Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-11-20

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POST PAID.
A N ADD r E S S
DELIVERED BEFORE THE
CHARLES COUNTY AGRICULTU-
RAJ SOCIETY,
By Hon. WILLIAM D. MERRICK,
AT THEIR
THIRD .a.N:NU.4L MEETING,
HELD IN PORT ToBAcco, IN OCTOBER, 1850.
Mr.. President, y
and Ladies and Gentlemen
To heart devoted to the revival Of the
languishing agriculture Of our county, no.
thing could be more refreshing and cheering
than the lively interest in that object mani
tested by the assemblage of SO large por-
ton Of our valued lellow-c citizens as we see
ere collected. And it cannot be without
salutary effect upon the same grea, OBJ
I, that there is so large an infusion Of the
(uty and fashion, elegance and refinement
D the fairer portion of society, not only
participating in the proceedings, and COM
peIing for the premiums of this our annual
fair, but being, it would seem, even willing,
in their zeal for the cause, to be taxed with
listening to pressing discourse from the
unworthy individual who has been selected
TO deliver your annual address. Encour-
eyed by this, the members Of our Society
may we'll be imula,ed 10 active perseyer-
ance in the good work they have so ausp-
ciously commenced, seeing, as they now do,
such gratifying proofs before them, that
their past labors have not been without,
signal success, in awakening the attention
and exciting the concurrent good wishes,
end, trust may add, cordial corporation
of SO many Of those we most love, esteem
and admire, and who so we'll deserve the
love, esteem and admiration of us all. Willis,
the presence Of such an audience must be
eminen,ly gratifying to you, Mr.. President,
and to the members of the Society general
~, the qualification Of him who addresses
you is not unmingled with painful appre-
tensions, arising from the consciousness Of
his inability 10 do justice to the occasion
and his subject, and the consequent danger
that some may fail in iheir good feelings and
sympathy with the purposes Of our associa-
ton, because of the defects of your unwor-
thy organ. Agriculture is a practical sci
ence. 1t deals, or should deal, with home
ly, practical and plain truths, never indulg-
ing in fguraive imagnings, nor ianciful
theories. Artificial ornamen, does not be-
come it; the flowers of rhetoric, the seduc-
tive license of poetry belong not to it. Re-
ality, substance, the actual welfare of man
kind are its elements and principles. In
itself, and in its objects and its results, il is
mos. valuable, and, to the rightly DISCIPLINE
ed mind, it is no less beautiful than vaua-
BILE. But its beauty and its value are inhe-
rent, and, like the briIiancy of the diamond,
admi, of no ornament A discourse then,
on agriculture, "when unadorned is adorned
the most" J must, therefore, disappoin,
those, if there be any such present, who
may have expected to hear pathetic phrases
TO touch the heart, or brilliant metaphors to
dazzle and delight the magination, or soft
~ flowing numbers to melt upon the ear.
] must address myself TO barren heaths, and
crsggy hills, and DOGGY moors, and invite
your aid, each one, in his proper sphere, to
remove these blemishes from The otherwise
fair face Of the county we inhabit, and to
convert them into substantial beauties to
convert these scenes Of disease and squalid
poverty into verdant fields and teeming mea-
dows, and to substitute the richness of the
golden harvest, the fragrance Of the new
mown hay, and the music of the lowing herd
for the waste and desolation with which we
are now too generally surrounded. invite
you, therefore, not to a feast, but 10 prepare
for feast invite you to nerve yourselves
for toll now, that you may rejoice hereafter,
and ask you to 60 to the task with pur-
pose that will not flag, an eye that will moi,
wink, and nerve tina, will no, tire, and !
promise you in return, healthy bodies, hap
py homes and joyous hearts,
The question arises, how are these things
to be accomplished answer, in various
ways, and each and all are the ways of
pleasantness and peace. Yonder glorious
sun does not shed lis benignant rays upon
more generally favored region, nor one
better adapted in its natural capabilities to
yield rich reward TO industry, skill and
economy than the region We inhabi.. Aud
| ] do not hesitate TO assert, as the result OF
fifty years experience and attentive observa-
ton, that there is no young man of healthy
body, sound head and pure heart, coupled
with industrious habits, however destitute
Of property he msy be, who may not here,