Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-11-06
A MEMORIAL.
To the Honorable, the General assembly

To the Honorable, the General assembly
Of North Carolina
Your Memorialists respectfully shew, that on Mon
day, the 18th day of October, 1852 there was formed
in the City of Raleigh State Agricr ltural Society,"
composed of Delegates representing County Associ-
all interested in the great of Agriculture, the
leading interest of orth Carolina That the Society
was duly organized on a permanent basis, officers
elected and constitution and bylaws adopted and
that this Association, whose object is the advance
men of the industrial interests of the Commonwealth
having made an suspicious beginning, it was deemed
important 10 its continued existence and success that
1t receive the contenance and support of the State :
1t was, therefore, resolved to memorialiZe your hon.
orabe body, on the justice and expediency of APP
preparation from the State Treasury, to promote those
objects and the undersigned were appoined com
mittee to draft said Memorial.
In obedience TO said resolution, your Memorlasts
respectfully solicit the attention of your honorable
body this interesting subject and y request
your favorable consideration of the same.
They would respectfully represent, that the cause
of agriculture has, heretofore, been in lsngushing
condition in North Carolina-that it has been too
much neg ected by of science, and that with a
climate and soil unsurpassed, beloved State has
taken humliatng position in the of her sisters
in Agricultural and Indu strial improvement.
They would farther represent and allege, tina: one
great of this is the neglect by the State of her
farming interest and the interests of heI laboring
classes, and that since her existence a distinct
sovereignty forth Carolina absorbed in federal pol
tcs and seemingly unmindful of her true interests,
has never encouraged by example, by bountes or
special legislation competition and skill in the de-
velcpment of her great Agricultural resources.
And your Memorialiss farther allege that, in
modern countries, our career as State is, in this
respect, without an example parallel; and that
have arrived period when change is imperative
ly demanded by the honor and the welfare of the
State, and by the increasing wants and necessities of
the times.
And as farther reason for change in this respect
MemOrlalStS re lat
are visible signs of an awakening among people
that they beginning appreciate their natural
advantages, to deplore their backwardness in indus
trial improvements and to seek for to retrieve
the neglect OF former years. AT such crisis, the
example of the public authorities be made very
effective for good; and State Agricultural Society
properly endowed, give powerful impetus to
the forward movement. by begetting and fostering
general rivalry in the of improvement, by 6fus-
Ing valuable information, by enhancing the dignity
of labor, and Of science directed the most impor:
tant pursuits of man, by adding also more interest
excitement and pleasure to this calling in the eyes
those who follow it, by breaking down the barriers
sectional preudices that divide citizens, bringing
them together, In pleasant association, from the
the the north and the south and thereby adding
to their knowledge of the products and people of diff
feTent sections of their own commonwealth; and by
helping to create and stimulate healthful vigor
proper feelings of State pride and interest in orth
Carolina undivided State of various interests
and Astounding resources, true to itself and devoted
to the welfare of its Inhabitants.
The farmers and mechanics compose the m aiorty
of the constituents of your honorable body-theirpros
perty is the prosperity of our common State and
amid the din of politics, they venture to appeal &c
your honorable body for slight exertion of authority
in their behalf. 49,
/ "A small appropriation will give enduring vitality
TO our institution. giving great promise of usefulnes,
TO them and to all and such appropriation viii
be returned with ten-fold interest the collect.
ed from prosperous community, with means and re-
sources multiplied by your iberality. Without such
an appropriation, the State Agricultural Society,
EausPeiously organized, may to premature end,
thus adding to the gloom that surrounds us, and Civ
ing force8o the sad Vaccinations of those who
assert that every enterprise must prove failuEen