The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-10-15

times Of external strife. These shock, of
corn said Senophsn. inspire those who raise
them TO defend them. The largest Of them
In the field IL prize exhibited in the mid
die Of the stage 10 crown the congneror Se.
cure home 10 every family whore labor may
obtain one, against the weakness. vices, or
ini-iortunes o. the fathers. and you viii met
the affections Of the child ia years OF manhood
by stronger bond than any consideration that
could exist. He will remember wher: he gam
boled in his early youih, the stream upon whose
fowery bank. he feIta mothers love, and the
green spot within that little Homestead where
sleep the loved and the lost.
Who among rs Of mature years, does not
recall to mind the home Of his boyhood.
with It's pleasures and is petty gricts, and
assoc ate it with some particular object,
such as thc Oh oak, the tall maple the um.
bragcous elm, or the iayorte pear or peach
tree, which has, year after year, yielded to
him the grateful shade or the luscious fruit.
These recoIlcctions constitute - part OF the
poetry Of life, aud they rise wildly h,iOre
the mind long after The romantic AMI lunO-
cen; child has been transformed into tn
man struggling sternly with the realities
and difficulties OF Il Troublesome world
Knowing IA we do, that the Imagination Of
the child is impressed by the scenery which
surrounds it, we should NJ, only consider
il a duty but privilege on our part SO 10
bcautfy and adorn The homestead whore our
little ones disport themselves rs to stamp
upon their minds sweet associations connect
ii " tn IT, whjeh they vii bear with them
through life.
still, a. ,iew each well known scene,
e. Think wh4, Lyon. ~ b. hA.s hsSg..
Seems as to me. al all bcreit,
sole friends, tbs woods aud streams are lett
Aud thua lots thom better ,t.h
Even in extremity H.
Upon the luborins classes Of our popula-
ton mainly depends the perpctuIty of our
free institutions. Retired for the most part,
from the turmoI4 Of ordinary political strife,
they rouse themselves 10 determined action
when the integrity oi the government under
which they ENJOY such manifold blessings, is
rudcly assail.d from without or from wit
in. They then take charge OF the skip Of
State, and having stcercd it clear Of the
breakers into smooth water, they resign II
into the hands Of their chocen agents, and
return to their workshops and their farms,
To pursue their respective nvocations. The
policy which will most surely add TO the
numbers of these producing CLASSES, is the
safest and best for the country, III fact. the
only policy which Is consistent with wisdom
and sound craftsmanship. Private virtue
AMI patriotism are more frequently found in
the rural districts. than in the large cities.
which are too often mere hUt-bedS oi vice
Of every kind and degree.
Crime came not near han. She j. not the
child
OF solitude health shruuk not from hIm a. Tor
Her home Is ia the rarely troddrn Wild,
Where il men seek her NOT. aud death he more
Their choice than htc forgive them rs hegUll'd
BY habit to what their own hearts ahhor--
Ia cities Gagged.
There il n class of mrn IN the land, not
belonging to any particular party or clc,d,
fortunately not very numerous, who SEEM to
delight in representations Of e'iI-who
I'll the air with their wail'ngs over the de-
genrracy of our counrymsn who are in
cce.san,y sounding the alarm that the com
try ia in danger and exposed to sudden lie
struction---s sometimes from one cause. and
sometimes from another. They over 90, the
fact that the great masses oi the people will
sac to it, that the Republic suilcrs no injury.
To these cronkerS, the words OF Edmund
Burke, usd 10y HIM to ,hsignne a cahaI
which existed in England daring tie period
OF the French Revolution are specially ap-
plicahlc.
" Because halia dozen gfa,shoppcrs. tsaid
ho,) under a fern. make the field ring with their
mportnnste chunk, whilst thousands, OF great
cattle rrpo>c beneath the British Oak chew the
cua and are silent, pray do not imagine tia,
those who make tn. noise are the only inhsbI
tauts OF the field that, ut course, they are
many in number, OF that. after all that they
are other than the ht'le, -hrNclei. mcager.
hopping, though loni and troublesome insects
Of the hour
Gentlemen of the Agricultural society
Of Minnesota. Won have n great work be-
fore you. which viii tax your energies and
~",,r rntinrcn You have takon up.r your
self the responsibility of guiding The impor-
tant agricultural interests of Minnesota
into uniform and pro!~r channel. This
can Gully h. accomplished by dissc mlnating
Tar and wl,ir. the information derived from
reliable sources which will enable our farm
srs to keep pace with the improvements of
ol the age, aiil IL profit hy the experience
ct thee, who have the ability and inclina
R'fh ~ r''Nt INV tH'''iilN' ~ tHth lVtS'Ht
Themselves, IN the scrrcr If husbaudry. II
your undertaking With rig0r and drtrrmiug
ton results mag hc r, a>onably anticipate.
which wiil al ucalCurIy to the material
wealth of our NV state. No better evi.
,ience need b. a,hiucoi OF the prolific char.
actcr OF our SOL. than ia presented in the
splendid spe, linens OF vegetable products
winch load Naur fables d, tins Far No
thing IL wanting hut energy and unity o,
action 10 cover your enterprise with com
plete success. You have my bcst wishes.
and as | now r'lire from the pest Ia which
your partal'y cesat,Nl me during tie past
YEAR shall r,,ua, my place in your ranks
with Il siucrr desire to 10 something for the
advancement of the great c.t;sc yoa bayc IN
view.
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