True Democrat. (Paulding, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1846-09-09

the other hand, commerce would cease, iii was
not for the art OF agriculture, TO spread her be.
nIgn Influence over the national state of man.
Excuse me, sir we agree perceive, on this
point, but, until now, have not been understood
to each other
Permit me now to make from your comm.
nicalion Of the 18th ult. the following quo
taton
1t is not your province (farmers) to be rul.
ed but TO rule,-not to obey, but to command"
How does this small sentence agree with that
memorable expression of Jefferson's, the author
Of the Declaration of Independence ave
are all free and equal" You are not willing
to place the farmer upon an equality with all
others, but you would make him a dictator.
But you are not satisfied with giving him the
reins of power as governing the rest of man.
kind, but you advance his rights still farther,
aid assert for him also the prncely right of
commanding. IF you ale Democrat, Agr
cola, hold your farmer up at an equal station
with all other classes; but, in the name of
blushing liberty, never place him in advance.
Does the above quotation look like claiming
nothing more than an equal share IN the ma
nagcmont" of affairs | think it claims some.
thing more. | shall not pretend to say how
many or what proportion of the professions
were with King George in the Revolution
nor do | conceive it of any importance in de-
tcrminng the falsity or truth Of your posi-
ton, in determining the peculiar rights of agri
cultursts. Sill you will, am sure, pardon
me- when state upon the authority Of Thomas
Jefferson, that lawyers were the first to protest
against the conduct of England towards these
colonies, and the warmest in support of their
rights, after the Declaration Patrick Henry
first sent forth the Pickering torch that fled
the American people with the daring spirit of
resistance-that secured the liberties, perhaps
of the whole world
How did you, Agricola, conclude from the
quotation made from my last that alluded to
change of places between farmers and law
verse
ne (tuG ldTiHtIj HdS OttH duFdHCtu 10 an
equal station with any of the honorable tribe
who heretofore assumed to themselves the al
most divine prerogalive Of giving laws and pro-
lection, and of inflicting injuries and punish
mcns to that important (larmlng) class 1t is
hoped that they will never degrade themselves
so low as in turn to change, or attempt 10
change places with that class of men, who
taught them their rights and yielded to them an
equal station"
Take these two sentences together, regarding
also the context, and what is The unmaakable
Why,-the farmers who had once
been ruled by the rich and powerful and held
in The ligh, Of political d pend ,nts, should not
now, in the face Of our political creed, "rule"
aud command all other Glasses Of people, |
as you have instructed them to do, bot they
should maintain an equal station with them,
and nothing more, Any man Of ordinary
sense must have seen at once that | was al.
lulng TO the reciprocal relations Of men in
their social obligations and rights and not TO
prof., ssions OF avocalions. Those lawyers tchO
did, from . sense Of duty, join the farmers in
dSStiAuL tAtit IHAtptuuNuCC dud ItNNOul' SC
cured as much and equal station among men as
The farmers who won it with sword onl bay.
onet And they did make their masters and
rulers, with sword end bayonet" "yieid' to
them hai EQUAL station for which have fcebly
raised my voice Had the war continued al.
ways, that station, until yet, would not have
been yielded, nor would il have been won.
Yes, and these rulers and masters who con.
rolled the destinies OF their subjects, Taught
our people their rights, by continued and re-
pealed expressions, after having first presented
% their lips the cup Of liberty. The history Of
British expressions taught them that 10 be free
hey must hazard their lives, else forever re-
main in the disgraeing state Of crouehing
slaves
Do you now understand me- "AgricolaT
agree with you,-hrmers should select
rom amongst themselves incumbenis for Office
lnless they become convinced that the meriis
II prol,s sional ultn are equal to their preien.
ions" Yours
PHILO AGRICOLA.
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