The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-01-25
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Der every land. :
THE LIPE BFAPlEMER.
The following. The iirss Of series q
essays now 10 coursc Of publication ii
the Massachusetts, pInaghman, on tlle III,
sanlages Of the Agricultural lie. i from
he pen az iha IIan- l. RsslaasAlsaa. 81
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dissimg aishesl lalsns<. and - rs paper
win prove, fash friend % farmers: !.
From The Plsushmaa.
TO. FaRMERS.--No. IL.
Having been born DC family whose
pursuits were enlirely agricuIlnraIs and
during the FIRST eighteen years Of nv lHe
familiar with and acras omed ID llfe
tail and cares of the farmer, a. well 4
his pleasures, find myself strongly in
clined TO take deep interest In his vel.
fare. think that gratitude claims or me
an acknowledgment, that ID The hardy
Tolls and generally good habils 81 agrieul-
tural life. | have been greatly indebted for
the blessings Of vigorous constitution.
Sure | am, that from The cultivation 81
my garden and my small glehe, | have de-
rived mich moreOfT Measure id OF be-
nelit than if had been aItogels ;aE
ger 10 plants and trees and lie | hif
And wherever | ~, the vel rae
farms and fields KID. gardens !. ' 4 n
sources Of delightful salisfaci. eli
publish, more eloquenlly than languas e
has power 10 do. the virtues o. Toccn-
pants, retired and nnassunine As usually
they are.
or the farmers condition and happi-
ness, ] am fully convinced mistaken es-
innate is often formed in early life, His
hoinely dress and hard hands and plain
style Of living, are though. 10 be indica-
lions Of poverty and scryiliiy, when in
truth he enjoys a more uH,ningled salts
faction and higher degree OF indepen-
dence than are known to any other class
Of men.
lis The mind that makes TIE bniy ri,h:
And 40 the sun breaks through tie darkest
clouds.
So heaer pserelh il inc ,aesnesi llaar.,
Let the farmer attend 10 Tie cultivation
Of his mind az faithfully as to that Of his
farm, and soon will he find at his COM
mand the respect he merits. Let him
not think his calling dishonorable or in
.-ferior in rank to any other. The farmer
has atleast as much power as any other
man to enjoy what DIR. Chalmers calls " a
fine tone Of independent feeling; the high
mindedness to be indebted for his own
support to the exerlions of his own homo
rable industry, rather than 10 the BASTARD
ly habit of preying on the simplicity of
those around him."
But to enjoy this " fine tone" the far
mer's mind must be elevated above all
envy of Other classes. A correct know
ledge of the condition of other classes,
would he enough to suppress every envi-
Gus thought.
The unpopularity Of farming has in
past time been so great that the business
has been generally deserted by the sons
of those who in the country towns for
.mcrly were lords of The soil, and who en-
dured with cheer(ulness their tolls i'm the
hope to transmit an inheritance to their
heirs. In how many instances iavethey
been sadly disappointed, because 10 their
children other pursuits were ostensibly
easier and more attractive. Even the
farmers themselves sometimes Joined the
cry, in The hearing their children. " There
is nothing 10 be made at farming"
The sons and daughters fed as for life:
A m ltitude Of them found in other pur.
suits but miserable refuge. There
might hemucl consolation derived from
Ahis laet, could we believe that i, has re-
suited either for the benefit of the people
or for the good Of the country.
Certain it is that branch Of industry,
friendly to virtue and to the forming Of Il
good population, cannot wisely be aban-
doned for one that is less so. Suppose
that the sons of farmers go to the cities,
is the actual gain to the cities sufficient
to balance the loss to the country towns!
Jay, in one of his chapters on Political
Economy, remarks, that "emigration of
industry. capital and local attachment is
no less dead and total loss to the country
abandoned. than it is shear gain to the
country afording an ASYLUM. TWAS III
stantly observed by fhriStiana, Queen of
Sweden, upon the revocation Of the edict
of Nantes, that Louis XIV. had used his
right hand to cut off his lelt.'
Though this remark may not apply
fully to the ease of migration from the
country to the cities, must not the coun'
try be injared by the pr 'cess. especially
il those who migrate are not essentially
benefited by the change! 1t may admit
of serious doubt whether The actual wei
fare Of ci;ias is advance by an excessive
drawing of the paprlatm from the sur
rounding country. The view take may