The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-11-09


that expansive brnev0lence which lanks
to the human family as one and the
same superior rare. In the full pros
perify of agriculture national prospe- /,
rity is complete. II calls into exist
ence and -susta n MI other professions.
which enlarge and increase lis own
success. Ike an unfailing fountain.
Il rrfreshes each with continuous
streams &c vitality. As long as Agri-
culture flourishes and ma niains its
precedence, or, at least. its equality in
human emplovmrnts. a nation would
be unconsc Gus nf the wasting influence
Of decline. or the presence Of decay.
II is wien these who I'LL the ground.
10 whom the wildness af harbarism and
the ferceness { a warlike spirit yield-
ed IN the constitution Of a well organ-
lied government. resign their leaders
ship and fall behind those who have
grown up under the shadow OF, and
lived upon their iabnr. that the imbe-
cility Of aye AMI decline is seen and
felt. Nations. like men. grow old and
feeble. but for sery different reasons.
Neither the highest virtue. nor the inost
unvary;ng prudence, can evalle the
daom "'rhe dust shall return to the
dust as il was." But wisdom to devise
and dratrintism 10 execute good. iast and
wholesome laws. would continue the
existence Of a nation through the gene
rai,ons Of man. There would be cur
rent Of happiness and prosperity. Of
progressive increase. .f devotion TO
such a Government. that would give
strength with age and inspire a yigor
which would resist the 4 asion Of de-
cav. Liberty. which. consists in the
equality Of right. opening field for
enterprise. wonld give ceaseless en-
ployment to those energies which are
always salutary. when not unwisely re-
strained. Success would be the result
Of well directed effort, and the acqul-
sition of independence and wealth the
end Of a virtuous and judicious indus
try. I,llencss and improvidence would
find no favor BY authority of law. But,
whilst agriculture is producing only.
and leaving the management Of affairs
to those impelIed BY other interests,
another state Of things arises. the ten
dcncy Of which is sure aud steady ia
the overthrow of free institutions.
When wealth accumulates. and difii'
rIt Il - a.. II.
tion ard consequent return TO the com
mon stock, thus aiding capital in us
war against labor. a contest, in which
! the right arm Of rlc people is sf;er
crippled or, paralyzed. in which th'
complete success Of capital produces
the most abject condition Of those VIII,
look to labor as a source of support
this is decisive symptom Of national
senilitv,--the substitution Of the will
Of the creature for that Of the Creator
that irregular diffusion Of vital en-.
ergy, that inequality in the distribu.
tion Of those weights that should ba
lance each other, which tisorganiz,
and tlestroy-th the rich kept very ricl
and the poor very poor, by the force o
legislation--a state Of things whicl
finds its termination in revolution, 0
: tile law Of force. or in our more civil
lied age, in the grafton Of poor an,
, oppressed Labor. until capital is com
pelled to yield, for the want Of subject
upon which to operate. 1t is the oil,
age Of Europe, the oppression Of labo
BY capital. the mnzzling the OK tho
treadeth ont the corn.' and furgctful
! ness Of the truth, that "the laborer
{ worthy Of his hire that has peure,
: upon our shores that stream of cmigra
!. tion which for many years has present
: ed one of the most remarkable pheno
. mena Of the age. They come to ii
the ground, where all is new and fires
, and free, and, above all, where labc
| commands capital, because labor ca
$ always command bread-whcre indus
i try never fails to secure comfort an
: independence-where the cry of wal
l or the ravages of hunger never distre.
5 or invade. We are this dav engage
) in doing honor to the great business
! tilling the ground, and those who Il
n it, and to the occupations which gro
e out of it and depend upon it--Whe
II labor sits the presiding genius to col
:. troll and give direction to capital, usir
e it as stimulant to give force and effe
S TO the enterprises conceived and ex
. cuted by itself.
b it is not my purpose to coniine N
e remarks exclusively to practical agr
st culture. Such discourse belon
,r more properly to another occasieeai
would be better suited to the nieetil
ID of an Agricultural Society devoted
st the execution of the details of this gre
IL profession. We meet not only
/ farmers, but to recognize all the resul
ii Of that profession in the kindred pr
ir ductions, mechanics and The arfs--
Of claim fellowship with those industrl
le pursuits which, deriving support fro
e. the farmers toll, in return diminish Z
lie severity Of his labor BY improved agI
s. cultural implements, and which add
to the comiarts. luxnries and elcganoies