Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-01-16
agricultural.
ADDRESS OF WM. l.. GoGGIN,

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PUBLISHED ny m UNANIMOUS REQUEST oF THE MEMBERS
=. Gsntemen:N Ne NAV well congratulate our,elves an,
each other, that pc exciting of great polilca
contest having hsSed, we permitted To enter
upon the every ds concerns Of llfe.'rhe farmer has
" returned from thc6eld ri political conflict, 10 listen /,
The sober conversions OF his brother farmers and the
s. smile Of the good nusewile with the ptao of nno
cence around the dNeslic clcle, reminds him. that he
y mas s'l'i high duties perform 10 himself. Tor his aBy
= aud his country, The discharge Of which, he know.
no party and is bound 10 render political iealiylle
attends not now, al tn rusirual. 10 ninoe his applause
with that Of ;he multitude. who catch the words Of some
orator as he Is adv'cang the ams Of individuals
nee or is ar0nsne hsunnrynen against the tendencies
OF particular system VI govemmentlle is no longer
sunmuned 10 The trlarmance Of his obligations
at the polls. but he 5 called to his own fcds-lo
the trcsdeto The enjoyment Of The pleasures Of a rural
ME, and 10 the pnrspf ii ihat happiness. which, al last
is most easily be found. where his authority is re-
strained by no written rles-nn constitutional barriers
but guided by suhr sse sound ud !ment by prarti.
cal experience, and by examples which may be prua-
bly, oted-fenenherng, tha he is responsible the
head I" miniature government. for ALT the Departments,
united as hy III hin, aud concentrated as they
be III him alone
The great first study Of the man who makes Agricul
inre his every day pursuit, Is the volume of nature Itself
rs il Is spread here him There he reads 4 lears
To love The bcantits Il that world of which he is part
there he is taught oder, arrangement, system and
nny--t ere he finds no dlseurd, bn, all IS harmony.
''seaug and giving odour" all arouod HIN, The blade
o grass that points lis liale spire above the cod, The
dews and the geUal showers, with which they
teedthe air he food aud the light with which they
nourishedare daily teaching hlH how he too may
tribute To aid the designs OF the great Maker OF all
The whole earth Itself. the fields, the rocks and the
sands, the forests ard The walter falls, point him 10 the
wisdom which is every where dspayed; aud he reads
daily with the book neilre hin. though he may
have euoyed the advantages o common schools learn
ed coll H.. m Ia lave
Dor himself 10 do unto Others he would that they
should do uao him but he must already have lea rned
that there is God, and dat he is God to whom his
thanks due, Tor the countless blessings he enjoys.
From his very pursuits The lO us the ~oll, has
Advantages which even the eoeaan cannot boast. ii he
viii bat learn 20 pro by lien. His teachers all a
ruud him. and he is happy IN the belief that they
supplied charge, save that gratitude whch Is due
10 Him who las bestowed tem upon his creatures. for
telr hensfl and improvement. All may parlake of Tins
hpuniltul provision II IS rue, hut more especially
hey appropriate II 10 themselves who in the fields and
on the farm IN the quiet and seclusoa of country e.
have the beauties and the wgnders Of nature eure
ihem with for cOntpnl patlun and rrCctlun
'ctrupled by the bsic 81 commercial lirssiOna pur
suits. Constantly is the mind led to dwell too upon
hecs. that thus become endeared to Constant
ly is the soul lifted up higher aspirations, while
love The occupation which calls these feelings into ac-
tnn and bring back with fond remembrance each incldeai
If our early teaching the first lessons If childhood
thns given the raerna hru where listened to
the piuug haus yuice, heard Tie echo vi The wood
! M - axe.
Agriculture indeed may be sail 10 he the companion
# e'"d feelings encouraged as they by lis sys,ema
e trsun. Whle il Is ais The handmad OF morality and
fcIAI order. 1t putfes the passions of the human
htarl. II inspires love oi liberty, promotes patriotic
adur, and GliS The mind with religious sentiments ard
ev"tIn nal duty. and hahknins which is daily reader
ed. FIR the ird which slstalas US, and which learn
given the reward 81 uur toll OF all the various
Professions sciences, 1t surely cannot be ianked
second to any 1t 10 be the natural pursuit of
man. and the earth tiat enjoy the fruits
thereof. The Creator has made lis lllage the first,
1t the nu,lrsi pursuit. pervsrslon of the order ut
TIN gs, bad al lime. depressed hr standing OF Agri
cnue, and IN corresponding ratio had elevated that
class Of cz MS who filled the learned profssi.ns
who beiook themselves to the erchandsr the clio
sci or the co1nag house. The student who entered
academy the son OF an attorney. or who claimed
descent from disciple Of Esculnp'us, seemed,
by stt Of ge iefal consent, To occupy higher
rank mlng his fellows, than he, who dersvely, was
said to be- only the son of larner-a country bow
And often have the sensblliies Of modest youths been
made kcenly 10 feel an nfrnily, which EXISTED only IN
the fancy OF those, who assumed 10 themselves the pr
vIle5c o rating s1crty, mol by the moral worth OF lis
members bat by the desgua ions and TILES given 10 It's
cas,,s Another state Of ihings, most hap
PLY exists, and the farmer. hts wife, his or his
daughter regarded inferior 10 Of the best Of
the other classes. The benghied age has passed away
the clouds Of prejudice have dispersed. and the bright
beamng sun OF knowledge Is iast tending 10 lis merldl
an h ight Education beginning 10 he dlused
throughout the land and science stepping in lend
lis nilIence That branch Of industry which once IL
thought required only the hoe and the 0nIshare,
he and the spa IL to make it profitable enough for
such men farmers used Il, be esteemed. The clergy
aud other educated classes alone required he in
ina ed Into The miscaIled mysteries of book learning
Science could claim yolarles from The farm or the
nelghboOud OF the barn-yardthe association was shock
ing the rtfnemens of ptyis ed order. Now, how,
ever, depressed is Agriculture, students may be
as often found among the OF thuse who depend on
his branch Of industry lor their financial 'ways and
means" as among the other classes, which al last, are
but the germs Of Agriculture. The farming interest Is
that winch the greatest number, aud embraces,
in ac all other pursuits, which are but MINOR and subsi
diary. Lawyers and physicians, the mechanic arts and
the various branches Of manufactures, all essential 10
the operations Of general society But he are the clients
i of he attorney Ihose whose land titles rcfiaTs
disputed. whose contracts must he enforced in court
of justice. Where the doctors patients They are
among the pluu1hmen al the farm house. Who are
those that require the aid and the handcraft OF the
snilh's SHOP the llom, the shuttle and the shears =
They are ih no drive the team and speed the plough.
/ Who bat the merchant, knows so well the value OF a
prompt and punctual cJnntry customer Even tie mari
nsr on the Deep he looks 10 his compass, ecs his
sail for distant cline, recuects that his ship bears now
the freight that the earth gave to the husbahdman
as The earnings of his labor, which he Is sending to
feed the hungry In another land,
! Statesmen warriors, men Of science, merchants and
mechanics have ALL in the history OF republic,
been taken (r, m the ranks of the farming community, 10
fill and adurn their respective professions. The civic
wreath and the chaplet that the hero have both
l,,t IT, M lands.