The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1848-06-07


ton from the great state agicultura TO our Wa
terec society, been progressing most Iansllldiy
knowing like Il sick mau in his Sleep" Is it that
the suLjrc has been used up and however much
we may wish to know there is nothing left, TO
learn in connection with the especial branches
ofagriculture pursued by us! or do moi the same
general rules SO confesscdly applicable to pro.
grcss AID sncc"ss in other affairs, hold good in
this? UnqucslionahlY they .o-And cotton. the
main staple produced, has so large an interest at
stake, and is completely subject, to the same
Influences, W hcrcver it is raised, as an object,
that q concenralive action OF 4 most thorough
kind could he brought to bear upon it. inag-
! inc iievery man directly interested IN cotton plan
ting. and following it as the sole business of his
fife were to lend his aid in every way in which
!. could be applied, what an immense mass of
facts could be accumulated, and facts are things
most needed, and absolutely required, to be-
gin with; not single instance here and there,
or even the experience of one mans life;
these are but momcniary flashes, that leave
you in the darkness of deeper gloom than
that yn': were in brl0rc-bui enough OF them
To establish principles, which are sure and
unrrrlnG-One result. or half dozen of them,
will lead Il man into the widest error, and but
establish him firmly, upon a hobby from which
the experience ola life time will not di>Iodge
him. and hesmay perchance die and and leave
itasa precious legacy TO his children. who will
gravely mount into the self same saddle, sancti.
fled hy recoIeclons oflhe past; and spur away,
until themselves and it are broken down, while
the world rides on and over them But facts
corning from thousand sonrces correct them.
selves; the same thing under every aginab'e
contingency, will give an applicable result, as
sure as 4 mathematical demonstration. And,
indeed, those affairs that seem essentially un.
certain and would appear 10 defy anything but
the spirit ofprophecy ITSELF are yet reducihl-
to the certainty of banking operations. All
insurance companies. 60 upon this principle, but
il is most striking in the life insurance associa.
,ions. The lif. of man is the essential type of
all that is vague and uncertain, yet the breath
of his nostrils has been measured with a sure.
ness that gives good return upon capital in,
vested.
'Bytakng into, the calculation every thing bca,
| ring upon the life, habits and circumstances Of
the individual, it is marvellous how nearly dent.
cal The aggregate calculation will b.. The exccp.
,ions are mere fractions, and not deemed wor.
| thy oi the slightest sderation-thrir per cen
'um is modified by all these considerations a
fixed rule, or partial knowledge Of the subject,
would but rain them; they do not say so much
to insure the lille ofany man irrcspeclive!y. hut
| class thrm either as their external relations. or
internal combusiibily would warrant, trom.the
simply safe, to he Gnubly dangerous.
The vcissiuGlrs Of the seasons, are surely be-
y"nd tie control ofman, yet ere the spirits OF
the sunshine and the storm; Of The gentle wind,
that fans and Gre>hcns the face rf nalnre, 10 the
dsso!aling blast, that prnstrates all betnre il, Of
the summer rain, coming with "si!ver feet to
the terrible strides, of wide spread and desc.
la'ing ilood--are they more uncertain than the
close embrace Of fdealh itself! Not so.-Though
ha,ure probably cannot be turned aside in her
course, and seed time and harvest will ever be
her own especial nf<pring yet may she not be
provided against! her effects closely s.udi"d,
and learn, as there is reason for all things, even
her drs. commissions to modify hrr injuries
when they cannot be turned in il benefits!
The fe>irring pool from whose Shiny sur
face cmanates disease and dea'h. yet bears with
in its bosom. sleeping like good angel, in the
embrace Of some foul frnd, the germs Of fruit.
| Iulnrss and health, dsenchanted, by the magic
touch ofthe hrl>bandman, il flows iIe.giving
stream through that land, before but blightcd
by lis presence.
The thing most needed then, is hat 10 carry
on,, in the >piri; with which they have been
commenced, the associations already formed
they cuntan within themselves ihr most rt!i-
cirnt means by which man can rniigh:cn him
self: is ghl aud heat is got by friction, the al
! triton Of brain against brain, is the only sure
method hr which he can know he Is practically
ri.ht Though small may be the anoua: of
Information, or experiences bfongh, individual.
" into s'i:h coalition, yet, all collected to
grlhrr, will prove as 4 mighty river into one
man. existence, the experience of thousand
i":.; lr which he cen benefit rs iu!i. rs though
! he had lived them over his own person. How
else can you, than by such comparing arrive
at a certain and fixed resull1 No one mans
lie is long enough to try one lhonsandih part
OF the powers OF nature, nor is he, though
hr did live to the aye ofthe oldest man we read
of, able. uaa SISTED, or rather unchecked ly the
experience of others, 10 came at a iIst or prac-
,ica! conclusion on all subjects.
There seems to he universal tendency in
the human mind. TO hpcome cnan,ourrd ola
particular way of viewing all subjects, a Ger
tain phantom. which they hug most closely to
their bo>nms, by which they dress all things tha,
come within their range of thought and action;
Sirrchn. them ont. when trO short l"r THIS
self exalted standard aud cutting them down,
when too long: all things must Fl, their measure;
the mind accustomed To look in only upon it's
self never hearing warming voice from with
| nj nt IItr nriS S tod
TO give It's own experience, not having received
any properly sn Called or appreciate that of
others; men Of the worlI, who, are practically
acquainted with the every day workings Of lie,
are fully aware OF, and guard asa;ns! this lean