The Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1852-1853, 1853-11-30

PEoPLE's CoLLEeE 10 teach these important
vital truths 10 al who seek them, and % en-
able them 10 pay then way by their labor
while learning; and We trust you in Indians
will speedily follow ii you do not precede
US That is the best that can be said to-
day; / trust ere long Ia be ahLs 10 speak
more to the purpose.
| do not seek to disguise The magnitude
and the difficulty OF the work contemplate
that of revolutiOnizing our Agriculture, and
making it the most elevated an ennobllng,
because the most intellectual, pursuit Of man.
| realize the mountains of Prejudice that
are to be levelled, the Dead Sea of Igno-
rance that must be filed up, the consutu-
tional imm0blity of Conservatism that must
be oRercome, before the end can be attain
ed. But | see also how ''the stars in lheiY
courses" fight in behalf of Progress and
/ Enlightenment--how immense has been
the march of Intelligence rs we'll rs lnyen-
ton and Physical lmprovementin our age
! how the Steamboat, the Railroad, the Steam
Press, the Ocean Steamship, thh Electric
Telegraph, are speeding us onward with a
momentum the world has never before known
! - and hear voice from all these and
many kindred impulse and influence, bid
ding Man the Cultivator advance boldly and
confidently to take his proper post as lord
of the amin al kingdom and wielder OF the
elements for the satisfaction of his wants
and the Development of his immortal pow
ers. hear them calling him to vindicate
the discernment or the perOience of those
glorious old Greeks who gave our Earth in
her young luxuriance the name of hOSlSOs
or BEAUTY--a name beliyed by our scared
and stumpy grain-6elds, our scared and
and barren pastures, our bleak and arid des-
erts, our foul, malarious marshes; but which
Science shall yet justify and joyous Labor
perpetuate. lnspite fall distractions and
impediments, "the world does move" and
even the most sluggish & stubborn are car
red along with it. Our Agriculture, as a
whole, is more skillfull and efficient than il
was thirty OF forsyyearS age; and it is H6w
improving in accelerated ratio. Even l.
the descendant of line of poor cultivatoys
stretching back, very likely, to him who
through his own blindness and fatuity los
the situation of head gardner in Eden--ever
| feel the all-pervading impulse toward i'm.
provement and reform. | can never be {
Scientific farmer--I am too old and too hea
vily laden with duties and cares for that
but my son, If he lives, shall be- The little
can teach him shall at least inspire him
with craving for more, and set him on the
righ; track to learn it. And thus tens o.
thousands are growing up all around US
p tob nF aHi
cency--who shall be leaders and guides in
the great work to which this Address is a
feeble but earnest contribution,
Hawthorne, in his "Three-fold Destiny, -
tells the story of young man who wander.
ed all the world over in quest of three won
derful Incidents, which it had been predIc.
ted should occur to him; and returned dis
appointed and spirit-broke to lin / them all
under the shadow of his parental roof
perceieYe in this tale, AS in every word oI
true genius, some reelection of universal
fact an appeal to the general experience
and the heart of Humanity. How many
have chased deluding phantoms through the
fervid hQontide of life, only to find, as the
evening shadows drew around them, that
Ambition had no goal Achievement no
triumph, to equal the calm, perennial joys
of humble rural home!
| commend the moral of Hawthorne 1
story to our young men, who are from year
10 year setting forth so bravely to wrench
: fortune from the golden sands of California,
or win her among the young cities that, EN-.
r ulating the growth ofJonah's gorrd ARE be
! ginning TO dot the American shores of the
! great Pacific. Far be it from me to insinu
, ate that their venture is wild one, and
! their hopes neoessari y doomed to untimeIy
r blight. have faith in American energy
still more in study, persistent, intelligent
; Industry; and feel sure that cline so ge.
= nial, country SO diversified in natural fea.
+ lures, a soil so deep and virgin, as those
e of California, must proffer many induce
e ments to the hardy. resolute pioneer, even
: though that soil be here and there sprink
led with gold. Such an enterprise as the
: peopling and settling of a country SO new
t and so remote from prior civilization, will
, of course, demand its martyrs; in its prose
e cution thousands will die, and tens of thou
: sands will fail; but the enterprise itself will
neither die nor fail; and many of those who
= titIy embarked in it will achieve, at least
success and competence. What l would
t say is addressed rather to the tens of thou
, sands, whom flial or parental ties retain
t among u.s. while they impatiently champ the
. bit and say, "Why am not I, too, at liberty
: to cross the Rocky Mountains and gather my
share of the golden harvest?" 10 these
: would earnestly say, "Beieve not, repining
: friends that California and fortune are in.
v seperable, nor forget that there were broad
0 avenues to success and competence before
! Fremont unfursd his Bear standard in the
=. valley of the Sacramento" Nay; be as
: snre4 that, right here in Indiana, are ample
e p!acsrs for all who will resolutcly and wise.
0 ly work them-ptaceTs, whereof the yield
a may be less per pan or day than that o
some of the richest 'gulches' on tho Feather
e or the Yuby; but then it is certain, mex
haustaOe, and sure to prove more and more
t abundant each returning season, Tht
2 deeper these mines are worked, the more am
: pie is the return: they require no outlay @
t skill or labor in prospecting" for every
! arabic rood will reward the digger's efforts
and from the Ohio to the Missouri he viii
Z find hardly any other than "pay-dirt."
AS for me, long tossed on the stormiC 81
waves of doubtful conflict and arduous en-
: deavor, have begun to feel, since the
shades of forty years fell upon me, the wea
! ry tempest driven vtvager's longing fol
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