Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-05-18


il would daily increase in strength end
usefulness. But, 1t is like a great and
complicated piece of machinery, Of great
use and value when once in motion, but
difficult to start"
Nowio me there is 10 dficulty in the
way. All that is wanting is few active
engineers to put the machine 10 motion
Immediate and decided action Of few Of
the active friends of agricultural improve.
meni, who must assume the responsible
| iiy to act as engineers as we'll as pioneers
for the whole Union; and have once given
the society an existence, it will flourish
and increase in strength, Just as our Po-
liticall unlOn has done.
The following plan Of organizing the
society, IS suggested 10 your consldera-
ton.
Let as many Of the friends OF the pro-
ject as can be induced 10 do so, meet at
the city Of Washington, on some day Of
autumn of lS4l, (lhe particular day TO be
hereafter fxed) and then form a cOnslitu-
ton for the society, and elect officers;
to wit: President-a Vice President for
each state--a recording secretary--a gen.
eral corresponding secretary-and for
each stale, county, city and principal
town in the United States, a treasurer
and probably publisher Of national pa.
per, to be called the Journal of the Am
erican Society of Agriculture.
The first officers will hold their Offices
until the next annual meeting, which
should be held at the capital oI that state
which had furnished the greatest number
of members, at the time when the presi-
dent of The society should issue his proc
lemaiiOn to convene The second meeting.
The place of each annual meeting,
should be fixed at the preceding one, in
some other STATE than The one where it
was then held, SO as to give the mem
bers in each stale an easier opportunity
Of attending.
As in the formations of all such asso-
Citations, il j. necessary to have some cash
funds; are you willing 10 donate "a NIT" !"
10 accomplish this great national ObJecI? :?
lf so, an opportunity will be hereafter al
lorded you to do sp,-upOn some of you
hope TO make personal call for that
purpose, # II should be thought advisable
after due reflection TO go forward in the
organ cation. Therefore play you TO
give this subject your serious COnsldera-
lion.
If you should aid in the formation of
this society, will not your children "rise
up and bless you!' for one of the first
objects of the nltinal Society should
be TO connect with it "Nltional Agr- |
cultural School"
Such will not be the only one in few
short years, ify you will lend your ener-
gles to form National Society, whose
motto will be "tO elevate the character
and standing of the cultivatOrs of the Am
erican soil" For when once organized,
we W Il soon stand, united force of ma
ny thousands, whose voice will be heard
in The halls of Congress, demanding our
Iirh-right--he assured we shall be heard.
Lei all our energies be cnncentr ,ted, and
We can do any thing in the power of man:
1ul ''divded aud scattered as we are, we
'pend our forces as il were, drop by drop
union srould make as mightier
han a torrent.
We can,shall we say we will form such
orient as will overwhelm our political Tu-
ers, unless they do justice to the agricuI-
ural class of community? AS soon as
he National agricultural Society is form
ID, let us ask Congress to appropriate the
Smythsonian fund" of half million of
'dollars,tO establish National School,
{ we unite as we should do, our "tOrrenl"
will be TOO strong for time serving Polit-
clans to resist.
! loak upon the National Agriculture
School as the greatest blessing TO flow
rom the National Society.
But the journal oflhe society will also
,rove of immense advantage. Il will en-
,ody vast amount OF matter, useful
md Interesting to every culivatOr in the
Union. The most carefully prepared Ia
lies ofthe productions of the earth, from
very section Of the Union, will be kept
onslanIly before the redner, totally diff =
arent from those vehicles of deception r
nd nften fraud upon the farmer, called ii
price current" It is by the quantity u
reduced and the probable demand there g
ore thatwe can understand whether IT'S !,
or our interest to sell our crops now' or 7
tore them up. At every meeting there i,
ould be members from every state in the 4
Jaion. as willing to impart as to receive
An he inducements OF the business
r National Society, NailOn-f
Fair. and a National School, and
"a honor Of being member Of such
,ciety, would be enough | thin&, to make
, al feel that il would be greater hon. y
. TO be elected state delegate to one d
The annual meetings of the National d
,riefv. than IN ba alerted member of d