Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-05-08

Taatifoas Is yga,sd BE practice, poverty tasg=s;
+. .as s.asr. opllsss.gn. Aad - secure both
asa.,a aad Liberty, aa intimate knowledge at,as
good Faas.P.ss contained 81 BAH, atd s'taet ae-
es. .4acs 900 practice ala ,asse P ,auqies, must
be- a5speasa..y necessary.
/ Ia5 history % Agriculture throughout lhs void |
. oae Of great aud growing interest. The agr-
+ aIrar4. condition ol county Is nov taken a
t.s amos, certain index Of the mental condition O.
... inhabitants. Political economists have sci It
down as au axiom, taatuo county With an igaOr
al, population can be orougl, to a hisn state o.
cultivation. China affords a fine Illustration q
las uah ol .ls position. I!prsssnls the siasI
lac PHENOMENON OF nation not more than ball
tue territorial size oil Tie United States, support
iug hree hundred millions Of inhabitants, by liz
,ulanor system Of Agriculture. And, according
to lie evidence oil Professor DAVIS, Jan English
man TOO, whose preJudces are against tbs Peo-
p.e5 as CHINESE are remarkable Tor cheerful
industry and intelligence; DIS, during residence
b. .saa.y d .l-., 10 ealea ae travelled through all
pats o .4,g empire, he scarcely ever saw an
adu.t r-.u ouo uoli not read aud anle.
L. Europe, t,4udgls ana lazy leo tue way IN
Agricultural Improvements But "a Lug,aud The
ostiharougu revolution 10 the mode OF AgrIcuI-
ture has taken place dunng lae last hall century.
i Within mat PERIOD The product oi'her soil has
been increased ten fold and her lands have risen
IA value several hundred per cent. All tnls IS
TIE result Of science, capital and labor when
4 brought to the AID Of Agriculture, Does not such
a result prove the sagaclty Of Swift, when, on
comparing the relative Importance Of Agriculture
aud politics, he md guaulIy excalms, that who'
ever could make two eats OF corn, or two blades
OF grass, 70 grow upon spot of ground where
aait 0ue grew before. would deserve better O
msaaal. aad do more essential service TO hs
country, than the whole race Of politicians pu
togelAeI.'
Our own country affords the mos. striking Illus
tfa,on Of the benefits arising lom agricultural i'm
Ft''""l'Ht Dhiltig WI N'4'''di NA''AS''NN -
New England colonies were esteemed al but 1T
Ne Importance, from the poverty Of Their soil
Nade OIL tho other hand the colonies south Q
H PennsJ wanna were considered ID, garden spot c
the new wodd,aud the bouuteous products OF bel
VIRGIN SOIL justified that opinlon. " that atutud
do these regions nov occupy towards each othe
" IN point Of agricultural wealth! We find that Viz
btata, Maryland, the Cagohnas and Georgia have
h. since their first settlement, been continually let
regarding, anil her condition Is now truly deplo
r. rabies aud That during the same pepod the New
EusIand states have been steadily advancing i
agricultural Improvements, until now her ieruI
fields are source Of just pride TO every Amer
can How came ihisl Did not the cuItlyaor
oi both regions i've under the same form Of Coy
, ernmen2 Dld not each possess the same phys
cal advantages! The mystery Is soon dIspee
IL when We enquire INTO the mode Of culiVao
ce adopted BY tho southroas and their New Englau
ch uelghbors. he former blmdly persisted IN plan
ny succession OF crops OF the most eXhaustu
, character on thr same lands, without paying an
wv attention To manurug or to the rotation ut crop
ce luls suicidal policy has resulted N drpopulatu
C. whole dstucts Of c0phtry ana nas drYtn thu
-. sands from TIE land Of their nativity to eek
nome aud a substance IN the south west. Fro
Inc nalura stenllty OF cir sol the eastern atn
W ers were soon compelled to call to their asslstant
Ks both science and system. They did not lor
V, merely 10 the present year 5 crop. They consI
M. cred what would be the condl ION OF the au
when Tie crop was taken off, aud What II Won
''e Do fl for TIE next year. They studied 10 U
le- their Rand 50 a. not 10 abuse It. On the coatr
Ich ~ then ann was TO get e. ? after crop, and 81
ms tie land to grow beuer and better. This Is ST
,,. theU policy. Ii they would content hemsely
with raising from the sol large crop Que ye;
" aud then leaving it neglected and exhausted, III
er- would slarye 1t Is upon this fundamental I'd
the of constant production without exhaustion, Il
a.. the system Of New Eua land cultivation, and
deed all good cultivation, IS founded. A SIT
adherence to this system has resulted IN maxi
was the country lertle and the p puaton prosper
m' and couiented. Lands IN this region are Ten t
ns- more valuable now than they we're fifty years a
reuis are hgh, and hands, as Hol as mouths,
numerous.
""' Ia natural fertility o sod no country has e
me eNctueu ,ne ta,ey OF the Alisst,sppl. lueXl
con- aud yaue, aa sell as sauDuy OF ehtnaie,
,l..o stdaus unr,aed. and throughout this vast
{ so eo'' P.oNe'o''' d" me II Do'Nuo u NE !
World, there IS no portion more peculiarly bes
'''' than that space lying between latitude 33 and
peat IL which Columbus Is situated All the crops
d by which the farmers Of the high northern and I
uoa lern sections OF the Union are dependent for S
sstlnce, can be raised here N abundance, q
IN addition 10 these, the soil teens in the proc
W.! icon " c0uon, the great staple OF the world.
lts keeptng the present codduou OF the 0 d south
,tute states before the Planters oil the suulhwest,h
linn, serve as beal on 10 warn them OF the danger
rn, following the system OF Agriculture pursued
'P their lmpioudeht ancestors. The soil shou
'"7 cultivated as to mpgoye,aud not TO lmpoYeI
aaHv n'e roa' lasll, attained py investigating