Litchfield enquirer., 1850-11-28
For he EsgHirsr.
Trees, Forests &c.


consumption OF umoegs arising rum tnt
STATE aad progress OF society. So far as
this consumption Is necessary, II is not re-
PrehenSible. But IL cannot be necessary
for those who already count their wealth BY
tens or hundreds Of thousands, Sh0uld 60
on. clearing acle after acre almost t'tO their
last" for the purpose merely OF "hOaFding
up treasure" Of which they have already
"more by half than they know what 10 do
with" Such do neither benefit their chill
drsn, nor more remote posteli,y; for pro-
perry in imp veirshed. timberless land, is
OF far less value than land Ia wild state.
Far better would I, be 10 leave to coming
generations, lands unuodden ny the foot oil
man. F# EGN UF
have sometimes seen advertisements like
the following" For sale, a valuable Farm
containing 200 acres (perhaps more,) with
fifteen Tor lweLiy) acres OF woodland Suf-
6cienI for the use of the farm" This a.
mount Of woodland would doubtless be ''suf>
fcient for the use of the farm" if it's use
were to be confined TO one or two genera
lions but suppose the time TO be indei>
niteiy extended, how would the matter then
stand! Besides, must a farm contain no
more woodland than is necessary for its
Osvn USE? What is TO become of al the
other private and public demands for tim
ho1 Sol NhaN fo
will always remain undivided? When
| two, three, or mure families shall be found
where there is now only Que, /. e., when the
quantity OF timber required for fuel. build>
ing materials, &c., shall Re three or four
times as great as at present, (the thing is
more than possible.) will there then be e.
nough 81 for the use of the farm?" ] can
hardly find words 10 express my disapprO.
baton Of that boarding. selfish policy, TO
say The leas,,) tina, thus tribes with the fu-
ture nts of the world. Ills direct vic.
lalion Of the rule Of Sepevolence, Sc Do unto
othe re as you would have them do unto you'
Our country is only in its infancy. and
yet many portions of il are as destitute Of
timber as many parts the old world. The
man yet lives, (unless he has died recenily,)
who sowed the first bushel OF wheat in the
State of New York, west of Cananta igua !;
and yet fuel is becoming scarce in some
parts Of that new country. What will he
its condition and the condition OF our whole
country, at the end of few hundred years,
unless future generations shall be wiser, or
more thoughtful and benevolent, than the
PRESENT.
There are three ways in which have
hearl this question answered.
First" There will be wood enough for
me as long as live, and what need / care
for the future? Let the mex, generation
take care Of ITSELF" This answer does not
deserve serious reply. The man WhJ
could give it is worthy of a." Chestnut
horse" II is the deslitution ofbenevolence
the perfection, the very essence Of sel6sh>
ness. pass, therefore, 10 the
Second. -" There is NO danger. The
Lord will provide" To this !, may be
replied. tina. the day of miracles is past. AS
well may we expect. lha, the Lord will
build as house or barn, if we wantonly
destroy the one we have, as that he will in
a miraculous or unnatural way, provide
timber for fuel and other purposes, Vi we
'hough.lessly and needlessly, and therefore
wickedly, waste what has been provided.
He employs means and agents to accomplish
his ends /; and 40 regard 10 the temporal af.
fairs of men, THEY are HIS agents, and their
own. Endowed with reason, il is expected
that they will exercise j, for the advance.
ment of their own good and the good Of 9th
ers,-and not blindly overlook their own.
nor sel6shly and wickedly disregard others.
His mode of providing is seen in the na,n.
raj growth OF timber. Save, plant and Gull
tiva,e trees, then, and lie who has promis
ed to provide for man. will fulfil his prom
ice Ivy causing them TO grow for the good Of
those who shall need them. II.
LitchGeld, Nov. IA, 1850.
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