Holly Springs gazette., 1843-11-10
THE DIGNITY OF LABOR

Among the speeches made al the Far @
! the American lsitute we find the following
remarks by William w. Campbell, Esq
II hose of you who have ad the noblt
work Of Co.zebue--the tragedy OF .Plzarro
| or the Conquest of Peru--(and who has noi
| read it2l will remember that when AlenZo Is
brought before the Spanish Conquerol and
iuterGogated, he describes in glowing terms
the services he has rendered TO the untor-
tunate Peruvians, and says that if the good
Las Casses was present. he would take him
by the hand and lead him over the fields OF
Quito and show him where the opening
bud and sweet perfume aud waving grain
give cheerful hopes of coming harvest. and
he would exclaim This is my work -
The active members of this InStltute-the
Farmers and Mechanics--may feel emo
tions of honest pridea thew look a round u
on the beautiful exhibitions of American
skill and American talent. and may | not
add, American genius, aud exclaim This,
this is our work." (Cheers) Bat the Instit.
ute goes still farther The object is the Pro
lection and encouragement of American
Labor and American Industry. whether in
the work shop or In the field whether direc
ted towards Manufactures or Agriculture
the first great pursuit whic man was com
manded TO follow when he went forth from
the Garden of Eden to ill and cultivate the
Earth, from whence he was taken. Very /
few people are aware of the extent OF the I
Farming and Manufacturing interests which
it is the object ofthiS Institute to promote
Ofthe 4 100000 men of this Unien enga-
ged in active pursuits, more than 4,500,OO0
are Farmers and Mechanics. Mr.. Everett,
at an A gricultural Speech IN England, stated,
that, though her Foreign Commerce-white-
ned every sea. yet that her annual crop of
Hay exceeded the annual amount of that
Foreign Commerce. What is true of
Great Britain is also trueSof the United Sta
es. The annual crop of Hay in the United
States exceeds the Foreign Commerce of
he Unltei States The annual crop of In
ian Corn also exceeds it, and the coarser
Grains. including Hemp and Potatoes. also
exceed its AS Farmers son, and having
spent my early life amid the pursuits of Ag,
rlcuture have sympathised with the great
A Agricultural gatherings of the State. The
Farmers have come up in their might ike
he locusts of Egypt they cover tie Earth,
put unlike the locusts, they cause the wilder
less to hud and to blossom, and the solitary
places 20 be glad.
There Is no position more independent
aim who can look over his broad acres
he rich fruits of his industry, and hear the
owing OF his herds in The vallies and the
olaling OF his flocks upon the hills, and re-
oices in the fields of waving grain, ripen-
ng 5or the harvest. He may labor hard
does so. He goeth forth into the ,
ields with his iaborrers, and leadelh them
'n ; of him it may be said
Hoes tho harvest 10 his 10 x,iaId
His furrow of: the stubborn glebe has
broke;
How jocund does he drive his team
field,
How bows the wood beneath his sturdy
stroke"
From the first settlement of this continent
he Farmer md the Mechanic have been
he pioneers of civilization Beneath his
hand the forest has fulien and the wilderness
las given place to cultivated fields.