Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-11-22

employments exhibit, would find it
in that planter and farmer who, after a
day of toll, returns at -eventide with
soiIed clothes and clumsy shoes, and
it may be, with hardened hands, to his
domestic circle, finding In the midst
of his perplexities some kind word, !
some endeariug look, some Affection
ate token of love, for the partner OF
his cares, and for the children with
which God had blessed them. What, !
in all the career Of the soldier OF
statesman-what, in that of the mer-
chant-of the most eminent lawyer,
physician, or divine, oatshine in true
sublimity such an example as this! |
Such man is a blessing to his
family and his country. He rears bis
sons and his daughters to habits of
industry and cheerfulness. He edu-i
Gates them to a happy combination of
the elegant and the useful. He lures
them from the Establishments Of the
city by mixing their home the hap
piest and to them the loyeliest spot
on earth. At that home there may
be no magnificent edifee, no lofty
columns, no gilded cornices, no costly
furniture; but there is the simple cot
taga-the humble looking homestead,
planted around with its shade and its
fruit trees-its shrubbery and flowers
there, too, is the gushing fountain
or the ripping stream-the play
grounds Of earlier life, all inviting and
wooing his wife, his blooming daugh-
tiers, and his brave and hardy sons,
not to sigh for the crowded city, but
to stay and share with him the hap
piness and cheerfalness Of such
; home.
| Such man I would have to be the
type not only Of the Western Dis
tfict f1rmer and planter, but that of
the whole United States. In every
State Of our wide extended Union,
the most laadable exertions are now
making to improve, dignity, and to
render more attractive the pursuit OF
agriculture. The discoveries Of SCI
ence. the inventions of the mechanic
arts, and above all, the wide extension
of our territory, have given their inn
pulse and are Contributing their nigh.
ty aids, in the noble work. Were |
: to venture single remark in appar-
ent derogation of these exertions, il
would be, that theylook too frequent.
ly to the mere weagM which improved
, agriculture may confer. The vehe-
,, ment and absorbing passion Of the
age is for wealth. For this every
, , ship of commerce ploughs the ocean.
, the lake and the river-for this the
! mechanic arts ara putting forth Their
highest efforts-for this the wide
, spreading farms are opening out
on the rich. alluvion of our rivers and
boundless prairies Of the West. In
, this wild and passionate pursuit O.
: !, riches, nearly our whole population
: seem absorbed. Who now betakes
himself to the abstruse and hidden
: walks of philosophy, which Socrates
J and Plato once trod? Who devotes {
whole lifetime, like Homer and Mil
ton, in laying the sure foundation fol
the homage of posterity? Who now
: like Calico and Kepler, walks fortl
amid the stars, for the sublime pleas
ure of contemplating the wonders o
1.-THE celestial creation? No. The rusl
: is for the copy rigat-tor the pounds
shiVings and pence, of the first edi
! ton of some corrupting novel, O.
- some other light and trivial produc
ton of modern literature!