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

West Tennessee Fair.
Below, may be found an extract
from the Address of Gov. Aaron 7.
Broscn, delivered at the West Ten
nessee Division Fair, held at jackson,
Oct. %, 1855. 1t is truly eloquent,
and elected, we learn, the most rap
turous applause. His vindication of
labor in all its branches, his ideas OF
true nobility, and pictures of genuine
happiness and content, make one al
most long to be a LORD OF BROAD ACRES
AND FAT FLoCKs:
Among the nations of modern
times, the foremost in the science OF
agriculture is the land Of our anc9s-
tors. at is not the Ph@nician opu-
lence and luxury of her cities, nei-
Their of London, nor Liverpool, nor
Birmingham, nor Manchester, which
constitute the genuine title Of her ma
tiond prominence. 1t is the Area
dim beauty and fruitfulness of her
country, adorned by the skill and taste
of the huSbandman, and taeming with
the riches which the persuasive hand
of rural labor wins from the prolific
bosom Of nature, that forms her pride
and glory" In England, as it is In
our own country, no sooner does the
bunker, the merchant, or the trader
succeed in amassing bis fortune, than
he seeks to become a farmer. He
seems anxious to escape from the ar
tifcL calling in which he has been
prominently successful, and to return
with Joy to the natural and more
happy pursuit of agriculture. One OF
the greatest statesmen and orators
that England ever produced, Edmund
Burke, was, both practically and theo-
rstically, farmer The same devo-
ton to this pursuit, heartfelt and I'M
conquarable, may be found among the
most distinguished warriors sand states.
mon of Tho United States. Wash
ington was passionately devoted to his
Mount Vernon--Jeflerson to bis
Observation-Disclosures to his Hermi-
tage-Henry Clay to bis Ashland; and
the great Carolinian never sighed SC
heavily as when compelled to leave
his own paternal domains. Mr.. Web.
ster, too, in the midst Of his highest
professional and Senatorial fame.
longed for the shades Of Marshfeld
where, surrounded by his herds and
flocks, be might spend the evening Of
his days in the cultivation of the
earth. ia
These bright and eminent exam
pies, in both ancient and modern
times, ought to exempt agricultural
pursuits from every association
of inferiority in dignity and impor-
lance. The planter and farmer COM
ing in from his field, after having sue
cessfully tested some new improve
ment or discovery in his pursuit.
should feel as proud a sentiment as
the warrior returning triumphant from
the battlefield, or the statesman re.
firing from the Senate chamber after
having electrified a nation with his
eloquence. And why should he yield
anything to these in rank or dignity.
either in public employment OF the
social circle? He is as well educated
az they, having drank as freely from
the pure and sparkling fountains Of
learning and science. He is the proud
lord of the soil, whose stubborn ma
ture he has subdued and made sub
servient to his necessities and pleas
ures Exempted from the petty jeal-
ousies and rivalry of other professions
and pursuits, he opens the door of a
wider hospitality and dispenses bis
bounty on a scale more extended and
munifcent In the deep and almost
hidden recesses of domestic and so
cial life, a brighter smile and more
cheerful countenance shed their benig-
LIANT light on him. If l we're to
search the world for the most sublime
moral spectacle which its scenes and