True Democrat. (Paulding, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1846-08-26
For the True Democrat.

Agriculture, correctly speaking, should be
esteemed among the most honorable of avoca.
tons am always ready to award to the far.
mer the distinction to which his pursuits and
honesty justly entite him. 1t is from his
hands every other branch of industry is sup
piled with raiment and food Agriculture is
the chief source from which national prosperi-
ty and individual happiness are derived -
whilst commerce is the lever, agriculture is the
lulcrum of our nm xampled progress and ele.
vation. That man who, in this country, sig
nlicantly speaks of honorable professions, Ger.
tainly does not dare to exclude the cultivator
of the soil from the character of honorable
II he does, his school has incuIcated doctrines
i'll in accordance with the spirit of our insu-
TONS
The farmer has always given tone and
strength to every measure of importance iden.
titled with the affairs of our Government. But
the farmer is dependent, in some degree, on
other branches of industry. The interests, as
i
actual cuivator of the soil in Europe is of
that lass aristocrats term pebians," and I'M
worthy to participate in the control of public
business, Not so here He has been advanc.
ed by political regeneration to an equal station
with any OF the honorable tribe who heretofore
assumed to themselves the almost divine pre-.
rogative of giving laws and protection and of
inaicting injuries AMI punishments to that i'm
porant class. 1t is hoped that they will never
degrade themselves so low as in turn to change
or attempt to change places with that class of
men who taught them their ehts, anu Welded
suruI rquaI s9duUn. ney shUuru- mani.
tain that, and ask for nothing more
But Agricola," in your last paper, has
pointed with telegraphic finger to an unequal
distribution of offices in favor of the learned
professions, and especially that of the law. Pre-
sumption is in favor ofthe truth OF his ca!cuIa-
ton, or rather round assertion; but appeal to
truth, actual facts, to demonstrate this simple
question, and we will find the farming inter.
ests more than equally represented in every
legislative body in this Union. What would
be a correct basis upon which representation
should be seected2 Take that portion of the
population qualified by education TO enter lie.
gislative or political life, and from them with
due respect to each class, select public officers.
Upon this basis, the farmers from the founda.
ton Of the government, have maintained de-
cded advantage. But Ia Ike the mass of the po
pulalion as The correct criterion, and il will be
found ahho' lawyers and doctors have aspira-
tious to spare, that the farmers, by well d.
reced and constant fire upon the learned pro.
fessions, have kept them Ear in the back ground
whilst they have proudly held the ascendaney,
and have occupied the front in spite OF all sp
position This is also a slalement--farmers
should act upon facts They should not listen
to the praliug ola speculative seeker after Of
fee, whether he be the farmer, or devil, or
what is generally conceded TO be the sIme thing,
the lawyer Take Jasper County. How
many lawyers have held Office under her eloe.
ton sanction since her organizationl Not one,
unless it was ia some Judicial place. Take
Newton. Jackson. Neshoba, Harrison, Gov
ington, aud, as am informed BY an old Cit.
zen farmer, NEITHER have ever had lawyer
for representative This perhaps has grown
out Of the fact that they have never been able
to procure one sufficiently homes, or able 10
serve them; or that they have always bad far
mers better qualified and decidedly more hon.
est These proofs are at home. Should "Ag-
ricola" coniras them. however, and show that
some poor fellow Of the green bag ever DID BY
chance. succeed IN either Of the counties MN.
toned in procuring Office al the hands Of The
people, Il will only show that nv Information
s 90, true; but will nOt in the sligbles degree
shake the position Of which tnis s,atemeat u
predicsie. An equal representation Of every
iuteresi is all elaiul, and am quite cou6deni
that Agueoa" will insist upon 10 cher
PHILO AGRICOLA