The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1845-12-17

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and enjoins upon US the duty of yiganty turn
ing our attention towards the liquidation Of the
existing public debt.
The original creation Of this debt was only
justified by the peculiar situation of the State,
and the imperative necessity at the time, for the
aid of government N the constitution of public
Improvements. A part of this debt will fall due
in 1850, part in 1856, part in 1860, and
part in 1870. With the ample and growing
means and resources of the State, the payment
of the liabilities can, and doubtless wi be pune
tually met without difficulty. The interest on
this debt, which falls due sem-annually, was
punctually paid during the past season, and ar
have already been made 10 pay the
liabilities falling due in January and July next.
The important and long discussed question of
Banks and the currency was settled, and il is 10
be hoped permanently settled, by the action of
the last Legislature; and upon such principles as
trust, will secure TO the people of Ohio, in fu-
ture, uniform and stable currency. The new
Banking Law was deliberately enacted, after
ample consideration, and faithful examination
of other systems which had been tested.
Banks in our country, are founded on the
credit system. A system Of credit is an essen
tal auxiliary to the prosperity Of free, enerpri<
sing, and enlightened people In those coun-
rries where despotsm prevails TO the greatest
extent, and. where the laboring classes of the
people are The most oppressed, Banks of issue
are not known. Hence it is, in these countries,
that the man who is INDECENT in early life, what
ever may be his native ability and energy of
character, ends tedious existence as he COM
menced it.
Already are twenty y-one banks doing business
under The provisions of the new law, and two more
have complied with the acquisitions of the law,and
will in few days, 60 into operation. And already
do the people OF Ohio begin TO feel the Influence of
this system, in the restoration OF confidence, the
revival ofbusiness, the increase of the wages of
labor, and the rising prosperity of the State. A
Banking system which secures TO the people
good paper medium of exchange, convertible at
all fines into gold and silver on demand, is evil
dence of an advanced state of civilization, of the
prosperity Of commerce, and of tho progressive
improvement of the country.
Agriculture, being the most important branch
of industry in this State, and furnishing more
extensive employment to our citizens than any
other pursuit, cannot receive TOO much aterton
and encouragement from the government. Ohio
is peculiarly adapted by nature to this first and
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ritory Of more than forty thousand square miles,
the chief part of which is not only fitted for the
purposes Of cultivation but composed of a soilre-
markable for It's fertility, as we'll as its peculiar
adaptation 10 the most essential, useful, and va
luable agricultural pIoducts, this State is capable
of occupying a prominent position among the
countries OF the world, in the products ofhe soil.
The elements of commercial and manufacturing
industry in this State must continue to be chiefly
dependent on the staple products of the SOIL
This great branch of industry must, therefore,
constitute the principal foundation Of our pros
perity. 1t is, therefore, consideration of no or
dnary import, thar the attention of the people of
this State should be directed with peculiar inter-
est TO the various Improvements, and useful dis
coveries, in the art of agriculture, and that the
fostering hand of the government should not be
withheld from this most extensive pursuit of our
people.
BY neglect and unskilful tillage, nearly one
half of the products Of this great source Of wealth
and prosperity may be lost. Already il is appa-
rent, in some parts of the Stale, that deterlora-
ton of the soil has taken place, and great want
of skill exists in the production of crops. The
agricuturists in our State have not adopted those
improvements and useful discoveries which have
been made in the cultivation of the soil. The
lights of science and practical instruction have,
with eminent success, been applied in some
countries ty the art of agriculture, by which this
branch of industry has been greatly elevated, The
minds of those engaged in it much enlightened,
and their labor rendered doubly productive.
1t must be admitted by every enlightened
mind, that scientific knowledge is as important
in tho nf ntrrinutura ic N tha
manufacturing or mechanic arts We learn, from
reliable sources, that agricultural schools have
been established in some parts Of Europe, with
highly beneficial results, and that improved me-
thods have been adopted, by which an average
crop Of wheat has been increased from II TO Ia
bushels per acre, to 26 or 80, and in some choice
soils, as great as 45 and so bushels per acre have
been raised.
commend this subject TO your especial aten-
ton and regard, and submit 10 your consldera-
ton, whether important and most beneficial re-
suits might not be derived from the establish
ment and efficient management of an agrculu-
raj department under the government. A prop
ositon for similar department under the gener-
al government was once zealously urged by Pre-
sldent Washington upon tie attention of Con-
gress. Under the existing state of affairs, il is
probable that an institution of this character
could bemore Immediately useful by being under
the control of the State government.
Although manufactures and commerce in this
State must depend on the prosperity of agricul-
lural pursuits, yet the agricultural cannot be in
independent of the manufacturing and CONNER
cial interests. In the great branches of industry,
there is a mutually of dependence and recipro-
city of benefits. The agriculiurst cannot prosper
without market for his surplus products. For
cign markets must always be moro or less variant
and uncertain. The most certain and reliable
marketfor our agricultural products, is that which
is furnished by consumers at home and this can
only be secured by system Of protective policy