Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-11-06

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with promise of future benefit. No rotation OF
crops, for none had fixed purposes or plans Tor
the future. No improvements III dwellings, quar-
tiers. or stables, for they might all be shorty
misunderstanding nothing dn-
rable,-noihing that did not promise lnimraa'"
returns was undertaken. The estate ltset De
came a mere marketable commodity, TO be sold
or traded, or parted with as an ordinary afticlo
of personal property.
Consider for n momrnt the condition OF aSrl-
culture under these circumstances. Nhnt fhlhk
yon of putting your farm under u four OF n'e
wears rotation, when you would abandon IL tna'
fall building good houses TO make an"'l'ef man
comfortable ! erecting quarters Tor other pcro-
pies slaves! a~nalyzlng your soil, una ascertain
ing upon the most approved philosophical prlh
cipIes, their constituent elements and properties
to enable YOU to disclose their merit to some
Spectator or trader in lands that by accident
might be thrown in your way as n purchaser'-
buying good ploughs. harrows and implements OF
husbandry, that when you traded your land
you might throw them into the bargain
Gentlemen, agricultural Improvement only be-
gins when real estate is regarded as a permanent
fixed, and Interchangeable investment. lie only Is
prepared to aid in its advancement, who regards
his farm as his permanent home,-the spot he
has selected for the labor of his life, where the
ardor of his youth, the energy OF his manhood,
aud the wisdom of his mature years are to fnd
their attractions, their rewards, and their hon
ors,-e elevated and strengthened by the resoiu-
ton to transmit it to posterity. as the true record
of what he was in his day and in his generation.
1.-The good men do, is oft inferred with their
bones.' In agriculture, the good we do lives
after us. The fields we enrich-the lands we
drain-the spacious barns we erect,-the com
Portable dwelling we build,-the oaks we plant,
or preserve around 1.-THE green grass we make
grow,-the gardens we enclose and adorn-all
live after US, and in benefits and blessings per-
pPtuate our name.
lie who does this, has inscribed his name on
''motber EARTH - and the revolving seasons-the
chill winter, the bright spring, the warm summer,
the fruitful autumn-all come III their order to
revive and renew the memory OF that man VINO
has left this record behind him-Agriculture
"has her triumphs no less than war, and these
are of them"
Nothing characterizes more strongly our A
merican industry or contributes IN a greater de-
gree to give it superiority over that OF the old
world, than the inventive genius that displays it
self in the construction and use of those labor
saving machines and implements with which 1t
has supplied itself.
In no pursuit are these benefits more apparent
than in the art of agriculture,-in the additions
they have made to p~ower,-the economy they
produce in time, and the effectiveness they pro
duce in human labor. mo where can capita,
ne SO btlitilclaly tHnpIbNfh, = III ululhB anu
strengthening the productive power of nature.
What has produced more immediate and obvi-
Gus benefits to agriculture, than the improved
plough, the thrcshing machine, the vheat reaper!
In Virginia we have not awaited ourselves OF i'm
proved agricultural implements TO the extent of
the benefits they confer. lis not for us to per-
init these great practical agents of productive
ness to remain unenjoyed and unappropriated,
and in the competition which surrounds us, have
them all actively and iugeniously employed a
gainst us. They are the achievements of skill
, and science, and we appreciate the benefits they
confer-they are the stimulants and aid of pro-
duction, and we must avail ourselves of them
they are practical blessings, to be laid hold of
and secured-not to be talked of, approved and
neglected.
We want in Virginia improvement in the me-
chanieal arts. We want implements of hushan-
, dry in all the variety, extent and perfection, in
which modern science and art has prepared and
fashioned them.
Why go abroad for them! Why go to New
York or massachusetts, for those things we can
manufacture and prepare mt home! Why go to
Pennsylvania for the stean, car, the plough, the
axe, or any implement of husbandry! The iron,
the coal, all the minerals necessary for their ia
brieation are found in abundance and excellence
among us.
Shall they continue to come to us, burdened
with charges that diminish the profits on our la
boz, that augment the wealth of those whose pow
er already controls your markets, directs your
commerce and regulates your exchanges! Are we
TO be told, as heretofore, that our skill is not suf-
ticient, our labor unadapted to such pursuits =
Shall we acknowledge this inferiority-this weak
ness in onr system without a trial ! Are we will
ling TO perpetuate onr dependence and pay our
annual tribute without an effort for relief
Regard this mechanical and manufacturing
system; as conducted by the united labor of both
classes-the white man Occupying the superior
posts of intelligence, reward, and control-the
slave the less important and inferior ones. In
the work shops and factories of Europe and
America, the intelligence and skill necessary to
direct and regulate the entire operation are pro-
cured from different classes of their people, and
paid for at higher rates of remuneration than
those pnid to the manual, and native laborers. In
agriculture, where labor is susceptible of but
limited division, we have found the slave yalua-
BILE, efficient, skilful. In mechanical and manu-
featuring arts, labor is susceptible of almost in
finite division, and this it is. that renders it so
effective i'll production. in every pursuit to which
it can be applied.
Its operation and effect is to simplify to make
easy of comprehension by requiring one thing
only to be understood, and one thing to be per-
formed by the operator. 1t makes him able to
perform that well, from constant habit, and prac-
tice directed to that alone. He does it better,
and cheaper, an ! faster because it ceases to re-
quire thought. and becomes a mere habit per-
formed mechanically, and without reflection.
Our resources. our capital, our labor, are abun-
dant and adequate to supply our wants. Diver
sity your occupation as you diversity your crops
for security and profit. Bring the agriculturist,
the mechanic, the manufacturer, side by side,
and increase the profits on the labor. Shall we
be told that the habits and opinions of our PEG.
pie are opposed to it! that the experience of the
past finds it better and cheaper to purchase them