Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1841-03-19

that the time of its accomplishment is yet far
| distant!
Thouoh these and various other o,sases Of
| non-producers are to be tolerated, nay Il kpect-
ed. where they work worthily in their voca-
,ion-thouoh they are to be placed on Social
| equality with any other class of citizens, ask
are they to be looked up to as superior or
privileged caste, by the producers Shame
| on the thought Does any farmer think he is
placing his children in IS higher rank, IS ma
| king gentlemen of them, by making them
| lawyers, doctors, or merchants Shame on
his abect soul Does any young son of the
soil court and repne after that patent of gen,i-
| ity which is conferred by the tailor, the jew
| eler, and the boot-maker, on the sens Of idle
ness! Away with such serf in spirit let
him begone to his idols! :
And vet it must be confessed with sorrow
and shame, there are farmers and farmers sons
who entertain such sentiments as these in re-
Iaton to their own calling. The very name of
profession dazzles their bewildered senses,
| and commands their respect, as stars, ribands,
| and other insignia of privileged rank receive
| the homage of obsequious vassa!s in the old
world. Who have the majority. consisting as
| it always must, Of the producers, ever delight
ed to honor! Do they select the tried and
trusty of their own class-the men whom they
know, and in whose JUDGMENT they can con-
fde In periods Of great national danger,
such men will be called to the helm. Every
student of history is aware that large major
ity of the warriors and statesmen of the revoln-
| ton were from the producing classes-were,
before they were called upon to rellnquish the
implements of industry, laboring men. Bot
look into the Legislature of this and other
States for the last fifty years. and what pro-
portion of producers do we fnd Is ii con-
| tended that lawyers are the best qualified to
form laws? Look at the cumbroas details of
chancery pracice-'he jarring systems of law
and equity.H Gas if law and equity might with
propriety differ !)-,lle annual acts exp!anato-
~ of other acts which were wrought up with
so much legal skill,'' that even their own
trainers could not understand them t the null
tlude Of laws switch no man can number
and which are constantly accommodating look
at these things and then tell US if it is necessa-
ry to fill our Legislature with lawyers. because
Of their presumpiive knowledge in forming
laws! Is it contended that there is not snill-
cient taen, to be found in the labo,ing classes!
| answer in the eloquent language Of Chan
| ming -" Real greatness has nothing to do
with mans sphere. /, does not lie in the
magnitude Of his outward agency, in the ex-
tent of the effect which he produces.
n A man brought up to an obscure trade.
and hemmed in by the wants of growing fam
| lily, may, in his narrow sphere, perceive more
! clearly, discriminate more keenly. weigh EVIL
dence more wisely, seize on the right means
more decisively, and have more presence OF
mind in difficulty, than another who has accu-
INFLATED vast stores Of know ledge by laborlous
study; and he has more Of intellectual great
! ness. Many man. who has gone hut lew
miles from home, understands human nature
better, detects motives and weighs character
more sagaciously than another who has travel
led over the known world, and made name
| by his reports of different countries.
| would not preach up crusade against the
| legal or any other profession. ! would not
drag them down, but would raise the producer
| up-raise him up in his own estimation. |
would sound trumpet peal in his ear to arise
and assert the dignity Of his calling. Man
was formed to labor and to be useful. The
primal curse Of labor was blessing in dis
ouise. There should be no drones in the grea,
hive Of humanity. Labor ennobles its follow
ers. The farmer as he goes forth in his fields
to converse with nature and natures God, feels
his soul diate and expand under the benign
influences about him. The bright sun, The
refreshing breeze. the genial shower, are all
blessings from parents hand. As he casts
his eye upon tbs distant prospect, glit,ering in
the auforIal light of spring. or fadlag into the
sober hues Of autumn, his feelings harmonic
with the outward agencies which surrcund him.
He stands as it We're in the visible presence OF
his Creator, and passion and selnshness are
rebuked. There is no humm Of exciting
crowds to drown the small still voice Of rea-
son and conscience. He stands erect in the
conscious dignity Of man; honest toll hath
given him the nerves aud physical vigor of a
man reason, reflection, conscience, and broth
erly love hath expanded his soul to the dimen-
sions Of that Of a man.
The true farmer is philanthropist. He la
bors, not only to provide for his own wants
and wants of his family, but he is urged by a
conitant desire to leave the world better and
more beautiful than he found It; to add 10 the
stock of human comforts, and render them ac-
cessible TO the poor and the lowiy. Does that
strong love of rural life, which characterizes
some of the most elevated men of our time
spring from the pleasure experienced in the
mere act of blowing or reaplng fields, or the
rearing ofbullocks and swine; or because they
Many Of the States, have to great extent ant
others almost entirely, done away with this practical
absurity, cannot but be regarded, notwithsand
ing the ingenious and extremely plausible arguments
which every well read lawyer offer in It's sup
port. In some of the states. as New York, Virgin
ia, South Carolina, and Michigan, the court of chan
Gerry is distinct tribunal and in Others, as Connect
icut, New Jersey, Maryland &c, courts of law pos
sess ample equity jurisdiction. The contrary is b
case in Massachusetts,, Pennsylvania, Maine, Rhod
Island, &c. Louisiana has, on the other hand, atop
ted simple, concise, and uniform code, based OIL
the Civil Law. The increasing intelligence of th