, as first seen in the feeble stalk
and slender roasting ear around the wgWam, with
its hundred varieties ;rfs present maturity, yiel-
ding in value its countless thousands to national
wealth. And we are Just now beginning to see
the improvement Of which this invaluable plant
is still susceptible.
The succession Of the seasons-the calm-the
storm-the course Of the winds-the revolution
of the heavenly bodies-the nature of the EARTH
the food Of plants-the influence Of water, light,
heat and air on the growth Of egetaiion--thc pro
per composition Of the various soils to furnish the
greatest amount Of production, will ever be sub
iects too broad for the full grasp Of the most pro-
found philosophers, and in the unbelievable pro-
fundidty Of which, new discoveries will be made
as long as this frame Of nature shall endure y
1t is a consolation to know that the occupation
assigned by God to man, and to which seven eigh
tbs Of our countrymen must ever be devoted, flr-
nishes, and will continue to furnish, new thoughts
for the further development Of the human mind.
In conclusion, permit me to inquire whether
there be any thing in the considerations which
have urged, that ought to induce The people o
Kentucky to use their influence to bring about
such reform in the legislation Of our Nation and
our State, as shall bring the law to the aid of the
industry Of the people. in periectng the ancient
and honorable art Of AGRicULruRE.