The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-09-24

their Tree INSTITUTIONS the magnitude OF her 20
and achievements and The grandeur OF their pubic
policy Tina of the States Of antiquity, to ~hom 1t
specially belonged, in the language Of one Of hsr
yCers, endor sed by history,
pacisque i'm ponsre morem,
VIE the ore ost ADDICTED oy ber tastes and policy to
the srtt Of rural e and 'he distinguished for hsr
successful rrsctce of them Hr greatest generals and
statesmen her chief and poets farm
taLclful amateur farmers they s0metm
called but real prscsc.i pam. ANS taxing h.rS.oraas
s OF our Gssesee and Duchess orethres hero present
tocsy
Roman Senate lead the mics Ut the republic 70 bat
us and returning Il with business like alscrity the
Mas in this but the representative Of the prevailing
hae,ts and chsIac of his countrymsn. Cate, the
Censor, by his daily labors his farm, well By
that knowledge Of the art which has come down to
in hjs work the Res Rustscd earned the tte he
bore OF the best farmer Of his Curus Dentstus,
whose simple And pstrisrcha life the cultivation, With
his HANDS, Of his modest and ren ordered farm
spred BY the vrtuous emulation o. Cato three times
Roman Consul and twice received the honor OF triumph
of the Roman Ser that he might put his little farm
in Order after he neglect It had suffered BY his public
syssaSns virgil tie prince OF Roman poets =. ne n.;
Georges. and raised monument TO Agriculture, Of
which other country language can boast the equs
his training the banks Of the Madio In charge
Of hs psterna had furnished him for the tax
Cicero and Hortenaus the great Of Rene not
with the genuine love Of rural lfe and their aobs
villas 1t Tuscalum Arpinum and Laursntum bear tes
timouJ TO their Lively sympathy in the rnng taste Of
their country men. Cicero, indeed, owes his FAINT
ly to agricultural plant in the successful
cultivation OF which it the pride OF some Of
the honest boast Of soms Of the nobest families OK
Rome. the we'll knosn Of the Fsbi and Lsntu
testify, to have derived theirs from similar origin. "
such ard 40 great honor was agriculture held BY ~
master people Of antiquity. II descend to modern
tines shall find il has been invsrsoy carried to the
drgrs. II MT in thos States which are
nat bOx re nj
uOpg The nations Of modern Europe the foremost in
tesa pects undoubtedly the land OF aucastors
and il precisely there the thsatre Of the Old World
that agriculture has been hon0red and most i'm
proved England am s~Ars, Is generally looked upon
power II the d,sdainful remark Of her great Cont
tai antagonist prompted perhaps much by hatred
and resentment by the coaemptuous feeling Of which
he assumed the tone that she VAS q nation OF shop
keepers But much she has been devoted to the pur
tuiss vi c1Innerce sna misunderstanding industry and
great hae been her Success in them it yet Is u.
u eas. IL their visible and imposing manifestations,
n4sy speak froc ny i'm essicns, whici strike
the at.E lion ard excite the of STRANGE
hair much her agricultural dsveopemsnS It Is not
the phor cpusroe and luxury Of her cities nsishsr
Lou6no Liverpool, Biz ninghsm, Manchester
1nssue the genuine titles Of her national prss inencs
Is the Aresdn beauty and fruitulness OF country
ao' by the skin and taste Of the husbAndmAn and
tssu,irg with the riches which the persuasive hand. of
rural labor wins from she prolific bosom Of nature that
forms her true pride and soy Bstons Of every ia
poet svsnerste pIsueh taste for agriculture and
tue love Of country lite the predominant Of
tie IA onal character Whether banner smssses col
ossa toIune modest frsdesman gets little before
hand 10 the word the bition Of both 70 be landed
proprietor. ard Lord Overstone and Mr. Mschi become
The throne itself ooeys the pas
and Tot to speak OF ne Auosble example d present
Prince censot who has established one Of the bsst mo-
Gel farms Of England il is well known that
Iese lord and master George Ill affected title
than that Of Farmer GsoTge and that he actually coatr
buted pers for Youpgs Annals Of Agriculture "
Ger the homely Rslen Robinson (Which that
a bis baiBf farmer at WINDSOR need recall the
long list Of ilusrous Enslishmen and scotchusn both
and emen, from SIR Anthony Fitznec.
