Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-09-16

tdlehNNi NOT ny iht ueptn w WINCH tney are |
buried. but by the extent of their employ
ment for the benefit Of mankind.
The prejudice, however, must be expelled
from the farmers Preside aud the farmer
and his wife must do this themselves. IL is
as true in this case as IN the more practical
one which the rustic poet had IN view.
'rhe wiz. 10, ~ usr hu.baoa =. wen a, tho mar,
o. farewell Thy husbinify do what thou can"
lie, them remember that in well-cnnsiitu-
ted aud highly advanced society like ours,
intellectual CIVILIZATIONS relieves men from
labor, but 1t does not at all exempt ,hem
from the practice Of industry on the con-
trary. 1t oblges the universal exercise of in
dustry and that Notwithstanding the cur
rent use of the figures Of speech, wearied
imbs, sweating brows, hardened snews,
aud rough aud blackened hands," there is
no avocalion III our country that rewards go
literally with health wealth aud honor a
given application of well directed Industry,
as does that of the farmer, lfhe is surpass-
ed 10y persons IN other pursuits. il is not
because their ayocatIons are preferable to
his own, but because, while he has neglec-
ted education aud training, they took care
To secure both
/ When these convictions shall have enter
ed the farmhouse, its responsibility and
dignity VIII be confessed Its occupants
will regard their dwellings aud grounds not
rs scenes of lrksome aud Illuminating labor.
but as lleir own permanent home. and the
homestead ut their children and their pos
terry. Affections Unknown before. and
newborn emulation will suggest motives to
improvement, establishment, refinement,
with the introduction Of useful aud elegant
studies aud arts which will render the pa
ternal roof, as II ought to be Attractive TO
the young, anG the farmers life harmonious
with their tastes, and satisfactory to their
ambition. Then the farmers sons will de-
sire aud demand education as liberal as that
now chiefly conferred Oh candidates Cor pro-
lessiona lhe, aud vail subject themselves to
dicIplnc, m acquiring the art of agriculture
as rigorous as that endured be those who
apprentice themselves to other yocaions
Then with the certain improvement of
agriculture, we shall have the improvement
aud elevation of the agricultural class of
American society Have YOU considered
how much that class reuonnce IA denying
themselves the seli-lmproyements have urg-
ed II ave YOU considered that ia practice
they widely renuuuce the functions of repre-
sentatIon ~ ,he conduct of the q Fernment
IN favor OF other classes no more privileged
than theIr own This Is unnecessary. un-
wise. unsafe: indeed, 1t Is not r. publican,
1t ~ npt American. In nearly ala CIVIL
lied States the farmers, or those Who cnlti-
waited the soil, have constituted FAR the great.
er part Of the population. The chef con-
. 4 =.
would seen, should of right have been ves-
ted IN them. Yet IN truth, they have never
since the age of the patria chs, attained any
such control, except Just here. and Just nov.
In Great Britain, they divide aOthnrity, bat
are overbalanced by merchants. manuiaciu-
rers, and privileged classes. Notwithstand-
ing modern constitutional concessions 10
to them IN France, they are nevertheless
ruled there alternately by the city popula-
ton aud the army Ia Germany, by the
army In parts Of Italy. by the Church I:
aud IN Russia they are slaves.
Ii has always been otherwise here. Far
mers planted these colonies--alI of them,
aud organized their governments. They
were farmers who defed the British soldiery
on Bunker iIiIl. aud drove them back from
Lexington. They were iarmers--aye, YER
mont iarmers, who captured The fortress at
TIconderoga, and accepted lis capiiulation
~ the name OF The Great Jehovah and the
Continental Congress" aud thus gave over
the fret inrnied post to the cause of the
Revolution. They we're farmers who check
ed British power at Saratoga, aud broke II
IN pieces like potier's vessel at Yorktown.
They were farmers who re-organzed the
several States aud the federal government,
and established them all on the principles
of equality and affiliai,on. la every State
aud N the whole Union, they constitute the
broad electoral iaculty, aud by their pre-
ponderatlng suifrages the vast aud complex
machine Is perpetnaIy sustained aud kept
IN regular motion aud operation That II
10 IA the man well administered we all
know by experienced security aud happiness I,
that II might be better administered, our
perpetual aud intense passion for change
fully proves; that II Is administered no bet
ter, results from whail From the fact that
the electoral body --lhe farmers, intelligent
and patriotic as they are, may, nevertheless,
become more intelligent and more patriotic
than they now are, The more intelligent
and patrlouc they become, the more effect
I've VIII bc lhcls Cnhirpl, ana the wiser The
direction of the government. Is there not
room nay, Is there not need for more ac-
tnily, energy aud efficiency on heir part
for their own security aud wellarei Ia
the Federal q ternmenl commerce has rs
minister and Department, the law It's organ
aud representative, and The arts iher COM
missioner and bureau. Bot the vast inter
est of Agriculture has only single desk
aud subordinate clerk IN the basement Of
the Paion, Office, II is scarcely better ia
the States An empty charter of iucor2ora-
ton. with scaniy endowment, constitutes
substantially all thai has been anywhere done
/ for Agriculture. Gentleman, like not that
II should be So Oar nation IS rolling for
ward in a hugh career, exposed To shocks
aud dangers. II needs the utmost wisdom
aud virtue 10 guide II safely; 1t needs the
steady aud enlightened direction which Of
all OILERS the Farmers of the Uniied States
eau best exercise, because being freehoiders,
invested with equal power OF sntfsage, they
are at once the most conservative element ia
the county. ue Fa
Let me urge this duty Of self-'mpr ovemei
by consideration OF the nature of ths great
national crisis through which we are pass
ing. One word descfIbes li-Expansion.-
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