The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-10-04

apocryphal rom the Of Scriptures i Of sncsn
origin. and no doubt depicts truly the custons and opn
ions OF the Jewish people Il ministers this mschiey
ousprejudice. and presents melancholy picture OF the
intellectual condition Of the Hebrew husbsndmsn.
How can he get wisdom that holdsth the plough, and
that gloreth in the goad that driveh oxen and is &C
cupied in their labors and whose talk is Of buocks
He Evsh his mind TO make furrows and is diligent
70 give the kline fodder"
tons into contsct with the world Of Nature around him
with organic life. animate and inanmae-the modest
works Of the Crsaiorii is asked enthusiastically. How
sion not an enlarged sphere OF observation and
reflection. ltis difficult 10 discover the progress
OF social and political institutions through the world,
the true source Of this deploable error Labor is die.
honored and discredied when II brings egradaon legal
or ventIonalwhen the mark OF contempt is upon the
forehead Of the laborer and he feels, and all fell, that
employment Thank God, this state OF things unknown
in country but il has extended beyond It's immediate
circle by the prejudice respecting the education OF those
ed. Where the owner Of the soil and the ler OF the
soil separate classes, divided by legal social bar
ELSEWHERE the institutions OF country operate 10
mulae land into Masses still augmenting wealth in
crsases and Tepress all tendency 10 distribution by laws
OF primogeniture and by the other legal machinery by
which the strong are made stronger and the weak
lew reap without sowingwho can wonder that the in
tellect is without cultivation industry is without en-
couragementi The wreched institutions OF the middle
ages-by which power and property were wrested from
the mass OF the people from almost the whole people,
indeed and concentrated in the hands of the feudal
nobility, and were guarded by the iron hand and
by the sterner rule Of legal exactions and penalties
made part an essential one, too, OF the political condi-
ton OF the European nations and yet survive in full
force in some OF them, while in others they have
yielded to the march of events but in all their impress
is marked upon the constitution OF society," dexers
powerful influence upon the whole social system And
thus degradation brought upon the abOer and dis
grace upon his occupation, and the impression was left
legacy which time alone remove that he who lills
the soil pusues an employment which il not totally
consistent with any advanced state Of mental improve
ment, better without il, and should content himself
with holding The plough and talking Of baloeks-
| Strong his OK, and ignorant MS s,rong''
MANY deep preludces have passed away in hi'
country, and many others destined to follow them
There miracle like that OF old TO turn the shadow
backward which marks the progress OF these events
This prejudice against the necessity Of educationoi ar
enlarged education Tor the agricultural class OF society,"
though has not wholly disappeared has waned before
the light Of knowledge, and will ere long, be rsmem
but among the Perversons Of The human intellect
In country the face OF the globe there such
ves here Tor the early diffusion OF information amonl
this great body of fellow citizens Land is open
all There are no barriers which guard il against the ap
proach OF honest labor He who does not acquire it i
prevented only by himself: he either does not desire Il
live the life OF iarmer, he is wanting that industry
and good conduct which open all the avenues q pops
ant in the cultivation of the SOIL il not unknown is 81
limited that 1t creates social cases divided by thos
conditions and almost necessarily anagonis!ic to eacl
other. Our boundess public domain invites industry b.
the facility OF acquisition, and rewards II by such advan
ages before offered 10 those who seek
moderate competence with personal Independence.
But there are still graver considerations which are con
nected with this subject and which force themselves upo
our attention with peculiar interest at the present time
need not tell American audience that the signs 0
the political atmosphere are poItentous and alarming
The cloud that was no bigger than mans hand, lik
that seen by the prophet from Mount Carmel, has over
spread the heavens and threatens TO burst in ruin upo
our country am dealing with great national facts AM
| not with questions OF pary-With the dangers that EN-
compass and not with the that produced them
That the attachment of the Union is weakensd-almos
broken, indeedn large portions OF the confederation,
who may read in all that passes around him Gu
day OF trial is come theirs came TO our fathers.
we meet II as they met il. IN spirit OF patriola N AM
Cancellation, we may strengthen their work by GU
| own and transmit our great and goodiy hcrHdge, gu
hope and the worlds example, 10 those who are
follow ushe most magnificent legacy, after the relglo
OF Gsd that bequea,hed BY generation 10 II
successors since human governments were instituted
And upon the intelligence and virtue OF the counry-an
especially OF the farming interest," which constitutes
large portion OF Unjust we rely Tor ihat acuve an
ardent patriotism which is the more devoted the NOR
perous the crisis which looks TO the claims OF all Will
maintaining the rights OF each, steadily seeking IN tn
constitution the true principles OF seton and iobearanct
and empering lis judgment with that brotherly afec
ton"-to the language OF Neutrality-suspicious.
which il idle 10 expec,io hope, indeed.that ID
bonds that unite retain us together Withdraw
this power OF attraction. and our system Will soon
broken up leaving its members TO wander in uncertai
space, to form combinations with their ele
mens OF destruction, and with similar fate before then
God grant that may be wise in time, and that Tor age
hereafter the American farmers from the ST. Croix 10 III
Pacific, wherever situated whatever the products
their agriculture, may come together we have CON
to-day assembling, not upon battle grounds but upo
fields OF husbandry-not to contend in blood for polite;
supremacy aided by improvements IN the art OF dealt
but TO compete together in spirit OF emulation and nc
OF enmiiy, for the advancement OF the xRT OF lifeh
production OF human subsistence-iha, in the words
the Patr iarch OF Israel, we may live, and not der
Prom the Ohio statesman Gent a.