Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1855-01-18


lions.
At this time. while financial embarrass
mepts are affecting some IF the CONNIE r
cial and manufacturing interests Of Tit
country 1t Is gratifying TO observe tina
there are evidences of industry, prosperi
ty and improvement, among The farmers
and mechanics of the State, ALI classes o.
our laborlDg population are turning theil
attention. as members ofvarious industrial
associations, to The consideration OF the
best means Of promoting the interests oil
their several pursuits Under the authority
OF the Act OF The General Assembly, ap.
proved February IL 1852, about sixty ag-
ricultural Associations have been es,ab.
li>hed in Indiana, and a very large portion
of this number held interesting and profit
able fairs, in the fall Of The year 1854
suggest that the law under which agricul-
iural societies are organized, be so amend
e that these associations shall be invested
with the right TO hold real estate. for pur.
poses Connected with the holding of their
annual fairs. Many of these societies
have purchased valuable grounds, on which
they are making permanent improve
ments.
The State Board Of Agriculture is now
in session, with a full delegation from va
rious parts of the State. BY the opera
tions OF this Board, during the past year,
more than four thousand volumes on ag-
ricullural subjects have been dslrbul ed
ampng the people Of the State. These
volumes contain not only valuable infor-
nation deriv ed from the experience of some
vi the best farmers in Indiana, but, also,
many useful and interesting iacts in rela-
ton 10 the agricultural experience of the
most distinguished farmers of other States
OF The Union.
IL is the duty of those who represent the
people in ths General Assembly, 10 aid
and encourage the efforts Of the State
Boarc .i Agriculture and its auxiliary so.
c'eiies. By stimulating labor. by reward
ing industry and skill, 10y encouraging The
useful arts. and by dffusing in various
ways. useful aud PRACTICAL knowledge.
these associations have q most beneficial
influence in promoting the agricultural
interest and in INCREASING the amount and
the value o. the products vi our home IN
dustry.
Recommend that you appropriate the
su IN OF three thousand dollars tor the per-
nanent lncloslng Of The military grounds,
AT the Capital. This sum. IN additlon 10
that which will be furnished by tho Cit
izvns ol Indianapolis and the agricultural
sOcie:y OF Marion County. will be suffi
Gent TO provide suitable grounds for the |
periodical display of The most vaIuaUie
stock of the State, and Tor the exhibition
OF the labor AMI skill ui our mechanics
ami manufacturers.
The correspondence on the subject oil
acquiring terri.oory IN Liberia, for the
OF our cOiored population.
will be found IN the report of our coiOni
cation ag-nt. From this correspondence,
1t appears that the contemplated guam
tity vi land cannot be acquired in body.
The objec, in view may, however. be
accomplished by such modification of the
law, as shall author.z- the selection o.
lands in smaller quantities for families
and individuals who may emigrate from
Indiana to Liberia.
The experience Of making such modi
fcatiOn OF the Law, is worthy Of your
consideration.
Since the passage Of the law suthoriz
ing a State organization for the purpose
of aiding the cause Of African COLOMBIA
ton. AZ persons have been sent from In
diana to Liberia. A majority of these
emigrants were good mechanics. indus
irious aud intelligent men. and we'll
quslifiei to exert good influence in tina,
infant Republic.
Time has demonstra led that the sche me
Of African Colonization is practicable,
and no enterprise of the age holds out
greater promises Of good to the colored
race. Within the last twenty years.
government, the principles of christian
civilization and civil liberty have accom-
plished more. among the twenty five
million of that portion Of Africa, than
had been achieved by the efforts of phi
lanthropists in the course of many pre-
ceeding centuries. The colored man. in
his native land, has established a repub-
lie. built towns and cities. founded
churches and schools, and adopted poll
cy calculated TO encourage agriculture,
mechanics. manufactures. and other in
dustrisl pursuits. We must look TO this
land for tho elevation Of the African, for
the separation of the white and colored
races. and for'the removal or mitigation
Of great source of evil. recommend
that you continue the annual appropri-
tion for the cause Of colonization. and
that your voice be heard in the National
councils asking for the recognition Of the
Independence Of the Republic Of Liberia.
in former messages. my views in rela-
ton to the necessity Of making provisions.
By law. for thorough geological and to.
biographical survey of the State. and in
reference to the importance Of creating a
Bureau of Statistics in one of the depart
ments of State. have been laid before
the Legislature. igsin. earnestly in
vit- your attention to these subjects.
In the early part OF the year 1884. the
State Board of Agriculture. at an expense
Of five hundred dollars, employed DR..
Brown to make curscry geological ex.
animation Of the State. and to publish
the results Of his labors. in the third an
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