Demoine courier., 1855-11-15
aG0LD,AND. CORN.

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odw GOLD AND CORN. toa sfHl
The following beautiful consrss, be-,
tween ,he GOLD Of Caiifornis and the gold
Of agriculture, is from the speech Of the
Hon. EDw. EvERErT, at the National
Agricultural Fair, Boston, r0e,ober 26lh:
The grains of the California gold are
Dead inorganic masses. How they got
into the gravel; between what mountain
miiis,ones, whirled by elemental storm
winds 10 the bosom Of oceanic torrents,
the auriferous hedges were ground to
powder; by w ha,f fisanic hands she,cOv.
eted grains were sown broadcast in the
placers. humsn science can but family
conjec,ure.iooWe only know that those
gnias have within them no principle Of
growth CT reproduction; and tina, when
that crop was to be. put in. Chaos mus.
have broken up the coil How differ
eni ,he grains ofour Atlantic gold. sown
by the prudent hand Of man, in the kind.
ly affirmation Of seed.time and harvest;
each ~curiousty. N ys,o tioutiys josganized;
hard, horny. seeming lifeless on the out
eide, but wrapping up in the interior a
seminal germ. a living principle.
Drop a grain Of California gold into
the ground, add Ihese it win lie unchang-
ediO the end Of lime, the clods on which
II calls not more, cold and lifeless.-
Drop a grain If our gold, OF our blessed
gold, in lhe ground, and 10! a mystery.
In q few days il s~ofsens, IL swelis, IN
shoots or wards. il isa living thing. ) Il
isyelIow ITSELF bu, il sends up q delicate
spire, which comes peeping, emerald
green, through the soil; il expands 10 a
vigorous stalk. revels in the air and sun
shine; IL arrays itself more glorious Than
Solomon in its broad. Aansring. dlsafy
robes, whose sound. as the Wes., wind
whispers through them, falls az pleas,
antly on The husbandman's ear az The
rustIe'of the s~weetheart's gafmeit; s,ili'
towers aloh, sDsnsG its ver3sm skeinsl Of
vegetable floss. displays its dancing iasl
sells, surcharged with f~er,lizing Gust, and
al last ripens into :wo or three :nagni6c-
eht ba,ons like this fan ear OF Indian
cofn,1 each Of which iis studded with
bundreds Of grains oil. gold, evesyg eone
possessing the same wonderful proper
,Ies az the. parent grain, every one in.
stinct with the same marvellous repro.
duc,ive powers. There are seven hun.
dred aad twenty grains on The ear which
h"ldaia ny hand And row Itsay.
cir, Of this .ra~nscendan, gold Of ours. he
yeid this year will be .. least Ten or
fifteen times thai OF California. a.,
But il will be urged, perhaps. sir, in
behalf Of the California gold BY some
niser:y old fogy.a who thinks here ID no
music in the world equal 10 The chinhi of
his gulness. MAJ, s,hoseh one crop only
Of gold can be gathered from the same
spot, yet once gathered IL lasts 10 the
eudS Of time; while hid wfls mndintain)
our vegetable gold is produced only, 10
be- consumed. and when consumed is
gone forsser, Bnl This, Mr.. President.
wou!d, be q most eggregious error both
ways. II is true, The California gold
viii last forever unchanged. If lis owner
cheosesybut while itso lasts tits Of no
use, lnOs not 30 mueh a. i.s, value, in pig
iron. which makes the bes. of ballast,
whereas gold. while il, is gold. sgood
for hrie IL nothing. You Can neither
eat nanoF'dHak III nor smoke igoYou
can nsuhss wear is,anor aburA il ~ fssL
nor build Q house with il; il, j really use
less ill you exchange i. for consunabIe,
p~erishable goods; and the more 'plenti
fol tits the iess IT'S e~xchsngeaBls value.
Par different the case wilh cur Attain
,c gold; itdoes not sperish when con,
sumeG. bol by . nobler alchemy than
that oil Paraceisus is transmitted in con-
sumption TO : higher l'fssuFPerish in
consumption." ID the Ola miser say7
Thou fool, that which thou sowest is MOI.
quickened erctpf IL die. q 'rhes Burning
pan of Inspiration, ranging heassu and
ear,h for 2 simili,1de 10 conyey,rto cur
poor minds come rot inadequate idea Of
the mighty doctrine Of The resurrection.
can find no symboiEso expressive ia bare
Il may chance OF wssat or
sumo other gsaia's''l To-day . ssnsslsss
plant, o -morrow il 10 Lunan-b0ne, and
muscle. vslr and artery, sinew and nerve;
besnng pulse, beaving lungs. toiiing. All!
somesines over 1eilihg brain. ssLas. Jude
il ssckesL troai I'm, old breasts OF che earth
The wstery n~sHqshment Of lie dis.sndiag
and. now il clohe, the manly
form with warm, cordial flesh quiveTrs
and thrills with the fse-fold mystery Of
sense. purssys,s and ministers 10 The
higher mys,ery Of shppghs.s G Hsaped mp
lin your granaries ,hia week, the nex,i,
A~ill strike in The siAlwari arm, and glow
in the blushing cheek, and fash ia The
bsaming eye, ill We learn at last TO- re-
alice that the slender stalk which We have
seen bending ia the corn field, Under the
yellow burden of harvest, is aindeedS,h
|s's,af of iife," " hich, since ,llls world
begals has s~pPported the ioi:ing and
Es.rugsline myriads OF humani.y on the
mighty pilgrimage Of being.
Yes, sir. 10 drop the aliegory,, and TO
spesk wi,hoatsa figure. ii ID this noble
agrculun, for abe promotion lof which
Fthls great company y assembled from 90
many parts Of the Union, which feeds
Abe human race, aud all HE no mbler or
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