The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-11-21

any Of his cOuntrymen into the cloudy fu-
ture which hung over the close Of the
eighteenth century, at the meridian Of hil
life, and while most engrossed in public
business, purchased large farm. q have,
says he in letter written to friend in that
most critical year Of English politics, 1869,
ssjust made push with all could collect
Of my own and mid Of my friends, to cast q
little root in the country. Ihave purchased
about six hundred acres Of land in Buck
inghamshire, about twcnty-four miles from
London. 1t is place exceedingly pleasant,
and purpose, God willing, to become q
farmer in good earnest" This his purpose
he carried in effect, and adhered to it to the
end Of his life. Those immortal orations,
which revived in the British senate the glo-
ries Of ancient eloquence, were meditated in
the retirement Of Beaconfeld; and there also
were composed those all but inspired appeals
and expostulations, which went to the heart
Of England and Europe in the hour of thei,
dearest peril, and did so much to expose
the deformity and arrest the progress Of
that goddess philosophy arrogant
hypocritical and sanguinary-which, with
liberty and equality ON its lips, and plunder,
and murder and treason, in its heart, waged
deadly war on France and mankind, and
closed professed crusade for republican
freedom by the establishment Of a military
despotism. z5s .-t'@ +
ADAMS, CALHOUN, CLAY AND WEBSTER.
Permit me also to dwell for . moment on
the moro recent example of the four great
statesmen of the North, the West and the
South-whose names are the boast and the
ornament of tho last generation-Adams,
Calhoun, Clay and Webster, who forgot the
colossal anxieties, the stern contentious,
the herculean labors, and the thankless sac
ri6ces, of the public service, in the retire
ment of the country, and the calm and
healthful pursuits Of agriculture. One Of
these four great men it was not my fortune
personally to behold in the enjoyment Of hi.
calm and rational pleasures, but well re.
member hearing him say, with radiant
countenance, that there was nothing in the
triumphs or honors of public life, so great-
full to his feeling, as his return to his home
in Carolina, at the close of the session oi
Congress, when every individual on hi.
plantation, not excepting the humblest
came out to bid him welcome and to receive
the cordial pressure of hislhand. l was of.
ten the witness of the heartfelt satisfaction
which Mr.. Adams enjoyed on his ancestra
acres, especially in contemplating the treet
planted by himself, thousands Of which art
now scattered over the estate.
While he ministered in this way to the
qualification and service of other times, HI
felt that he was discharging no small por.
ton of the debt which each generation
owes to its successors. Adopting the tree
rs the device of his seal, he added to it, as
the expressive motto, the words which Cice.
70 quotes with appreciation from an ancien
Latin poet Aiteri seculo. Mr.. Adams took
particular pleasure in watching the growth
Of some white naples, the seeds of which
he had gathered as they dropped from thu
parent trees in front Of that venerable hal
in Philadelphia, which echoed to his honor.
ed fathers voice in the great argument OF
American independence. At Ashland, II
1929, rode over his extensive farm, with
the illustrious orator and statesman of the
West; and us the ssswinish multitude," at
tracted by the salt which he literally scat.
tered from his pocket, came running about
us, in the beautiful woodland pasture, car.
peted with that famous Kentucky blue grass
he good-humoredly compared them to the
Office seekers, who hurry to Washington at
the commencement of an administration
attracted by the well-Aavored relish of good
salary. Mr.. Webster, reposing on his farm
at Marshfeld, from the tolls Of the forum
and conflicts of the Senate, resembled the
mighty ocean, which he SO much loved
which, after assaulting the cloudy battle.
ments Of the sky, with all the seething ar
tillery of his furious pillows, when tn,
gentle southwest wind sings true to tn.
elemental war, calls home his rolling noun
taius to their peaceful level, and mirror.
the gracious heavcs in his classy bosom.
4 NOBLE FARM A. PICTURE.
What is there on earth which can NOR,
entirely charm the eye, or crafty the taste
than noble farm? 1t stands upon the south
ern slope, gradually rising with variegatet
ascent from the plain, sheltered from the
northwestern winds by woody nights, broker
here and there with moss covered boulders
which impars variety and strength to the
culture. The native forest has been cleared
from the crater portion of the farm, but .
suitable portion carefully tended, remains
in woods for economical purposes, and t,
give picturesque effect to the landscape
The eye ranges round three-fouths of tn
horizon over fertile expanse-bright will
the chearful waters Of rippling stream, .
generous river, or q cleaning lake-dottct
with hamlets, each with its modest spire
and, if the farm lies in the vicinity Of th
coast, "a distant glimpse from the high grounds
Of the mysterious, everlasting sea, contem
plates the prospect. Isl -.- .gsssez.. ,zf,sg
It's situated off the high road, near enougl
to the village to be easily accessible to tn
church, the school house, the post Office, th'
railroad, sociable neighbor, or trayelin;
friend. 1t consists in due proportion Of pas.
ture and tillage, meadow and woodland
field and garden. A substantial dwelling
with everything for convenience and nothing
for ambition--with the fitting appendage'
Of stables, and barn, and corn barn, ant
other farm buildings, not forgetting spring
house with living fountain of water, occu
pies a grayelly knoll, q position well chosel
to command the whole estate. A few acre.
on the front and on the side of the dwelling
set apart to crafty the eye with the choicel
forms of rural beauty, are adorned with
stately avenue, with noble solitary trees, witt
graceful clumps, shady walks, velvet lawn
brook murlnering over pebly bed, her'
and there grand rock, whose cool sna0OW
at sunset streams across the field; all display
ing, the original Of those Landscapes o.
which art in its perfection strives'to give q.
the counterfeit presentment. 90
Animals Of select breed, such al Paul Pot
ter, and Morland, and Laadseer, and Ros'
Bonheur never painted, roam the pastures
OF All the hurdles and the stalls; the ploy
walks in rustic majesty across the PLAIN, AM
opens the genial bosom Of the earth 70 TIL
sun and mir; natures holy sacrament Of sesd
time is solomnixed beneath the vaulted ca
khedral sky; silent dews, and gentle showers
and kindly sunshine, shed their sweet infla
ence on the tceming soil; springinE vcrdur'
clothes the plain; golden wavelets driven b.
the west wind, run over the joyous whea
field; the tall maze Gaunts ID her crisp,
leaves and nodding tsssels while We iabo'
and while we rest, while We wake and whll'
we sleep, Gods chemistry, which We caano
see, goes on beneath the clods; myriads ans
myriads Of vital cells ferment with elemen
tal life; germ and stalk, and leaf nj d flower
and silk and tassel, and grain and fruit