The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-10-22

- lIuCy ii.oCc0J tudt tue fdtultT Is, III an
y broad sense, the only producer, though h
IS be In many respects, the chief. All GU
mechanics and artisans are producers
not OF the raw material, it may De-, bu
producers of Udiue, nevertheless. Of til
actual value of -four, for instance, th
t miller has as positively pro lueed u shar,
as the farmer. And of the worth of
barrel of it in the market, the teamste
: who conveyed it thitber "a certainly mad
a part, as either. And the blacksmith
whose improved plough makes IN ire cor
| with the same labor, does, pr c%ti-ally.
part Of tho farmers producing for him
When We say, therefore, that the tillcr q
; the ground lives the life of true indepeu1
l ence, the term is only "a relative one 1
5 can only meaO, that, as respects the abso
: lutte necessaries of life, he is less depend
ent, than other classes, upon his neigh
/, bors. We are all dependent, more or less
upon one another. And of all others, h,
/, is most dependent who produces nothing
but must beg everything he needs. Yer
poor, blinded mammon- worshipers have
come To such an abuse of language, as t.
call that mans position ''indcpendcnt'
who has raked together money until he
has quit all business, aud depends wholly
upon the ''almighty dollar" for everything
he needs. We must eschew alike this
sham independence, whether affected By
farmer or retired capitalist. The one
thing we are here to honor, is lahor-lu
Dor in all callings, labor with the hand,
the brain, tie tongue, the pen. Let Us
say, then, with tie lamented Mrs. Os-
good
t.Work, for some good, be it ever so slowly!
Cherish some flower, be 1t ever SO lowiy
Labor, all labor is noble and holy
Let thy great deeds be thy prayer to thy God ~
Let the farmer, then, and working men
generally, assert, ny word aud deed, their
true position and dignity, and there will
be less manifestation of i~nsoleut snperiori-
ty by others. Let the operative bear
himself As the peer Of aoy man he meets,
aud he will soon lac so regarded. by mnnv
who - take the INDECENT method of
Judging "A man by his apparent estimate
of himself, rather than take the trouble to
investigate his real worth. No need for
one class of men to ape another, whether
in dress or address. Let every man be
himself, and appear according to his cir
cumstances aud duties. The coarser,
stron ger garb of the farmer is as becoming
To him rs the more delicate raiment of the
dry goods clerk to him. Let the face of
the Que be bronzed and of the other bleach
ed: for it to be different with either,
would be inar propriatc and absurd.
{" Act well your part; there all the honor lies.'' !
Blu after the best We can do, on all
hands, it must not be expected that there
will be entire identity of views aud feel.
amorg the different classes, concern
iGg the relative dignity, Importance and
responsibility of their respective callings.
Objects nearest Us very naturally appear
the largest, and every one is somewhat
prone to over-estimate, in some way or
other, his own particular surroundings.
Yet at the same time that a limited ac-
with the things of others, may
cause Us to underestimate them, and, ty
consequence, relatively to overrate our
own, 1t must still come to pass, that with
out s, me good degree Of Intelligence ont
side our own Immediate sphere, We shall
also fail to see its full Importance, both in
aud of itself, and as respects others. This
is trne, by the old maxim, that We eau
not know any one thing perfectly, till we
know something of everything" To this
end benefits and requirements should be-
AID amicably iuterchangeJ. Labor
may be divided into two great divisions,
that which furnishes the things required
by the body, and that which provides for
the wants of the mind. To emit tn first
is 20 let physical life perish; to omit the
second, Is to let existence itself degenerate
to that of the brute. Neither class, there
fore, of these laborers, may disregard the
other, Nor lightly omit to exchange com
noditi@s.
W. h,,, oI.ooJ,, oo.
the varied Indebtedness Of one of
these classes t" the other, In our compare
son OF town and country. 1t might now
De but fairness to invert our spy glass;
would do this, however, in fail sub
'erTlency to the general purpose Of an ad-
iress appropriate to the present occasion;
md not that we may draw conclusions as
% the dignity IF mental labor, as we were
of manual, but rather that the
manual laborer, whose festival this is,
nny De aided III gathering benefits from
hose he has benefited.
The first respect in which the farmer
hould have eXtriusic aid is in reference 4
0 farming itself. He might be expected t
. evince the l~iveiie>t interest in anything l
roposing to make him more successful III {
Is fayorite pursuit, aud be induced there d
= to c"nfde the more readily in the pos r
lbility OF getting ''aid and comfnrJ" from
Is brain working %neighbor, iu remoter i
But very unfortunately, our /
lItial presumption is a dubious one ii
lany of our farmers have less confidence L
n the proximale benefit than in the re- :
tote one. They accept, rather readily, J
orr arithmetic, physiology, law aud d. c
but cry, away with your humbag I
'ooA Jarmajny.'" Now | am not gong e
, attack very violently this honest indig Ii
alton of the farmer at what he deems an n
apartment iaterDeddliBg With his affairs. D
laVing spent two thirds of my snort life IA
\ a farm, whatever else | failed to learn. n
ascertained, very satisfactorily this thing. Il
lat such savage ~benevclence doesn't pay. Il
Is too subversive of the good Quaker Y
lilosnPhy concerning carnal fighting in CT
neral. Those soldier men," said he, il
are exceeding simpletnns to take 50 much N
nus TO Stay others, when if just let alone Ii
10y will die themselves" Now farmers 81
e proverbially a staid, conservative sort ii
people. They don't want old things W
'ne away too rapidly. But observe them ST
and you may see the book farm 81
g + fashions followed, at greater or less b.
by nearly all. 1t is just like the ii
in dress. Some will not look at er
e idea of their dressing square up to &c
shion as anything less than an insult; z