Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1852-11-04

ing it in doubt where the article is
most wanted. To remedy this, just
place the manufacturer by the side Of
the agriculturist.
A home market for your products
is most desirable, it would give zest
to your industrial operations. Let
the capitalist invest his capital in
manufacturing, lei the mechanic pur-
sue his occupation, let towns and
villages spring up with their shops
and market houses, while we,
Brother Farmers. will engage scien>
tifcally and practically in ours, The
first of all employments, agriculture,
while our wives, our sons and our
daughters will not deem it derogato-
nv 10 their character, TO be seen in
the market place exposing TO sale
the rich products Of the farm and
dairy for
aBuirdIy chieis and clever higgies,
Are bred in sic way as this is"
In order TO secure the best interests
Of agriculture, and the requisite amount
Of domestic manufactures, the fostering
care of the Legislature is necessary
That system of Legislation is, certain~
ly, most just, which, while it scrupulous-
ly guards the avenues of intelligence,
provides equally for the promotion Of
the interests of the agricu'turist, the me-
chanic and the manufacturer. And the
political economy Of that State would
be most perfect, which, as nearly as IFS
location, soil and climate would permit,
raised all It's agricultural products, con-
structed all its tools, machines and bull.
dings and manufactured all its clothing
and fabrics of every description.
In Europe. wages are graduated TO
the lowest point of subsistence, but in
this country our operatives should not
only subsist, but in turn become pro
prietors. Constructed as is Society,
and oppressed as are the operatives in
Europe, we have a right, and it is our
duty 10 protect ourselves from the influ-
ence Of foreign capital and foreign la
bor, which is more than fifty per cent
cheaper than in This country. Farmers
of OhioI assist the mechanic and man.
ufacturer in obtaining homes among
YoL. Invest portions of your capital in
workshops and factories; so shall you
reap a rich reward, and receive the bles-
sings of the mullitudes you contribute
TO make happy. .....
Those Of our citizens engaged in pro-
fessional services and literary and sci
entifc pursuits, when properly employ
ed, contribute their share 10 the welfare
of the community. .-....
Science, Literature and Art, find con-
genial homes on the soil of Freedom
Among her distinguished votaries our
Commonwealth nu m bers Statesmen,
Philosophers, Historians, Poets, Schole
ars, Physicians, and Divines, who would
do honor to any age, or any nation
The Statesman g6ides by his counsels,
and guards and protects Your rights and
Liberties, by the enactment of wise, just
and impartial laws. .. -..T
The Historian warns and iDstructs by
his records of other Years. The Poet
refnes, ennobles and elevates, with his
sweet and chasiened melodies of sor-
row. or his burning gems of thought
The Physician guards the citadel oflife,
and watches over the mysterious me
chanism of the mind. The Scholar and
Teacher educates and improves, per-
forming one of the most ennobling and
responsible duties towards his fellow
beings, guiding the immortal mind in
paths of light and knowledge, to the
highest goal of human attuinments.-
While the Philosopher, deVoiing years
to patient and secluded investigation,
makes those discoveries, which gives TO
the mind its dominion over the material
world. By the slow and toilsome pro-
cess Of observation and experiment on
Iy, has man been able to unravel the
mysteries of nature, availing himself Of
her immuiable laws, and subjecting the
elements to his control. rr5I
The true Divine, taught by the inspi'
ration of Heaven, considers this life as
only the beginning of existence, and
this earth as the vestibuIe of the unseen
and eternal world. He values time on
ly as il secures the blessings and frui>
tons of eternity. At the call of his
Master, he devotes his time, his talents,
his earthly all, to secure the eternal
welfare of his fellow-men; inciting them
to look beyond the bounds of time TO a
fixed and durable inheritance. in those
glorious mansions of felicity, prepared
for the just.
sand as the bird each fond eudearment tries
To tempt its new hedged offspring to the skies; !;
He tries each art, improves each dull delay.
Arures 10 brighter worlds and leads the way"
II cannot, | fear, be denied, that as a
body. farmers are ignorant and bigoted,
and full Of most iliberal prejudices.-
We think too meanly Of ourselves and
of our pursuits, and too highly OF those
whom chance and custom have placed
nominaIly and operatively above u.s.
II is seldom men ever become great in
any pursuit which they deem degrading,
or which the scorld holds in contempt.
Ignorant farmers sometimes think
that they know all about their business,
and often say so-some affect to des-
pise the efieminacy Of those engaged in
trade and the professions, and to put a
just estimate upon their own indepen-
dont nnaitinn and haalfhfll and manly