bert Justice Of the Common Pleas In the reign of Henry
vii, ard author Of the first English trestiss
bancsy Sir John Sin :lar the fisnd aud correspon
deut of Washington and author Of that grea. work. thu
Cada CT Agriculture" Who have sgoAised thsir zeal
and their services in the sane fsvorlte Bat in
sncipg this ist have been too foroibly
struck with the bet Eaghsh liberty add
the English love Of rural pursuits not to sic gle
remark that point Burke in his lister . me Der
OF the French National Assembly in 1901 attributes
the III Of their efforts found stable system
Of Constitutional liberty TO their keeping the holy
country. He sa,s:-' You give yourt time
coo You 90 into the country sooerly aud
cbje,ts" That sobriety aud samLess Of mind witaol
which the grave snd ponsbls duiea of freeusn
nfvsr To properly discharged shau not pretsnd say
the exclusive attribute OF the country But all ziu
admit that the retirement Of c,uotry life and its
poteness from scenes OF excitement are . peculiar
err favorable the Tranquil and updisturbsd exer
cse Of the moral and intellectual faculties Of OF
this burse himself was most striking example, for it
Is the patriot farmer and philosopher Of Bsscsnfsd,
with the highest wisdom and shority from his immor
tel pages. But was Eomund Burke, the great orator
ana Tn, wi % a,s S Les.y ana tog
who win take the trouble Of reading that most ad
mrsble paper of his-.Thoughts and Details Soar.
city presented TO Mr. Pitt In 1895. viii be thoroughly
nsbed II exhibit. . mioute acquaintance with al .hs
operations Of practical agricultus, and an sxactnss Of
s.A data ID 81
husbaudry which could be the result only of familiar
pscce during the and twenty years that hs says
be had been o farmer This Is part Of ths istoy of
that extraordinary man, whose profound political wis
dom and magnificent esqu have bsen the sdmi ration
Of the world, tina. nither ars cited but little Assn
pame, is MOI uDwor,hy OF rememoranos here 70 day.
Indeed. know nothing In the history OF tins human
mind more remarkable than that c,moiestiop OF nigh
philo.ophy ia the most sbstruss q7e,tons of legislation
ard political economy with pracca kno Wedge
in he ordinary tf human life Thicn pspsr
filed with q species Of amazsment vt the compsss
Of the human faculties acd p~rplexed which mast 70
admreths farmer ststssman, tbs SALESMAN farmer
~ agriculture had been much honorsd and culavsei
in other great aud powerful states Distinguish by their
f1ee ios;is u'ions II yet THIS land Of
liberty progress. Ia the frat place tnsre Is
other country which large proportion OF tho
population enjoying con etencs scd possessing adsqus
means for The liberal exercs Of the art are engaged Ia
the bors u agriculture la EoglaDd, dog the
most authentic statistical returns less tnso
oDethGd II the INDUS innaotsas Of the country
are so em OloJsd IL + aDce ths otasr hand where
the subdivision OF landed propert has bsea carried
very great extent ueoer .he Of positive
legislation "a cell The inausocs Of Is1itoos habits
IL is estimated that Two third If tas whole population
actually engaged erssted landlords and pro
pfietos, IN the pursuits OF agriculture But great
this prop ortioD IL ano ry la
that country with stratened hch forbid any
general attem pt at ,ropr we'd hasband n Is yet sss
than the relative number o. people sao Dy tbs
latest pise data ia 70 be D1yss 10
The operations sgr csLurs The full details of the
Of 1850 Dot bavine yet bssn given puolc
only refer for INF nation sns poios to thst
CT ls40 from which IL sopsarr thai, cot % total
population then existing the sitsd States Of ltss
more than seventeen millions "a effective OF s6l9 S9T
persons employed In the pursuits Of sgroalgnrs
manufactures and commerce, and OF thai nber,
3lDee5l peIsons, 80 lilo per oent engaged 10
agriculture 7e1,749. or ~ lilo PSF cont Ia msaulSo-
tutsei ard lit 6G7, or $40 per ospr, in commsr
Though tbs.e proportions mav h.ve varssd some-h
since and VII doubtless contDus 70 vary IN gsstsr o.
less degree from tt1e yet nothing Is more GER
tain than thst f 70 cone agriculture nus. be ths
chosen ocoups 100 o. isrgs @sjoriss ~ too republican,
people n Anne ice fns vast sxtsrt Of cor tsg-ftorT,
stssolss tscE - 70 -, sa1 sa6 fssng tgoaty'