Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-07-31

most thorough revolution IN the mode 81 agucuhGre
has taken place during the last bali century. This
change has been manly effected through the eA.
eitions o, single individual s,r John Sinclair,
a Sccichman, possessed # Intelligence, wealth
and patriotism, seeing the poverty Of the soil and
nhabtau,S 'THg HICuLAHps,' determined on
I deyo'tug himseiI 10 he advancement and prosper
I nv Of has native land. For ms purpose ne vas
instrumental IN farming TIM lIoHAND AGRl.
! cuLruRkL Soc.rTY' lha, Is now adopted a. the +
model by which nearly al such seeltues 10 Eu' I
rooe are formed lie then travelled extensively |
/ iur the purpose Of obarmg correct agricultural !
information, aud opened correspondence With /
| the most distinguished agricultural sts with whom
he formed an acquaintance, The results OF has IN. |
qmr,es were lad before the society and The lnlor'
uallsn thus Obtained vas put IN possession oi
every Scotch farmer by means Of cheap agrl'
cultural work. This noble design vas crowned
with success: aud Scotland, Notwithstanding The
native bareuness Of her soil and her cold lrhoS'
pliable climate. proves what industry and econo.
my can effect when guided by intelligence; FORT
Is conceded she Is now far IN advance oil any pot
non OF Europe IN agricultural Improvement. I'm
gland takes rank next to Scotland IN the progress
OF agricuure; but until knowledge becomes as
universally d fused among the mas at her popu'
latlon ash, Is IA Scotland, she cannot hope TO Irneh
the psnt Of improvement her sister Kingdom has
already attained. The Importance Of tducutIon
to the agricultural advancement Of country Is
now so universally admitted that political econ.
omisls have set il down as an axiom. tha, no couG
, try with an ignorant population can be brought 10
| hish state Of cultivation. ln-suppoT, OF this Pu-
4, sition China , esens Il striking Ilusirauoii--
Professor DAVIS IN his receltwork on Chna.Slatts
.. that during residence ot twenty years, IN Whth
- he travelled through all parts ol this Empire, he
scarcely ever saw an adult person who could not
read and wrtc and that this county presents the
: singular phenomenon OF nation not greater N
:, Territory than the United States, supporting by It's
= superior system OF the Agriculture. THREE nun
" DEED AND SIXTY MILLIONS OF INHABITANTs,
: which Is more thaa the whole popria'lon OF Eu-
=, rope at This PERIOD, aud twice that Of the Roman
;. Empire during he Augustine era!
.. Our own county affords the most convl eng
:, proof Of the benefits which H,w.rom agricultural
:, improvement. During our colonial dependence
4 on Great Britain, ho New England colonies were
!, esteemed Of bat llple value from tue poverty OF
=, lheu soil, While he Southern colonies W-re con.
n sdered The garden spot OF The nsw Woodland
-, the bounteous product Of theiI virgin soil JustdtC
-, that opinion. What conuast do these regious
=, now present IN point Of agricultural wealth !
:, We find thai Virginia, he Cu;ulga- and Georg'
y, have been continually reirogradug SINCE Ibor tts
= settlement, uuul lhen cundtl OF Is nov uuy dc
q. florabIe and that dnrug tie same period ih'
be- New England States have been STEADILY adyah
Nh cinE in osr,c,fltuni 'moyet.nn, nnill Their Ter
HE heIds are now asource Of nst pude to ever
no American NhythIs result Did not the Cult,
"a waters of both regions 1--we under the same "ra
m. Of government Did not each possess I've SAM
oh physical advantages An enquiry INTO the mod
rs 81 cultivation adopted by the SouhIors ana lhel
nv New England nelahboc-, soon drre, ne ny.r
s., ~. Tie former bIindy persisted N planting
ed succession OF crops Of tho most eShau,lns char
no acter on The same lands, without paying any at
- lenlion to mnnurlng or the rotation Of crop.. lh
mo suicidal policy has resuI,ed in depopulauog vbl
districts Of country and has driven thousands tot
;. The place e their balNiy 10 seek a home al
a substance in lhe Nes, F,om ,br natural sts
49, ty Of their SOL the New England farmers aer
-. soon compelled to cal Ia their a,J buh scicnc
~ and system. They did not look merely to III
,ou pres n crop; they considered what would be II
IN. condition OF tie land when Inst Was taken oiiar
i, what il would be iii for the aeS' ycaG They It,
go died TO use their land 20 a, not 10 thu,e y. he
has aim was 10 grow crop after crop ard slIl the lat
arc 10 get beuei Mbelttr. This continues To be The
TO-, policy. II Inry would content themselves ",
.n raising from the soil large crop one )eur, a.
r,d then leNipg il elected and exhausted, ,h'
d.. would slarve II is upon this fundamental Id
u. that
lete O Co"S'a"' p'"uu,"on """'"' '"""'>""' w,
49, system Of New England cuItiyullon, and iudf
.eu all good cultivation, is founded. strict adh'
.oa auce 70 this system has resulted in increasing {
49,, value Of their lands Ten fold within The last I'll
ran years, and III making the popua'ion prospero
and conlented. These are stubborn facts win
ov,. should sink deep in The mind Of every soolhe
90 planter. And If acuated by no higher mon'
., self interest alone should induce them 10 aband
II. that policy which has impoverished States Il
ons beggared individuals.
KIM Providence has placed us IN the great valley
,,ss The Mississippi; Which, f,r fItlty 81 soil, "a
,,,,, brity Of clmae and extent, slauds uuryaled.
>, - The MUD cannot appreciate the vast limits
this plane when told IN round uumbers that 1t
-. neatly three thousand miles loGg by Two lhousa
In broad. 1t is when bthoid,ng 8 tie terrible II
many s"'f1"' To- 1'~0 80
lder' p'fSse" WIN ',le "''"'",'F " we
,e,L. rests upon this valley, his lee placed on she
IN Of Mexico IN The South, his arms extended 10
~. Alltganies in the east aud the Rocky Mouota
n,, in the west, while his head is piIowed on
~ eternal SHOWS OF arctic lands! The fact too,
.r,ll this stream ard its tributaries paced IN extern
~ line would twice belt the earth and that The
her ley which they dram is twice the SIZE Of Fla
,al,s, Zone Of The most powerful nations OF The wor
49,, are considerations calculated TO awaken leell
from o. eAu"a""n III CIV american" W.
noun. has The prosperity Of his country at heaIi,does
h | lnnk E.rmnrd 10 anne nn,ind ahen The NalleA