The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-10-16
]. Z. McCOLLAM, Printer.
From the National lntelligencer.

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The third number Of this very import.
ant,and, as appears TO us exceedingly welt
executed Journal, has lately reached US;
and we feel it 10 he a duty, which we dis.
charge with real satisfaction, TO place be-
tore our readers as full detail of lis OBJ
Jects aud contents as our columns will al
low, and as correct view of the manner
ia which its contents assist, elucidale, and
promote its avowed objects as our very
limited knowledge OF Agriculture enables
US 10 prepare.
! To say one word respecting the import
auce of agriculture would be a work OF
unequivIcal supererogauon. With what
ever earnestness and whatever warmth Of
zeal we have advocated the cause of do
meslic industry and the development of
our national resources by home manuiac-
tures, there has been no consideration
| whatever which has giveu stronger im~
| pulse TO that course than the conviction
that by so doing we were providing for
that without which Agriculture could not
prosper-G home ma'ket for us produce.
The patriotism Of that man may we'll BE-
questioned who, in advocating any one
branch OF national industry, loses sight of
the Interests of any olher. Agriculture,
Manufactures, and Commerce are the IN
dcniable sources Of national prosperity,
wealth, and power. The first is the basia
of the social fabric, the foundation Of indi-
vduaI Comfort and Of aggregated power.
The loom of the manufacturer converts the
produce Of the field and The flock into USE
tul fabrics, and the vessel ofthe merchant
transfers the surplus product Of the agri-
culUrist and the manufacturer to other
countries. whence are received ia ex.
change those articles which the sun and
soil of our own country will not yield TO
or industry or our skill.
We are aware tha: we are repeating tru-
isms but we care not for the impul0tion,
knowing that they are truejsms which
ought never 10 be lost sight of, and that
unless they are made the basis of our mas
liona policy, the best hopes Of our lhriv-
ing and happy cOuntry may be wrecked,
and the daily trust and The nightly pray
err of the patriot and the phiIanIhropst, es
to lis long and glorious career, rendered
nugatory and aborive.
We repeat, that however highly we
may estimate manufactures and commerce
as elements of national greatness, we still
regard them as subseryient to and depend
enl upon Agriculture. We are convinced
that the greatest achievement Oflegislatvs
wisdom would be the esta bishment sfsuch
a system as, without unnecessary inter-
ference with individual action, would pro.
tect the interests Of all these branches Of
industrial pursuit, without allowing any
one Of the three 10 encroach upon the in
terests of either OF The others. We are
glad that each Of these Interests has now
It's able advocate in the field, and we feel
that we are only echoing the universal SEN
timent that the cause of Agriculture could
not have been entrusted in ADLER hands
than those Of the Editor Of the Farmers
Library. MIR SINNERS long connection
with Agriculture and its various pursuits,
extensive knowledge ofthe arls and sci.
enccs with which it is connected, the re-
suits Of his industry and skill during The
many years Commencing in 1870 in
which he edited the american Farmer"
and the numerous publications with which
he has enriched our agricultural library,
all testify to his fitness for the office which
he now occupies. We congratulate the
publishers of the Farmers Library that
they have secured Mr. SINNERS valuable
convinced that much individual
and general good will be evolved BY his
per in the prosecution OF his editorial la.
bors.
The September number OF THE Far
mers' Library is divided into two parts.
The first, consisting Of forty eight pages,
contains the commencement Of THaers
Principles Of AgrlcVIture,'' work ori-
gIoally written in lhe German language,
and spoken of in the highest terms by the
most celebrated agricuIturis's o: Grea,
Brtain and Continental Europe. Dr.
Thaer was a native of Celle, in Hanover;
4 memoir of his life, which is prtfixed 10
he commencement Of his work, ie very
Il shows his amia6Ie dispo-
'ilion aud his professional skill, and evi-
lences his devotion to agricultural pur-
suits. He died in 1928, at the advanced
age Of seventy six. DR. Thael's great
work was translated into English by
Nessrs Shaw aud Johnson. distinguished
English agricultursts, and published in
London in 1914, and This translation, con-
aiming in the original 1, 400 pages, is to
le furnished to the readers of the f't'ar-
ne1s' Library" in the present volume Of
hat publication Dir Skinner says, in his
veil written Introduction 10 DR. Thaers
work;
"AIl that we regret is, While We are
atished and take much pleasure in the
,eIief that this work on The PRINCIPLES of
Agriculture will be read with hearty ar-
probation and decided profit Restraints Us