The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1844-03-01

-. MeSSrs. Eiltos-Will you do me the favor to
publish the accompanying extracts from an ad-
dress by Lieut.. Gov. DlcKINsoS, of \. Y, deli
livercd at the Fair of the Queens County Agri-
cultural Society, Oct. l7.h, 1913.
entertain no doubt but that The extracts will
be interesting to your readers. They are truly
eloquent and tend to place in the proper light the
dignity of agriculture and the MANLINEss of la
bor." The beautiful and iorcible illustrations of
the Importance TO the farmer, as being connected
with bis pursuits Of the prosecution Of science and
the acquisition Of knowledge, and the possession
of thorough understanding of the, economy OF
human government and political scencc-tha,
"true political science 50 happily delineated by
:, the au,hor-wh command the attention and ap-
prevail of every reader.
ave have the high authority of hsto-
ry, sacred and profane, for declaring tina,
agriculture is dignifed and ,me-hon-
ored calling-ordained and favored of
7, heaven, and sanctioned by experience
and we are invited 10 its pursuit by the
reward of the past and the present, and
g. the fierce spiri! Of war, with its embatIed
:, legions, has, in its proud triumphs,
'whelmed nations in blood, and wrapped
Z cities in fire. and filed the land with
lamenlaiion and mourning, it has not
brought peace or happiness to single
heart--dried the tears of the widows, or
hu,hed the cries Of the orphans it has
made--bound up or soothed one crushed
= or broken sprit-nor heightened the joys
of domestic or social life in single bo-
som. But how many dark recesses of
the earth has agriculture Illuminated with
-. It's blessings How many fresides has it
= lighted mp with radiant gladness How
y many hearts has it made buoyant with
domestic hope How often, like the good
Samaritan, has it allevialed wan. and
misery. while the priests and Levi,e of
power have passed by on the other side +!
= How many family affairs, and gathering
places Of affection, has it erected How
many desolate homes has i, cleercd by
its consultations How have its peaceful
and gentle influences filled the land with
righteousness and riches, and made it vo-
cal with praise and thanksgiving
"I! has pleased the benevolent Author
of our existence, TO set in boundless pro-
fession before us, the necessary elements
for high state Of cultivation and enjoy
ment. Blessings cluster around us like
fruits of the land Of promise, and Silence
unfolds her treasures and invites us to
partake, literally without money and
without price. The propensiies of our
nature, as well as the philosophy Of our
being, serve 10 remind us that man was
for care and for abor-for the acquisition
and enjoyment of property-for society
and government-to wresie with the ele-
menls around him /; and, that by an active
exercise of his powers and faculties alone,
can lie answer the ends of his creation, or
exhibit his exalted a,tributes.-H!s daily
wants, in all conditions of life, prompt
him TO exerlion, and the spirit of acqui-
sition so deeply implanted in the human
breast, that 'rumbling passion strong in
DEATH SO universally dfIuscd through
the whole family of man, is the parent
of that laudable enterprise which has
caused the wilderness to bud and blossom
like the rose-planted domestic enjoy
ments in the lair Of til breast Of prey,
and transformed the earth from an univer-
sal wild into one vast s,ore.house Of sub
sistence and enjoyment. What can be
more acceptable TO the patriot or the phi.
lanihro?is, than to behold the great mass
Of mankind raised above the degrading
influences of tyranny and Incidence, To
the rational erjoymen. Of the bounlies OF
their Creator ! 10 see, in the productions
Of mans magic mowers, the cultivated