New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-09-18
VOL. VII. NO. i3s.

utsre then and 10 give energy and prosperity
this great snd vits branch of bumsn industry health.
fu md stable market b,cOmes Indispensable. snd no
should more carefully occupy the attention of the
farmers Of the United States.
Deeply impress-d with the conviction Of this truth,
benevolent minds have cherished the IDEA that dOmes
tic market be influenced only by our own national
policy. would ha 50 lar preferable ia stability and
tsinty 10 the open market Of the commercial world
To have persuaded hemselvcs that sufficient market
for agricultural products is thus sttsnsbe Its no,
designed u discuss the souD6ness OF tots theory where
II be reduced 10 practice but only 10 inquire whether
the state Of this county the condition Of s society and
the tendency and Inclination OF lie population, TO their
Industrial pursuits such at the present tune or can
be- expected 10 BE- such for generations yet to come As
to render It possbe 10 consume within the country The
surplus productions OF agriculture The theory of
an exclusively domestic market for this gres, domestic
interest Ia certainly very beautiful One. theory snd
scarcely fail 10 strike the mind iavorsby upon hrst
iinpre ssion STILL examination has produced differences
opinion between s,atssmen Of equal intelligence and
patriotism 10 It's influences upon the happiness and
prosperity of country and its population An exsm
nation Of this question would lead 20 discussion prop
ry considered political II Dot partisan, and All such
discussions II is my settled purpose 20 avoid "a nsppro
pirate 10 the place and the occasion.
! simply propose b inquire 10 fact which must
outro the application Of theories and principles OF pr
c. economy touching this point, d our country and
its agricultural population, without raising any question
! az o. the wisdom OF the the sOundn.ss OF the
other Is the consumption Of this county equal 10 tie
agricultural production, Il become within ans
cacuiable period Of years How Ia The fact May
not inquire without giving OisDcr trnnscepcng the
| limits have prescribed Tor myself 10 tue dtcussOn :
Can fair examination scrupuOusly confined u this
poiut take political bearing or disturb political feel
ngi 1t 10 certainly not my desgD 10 wound the feel
nes Of any Of the Society. of any citizen If
the country; aud have convinced my self that may
make this inquiry, aud express the conclusions Of my
o sn mind ss 70 the result without doing either u
eha prove 10 be in error It Will be al error rs % the
fact inquired after and not as 10 the sOuDdness Of the
principle Ia political economy dependent upon the fact
for it, application because Is ~ the s0untness ~ the
principle attempt discussion and offer no opinion
II will be al error as 20 the applicability OF theory 70
our country aud not he wisdom or policy OF the
theory ITSELF because Of the s0unoness or unsJunones
OF the tn DRY. when Il can be practically applied stu
dousiy refrain from any expression rs lnsppropfhi"
nsre Win the indulgence OF the Society," will inquire
AS 10 the fact
every variety Of climate and soi most favorable 10 ayr
cultural pursuits II produces already almos, every
agricultural staple, and the most important are the ordi
nary productions OF oGtepaive sections OF the country
and sTe now sent 10 the markets IN great abundance
Ye, our agriculture ia in its infancy almost every
where aud ito maturity nowhere II 10 believed TO DE
entirely fsa to that there is not one single ag
cultural County Ia the whole Union, hled up IN Al egr
cultural s.usenot such County which has not yet
/ land 70 te brought into cultivation, and much more
Land cultivation OF which 10 TO be materially I'M
proved before Il be considered ss having reached
the measure OF ia capacity for production. II his be
true of the beet cultivated Horticultural County IN the
Union, how vast Is tho proportion OF those Counties
which have entire tOWnsh pa and OF the states "hlch
havo not merely Counties bat entire Districts, yet
wholly unpeopled and unreciaifneo from tne "i'e'
When 10 this broad of the agricultural field OF our
country add immense territories organized and
nnorganized who compute the agricultural capaci
tes Of the United States tx lm to the period when
our surplus agricultural productions viii Increase win
ncrcs.og years and population Compsre the Censuses
OF ls0 1910 with the map OF the Union aud witness
the increase of population In the new states "nch ho
ampst exclusively agricultural and who can doubt the
strong and resiscss inclination OF our people to TINS puF
suitf
trv diversity of soils varieties Of climate, and partial
and imperfect cultivation the present agricultural pros
