Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-05-28
AGRICULTURAL MEETING.

- ,bs chair, and r.. v. Bop,s, Secretary.
Y,ha Association Is very Aourish1hg, anu
rv,,ners pnrards Of afty ri tbs most rsspselA'
Ne ,]lao,srs ia thar farish~-~hteh viii aooh
ss ineresaed II one hundred rnsntafs'
nv This association does ~, FFgpa,nS;Ap.Hs
connection with nr
W. notice With much qualification the IN
teliigenee conveyed in the second paragraph
above. Agriculture In mans nohlsst aad most
snnobltng pursuit, and happy shpald they SON
cider themselves who have the high privilege
of making /, their means OF subsistence.
Your home.hred, attentive Agricultural IL
usually an honest, generous, patriotic cisfsen'
one who scorns dependence, deceit and the
mnmfperies Of the wonld~be great foin'
e,oppsr Is t,lest by Il numerous class Of 'hha'
hitantg Of this caste, who appear to eompfs'
bend the dignity Of their station ana 'hs ANA
ing influence their sxertions In the Gauss o'
agriculture il calculated 10 exercise on the
s~eAsinies oftlis state, the South ana ths Union 5
Lei them pscssycre with a teal and energy
,yorshy the undertaking. and a rich harvest Of
wealth and honor viii be their reward
Upon the concluding paragraph Of The sf-
| tract. We feel bound 10 -rahke u lew abAsfVa'
tieps and we would first ASH. what does 1t
me IN f-4fren whom does 1t sra aHs'g
aThis association does not claim any ron
ns.ioa with 1lr. plopgh."--No more does the
state Association ; yet DR. Plough - the 10"
thar ar The State Association, rs he IL of The
"As.ogiation'' Of Point Courec. Neither ~.
-e,intiop, we presume. chi"sa conneSioh win
any man, be he WHO may, rich Or poor, 0 ley
nor An ctier mnnhcr. Individuals may az
| rive honor from q connection with sheh asso
| e%,ations, but such associations couta II"
honor themselves by ck4iHing tconnoHIon VIII
any individual be be who he might
From whom does this pittiul assertion
come I From the association I've hsfa'J
believe It. The president aud members o.
lin, body srx gentlemen who understand tor
r,,il the Ia rs of common courtesy TO cast .
r~eerx,pa like this on any RAN. without e8
planning their reasons for so doing ana "e
ic.s strong reasons for so doihg did exist 'hs'
arc men Of TOO kind feelings .to wound in mi
way the sentiments Of n feso" bsit'g--on
who ia known to possess n heart rs hebie' ~
,,,o,s and humane AZ ever g~lrolbed in NOR
tai breast.
A single remark may be soeie Of DE- Fieog"
and tho newspapers waeh sfdsasof "e&ai
themselves and display theft wit ny d"tract
Inc fran, h;a prppe, merits. ;tna the first place
DR.. Plough is a man Of iarB4 Invention, mop
and enthusiasm ; and hi. adivc mind form
many projects disarrrovsd pi by moro COO
and rejecting persons. But he has "a man.
sane IDEAS In o. minute, nntwlthstaha'Hg III
Aigh,y ones. 80 a host OF suffi men an s'fiv
q, in usstaliae themselves ny directing thei
lillirutian batteries against him, have IN q
age and the energy with yhieb he labors j
every cause he believes goe13i and v1Fsoous'
itself a qualification which fhenld, and doc
win him the esteem Of as just men. ID
Plough has spent over s@t{'0 Of hard-carne
money in attempting 10 baitd alp agriculture
societies in Louisiana. Tt'at al! his isbor
have been iuiicious, we d. not presume !
say bit this we 10 say, .fsat no governor {
Louisiana, nor any eaadidsfe Ter governor G
louisiana, nor any candidate for Congress
frefn Louisiana, ever spsfta tithe OF III
, tho amount, or 3 1.-THE of Che lahor for. III
prime interests Of the stats that Or. Floug
has done.
We are not unawa ofshe jcers 10 whie
we render ourselves subjeR, in thus spcakin
of nr. Plough. But they :havc no infuenc
on as. We are not Of tboie democrats VIII
kiss 4 mans toes, ~bef>use:he Is rica' nor {
those wings who spun !ieiiew mortar OF
cause he 10 poor. With Ut, Il Is ths man. NJ
his money. We con MALE a Ii, i<g witho'
worshiping nabobs, and sc can bs irdepe'
ent without trca ing on The helpless. Il ="
Plough were rich, editors you'd set down a
his errors--if he Is guilty eg any-and n thot
sand moro, daily committed, to eccentricity-
the aberr atoms Of a wonderful genius!
man like him would become their god, aud the
would fad it "glory enough" 10 pass their tim
in chroniclcing his ~foilias.s
We speak thus in the cause Of JrsrTc'
which, in our rustic way sof thinking is q
much the heritage Of the spoor man as Of III
rich. AS for DIR. Plough, &c can skin his os,
skunks let him settle wish his detractors =
seems him coed.
, E2RruauAxE -The papers from every pa
of the state mention a light conyulsion of Ii
earth that occurred on the 7th inst. III
shack Yves not fell on land, but was visible frol
a ruiden elevation OF the water in the hal
; Gus and rivers. In some places the watt
rose a foot or more, casting skids and foatn
titnhers ashore. In other places, The carrel
was seen to ilox back upon itself and aga
the borders of stream were greatly asitate
{ while the centre was perfectly calm.