The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-05
INTERESTING MOVEMENTS.
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SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL CONGRESS-.
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ADDRESS OF TEE INDEPENDENT DEMOCRACY.
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opposite Views from the North and South,
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IMPORTANT SOUTHERN MovEMEN r.

Win the nope ynat u may oe Oppoftube III arousuk
ne attention Of our planters and farmer, 10 the nru
meeting OF the Agricultural Association OF tue slave
holding States, which w commence Us session IA
Columbia, South Carolina, on the last day OF tni'
month. Phs circular clearly sets forth the m AN
purposes of the Association. which held prelimi-
nary meeting in Macon, Georgia, about twelve
months since. The second meeting took place 10
NoptQ omegy, Alaba ma, in May last, when consti-
tuition was adopted, and lectures and addresses were
delivered upon several agricultural subjects.
Under its constitution, every citizen taking an in
tere-t in agricultural matters may become member
OF the association at pleasure Toe admission fee is
o. 1t is required that the association hold its
sions semi annually, and in succession 10 the States
represented in it. At the meeting about to take
place AT Columbia, provision Will be made for lee
tnrts on geology, botany and entomology, 10 their
relations 10 agriculture.
The spring meeting will probably be held in
Louisa or Mississippi-that of the fall in North
Carolina as the policy seems to &c to strike alter
bsfely north and south from Georgia, where the
movement originated.
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL CONG SESs.
The Southern Genital Agrisu Society Of
Georgia taking into Consideration the great adgar
tsges which may reasonably be expected 10 il)S
from periodical meetings Of persons reorese i5ing
the planting interests of the sayeh1dng States, in
v'te the cuItvstors of the SOIL ia every section aad
district Of tie same 10 send delegates 10. Macon on
the 20tb day OF October next Tor the p9r1ose OF
adopting measures preliminary % the assembling OF
an Agri cultural Congress OF me slayehOd z States,
At such ins and place no msy be deemed most ac-
eeptable 20 the States TO be represented in it.
The reasons which have prompted this appeal %
our fslowlabOrers engsged in the fulflnent Of the
sublime command of God TO man, which involves at
once his obediense and his happiness, may readily
present then selves TO those we address, We Will
therefore mainly speak OF some OF the purposes aud
objects which it is expected would claim the asten
ton OF the proposed Congress, and which we deem
OF sufficient momeot To enlist the patriotism, inte
sence and talents of those 20 WHOM We appeal.
Our proposition embraces a representative asso
citation Of those engage in common pursuit foe the
advancing
. great interest vhich supplies five eighths of the
exports of the United Statesto give to that interest
q community of feeling, sentiment and thought
and to impart 70 it weight, dignity, and stability
commensurate with Us importance 20 the State, 10
the United States, and 10 the world
Probably nothing Is more Characteristic Of the age
associations in all the ran ifcati5ns Of society.
Everywhere we see organized, and apparently
actively alive, associations for religious, moral liter
sry, professional, scientific, and charitable purposes.
III the want OF lntercommunion among those en-
gagged in common pursuit be III proportion to their
separation by space from each other, certainly fe
ella sses of society may be said to stand more
in need of associations than the cultivst1rs of
the soil in the slavehcldng States. If the amount
Of industry, skill and scieo,e involved 10
the advancement Of agricultural knowledge be
considered, strong Inducements for yoluntarS asso
citations are pre- scented to us. And II We
mind III OF the caumnies which some Of polit cal
brethren Of the North have been 80 long propagat-
ing against us, both at home and abroad we are
sternly admonished 10 come together to strengthen
Cur offences and fcrtiy cur asslable points; to
establish amongt ourselves public opinion iust 90
ourselves, and strong enough to barmCniZe al olr
social elements, and save u from the evils Of an
ignorance OF the benehcent workings Of our system
m which alone consists our danger.
