The lynx. (Panola, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1845-1845, 1845-11-29
every part Of our country-instead
OF inertness and lethargy, we would see

every part Of our country-instead
OF inertness and lethargy, we would see
keen sighed, spirited buoyant men pros
scouting large schemes Of Individual in
terest, with watchful Jealous enterprise.
new life would throb in the heart Of
our. socie,y--a new life not only in its
peculiarly interests, but in its social and
intellectual interests.
acknowledge Mr. Editor / haxc this
scheme. much at hearts land though
ID humble citizen Of this county, hav-
ing as few Interests al stake as any one
in it, will be grievousIy disappointed
if the scheme does not take--ifit m Gets
with no response in the hearts of those
able if riHing TO effect lis consumma-
| ton
* In case sufficient interest is mani
tested TO justify the trouble. ! may 10
future number Of your paper, offer
some plan for embo ling hat inter est in
acting. FRANCO.
AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE.
We are indebted for The following
facts TO the third OF tna very valuable
lectures now delivering in Clinton Hall
by professor Wines, on the Institutions
and general policy of the Hebrew. COM
monwealth; E--
"A main cause Of this oyer-yaluaticn
Of CONNER cial as compared with agri-
cultural pursuits, .IimTgpe 10 be this,
| that The gains Of commerce he much
mere upon the surface, and are more
upon.the surface. and are more open 10
! the scrutiny and apprehension of the
mass Of observers, while those Of agri-
/ culture, on the contrary. are of more
/ retiring nature. and seldom OBJ rude
themselves on public notice. 1t will noi
there fore be deemed impairment, nor,
+ | hope. altogether unintefeSt ing, to- en-
ter a little into this question, with the
view Of showing the snperior mpor-
2
so Of vim lica;lng the wisdom Of Moses,
in founding upon it alone his policy
| Great Britain is decidedly thermost corn
mercial nation on the globe. Her trade
| with the United States is nearly two fold
that which she carries on with any
other country. And yet what think
! you the entire annual movement Of this
commerce both ways amounts tO?-
/ Aboutas much as the value Of the anu
al crop of oats and beans in the former
country. The whole fore On. com merce
of Great Britain, in pursuit of which
| she overshadows the ocean with her
fleets. and plants her colonies in the
most distant islands; is actually less in
value than the annual grass crops in the
British Islands. The bread stulfS anu
ally extracted from our own soil amount
to more than 80O,0O0,0 900. bushels, and
| thir value is almost tribe that OF IN e
aggregate exports and imports Of the
whole country. Our grass crop-iS worth
| 81 5O, 600, 900, which is just twice tie
value of all QUIZ exports 10 foI eign coun-
tries. The annual Indian corn crop Of
Tennessee and kentncky alone amounts
TO more than 20 100000. bushels, and
fully equals in worth, our exports. to
/ Great Britain and France, which con.
stitute tile. bulk oil all we part wit 10
foreign countries. And what is not a
little fennar kabte,. the corn crop of those
two states-is precisely equal in value to
the entire cotton crop grown-ln all the
states and territories of1he orion Yet
there aresnot wanting, Uncertain quar-.
tiers, writers and-oraiors who sly ethem.
selves statesmen and political econo-
msts, in whose estimation cotton is the
one great interest of the country, and
who Hnagia that now, as erewhile at
New Orleans, cotton bags constitute the
chief defence of the entire public pros
perity an ! welfare. How false ard de-
ceptive are all such ideas. Why, the
agricultural productions of the single
cornmonw ealth of New York exceed. by
several millions the whole cotton crop
of the United States.
JUICE SroRY-Mr. Webster in his
snloov on itIdga Stnrv said. SIT ion N.