Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-11-19


by the Democracy. The general and
the staff are satisfied, and loud in their
praise and approval, and it is we'll
But for US, the soldiers of the legion,
the men of the rank and file, we ought
to be satisfied with nothing less than a
complete and unquestionable victory, in
which we shall not only drive our ad-
versary from the field, but capture his
drums and c%olors, as we'll as his ~artille-
rs. We must wait for it a little while.
THE EDUCATION OF FAR
MERS SONS.
We were borne on a farm. We were
a farmers son. The best lessons of our
life. were received on a farm. We love
the farm and all that pertains to it. We
regard it as not second to any worldly
pursuit, not second in dignity, in impor-
lance and usefulness. Hence we feel
that we have a right to speak Or far
mers' sons.
We say in the outset that all people
should be educated, especially in a
country like ours, where the people
make the country, the laws, the customs,
the state of society, and do everything
that pertains to political government
ard social order; most especially should
farmers Sons be educated. The times
demand it; the country demands it
There are governmental abuses to reform,
there are questions of principle and pol
itical economy to settle. There are pro-
ducing interests to be represented in the
legislative halls. There are real estate
laws, that effect almost wholly the far
mer and his family. Then there are the
great commercial interests of the coun-
try and everything that relates to i'm
proyement in travel and trade, of which
vitality concern the farmer. There are
tax laws, the school laws, the laws di-
recting the peace and order of society
there is the conduct of the general, the
State and county government. How
shall these things be rightly attended to
so as not to jeopardize the farmers in
tereSts?
Professional politicians are danger
u We do not need a horde of hun
cry politicians to gather around every
Office like eagles around a carcass. We
wan HO POOpICC UuCdtCu II All GhS SICdl
duties of life-educated to be wise, jul
diciou: Q I'm, higi.-nin led-edueated to
love the country and honor it with vir-
tuous and dignifed lives-educated to
believe as the first article of their creed
''that righteousness exalteth a nation. :"
A people educated WI have a knowledge
of politics equal to any emergency
Our. fathers were not professional polit-
icians, and they framed a governments
wiser than the world aver saw. The
knew what they needed. If the people
are wisely educated they will know
enough of politics. We want to raise
our Presidents, governors, Legislators,
judges, and foreign ministers on our
farms. We want to qualify farmers
sons for these posts of duty. We want
at least to have the farmers completely
represented in every Legislature in the
country. We want the whole govern
ing power made up from the whole pro-
Quoting classes. They are the soul and
body of the country, and farmers come
in for a large share of representation
We want speakers, writer's, editors,
thinkers, actors, polished, high-souled,
gentlemanly men from the heart of the
farmers family. Shall VIC have
them? Say, farmers. We cannot do
we'll without them. IF every man was
educated enough to act a respectable
part in Congress, we should have the
whole people to choose from, and could
send our best men there. AS it is, there
qualified to go, or serve his country in
any way. Let us have farmers IONS ed
ucated, and we can usher in a new order
of things in the management of our gov
eminent.
But it is not for political objects only
that we would have the farmers sons
educated. 1t is for their own good,
that they may conduct their business
with the strength and wisdom of educa-
ted minds, rear their families intelligent
ly and surround them with the comforts,
opportunities, and excellencics of edu-
Gated and refined society. Everything
in our day calls for the education of
farmers sons. Agriculture is becom-
is being reduced to scientific principles.
1t is becoming a necessity that the far
mer should be a scientific man, and pos
scss a cultivated, well-inforned mind.
AS a man it makes him nobler and
stronger; as a citizen, worthier of trust
and as afarmcr, more productive. and ire
Div successful. g..
There is no place where intelligence
pays a larger percentage than in agri-
cultural pursuits. t
The country and the world, as we'll as
their own interests, demands of farmers
the education of their sons in the prin-
ciplcs of sound learning, sound morality
and sound life. Let those who are soon
to come upon the stage of active life be
we'll qualified to discharge any duty that
may deyolve upon them.-T Valley Far
nler.
YANKEE PoETRY.-A down-east poet
thus immortalizes the beautiful river
Connecticut: .-r-r,r .:.i.
ERoll on, loved Connecticut, .
Long hast thou ran,