Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-02-19

him az he has to hImbng the people.
To OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES minutes
and reports, congress news and political Cos
sin, have absorbed 20 much Of orr space that
we have found little room to devose to agrIcui-
ture lately. We are out again ~redeem'ugly,
nevertheless, this week, as the letter To Mr..
Ars1EcK, by that prince Of agriculturists, So
LON Rou1NsoN. on our first page, and the Two
letters from DR.. PuILIPs, one OF the most emil
nett planters in Mississippi, TO ourselves ana
to cur readers, on this page, fnllYprove. HaV-
ing heen informed Of the active Interest tnani-
tested by DIR. Philips in all that regards the
veal Of the planting community we wrote TO
him, requesting as a special favor that he
would communicate to the Gazette, such facts
AZ he should consider worthy general clrcula-
ton. With this request he has kindly and
promptly complied ; and we entTeat our read
crs 10 heed his words, to remenlier and follow
them for the language, we cam assure them
II, m good authority, is not that Of a mere
book. worm, but of a thorough going practical
planter, of extensive knowledge and obscr-
yaticl., who IS accus'oneJ, like franklin, to
reason from little things to great o%nes--fron
atoms to worlds. Such men usually see
things in 4 correct light they look at every
side Of an obiect--inslde and outside, behind
before and all round. Their views are valua-
bic, and when we acquire them we should
treasure them up az the golden dews Of a go!-
den sky. The views Of such men are more
valuable than gold they are the rich a!stlila-
tons Of those rich ingredients, fhe money, the
mind and the labor OF man !, and well and pro-
yerly used. they become "pearls Of great
price /" in tho hands of their possessor.
These, we hope, are but the Iaya%nt-couriers
of the obligations DR.. Philips will lay US I'M
der in future we shall continue to trouble
him, at all events, for a continuation Of bis ia
vors. w wish to sec Louisiana and Missis.
sippi shake hands over their domestic interests;
we wish to see a spirit of noble, generous RI
valry start up between them, w'hica Of the two
shall accomplish the most numerous and most
signal improvements in hasbandry. Missls-
sippi has the start Of US in more ways than one
began first--she has got "the hang OF
the school house," and knows how 10 apply
herself ad~vantageously to the great study be-
fore her; her people know just what they are
worth; every mans standing is known to his
neighbor /; there are no humiHating develope-
meuts to make; her banks Ore already bro
ken t le bands with which these had bound
up together the energies, the industry and the
prudence of citizens, are broken, too; apecu-
and speculation have. ruined each
other, know each other thu opposition and
the dIsposef are gone /; in ahote, the +" Missis-
bubbles " have exploded en- masss, and
lhc pap!e have learned, by sad experience,
that these thing could " net last always" and
hat Industry and econo ny, wisely directed,
constitute the-sasest, s~psliast, sGrest and mos;
agreeable s.epping-stole TO wealth.
We omit the Introductory paragraph Of the
tirst letter, It being somewhat private
in its nature the writer is here disclaiming
he credit (Which has been generally awarded
hin), of being the sole mover in the renova-
ton of the state. The letter il dated,
Log HALL, Jan. 90, 1912.
No one man could have effected a change
sudden, so unexpected so gratifying 10 the
to the philanthroplst, as has been
about here, within the short period of
woy years. The times have contributed more
han human eser:ions could have accomplish
ID We we're enguiphed on the qu!ek-sands
If bankruptcy, state and people bapks rem
their paper irrcdeenabIe porE sellers
their pork az costly as gold, aagging
or spectators, mere properly, grind
lis down, and New Orleans commission
merchants acting the Shyloek. We had no
,ecourse but to work, we had neither money
,r credh, and had TO provide , that ave have
provided, pork packers, baggins veraers &c,
iaye felt somewhat the influence. Upon this
necessity, the editors of our PUBLIC papers
commenced publishing articles frem '~agricul-
ural papers ; shook farmers" to talk and
write our people saw and believed.
There is much yet.to be done ; the seed is
on arabic land, and we'll put in cultivate
veil, stir frequently, t.aep out noxions weeds
nd pestiferous plants. and crop wll be ga
hered into the garner that the stranger in our
and will "fare sumptuously every d;fF and
eneyate our furnished escutcleon. can not
,oint ont the mode OF cultivation necessary,
| know the judicous and Interested patriot
'n 's, the most no tn, noble crop to handle eyer was
The difficulty seems to me, in all aur co,In-
ry--1 mean, oRr country, the lovely South
vest-is, giving to farmers a just appreciation
f the ground they occupy. In England, the
and holder is an aristocrat, =" lord ard NOR
rch," feels his superiority, knows his strength;
ut here, the land holder feels himself net, nor
looked on, with half the respect of a four
nd-sixpence lawyer, or a dandy doctor, nei-
her of whom would work at a laboring bust
ess; the rather, lounge about villages and
,af aboEt taverns. And another of this same
,rt, the farmer must ape these tewnsfolk,
annot take sufficient interest to give his own
,ncerns his attention, but needs mus. set him
bout erecting log cabins, making hickory
and peeling slippery elm, about towns
I'd barbecue places. think that one thing
ould aid more than any other in eHecting a
in Ibis matter the introduction of
BOD stock; and why | think SC. arprng other
asons is, that it would give the owrser some
ing to keep him employed at hofae, even
to and watching its improvement
eing improvement SO plainly demonstrated
his care. he would go further, and by de-
ees would find more to interest, until ere
ng he would be really at home. Again, we
e a race Of beings that being always obeyed,
Ell our importance the more not seeing or
of the moves on the political fox and
csc board. mot high enough to say chess |
ard, or even chequer boardl, we loose the I
thereby Staying at home may give us
cher opinions of ourselves, less subserviency !
the elite about owns, and mere interest in S
: own business. As to myself, / frankly t
that. at the "old Hail." feel in every r
y a more important parsonage, though I
yer feel so extensive, but that | love to feed 9
4 scratch such bors as 7 could nar,o. hit ri I