The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1855-03-10
WHOLE No. 7lO.
Agricultural.

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IHE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL Soctrrv :
We gave last week two short letters from :,
correspondent who was in Attendance ,t tbo
meeting OF tins Society in Washington last
week. We observe that its session attracted
the attention Of Congress. In n debate in
tho Senate on tho general Approximation.
Bill on to which some tariff amedments ma
teriaiiy affecting the farming interests were
at'ached--(a system Of Legislation by tho
way unprecedented in Congress)-Mr, CLAW.
ton is reported BY the Baltimor, SIM RI
have said:-
"Iho proposition was blow at tho ereat
agricultural and manufacturing interests OF
the country. Under the reciprocity treaty. Of
last year the agricultural interests had been
injured; ana 50, to-day great agricultural
asscnlblage In this city (thc National Agricui-
tural Society tell us that if they can have no
protection there shall be no protection. There
are ooo,oOo farmers in the country, enough to
put down all your merchants aud manufac-
urerS. lie had only to say beware Of tho
day when you meet these men in battle array.
lie intend to stand as the representative ofthe
farmers, AID their interest, paramount to any
thing else, would induce him to battle as
earnestly as ever for the doctrine of protcc-
ion. "
From fho Address oftho President Of tho
Socicty-tho Hon Marshall p. Wilder. of
Boston, we take tho following which orc its
concluding paragraphs.-
tSln conclusion
word, to advert to some peculiarities in tho
present condition of American agriculture.
to the vastness Of Its resources, appearing IL
tho extension Of our public domain, andSi
the variety Of our climate and soil-to "a
rapid increase Of cultvators and consumcrk
aiding production and creating ready markell
at homo-to our remarkable facilities for
transportion by our lakes, rvors, and canal5a
and by our railroads, threading cur country, \
in every direction, and rapidly extending
from ocean to ocean--to the Improvement ing
agricultural implements, by which machinery III
performs, for the farmer, the labor OF days int
Il single hour-to the agency of the press, in
the application of science to the arts Of culfyGf
ton, and in tho diffusion of general intell-
gcnce, in the publication Of lectures, and
the reports Of exhibitions and discussions liz
all parts Of our repubic-and, above all, ter
the rise in the price Of lands, and also q, 4,
crops, for tho latter of which demand has in v
creased as steadily as their quantity.
These, and similar congratulatory cousid-
cratlons, evnce the prosperity of our beloved
lana and Illustrate the dependence of tho
States Of our notional contederacy upon each
other;- not ore Of them HpeM Ia IselE-dis-
nembcment or dsscvcration is dcath-thc
'uin OF agric uturo, and, therefore, Of COM
ncrce and manufactures. For instance: New
with allhcrintelligcncc, machinery,
md capital, cannot live alone; she must dc
bend upon the South for her cotton and rice,
lpon the Middle and Western States for much
If her beef and pork, wheat and wool; while,
n return, she will send her sister States
he fabrics and other products of her skill
nd industry. This reciprocal action and
mutual dependence cannot be destroyed, and
hould BIO turnedlto the highest parctical &C
cunt. Whose heart does not respond 70 tho
entments OF our illustriouJ stategman-uI
'ould gladly sec the United States indepen-
ent OF all foreign nations fer all the ne cessa-
les of life, clothing cs we II as food; but T do
OF desire to see the sepcrate States indepen-
ent Of each other first; because climate, soil.
geographical position, and physical condition,
eslgnatc them for different departments Of
ldustry, and their own highest prosperity
ill be subserved by following natures and,
ncond, because these mutual dependencies
re among the strongest bonds OF our blessed
'iion, and give tho best guarantee that it
hall endure for ever"
Gentlemen, In this sentiment I heartily
oncur; and it is my earnest PRAYER that 1t
ay animate all our hearts, and ENCOURAGE
ur endcavors to advance the objects of this
ssociation-to strengthen tho bonds OF tho 81
merican Union, and add to the pgowess and
ory Of these United States"
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