Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-06-01

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Il ss sss position may be, when con-
pectabiIlty OF the cause and the
OF its supporters, it is yet painful
sis victe of my own incompetency, TO add any
thing TO the amountof experience and wisdom
already in your possession. An open aud FREQ
discussion. has been every where admitted
No room is left for cavilling-scarcely doub,
remains on which 30 hang an argument. Sug-
gcs,ions i,ave been made-,heorics advanced
and experiments proposed, Till il may with
proprieiy be doubted, whether on this subject
anything remains 10 say, which has not been
said.
In our duties Us Society gentlemen, we
have no, been delinquent, neither have we
becu far behind in the advantage resulting
from such an organization. At our fins. ami
vcrsary, we were favored with an addreas,
which presents beautiful and practical brief
OF our interests and duties, as q class Of Asri-
crl,urisis; the reports Of our several commit
tees have been laid before us for our mutual
instruction; and Though the press, we have
received no nronsiderable portion ofiha, mov.
ins mass OF useful and experimental inleli
Cence, which the active spirit of the times has
pu, in circulation. Had the pen Of wisdom.
ortongue of eequence, what more could hope
10 do, than these have done.
Nevertheless, il does not become us 10 be ST.
lent; but, whether we add anything to the
stock ofgenerul information or not; to evincc
at least by our interest aud action, that we pro.
perly appreciate The work in which we have
engaged Ourselves 10 cooperate. Although Us
have before in,imaicd, we have no lack OF
practical instruction, J OF You will allow me TO
remark gentlemen, that more has been said than
done hitherto: the resolution IN wo,k up the
materials which we have collected is not vel
sufficiently reused. and perhaps could no,
more proGtably engage your attention ut this
iime Than by urging upon you few consider
ations in favor OF the excellence Of Agriculture,
and tho importance OF treating il as u science.
Its antiquity aud It's immediate emanation
from divine will, sre the first recommendations
shall noiice; and these of themselves would
seem sufficient TO render il worthy OF our most
arden, pursuit. |: were able, should moi
deem il essential TO enter upon learned and
absiruse disquisition TO prove the antiquity of
its origin. The Sacred writings declare to us,
all thai may be known with certainty on this
point. viz: That man went out from the gar
den Of Eden TO " ill the ground" aud that 100
under the express command Of Heaven.
You will bear with me, while endeavor TO
trace something ofits progress through the his.
tories Of nations; aud shew what etfrc, this
science has upon the social relations oflife:
In the second age, HnSbandry. in its s;mples,
form, as we may suppose. was chosen as an oc.
cupation: for The fruits Of the earth" us well
as .'the fTstlipgs OF the flock" were used as sa-
criiiccs Of men. But soon after arose the age
when scorning the original procla-
nation; the early inhabitants Of the world left
the fields Of honest labor, and learned to 'dIess
and dance aud troll the eye" I'LL they and ;heir
works were swep, away in the Aecd, Us rebel.
lous and unworthy.
L. 40 in,nzaSnnsy 70 -inqt,irnn n -nlaenrrr
that at this early period. the cultivation Of the
earth was held rs patent of civilization under
the hand Of God, and that il become neglected
only in proportion as men rcccded frurn him.
So SOON as Noah came forth from the Ark. he
"beran TO be husbandInau" planted
y,;sevard, and tended il. From this practical
school, his sons went out 10 divide the earth
among them What more natural, than TO ex-
nect thai the smoke Of daily incense would
arise from the three quarters Of the world thus
pcoplcd-scndins up mingled sweet savor Of
industry and gratitude 10 Heaven Yet il was
no, 90! The ientJ of Shem and Japhcth spread
over the fertile regions Of the East and West,
ike svsrms Of socuSts, which came, but 10 de-
s,roy; and tho luxurious inhabitants of the
South, reposed in the shade of ndoence. claim-
ing their subsistence from the boughs above. or
with swinish degradation grove!iing for the
roess beneath. The lamp Of truth had been
suffered 90 60 out lor want Of trimming; and
the effects OF findoience and ease, had produced
such moral darkness, tina, the return of ' seed
tune and harvest" brought with them no re.
i:,embEance Of the divine injunction.
Egypl, however, seems tn have formed an
exception 10 this remark There, still existed Il
uraciicai illumination OF mind. which rendered
the reuirs OF this people. Il fit nursery for the
sciences; but il is also evident, that by the
constitution OF nature. the country was formed
for some vast design.
The rive. which wa,ered the land in a man.
uer so mysterious and systematic. could not
fail 10 excite tl,e curiosity and feed the spccula
fions OF The naturally ,nquis;,irc mind, aud the
native barbarian could not witness the effects
Of It's Influx aud reilux OIL the vegetation Of The
soil, without instiiu.ing process OF thought,
which must in the end, leave him more ra-
lioual creature. Nature herselfhad set the ex
ample Of cultivation, aad we cannot 90 back to
period so remote in the history Of this coun-
,ry, rs 10 show when this principle was disre-
rarded. We know thu, when the drough, ofa
summers sun, had dried up the pas;uragc and
wi,hered the suslenance OF tho lands, relief
from famine was found only in the Corn Of
Egypt. The fertile banks Of the Nile had be
conis tue granary Of the world And here gen.
,emen we may stop to admire. for our own
benefit the ingenuity, patience and tact, ofthose
carly Asriculiurisis.-The nice observation ne.
cessary Tor determining what degree, and 'vhn,
number Of inuudatons were proper for wafer
ing and assoilizing the landslide numerous ca.
mails and drains, by means OF which The whole
country was watered Ikea "gurden Of herbs"
The spiral pumps, thcwellS, in shor the whole
system ofirriga,iug. cnrichng and producing.
Surely that which employed the wisdom of the
Pharoah's, which received the ald Of the in-
spired Joseph--and exercised the wits Of the
noble :Archenides, cannot fail 10 recommend
itself to any Of the pTesen, age!
In this manner Agriculture firsi became ele-
waited into science, and on this solid basis,
broad as ,ha; OF one OF her own pyramids, was |
foguIcd all the learning Of Egypt viii not |