poets of this country. Witness the rapid advances OF
the last years In the character OF our cusoo
the quality and quantity ofour productions from gwen
breach Of land and the improvements IN all the lmpe
menis by which tho labor Of tA6 farmer i assisted ana
applied Mark the vast change In the curren, OF ecu
oaed mind OF h country IN respect to this pursuit the
awakened attention 10 its high respectfully as PROBES
sion to its safety from bazards 70 its healthuiness 10
mind md body and to is productveness Listen TO the
call Tor information, for education upon agricultural
subjects aud TO the demands that this education sna
constituts a department in the great and aIpervaoins
syst, m of our common school education. subject AZ
this receiving the especial attention. anu Dting
forward by the renewed energies Of this Socc
b. hold the numbers of professors honored WIN 'ne
highest testimonials OF learning conferred IN our coun-
try deyoung their lves 10 geological and chemical re-
searches calculated TO evolve the laws OF Nature con
nected with agricultural production. 90 into our col
leges and institutions of learning and count the young
men ,oilng insusIously for their diplomas. 70 quaiy
lves to become practical and successful farmers
already convinced that equally with the clerical the
legal and the medicel professions, thst OF agriculture
REQUIRES a thorough and systematic education ana s
successful practice tho oxercise OF an active mind de'
voted 10 dillgeut study. ,
Apply these bright and Frightening prospects, to the
almost boundess agricultural held OF our country win
It's varied and ssubfous climate its fresh and nnDrOk
soils cheap lands aud feesimpe titles and VINO can
hope II he would 10 turn the inclinauons OF our poopr
from this fair field OF labor and OF ssuret Here the
toll which secures certain independence s sweetened
by tho constan; and constantly varying exnoiuohs ol
Nature In her mOslovey forms and cheered by tue most
benicnaut manifestations of the wonderful power ana
goodness Of Natures God Cultivated by the resout"
hands and enlightened minds of ircemen, owners oil 'hs
soil properly educated. farmers uncer wise anu
jus, administration OF system OF liberal pubic
ton should and will be- and aided by the researches OF
Geology and Chemlsry who can calculate inc eNph' Vi
the harvess 70 gathered from this vast field OF wisely
directed humnn industry
The nrssent surpus of Rreads,ufls OF this cOuatry
could not have presented in distinct ana IN
terc stug poet than during the present year ""
IN Europe, AS widespread as IL mas Oe,h ueN"s'H't s
terrible has made lie demands upon American snppes'
moi simply a. The extent Of the ability OF the fu9rns ID
purchase food but in superadded appeals 10 AMERICAN
sympathy in favor Of the destitute ard starving tVty
call upon our mark has been fully met snd the he"r'
of Europe has been filed with warm and grsielu re
sponses to the benevo,nce Of our counirymen ana J"1
the OF Commerce are iiied win the prooue'
0rs OF American Agriculture surely the eonsunip'o"
of this country is not equal 10 its agricultural pro
ducons ,
Ii such ia our surplus in the present limited eH'enl
-
thA. an exclusive domestic markets. possible 10 l9'hsn
d. nsnd for tie mature abundsncet In tbs Vie" OF
THE great and growing interest can We see UNIT u Tue
uerOd when the United States will present In the com
iucrcsl markets of the world large surpuses oil al me
ysriees Of bresdstus, of beef pork, butter cneese
cotton tobacco and rice, beyond the consumption OF
our own country Aud Who with the expert o.
the last few years before him can doubt ihst lhs u
spow at hand when thu two great staples Of Noo shc
IIensn will be added to the list OF our eSporisuonst
Tbsse considerations and others OF kindred ehsrsc
L. mol
with unfeicnod Difference provo that the agriculture
Of The United States for indefinite period yet 10 come
n,ps, continue 10 yield annual supplies u our prioePs
.tass lar beyond any possible demsnd OF me dome,u
ma,ks and must therefore remsn a. Il no" Is Sn1 mas
ever been an exporting interest As sucn II mus cav
direct concern IN the foreign trade end commerce %
the country and in all the regulations OF our s~n ana o.
foreign Governments which affect either equal 70 inter
/ e., In a stable aud adequate market
II this conclusion bs sound. then our farmers mus
surresder the idea of domestic market 10 furuisn tns
demand and the value Of their productions and
mus, prepare themselves to meet the competition oil ice
, commercial world In the markets OF the comnereis
world Ia the sale Of the fruits Of their labor. Tbs mart
commerce must be their market, and the demand ana
supply which NEE, 10 those msrt must govern heI pr