New-York daily tribune., 1854-09-02

"a the Eev-Jer1saem. ioey Nosiu nv 80. ~ -,
% bog. marShes pens, .wamps and qaaS hnes y.
d. rlanet and rendered every desert iuANnu7
farm ard every swamp q delightful garusn. III
= s-ead of the thorn woad come mp the pune Hos,
and ins.ssd OF the brers the my.1e re ue., ~ al
" dessTt would rrJoice ana Oosso" S' '"'
tie =, Itary place would De giah ,bs ~,
When the earth's surface becomes PuIlned 1ne -.
uosphere becomes pure; and when the a'mospuese oe
con - pure longer inoai- tue V' ~ a. :,
ond d., ase with our conssnt breath which no" noat
.o ,bicl and heavy around Then that eotnp'ain
will 1. done with now common, oat no moTe soh-
NOV than unjust, that PrrrrfeEcs has sIe"ed tne
deaih-seeds IN the air and nnais 'asm We ~ - ~,
we cam OF escape the nat ol lie <AAAAe-''
f,es If lher inhalation . lii,
social remedies for social evils mental remedes
for mental evils but phyacaI remedies Tor Physicai
evils. ,.-,-, .,j Tho
a,nosphere IL nderrd impure by the iesterlngs ahu
upurities Of the surface of the earth the suracs "
M, earh NUT be- purihed-there IL no shorter me'ou
and TO be purined, among other things requires
diiohng. .L..i,L 49,, aid
The physiological dutes, or laws VI No@''N ~ ~
N,iural Food; 8 Pure Az
s. Regular sleeping .
Now the frat three relate directly to the surface oi
the earth for cannot have heaitn "l'1ou1 h
food and xe cannot have natural TODD unless tne
surface of the earth Is in natural condition; so also
W. cannot have pure air unless the surface oi tue
earth is pure And the surface OF the eartn eannoe
lefom. but by the ihtof ~ hoh' <,'N
beautiful fact that Just the amount OF exercise neces
ary for III. health of maD will produce all the neces
ssres and comfort. ofhfe: and when judciously EN-
uloyed and understandngly directed, VIII Puriy tne
surface Of the earth. .,:.. Al
unnatural food which her children draw from ner
sckly to.om engeDd.r vast proportion OF those us
which aesh j. heir to, as all admit mere theh,
the remedy must be applied. A natural amount oi
labor soud supply natural amount of natural tOod,
and that food would supply natural amount of
Strength sufficient to produce IT. This labor again,
iud ciousiy expended, would puriiy tho eafth sur
face, and thus purity the atmosphere "nicl Wpu1u
ensLl. us 10 fulhl that law of our being whch re,
0ues tor the o1ygenaton OF blood the inhastion OF
"phTe or. -.
me inhabitants of the before mentioned cities
will never enjoy any rational amount Oh hea!h "hile
surround.d ike New Orleans by 30 vast a region OF
N, draln,d marshes The soil on these hats is a. rich
in vegetable mold as vegetable decomposition can
MAKE H. and henever drained, it will be as fertile n
the pralries and viii endure for ages.
Ai fret | thought, from the luXurisnt growth of
orsss and heritage upon it, that the land must be
Tisng-that is getting higher above the water at the
rate al least of an inch year, which IN few years
would raise il above hig water mark But when,
uIou digging W. came across limbs aud branches OF
trees and az times what seemed 10 be roots, It ap-
pesred that trees had once been growing therei tins
would seem 10 change the aspect OF things. these
branches are found from three TO five feet below the
surface. The appearance of these induced me to
e,sk The - Ol1c-t lDUdbldnl W Htaht mliiAico
whether rees ever grew there, but he could give me
No Satisfaction.
Agriculture will soon be reduced to a science, and
teuuht 10. ether with Histology, IN our common
schools. And as soon a. the farmer understands that
anessentia constituent of every plant is water, and
that if this be- not supplied his crops will wltber ne
will provide for irrigation and subsoling; and when
he knows that too much water il as fatal to his crops
as too little, he Will remedy the evil by aitchiAg.
There are very few marshes ponds on the great
rrairier of the West or in all the great North Amer
cen Valley which may lot be easily drained, and the
soil rendered fertile and the atmosphere dlvested OF
is pest len,a malaria and pestiierous exbeationsoy
tie simple process 0i dtchlng
Hereafter If any one says am useless in the
world and I'VE done good while passing along
will point him TO this period of diiching, and tell
him that if all the inhabitants nor living on the
earth would do much as have done, it would make
our earth Paradise from one pole to the other
think more aud more OF Manual Labor Schools,
where nature and man shall be studied, and labor
II sde honorable by II enal Development. Had fresl-
dent Polk been educated thereat, land suppdse he
was a. useful any of them, OF perhaps shOU'dsa
a. useless and studied agriculture a science, IN
st al of ssndiug his armies tO Mexico 10 butcher the
men al women there he would have sent Them To
difereIi parts of the country to drain the swamps,
aDo dyke the ryers and convey water 20 the deserts
Dean swift said, ought to have SAID, that tue
wort use you can put lnan to is TO hang him. The
ISfsd, ut taking tie hint and not doubling but that
men must be " used, made manure of them.
But there Is a serious objection 10 that method of
frtilizng the sands of Mexico-it is too expansive
btsioe-, those who object to the use of live fish
on the score Of cruelty would have still greater obec
tion to thl-, on the score Of inhumanity.
The cost many millions, and the crops OF many
generations will hardly suffice 10 pay the interest
On III. other hand bad these been set to ditch
ing they might have lived and enjoyed life for many
years been blessings to themselves, useful to the
world, and when gathered TO their fathers have left
their works on record to be read by succeeding gen
eratious.
But if the plains Of Mexico needed fertzing, Vatey
sng would have been much better than fighting, and
r-pbosl hate OF lime and guano would answer
quite a. well ae human blood aud the flesh OF men.
"a that upon the whole / arm anxious TO see the
Peoples Colleges" the - Harmonial Institutes,
snd kindred institutions quickly under way tina,
the rising generation may be taught that by
culiiysiing the land, purifying the atmosphere and
securing good wholesome food, the earth may be re-
generated and be physically redeemed. Then
peace and plenty hall crown the world, and health
and strength biess the race.
will stop how, supposing you tired Of listening
10 the thoughts OF DircHER.
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