", returning good for evil, are prompted to in
crease and multiply our staple productions for the
use OF our enemies, to whom they are a necessary
rs they nave been feftlziDg; IT, folio viog their
ex ample. we look alone to tleir iraclityng iliu-
ences upon ourselves; or IT, taxi D wider view re
sehod th. como cree Of the world in DO inconsiier
able degree dependent the products OF slave
labor which reposes 70 no small extent the peace
ful eli Arscer Of age aud through which cisilz4
nOn IL extended and Christian propigate3- we
are mpeled ~ numerous and exalted coRsloeratto :
to organize such associations among ourselves Sili
best enable us 80 meet the requirements Of oar posi-
foD and fulfil The destiny which is in store for Us.
In the peculiarties Of staple productions their
necessity to thesfemand Of commerce and to the pro
gress OF civilization, aud In the isolation to which
pharisaical world would subject Oh account Of the
peculiar character Of the labor By which we produce
these indispensable staples, we find the strongest ar
gumen's t. uBsse Us In maintaining and vindicatng
t1at labor against the aspersions o. those who eon
denim it from malice or ignorance and consume lis
products ffom Instinct.
If reliance may be placed on the history OF the
past, agriculture shss No royal road to Man
has now as i'll early times, t. his bread by the
sweat Of his brow. There is certainly no pursuit
which invokes the al Of more Of the sciences and
renders tributary Of the depa -tmepts Of know
beOge acquired by the DOscne lnYestlg8tloDS OF "a
ture. Whilst progress, in the acquisition Of that
knowledge, has been steady, and OF late years VITA
constantly accelerated step, it will not be denied
that much is yet unsettled, and perhaps much more
to be explored.
Agriculture has not been unmindful of that pro
gress. Ii she has been sometimes distrustsul Of the
applicability OF DcsEs or eoverns 70 her purpose
she has, a. Others as sosed the protkred aid with
preciptancy rot us'ifed by the result. It's through
the agency of agricultural associations over broad
surface, supplying the means, intelligence aud skill.
that we are 10 derive knowledge enabling us -
discriminate between the tine add the false in the
teachings Of scierce Wherever such assOeiitions
have acquired the confidence Of the public by the
character and elements OF their organic ,tion agrcul
ture has advanced, I'd the earth has yielded great
or increase. Il is Tor such an organization that we
sppeal TO tee culyators OF The soil in the slave
holding States.
The chief OBJECTS Of such an occasion it is pre-
sumed, would be-
To improve DOR osn agriculture yielding peculiar
productions, through the agency OF a nornl IA )or
requiring distinct economy, and dependent. on 4
climate OF its own.
To deveope the resources and unite and combine
the energies OF the saveholdDg States so as 10 III.
crease their wealth, power and dignity as members
OF this cohfedelacy.
To establish aud fortify a public opinion within
our borders in autagopism to that without, in rela
ton to ourselves and institutions enauat.ona
Of our own intelligence, power aud energies-G n
tonal sentiments great truth, established by the
experience Of The past, founded on sound morality
broao humanity, and that CHRISTIANITY which espe
cislly in ulcates sincere humility aud b,lndless
charity.
To enforce the growing sentiment that those who
to come after and inherit iusttu IONS and
the dangers which threaten them shalt be red at
home, and edusated in a full knowledge OF their
rights, duties and resp possibilities, and t. establish
fully in the public mind the two fold value OF higher
and higher standard of education, which will i'm
pose such application on the part Of the pupils AMI
demand such qualifications on that Of the teachers,
as will establish industrious habits ia the former,
and enable the latter 10 instil aad confirm IN them
taste in after life for what has been learned youth
ehus supplying the two most efficient agencies u
prompt career Of use iulness and honor industry
and cultivated and refined tastes and making our
seats OF learning eifuIgent centres of pety science
literature and refinement illumin atng and har
monizing all Iterests, aud blending all classes the
pride and q ry OF the country.
TO enlist and foster those sce 1tifc pursuits viii n
reveal TO us the elements sno character OF our sous
instruct Us ia the presence OF those magazines OF
fertilizers which nature has with 40 bountSul and
considerable a band provided for the usos az