Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1848-10-26

Until all Nature is lighted up with i,s effulgence
and warmed with iis heams

unul all Nature is lighled up with its effuleenc
,x and warmed with its beams.
of Agricultural has especially derived great ben
E. efiis from the labors of the merchant. To hi
!, ine,ercourse with foreign nations is the latte
not only indebted for new markets for his pro
e duc,ion of new seeds and plants. which, ,hougI
q not indigenous TO our climate, have YET, in ma
ny instances. not only become matters of sub
sisience, but of expectation. Commerce inro
duced into the 1Cafolnas the rice and cotton o
: Egypt, and into Louisiana the sugar of Asia
and upon the bosom OF the whole West is now
sown broadcast The wheat of the East, grow.
ing in abundance In places where the natural
grains OF the country cannot be produced a, all
But the most important of The advantages yiel-
ded TO agriculture by the enterprise of mer.
chanIs is the demand created abroad for the
products OF the soil, by their becoming carriers
aud opening avenues Of trade TO foreign coun.
tries. esF43 kelfAf-.
We often hear men indulge in SORT of Ulop.
ian speculations upon the subject of living, as
they say, within themselves Such persons
speak Of the happiness and prosperity of modes
oil lie IN which each man would depend on
| himself. live for himself, and cultivate only so
much Of the fruits of the earth as would be
necessary for his own subsistence Such a plan
would do well enough in poetry, bu, not for,he
realities of existence. lie, one reflect a mo-
ment upon the consequences of such Quixo,ic
scheme. Labor being limited to the cultivation
Of only few acres. large parts Of the country
would become barren and overgrown with for
ests. The exchange Of one product for anolh-
CT necessary. The intercourse of men would
be destroyed, and they would sink into state
OF lselhshness, enmi,y, and eventually Of bar.
harism; and not only would labor be without
It's reward, but every motive for improvement
lost, and the mind return 10 worse than original
eliolation
A state of savage brutality and Of mental de-
ierioration. and consequently of submisson TO |
The worst species of tyranny, is the condition
of every people cm off from intercourse with
other communities. II, however. the cultiva-
tor Of the soil sees tina, the surplus products
af his land can be readily exchanged for the
staples or manufactures of other counties, his
ambition TO produce that surplus is excited. his
business enlarges, his mode of cultivation be- |
comes improved, his farm increases, he iniro-
duces new fruits and grains, his comforts aug |
ment. he furnishes employment to large num-
ber OF persons who would be otherwise idle +
and he becomes not only more valuable to him.
self and country, bat The means Of adding much
to the sum of happiness of those who in dis
tan, regions receive his products in exchange
for their own. But how could all this be ef-
fected but for the merchant ! He who, as it |
were, stands at The door of The nation, upon the
shores Of The sea, 10 receive with one hand The
s1f -.,L II
other he transmits them 10 the interior or his
owns Who traverses remote regions in pur.
suI Of new opportunities oftrade. and expends
his wealth in The building and improvement Of
vehicles in which to convey safely and exped.
i'ionsly the fruits of the labor of The planter.
and reform in exchange for them ihe manufac-
lures or staples Of foreign nations. for the com
fort and substance of b.. own? He who, in
fact. furnishes The idea of rational credit; whose
enterprise makes Up The sum of nations, COM
mercial relations, and whose integrity is iden-
ical with confidence The reflection is ;
very beautiful and valuable one which traces ]
he reputation of nation among foreigners to 4
he honor of single citizen and yet how Of
en- has the American flag been respected. even
among barbarians, on account of The scrnpu- !
Gus punciuality and Underwriting reclitude Of !
he adventurous Yankee trader! q
Wi'hou, the impulse afforded by commerce. {
be sciences OF astronomy and navigation would
rave. remained involved in The mists which for .
.ge. oyerhung them The first has, through !
rs encouragement, been made 10 disclose new y
wonders in the heavens and 10 aid osihe last,
" new powers displayed in the magnetic nee
r.. oceans have been explored. which were
ace thought uniraver.able, and designed 10 o
n off ali intercourse forever Voyages, once e
yreat r.k and OF long g-con,inuence across the r,
.ian,ic AM Pacific, are now made trips of o
.fe,y and pleasure, performed in few days h
weeks in Hoa,. ing places. impeied by power "
hicL set. the win 4 az defiance. Nor has man n
lone been benefited. Nations, in their Gov. =
fnmen, relations, and 10 the entire pursuits !, >
ID manner. Of their people, have been entire. = :.
revoiu'ionized. through the influence Of the -
sacefuI conqaes,s of commerce. Through il ~
s,esmen have been silently forced 10 change Sc
,stem of Government, from systems Of war ca
ID conquss, TO those OF the arts peace. Com &c
ercisl treaties have proved stronger liarrer. in
an Qualifications and cannon and. as conse- Iba
,epces. not only have The nations themselves II,
coue richer and more powerfaE, but individ F,
Is. have found their mafiHsrs sofeGsd and re- -;
.ed. and their comfon. largely ihcrsassd and te,
'.spened, 10 proportion as 'heiF i'istco0r'e va