Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1857-10-21


portant themselves but invested with haowed interest
which childhood alone knows how cherish. The one re-
members mother ensaved by the demands Of society the
m of whose lace and the Of whose disposition
must not be dscomposed by the of childhood
if indeed the fashions of the times allow her. Gas they do
now be approached at all. The other turns fondy
to one the of all whose trumphs the domestic
circle rather than the ball room whose Jewels like the Ro
matron, her chldren-whose supreme Joy in
their happiness If it be true that he is best shielded from the
temptations of the world whose heart is completely cased
in golden memories of early home, that he is worthy
of confidence, about whose footsteps nger constantly
the guardian influences of mothers memoryt cannot be
doubted that the country home is the nursery OF our urest
and nobest The statistics of crime correspond with
the deduction of in this natter being the fact that
the majority of prison inmates born and bred in
cities large The bolts and bars, the inner doors
and shutters, the complicated machinery of the police Of
cities compared with the everywhere manifest feeling of
the security of the country corroboaes the statements here
made ~, .ta :,
Having thus attempted illustrate the favorable nfu-
of agricultural life upon the physical mental and moral
condition of the people, wish in conclusion, to remark It's
direct influence the pemanency of republic lndi
recty the points already considered bear upon this subject
for in the physical strength requisite for productive labor and
Defence in the mental capacity devise and the moral pow
carry out the best schemes of improvement have
the elements of great people 1t is only necessary to
combine these clements that the efficiency of each shall be
promoted and its full force felt Democratic governments
have been wanting in the worlds history possessing in
some instances, in high degree the elements OF wealth
and power above mentioned Yet all have failed We have
indeed with the of the world advanced their acquire
ments have their example profit by and yet with all
progress have not eradcated sesness and dscon
tent dried up the fountains Of dscord which under like
circumstances would among produce similar results in
the old world But we have what other democracy
had an intelligent and broad spread country life.
The only remaining relics which mark the locality of an
Gent republics those which belong city life Weind
upon the acropos Of Athens and the hills whence
Rome sent her thunde the ruins Of gorgeous temples and
palaces but where among the surrounding fields, do
find the winding paths the remains of humble cottages
any other relics which tell of country life Agriculture
everywhere neglected among them, but the labor
performed by those who going forth into the fields by day.
still dwet within the city walls that everywhere the
public but the city, 1t is difficult to conceive that
where nation was thus crowded within narrow walls the
petty anmoses of private life and still the power of
the demagogue would have resistless There
seen, all prevailing sympathy which, when gathered
into sways them like the hidden currents of the sea-
and urges them which whether good bad their
individual Judgment would not direct The same principle
which the soldier follow his daring leader the
which enables the earnest orator to nde in his audience
electric flame of enthusiasm is that which inspires the mob
H. Is magazine of wordrous nnd he who sleeps
within must beware while the torch of the incendiay may
be So cities everywhere ruled by impulse rather
than by reason Those nations, day, where though
rural life exists the life blood of the nation GIBBS and flows
through great heart that OF England through Lon
don and France through Paris rembe every throb and
never free from the dangero dissolution The Ma
poeon well the counterfeit well understood that
stir the feelings of the population in Paris and buy their
support control the city, and that thus sitting in the
imperial chariot he held the rens and controlled all France
Were Paris eradicated that land of revolutions might
rejoice in freedom But long thousands of mercenary
Migrants throng her streets whose hypocrical cries for lib
ey be satisfied and their support bought with gold she
must still be the victim of military despots.
I Distinguished from all other nations our countrys
strength lies and the great body of her rulers are found in
the country Cities there are and must be of necessity but
they do hold the balance of power New ceners are
constantly forming under the stimulus Of growing trade and
corresponding speed of the farming interest their
own growth.
The people, thus free from the tumults and headong en-
thusasm which in cities often lead mob violence hear
ing both sides of every great question: and deciding calmly
the personal influence repositories Of the discretion and
wisdom of the country False theories and unjust prnc
pies may under the influence of excitement gain Temporal
ry predominance in the city: political and moral scorpions
may there fling their abroad but ring of fire
rounds them in the country within whose steady
rowing circle they shall be confined, until they shall sting
themselves to DEATH
trust the thoughts have thus presented you may not
though generals be entirely vaueess One of the objects
of your meeting here oexpand your individual thoughts
and sympathes beyond the circle of your home
You members not only Of agricultural nation and
interested in all that pertains the welfare and promotion of
your profession throughout her borders. The pedominance
Of power lies have attempted to show in your ranks
but 1t has so far pertains to your interest in the ega
ton Of the country been dormant Holding the majority