Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-06-20

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" Let idle Ambition her baubles pursue.
The home of the farmer has charms ever new,
Where health, peace and competence reign.
From the Abbevile Banner.
= AGRICULTURAL CONVENTION.
To the Farmers and Planters of South Car
ol:aa:
IF any have heretofore doubted the impor-
tance Of Agriculture to the first interests Of
mankind, as to his earthly existence and
well I-beingy we think the present. state of
things will convince the most skeptical, when
every article of necessary and positive sub.
sistence is at price that almost denies, to
many, the amount for even a rigid economi-
cal use. But this is not all-there is scar.
city of breadstufs, that even money cannot
at all times command, and this, too, in a
country that is decidedly agricultural.
This being the fact, it does appear, to our
mind, almost unnecessary to expatiate on
the duty, Of our agriculturists, to well scru-
tinize into the cause, or causes, that have
produced this condition, and thoughtfnlly
make some movement for the bettering and
advancement of an interest of such magni-
tude and vital Importance.
There is no circumstance that meets the
mind so palpably as want of bread there is
no lodging the demand-there is no com.
promising the cravings ofbunger. However
true it may be, that in this heretofore much
favored land, the. stern reality of haggard
famine has not yet been chronicled, we are
now warned by the sound Of its not far dis
tant murmurings. Every newspaper tells of
many sections that are feeling the realities
OF unmistakeable scarcity.
These difficulties and distresses that are
around US and amongst us, of corroding anx.
ieties natural to such State, should demand
our active sympathies, and arouse every en-.
ergy of our constitution to meet the stern
question, of what can best be done to ward
off present suffering, and. prepare, in more
rational manner, for the futures TO mur-
mur is wrong-it would avail US nothing.
Our genius was given us for purposes of ac-
ton for escape, and plans Of safety for the
future-the wrong is in ourselves. Provi.
dence, that rules by general plans, is fixed
and immutable in all the works of nature,
and uncompromisingly demands our notice |;
the Overwhelming love Of money, of inglori-
rous idleness, of passions unhallowed sway,
and yice.loving propensities, are contraband
Of natures mandates, and will ever be met
BY disaster and disappointment. Then let
US, as people, look into the matter, bring
the intelligence, the virtue, the genius, and
every. active influence of our mental and
physical nature to meet the downward condi.
ton ofagricullure, and more than ioreshadow
ed evils of want. We are among those who
admire and acknowledge that religion Of the
heart, that consists in firm and ever:abi-
ding dependence on the care of an All.wise
and oyerruling Providence. This belief must
be united with active duties of works we'll
rs faith. Providence clothed all the works
Of creation with laws, and we are endowed
with nationality in harmony with natures
works. Weare created with physical pow.
ers in harmonious aptitude and adaptation
to all created existence, living or dead.
The fat has gone forth, "that man shall
earn his bread by the sweat of his brow"
We cannot abrogate the sentence; toll and
labor are the terms Of our earthly existence
70 the physical powers of man, is superad.
ded knowing and rejecting constitutional
arrangement, for the purposes of rational en-.
joypent, and to result plans for the tighten
ing the toll Of the physical part Of our exis.
teace, and it is our legitimate duty to use
these mental endowments for these purposes.
:. This brings us to look at our present
Condition as agfculturists, our methods Of
conducting, and past and present manage.
ment OF the lands I'VE cultivate, &C., &c.
There can be no man so blind as not to
SEQ; the downward tendencies of our whole
country, as to capacity for producing the
staple commodities for subsistence. Man
here in opposition to observation and reason,
has been the active agent Of bringing about
this condition custom in this matter as we'll
as;many others, has arbitrarily ruled, instead
:ofTeason; the virgin lands have been cut
Down, and recklessly robbed of every ele.
ment of productiveness. This is at variance
with the plan of Providence and contrary to
mans nationality; for there are principles in
nature which mans intelligence is capable
of understanding. Nature is governed by
laws TO which man must submit, and which
his genius is capable Of reading and under
standing, and shaping his industrial energies
in harmony with those laws All infringe
ment has its certain penalties, and we, if we
look at the matter knowingly, may trace,
for the most part, the present scarcity Of
provisions to the Infringement. Washed
away, quilted old lands cannot yield remun.
Grating crops It contrary to the consti'
tuition of the world, and the punishment is
nothing but right. Providence acts unerring
,ly-efsct follows cause-good and evil we
recognize every where, as existing in the
rcenstituton of everything in this world
Reason and judgment was mercaully given
us to avoid the one and grasp'the other.
- ABBEVlLLE.
CMnquepin Ridge, May, 1855.
CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK..
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