The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-05-22

edge Of medicine. Of surgery. Of therapeutics
&C., would be unavailable il produ
cling the slsh,ss, uovssi Of food for his sus
ienancel How little dfssus the world in
general, in tie grasp after wealth and power.
happiness aud show. that the parent source Of
all is-agriculiure
And this unpardonable inattenilon and in.
difference 10 the pursuit Of agriculture, furn.
ish an adequate cause Tor the ~re,ched sys'
ten Of culture which generally foot univer.
SALTY prevails Throughout the country, and
for the low and depressed condition Of him
who cultivate, the soil. If an individual is
possessed Of piece of property from which
he derivctpecular advantages, he must e1ef'
else bis jsdgmeu, IN its jndiciOus manSRen'
and disposal, or it will decrease in ITS P6~er
of predicting, aud finally be entirely deprived
of suclA faculty. liza regard for the impo'.
lance Of its benefits does not excite ia him
sUificieu, in,eres, to yield il HE attention and
support, it evidently will decrease in value,
and ultimately become worthless.
Now the soil or the couniryis the property
Of the nation, and i, is her only real proper.
ty; for II s sufficiently obvious ihs, all sources Of
increase ard wealth are only so many branches
Of agriculture. which are fed and kept 10 op.
Grafton by IL. Agriculture being, then, the
wealth Of The people, and the source Of their
" daily btesd." il m(b are indifferent 10 ito
benefits, and so far regardless of ITS progress
and improvement, as 10 withhold from il their
attention and support, it must decrease 10 i'm
porlsnce, and its followers become (as they
TOO generally are at peson) neither ade.
qua,ely rewarded nor respected And such,
| repeat (for II needs repeIitou) is lamentably
the fact; i. starcs the rejecting and the true
patriot broadly in The face. We do not attach
go agriculture that importance, and besto"
upon i; tina, attention which the ~ellate, the
duration, haPpines, and ind 'pcudence of our
country - s:ernly dematd. While every
other question, Of national policy ha, been,
and i, being, discussed throughout lhs lens h
and breadth Of the land. agriculture has been
treated with comparative ind ference. lis
consideration has b,en held as wholly insig.
nfcan, shea compared with that Of political
economy or national governments. While
meetings are daily held for tho discussion Of
every II fng principle, every premature pro.
duclion Of designing pOlIic,ns, agriculture,
moro imporian, than all, has received com.
paralive ina'tentiou ifaoy corruption works
10 way into the action Of government, i, is
Immediately seen and remedlsd, a. deGruc.
tive OF our hes, interests. Ii the cry u rebel
/ ion, or Of foreign war 10 heard, IL rings far
and vide, nnd every one is solicilous for The
national welfare; and ye, million. Of our a.
cres. once provetbial for their fertility, that
now lie as - Old fields" in vast and extensive
racis, awaken no cmotion-producs no rem.
edy
lfshall be the Object OF ny next paper 10
show that the decreasing fertility Of our soil
IS more alarming Than II Ca,alin. va. in
our midst, raising The standard Of rebellion,
wi'hou, even Clccrolo cry on, ia tones Of
Shunder,-" Qaosqus tandem abuere," &C.
J ES.
Lebanon, Ndrioa Co., ny, 1850.