The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-11-02

life. Unlike the feudal ages, it is no longer /
piyen up to serfs and bondsmen, tied TO the
soil as part and parcel of the domain, as the |
fitting and peculiar occupation Of the most
jignorlnt and degraded portions ofcommun-
Fly. To follow the plough, and tend the
flocks,--to gather the crops and thresh the /
grain,-is no longer the mark of servitude
and inferiority, as under false and des-
potic system oflaw and social policy, 1t was
doomed to be. In this particular,-in all
that gives dignity to man and elevated en-
ergy to the industrial arts,--we stand upon
platform which the ancients, whether of
Greece or Rome, never attained This
great social revolution is the mightiesta-
chievement of modern times. BY the side
of this great Social Fact, even the magnif-
cent results Of modern science and genius,
dwindle into insigni6cancel 1t is the me-
dunn through which, not only the dignity
of labor, but the rights and privileges of
mankin /, have been vindieated against the
insidious but constant and indelatigable en-
croachments of aristoeratic power,--it is
the principle which has done moret to break
the letters of despotic power, concentrated,
and concentrating, in the hands of a
few,--scattering the blessings of civil. lib
erty establishing an equality of right, as
well as approximating an equality of prop
terty among the masses of men,--than all
the proud teachings of philosophy, or all
; the fine spun theories of political economy,
have done, from the dawn of civilization
down to the present time. 1t is, then, a
> fact not to be controyerted, that sgriculturA
| al science, and that great class of human
beings who illustrate its benefits as well as
its honors. rest upon the broad and endur-
f ing basis of an enlightened public opinion,
, sustained by free institutions; and in
$ turn, SUPPORTING and elevating those insti.
: tutions. Agriculture, therefore, in mod
] efn times, is not only the result of wise
b and broadminded system of public law
: but it is at tie same time, the main pillar
upon which all public law and public or
r der must rest. The extension of popular
! iutelligence,-the improvement of public
a morals, and the enfranchisement of the
: popular mind from error and prejudice
c must 20 hand in hand, in harmonious un-
ion, with an intelligent, industrious, and
prosperous cultivation of the earth. Be-
$ cause, this proposition is as true as math-
b ematieal problem. that if agriculture owes
G much of its character and position for pub
+, lie usefulness, to the benign Influence OF
a our political institutions, liberty, social
g order, and the wellbeing Of society, owe
: quite as much 10 agriculture, and its strong
$ conservative and right-minded followers
d If the energy to sustain a free representa-
Is tive government, ,-thepatriotisrn to uphold
g a Just administration of its affairs, ,-and the
% public virtue to give moral force and eff
l. cacy to popular opinion, are not to b,
: found among the cultiyators Of the soil,-
It Iwould ask, in good faith and honest ear
" nestness, among what other portion of com
y munity, are these highest attributes Of
is Just citizen to be found? In no system o
At government ever built up by the wisdom o
at man, is this great truth more manifest, thai
1f in our own free and happy country. Th
y prosperity of these United States, in all th,
D elements Of mans comfort and happiness
'r centres in itssoil,- dependent upon it
N cultivators, and reaches its highest ex
er empli6cation in the daily life and labors 0
m its citizen farmers What nation is there
le upon the face of the earth, that does nc
!, look with breathless anxiety upon our ma
.; tional progress? What country is notboun
ne up with it in the strongest sympathetic in
is terests and hopes? Every principle Of jus
g, tice recognized by man, every sentiment {
r freedom dear to the lover ofcivil 4 religion
BIS liberty y,-radiates, in streams Of Twin
h light, from this common centre of freedom
n; --and produces in the remotest regions {
v the world, that highest and holiest Of a
n ancient or modern civilization, free "a
e- tionaI, american Civilzationl In tn
ys spread of this civilization, by their own eS
lls ample; and its sustainment, by all the proT
I'll er and practical means within their power
O. the farmers and mechanics of this mod,
e. government of ours, have not only the
as peculiar share; but they have a deep an
Is, abiding responsibility resting upon them,i
is, common with all other professions and OF
e. cupations in life, in seeing that the hig
as trust submittedto their charge, is faithful
he and fully executed, for the benefit, as VIC
" as the happiness, of millions yet unborn.
ch 1t is, fellow-ctizens, subject for Il
Or, highest qualification, that, notwithstandin
VI tlo nchoOuJ CHlIN'
u terized by one of the most remarkabl
20 drouths in the memory Of even the pi'
~ neers OF the country, you have been en'
le- bled to exhibit series ofnative production
u both agricultural and mechanical, TIN
slr would do honor to n society much old,
'r' and better endowed than yours. This uni
%. ed exhibition Of the sister arts of agricu
oil ture and manufactures, is not the least il
en- teresting feature of the Exhibition ITSELF
IN The Mechanic arts, next to agriculture
ze may be permitted to make the distinction
ve is one ofthe main props Of our social o
ng ganization. tits LABOR, whether in Il
ld field or in the neutrality-suspicious., wheth
nd in the Cabinet or in the Senate House,
he LABOR, whether ofthe head or the hands
'st LABOR, free, voluntary LABOR, which is u
es highest badge ofhonor republican FIRE
= man should covet or desire. He, ther
ed fore, who is eowardiy ashamed of labor
N. him 'eif;-or he who insolently smears at !
OF Dor IN Others, s,--discredits and repudiat
ne the eternalru prescribed by the Almight
No Law -Giver, for the regulation and go
an eminent of the whole Human Fami
'se This union Of agricultural and mechanic