New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-07-23
The Coming Crop.
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Wa ,e;o;eed to obtain. from sources Of I'M
Questionable merit INTEL gence Of forthcoming
abundant crop this season. The estimate that has
been handed US makes the seed Of this year one
third greater than that Of las,-while every indics
ton upon which we can rely aogurs crop equally
good in proportion.
10 Ireland, our latest re ports authorize apprehen-
sions Of another failure in the Potato crop-though
such lamentable contingency is in great part pro-
vided for by the liberal that has been made IN
planting Of our Indian Corn. By the introduction Of
this great staple Of human life into the old country
we have added vastly ~ her original Indebtedness
to us for the gift ofthe esculent Potato
Still next year as well as this, in all human prob
ability. we shall be the carriers Of suhiciency &c
Great Britain " US she will look with confidence
for supplies that her own soil refuses 10 contribute,
and will not look in vain.
In conversation which a late Minister Of our
country held with Sir Robert Peel then Premier
Of Great Britain the latter acknowledged with
much csndor and even with seeming qualification
that hereafter his country must look to our own for
perennial supply Of the necessaries Of life. " Not
upon the countries contiguous 10 the Baltic, nor any
European or eastern land do / depend for our fu
tare wants-but to the prolific soil and illimtabe
products Of your GREAT WEST"
That eminent statesman has the sagacity 10 per
ceve that the resources Of country, as they be
come developed-the resources that spring from
luxurant soil and the hardy indomitable energies
of willing labor-must, in the natural operation Of
imnutable laws outstrip and detrude the scanty
contributions Of oyertaxed aud unpaid labor OF
penurious and ungrateful soil. His prophetic Wis
ion led him to anticipate what stern and unyied-
ing necessity would soon have impressed upon q
more common apprehension. And when he tenn
pered the iron restrictions OF the Corn Laws-those
barbarous relics Of an unenlightened age-and, an
fact babe open the prsongates Of the trade he made
no concession 10 us or 10 interests. but TO the
coming events whose shadow his good common
sense.-that second sight Of statesmen,-enabled
him 10 divine. He saw the storm rising while it
was no bigger than a mans hand recognized its
hidden meaning and prepared TO encounter 1t.
And though, ia Difference to the bigots OF his age
he but for a certain period removed the shackes Of
trade. successive events aud increasing intel
gence.-the necessities Of man and the silent
workings of Nature will conspire to complete and
establish his undertakings and we shall be- IN all
time to come, producers for England
With such prospective demand for our super
luous productions it must be gratifying to hail
the promise of n good harvest The husbandman
will not be condemned TO behold the crops, which
in their vigorous growth gladden. his heart over
whelm with their unregarded bulk his ooPious
eranaries. or become the despised rejection OF
wasteful extravagance. He will obtain the remu'
neratng price Of labor be melted to new exertIon
by new hopes, gratifying life with the easy means
Of living.
The genial and constant warmth Of the sun, the
grateful exhalations. and viyiiying showers shed
their influence upon the fruits Of the earth and 1t
pleases us to think that while the constancy and
vigor Of these elements OF abundance encourage
the honest and pains taking producer they at the
same time dshearten the reckless Spectator IN
the necessities OF human existence. The security
Of rich harvest and opportune market will avail
much TO prevent the rash and immoral gambling OF
the last season.