Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1852-11-10

cious beginning, it was deemed important to
It's continued existence and success that it
receive the c%ountenance and support of the
State it was, therefore, resolvedt o memo
rialize your honorable body, on the justice
and ~oxpediency Of an appropriation from the
State Treasury, to promote these objects
and the undersigned were appointed a
committee to draft said Memorial
In obedience to said resolution. your Me
nlorialists respectfully solicit the attention
Of yonr honorable body. to thu messing
subject. and earnestly request your favor
able consideration of the same.
They would respectfully represent. that
the cause of agriculture has. heetofore, been
in a.languishing condition in Nrth Carolina
that it has been too much Neglected by
men of science, and that with ! climate and
soil unsurpassed, our beloved State has Ia
ken a humiliating position in tn rear Of her
sisters. in Agricultural and Industrial i'm
provement.
They would farther represent and alIege.
that one great cause Of this is Ae neglect by
the State, Of her farming interats and the
interests of her laLoring classA, and that
since her existence as distinct Sovereignty
North Carolina. absorbed in fedtral politics
and seemingly unrnindful of her IL u e inter.
ests, has never encouraged BY example, by
b%ounties, or by special legislationA competi
ton, and skill in the development of bel
great Agricultural resources.
And your Memorialists farther aIeoe that
3 IN fbic raanaot Uu1thn,f nv -
allel and that We have arrived at 4 periot
when a change is imperatively demaA1ed h,
the honor and the welfare Of the2xlf
by the increasing wants and necessities o
the times.
And as a farther reason for a change il
this respect, your Memorialists respectful
represent, that there are visible signs Of al
e awakening among our people-that they ar
] beginning to appreciate their natural advan
tages, to deplore their backwa1dness in in
b dustrial improvement is, and to seek for mean
It to retrieve the neglect Of former years. A
such a crisis, the example of the public a,
thorities can be made very efact5iss4Eo good
and a State Agricultural Society, properl
endowed, can give a powerful impetus toll
$ ffdfward movement. by begetting and foste
ing a general rivalry in the race cf imploy
ment, by d~iffusing valuable information, |
l. enchanting the dignity Of labor, and Of 81
ence directed to the most important pursui
in Of man. by adding also more interest, e
,e element and pleasure to this calling in t
eyes Of those who follow it, by breakil
down the barriers Of sectional preiadic
A. that divide our citizens, bringing them
gether, in pleasant association. frnm&
Il the west, the north, and the south, and the
by adding to their knowledge of the p
s. ducts and people of different sections of th
of own commonwealth and by helping to c
se, ate and stimulate to a healthful vigor, pr
e. er feelings of State pride, and interest
IS Ncrth Carolina, as ore undivided State
,er various interests, and Astounding resourc
rs true to itself and devoted to the welfare
at its inhabitants.
The farmers and mechanics compose
he majority of the constituents of your hon
nd able body-their presently is the prosper
Sc of our common State, and now, amid the
ce, of politics, they venture to appeal to y
honorable body for a slight exertion Of
Or thority in their behalf.
all A small appropriation will give endur
re- vitality to our Institution, giving great pr
Use Of usefulness to them and to us all
the such an appropriation will be returned
ira ten-fold interest, in the taxes collected {
re- a prosperous community, with means
cie- resources multiplied by your liberality
Without such an appropriation, the S
,ers Agricultural Society, SO aus~piciousiy org,
any ed, may come to a premature end, thus
or ding to the gloom that surrounds lis.
aid giving new force to the sad vaticination'
those who assert that every enterprise Il
af prove a failure in North Carolina. Ard
ed. memorialists as in duty bound, &C., &c.
,'B K. RAYNER, !
Dos n. W. WOODEN,
,ers THOS. J. LEMAI,
,go{ RICI'D Il. SMITH,
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