The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-12-27
OCCASIONALLY sweet
'to'VFHT1J SVC Ve
And rurally mapnificent.' -

ana ruralIy magnificent,
&NWeserved and the increasing emulation Of our yeo-
NJ TN and mechanics maintained, and the effect will
w beseHNOt only in the improvement of Agriculture,
decentralization ofthe character Of the People.
#hhy years before the Revolution, at n celebra-
\ nmAlassachusetts, the Matrons and Madens of
aNn appeared the Mall, each industrouly ply
The spinning wheel. Need it then excite surprise
tour sister State now eXcells with the shuttle land
Ors wealth from the floods, the ice and the rocks
4 be character ola people may be studied in their
easements. The warke Greeks fixed their epochs
Eh@e recurrence of the Olympic games. The hus.
4 ndmen of Switzerland at stated periods celebrate
he Introduction of the vine. Well may VIC, then,
continue ovations in honor of Agriculture, which, while
Ey give expression to national rejoicing promote the
welfare of our country and the good Of mankind.
FARMERS OF NEw-YoRK-you do wisely in col
ctng from every district and every region the vari
E'n species of plants and adopting such as find our
soil aud climate most congenial; in introducing new
ranches of culture and mechanic industry; in choos
4 govt ofdomestc and foreign stock the animals
which propagate most rapidly with the least expense
asubsstcnce, and yield the largest returns for the
SOandman's care; in stimulating invention to the
''covery ofnew principles of tlage, machines and
apemens, for increasing the fertility Of the soil and
E"'p'oouctveness ofhuman labor. But these efforts,
vel conceived and bencfcent they are, do not full
''Ae responsibilities Of the American Farmer Sim
lar ezertiOns, though less effective, have been made
The tllers of the earth in every age, however be-
msHed, and in every country, however subjected
l~V0d of Nature has given US territory stretching
"Oogh fifty degrees of longitude with almost the
~'aan OF the temperate zone, embosoming numel Gus
'aAeS and traversed by capacous rivers. Every va
''8 OF soil north of the tropics, and every mineral
''oce' with mountain, forest and plain, are nbund-
4uy supplied. We stand in relation to this wide
'Ofy not unlike the progenitor of our race in re-
'u 10 the earth over which he received dominion
"'n the Almighty. He has permitted us to learn
1O'n from the rugged experience Of almost sixty
'I'u'es and establish system Of government new
VI" peculiar, which, while it effectually secures per-
'"a rights and domestic tranquility, does not Evor
, and Is not adapted to aggression, which chastens
'e and represses ambition (which favors equality,
49,, individual power, and stimulates strengthens
'O'nones the power Of the mass--a system rest
0".ne consent and kept in action only by the ag-
~ VI 'he governed. To these advantages is added
organization which rejects in every form the
d,: oil involuntary reluctant labor and gra-
atnong the members of the State, and by offer
'fuai rewards calls forth the equal industry and
A.. p,ise OF every citizen. These peculiarites of
~, r'''cal and social condition indicate era in
m,n IlNoh and inspire generous confidence that it
,h;. our privilege to open for our racea way to
Sino, "'r and better destiny than has yet been at
d - hitherto civilized men, enslaved or oppres
doubted whether advancement from the saw.