Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-03-25
AgriGnltnre.

The United States owe their great prin-
ciple of power and duration to that spirit
of honest industry and that God-reveren.
cling feeling which filed and elevated their
forefathers. They came from the old
world TO this new one, 10 pillow, harrow,
and hoe ir,) looking to God alone for his
blessing upon their endeavors 10 obey his
great command, of earning their living by
The sweat of their brows.
Spain sent out Cortez and Pizarro to
gather Tie gold Of Peru and Mexico. They
did gather it. Spain dropped her spade,
her pillow, and her hoe. She revelIed in
the pride which 30,000,000 of American
dollars year for period did sustain. She
lost the will, and Of course the power, tc
continue that beautiful culture of the
splendid peninsula in which her lot was
cast. The hidalgo was too proud to work;
Grenada ceased to be what it once was
before The voyage of CoIumbus-a para
disc in lis gardens; Spain has for 40 years
past almost ceased 10 be heard of, except
In her rnisfortures. In that period of time,
by the sweat Of her brow, this Union has
more than doubled the population of poor
Spain, and grown so rich thatfhe gold o.
the mines of Peru, gathering for twenty
years, will not pay for the produce of ou
industry in one year, nor for that of Eng
land Of last year for six months; for by thu
Parliamentary returns, the product OF Brl
fish agriculture in 1914 was 100000,
600.
There is no lesson in all history lik
that Of the great fountain of Roman power
Cato said, sheet the arduous labor of tn
farm as you would the enemies of you
country IN battle. Summons all your for
ces, and the will reward you with ak he
gifts Neglect her, and you perish''
Such was the enthusiasm which CAV
that powerful people the first stand anon
the nations When they became rict
built cities, herded in luxurious masse.
crowded their amphitheatfes, lounge
about their magnificent baths, trying to a
leviate the horrors of the demon OF idlt
ness! bawling at every corner oflhe stree
to passers by, "Quid Noparum! Quid NJ
rarum!" what's the news? they felt
wretched prey before the Goth and tn
Vandal, who lived hardy life.
1t is hardly practicable to find betwee
the Afostook and the Rio Grande souu
man who ides his years away. All al
impeled by the spirit Of industry whc
old Cato would clap his hands to behoI
Onward! onward! is the national heartfe
cry. Labor with inyincible perseverance,
No disappointment can check his pr
gress. The axe prostrates the forests
ages; on comes the plow; and then ii
cradle which gathers IN the glorious gra
to iced all ours, and half another matte
besides, If necessary.
In the eagerness OF cultivation, "
have not yet had time TO think of the n
cessary exhaustion Of our vexed fields.-
Now IN our older fields we begin to 81
that IN our excessive haste we have owe
drawn our bank. Science and care mu
be consulted torestore that vegetable 10,
er which has been tooprofliaatelv so,.ee
ed from the bosom ot the eurthl ri
means are happily in our power. lis
ready settled TO certainty that scion
can be applied Nth absolute profit
agriculture. Re eili experiments ID
demnnsnareJ TIE vass sasns IF an acc
ra,eanely .iSp . sass, plants, and the !
cuIInr eiomruis legptted .y the vario
kinds u w "a ipr ne complete q