The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1848-05-18

the manner in which the outdoor operations Of hus-
bandry are conducted. A farmer whose house is
neatly and tasteully constructed and arranged, will
never be slovenly agrculturist. The order of his
dwelling and his courtyard will extend to his sta
bles, his barns, his granaries, and his fields. His
beasts will be well lodged and cared for, his mca-
dows free from stumps and briars, and bushes and
the strength of his fences will secure him against
the trespassc Of his thriltess neighbours unruy cat
! tie Another consideration, which most strongly
l recommends attention to order and comfort and
beauty in domestic and rural arrangements, is that
all these tend TO foster sentiment, Of which the ell
terprising and adventurous Yankee has in general,
! far too litc-I mean feeling of attachment for his
home, and by natural association, to the ifisttu-
tons of his native New England To make our
homes i'll themselves desirable is the most ellectual
, means Of compromising for that rude climate which
gives us three winters each ycar-two Southern,
, with q Siberian differentiated between-and of arm
ing our children against the tempting attractions
of the milder sky and less laboriOus life of the
South and the seductions of the boasted greatness
, and exaggerated fertility Of the West. A Of
Vermont who has enjoyed, beneath the paternal
ROOF, the blessings Of a comfortable and well ordered
home and whose eye has been trained to appreciate
the charms OF rural beauty, which his own hands
nave helped perhaps to embellsh, will find little to
please i'll the sovenly husbandry, the rickety dwell
lings, and tho wasteful economy Of the Southern
planter, little to admire in the tame monotony Of
boundIess prairie, and little to entice in the rude do
nestle arrangements the coarse fare and the coars
er manners Of tho Western squatter. A youth will
not readily abandon the orchard he has dressed the
Towering shrubs which he has aided his sisters to
rear, the fruit shade tree planted on the day of
his birth, and whose thrifty growth he has regarded
with as much pride as his own increase of statue;
and who that has been taught to gaze with admir-
ing eye on the unrivaed landscapes unfoldcd from
every hill, where lake. and island, and mountain and
rock, and wel-ticd field and evergreen wood, and
Ipurlng brook and cheerful home of man are pre-
scnted at due distance and in tuircst proportion,
would exchange such scenes as these, for the miry
Sioughss, the puny groves, the Shiny streams which
alone diversity the dead uniformity Of Wisconsnand
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have now shown hope, rather by suggestion
than by argument that the profession OF agriculture
in this age and land is honorable, and in its true
spirit an elevated and an enlightened calling; have
adyertcd to its importance an instrument Of pri
mary civilization cndcavored to indicate its present
position as anart, and hncd at its future hopes and
cucouragements. 1t only remains for me TO say q
word that other great branch of industry the pro-
motion OF which is one of our leading objects, the
ARTS OF CONVERSION, namely, OF as they are more
generally called, the MECHANIC ARTS.
Although these arts arc practiscl to some extent
by the ruGcat savagCs as said at the outset. vet
they do not III general attain to any considerable de-
gree Of perfection until agriculture has made great
advances, and as they arc the last Of the industrial
arts To be fully developed, so are they the ultimate
material means, by which the power and wealth, |
and refinement OF social man are carried to their
highest pitch. The distinction between agriculture |
and proper mechanic art may be thus stated. The !
ono ava5 itself Of Tic organic forces of nature for
the purpose of simple reIrodrcton and mnltinIira-
ton the other employs the more powerful morgan /
lie forces for the conversion of natural forms into ar
tlhci@l shapes me mechanic derives the raw ma
Ir oG ,o' , t % a Out inc on
tcmincd BIZ human contrivance. sometimes refyinr
upon the plastic power Of the hand, and at other
times aided by natural forces, which man has learned
10 guue anu cou% Ut Oh mass Of IRON, the az
sbore lie can fasop from Lloct 81 , W.
ming wheel or heather idol With flask of her
curry, he can silver mirror, supply hospital with
month s.och OF GgoiG, OF extract from ore a4d
nto VI od"s or o, c oU t, S % 9 GH
it the dome of mosque or caTitol Or draw it ont
into wire and twist it into ady's necklace He
can convert bale Of cotton into muslin that shall
roI te FIJI c'SE; ; OF INC sol WEI canvass ana
stance an ounce Of which sholI rcnd fiat shin into
ten thousand fragments. He can hcw from the dead
marble q chimney piece for a palace or cottage,
t the nnoan Of HapQWGon oaptIsmal FONT or
art Of the agicWirist ON flo otbc hand l.
ted in the multiplication OF certain noturol products
e.I substantially like the original. Here the seed
tbn '' rn"torni m VI g liver nGc9es as were
the arGccr whom NAM comnn 70 rcna " ", ro
produce the works of her own mysterious cunning. I
Inc laDors OF the a9rienurlSt are confined to the
ciy f, ,' " SlI f a ho o. inc coI3
make snbscryent to his own nscs tha to nnJ o
ecs Of the mechanic are as diversified rs the wants
md the inventive capacity Of man. :
But between these two great branches or +
productive industry, diverse as are their OH /
ccts and their processes, there is neither in il
difference nor connection: cach dcDends 4
lpon and is in turn helpful to the other. and !,
prosperity has crowned no country, which u
las adapted its legislation exclusively to the f
encouragement Of either. AS a General rulc, Il
NAV be said that mechanical opcrations "
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nc busbandmon is d;rcrliy ;nternstcJ IN tIo In
rospcrity of the mechanic. who is his host
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