Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-09-16

70 child. NIln is the pnrFactfOn oF Ear h's
fruits-and the cultivation oi the soil II his
first necossi'v and first dutv. Agriculture,
| which furnishes the raw material for man
| ufactures and commerce. las at the fNun-
dation Of the whole industrial svstarn. ard Is
the heaven appointed vocation Of two-thirds
of TIE race. Mr.. Culver proved bv the sta
statistics Of production that farming is a
profitable pursuit throughout The c1u7trv,
Vermont not excepted. But. though lying ut
| the foundation Of the other branches Of W.
| dustry, Agriculture ia not independent ot
them. In the prosperity Of each branch all
| the rest are Interested and great Injustice
| has been done by asking protection for agri-
| culture while denying il to Manuft"-
lures. or rice rersa Tho speaker illustrated
graphically and flrcihlv the connection be-
tween Agriculture and Manufactures and
| Commerce, by depicting man placed NJ
snd and with n tools hut his nanis. N the
centre Of firm to cultivate it. Tho various
trades called one bv oHa into play in Furnish
| ing him clothes and implements were touch
| ed on. and il was shown That ir SETTING one
! man 70 work most syst t,,n. -iclllv and econ
| omicalv. the lahoIs Of a mvri Il of nan IN
an interwovon network 0f trades AMI
callngs are brought int operation.
Mr. Culver went on t. show the
social alvlntarcs of Agricultural pur-
SUITS An intelligent virgiuian. Nr Rivrs.
had mentioned as an important fret
that Agriculture prospors most in rho fraNst
communities. Mr. Rvs had ill"strated his
nosition bv a comrariSon Of diff rent parts
# Enrlna. B it wls1 11t noraSslrv - ~
ont of this country to find rroof of the state
rnent. Mr.. Culver then. in IN elah rate
Ill, .,fX
rinia. with those If Naw E0gllnd. The
two regions are ahaut pqual in siz' ard
-sarted on an equality. exrapt that Virginia
ha the advantagns nf a daep rich Snil, long
md gn7ill summers and short winters The
onnrmnus advance e NV Fnrland hevnnd
Virgiria. in every branch of human indus
trv and their results. was shown nv uumer-
us cltati,ns of tho statistics II two nr
rhrae things only DIS Virgi ia excrl viz
in toNacro and in slaves neither of which 10 we
rasa in Nv England In one other rartir-
oula-. Virginia excrls She turns ont - 400
ono in seven ~ her free pOpulation-whn
o inno- read or write while New E0rlln1
furnishes hut one in 204 such. T1es' hets,
Ae hnittad. proved Mr.. Rivns' statement.
r. ia lso true th1t Agriculture cherishes We
for freedom Freodom's citadel7 are not in
hose s,res Of the bodv n'li-io-thp cities
Mr.. Culver und ,ubtedIv did not allrda here
~ the citv Of Vergennas,1; but among the
frank. s.lcrpliant honest veOmanrv ot the
Csuntrv-the rnOpla who can saw and think
and do fnr living what t1ev pleasa-who nre
N paars though none are marqlisas. All pa-
tricians. though. thank Haivrn. tha tallaSt
nan among them cannot Acc blok his pat-
| 'grea thraa ganerltipns without running It
| INTO % laostnna Or a % n hin.
The .dvantage n Agricultural pursuits as
/ irving STR ngth 10 home associations, 70 IA
nilv affection and IN maternal Influence. and
| IN nerving 70 great deeds in defense ut hnme-
whom it is end ng'red wers fnrcihly urged.
The snaaker enIargad on he e1c1urtr
mont 10 Primers in the increased attention
,,iven ~ tho culture of the soi bv men Of
sci ,nce-hv statemen and by inventors. He
mentioned he fact. dpterm mod hv science.
that on an average thraa dollars worth Of
! fartiliziny clements are removed earh year
| from the soil nv the crors. making it neceS-
slrv in or er ~ keep it m. ~ return
| 70 it three dollars worth Of manure per
acre vearlv-and he bid Varmonter b'wnre
| If that exhaustion Of the soil. which has taken
| place so widely at the South and which Is
/ lreadv noticeable in the southern Vermont
| He alluded 70 Mr.. M1rrill's Agricultural
| College Bill. as one that must vet triumph
/ Ha described the immense Imrr ,vemaut in
/ Agricultural implements ard modes oi fiTm
| ing. r-calling the old and discarded tools and
methods. IN a stvle that immensely amused
/ rha older portion Of the audience.
The two " at evils which hpeet the firm
ars' path in Vermont. were next touched on.
VIZ the fcklnness If help. and the tendency
IF the vounr IN migrate 70 other parts Of the
country For the 6r~t evil he could suggest
hut two remedies the one (llready extensively
4 arplied) in the use Of llbor-savi7g machinery
70 "a graf an e1'ent ~ possible for the as
si-tance Of woman as well rs man. In this
| cnnnpxiOu he mentioned the fact. obtained
! from a candid and careful series nf experi-
mpnts conducted in New York. that with
first class seiUing u1chiro the work of l3
! hours and 81 minutes with the n"edl'. IS
| performed in hour and minutes. leaving
| the hOusekaprer or snamstrass Orer u hours for
other nursnits The other remedy IL. in some
| I'm vet IN he devised for transferring ~ the
| country where thev are needed Flr heln. the
! shiftless and surplus poor pOpulltiNn Of the ri-
| ties The sacnnd evil. he seemed tG think,
would not exist If the sNns and daughters OF
the State rightly valued the Advantages Of tn ir
Green Mountain homes and considered the
fact that hut 0ne in seventeen attaIns succoss
in California and one in seven in the cities;
hut it dOcs exist. and the remedy must he IN
increasing the lore Of hOne. This - 10 he
d me first bv MOI orer rOorking the bows and
yiris-a point { winch the attention OF
MANY a parent should he directed. Allow
iuvenile recrnations If the daughters love
music, get them a pun0; have they a relisn
for dancing. let them dance at nome. IN the
narIor under the parents eve. lt will he an
antidote To the ballroom with its tevered ex-
o;,o,ron.s-and let them cultivate innoc Mt
mes While urging these considerations
~, narsnts. Mr.. Culver did not omit an in
;urction to the young, to respect the con-
Scientious scrupleS Of their parents, and to
render that obedience which is right in the
sight of God. Secondly. the homestead
must he made pleasant. farmer must
not he forever getting ready 10 live. Let him
make his home attractive and his children
will not, rs they now do, start for the cities,
as the young partridge does for the woods,
with the shell on its blck.
In closing the speaker depicted fouI epOchs
eff American histnry.-thc coming Of the
Spaniards in 1892. the arrival Of the Pilgrim 5
in 1920. the struggle for liberty in l776,
and the nrosperitv and power II lS59-in an
eloquent and stirring peroration, in which the
American eagle was duly stroked and spread
and the fact anunilntly enforced that we
live in an age of progress.
The speech was enlivened throughout oy
the abundance of anecdote and illustration,
and the lively humor, which is characteristic
) of Judge Culver's public Efforts. and it held
the audience att ntive and interested for two
hours. At its close Gen. Grandey explained
. that the announcement of Mr.. Burlingame
5 had been mads after positive assurance. IN
, a letter, which he read. that he would ot
present. Another mrssive. received too ia'e
> for any alteration Of the public announce
4 ments, had informed them that ne could not
{ be with them for the reason, apparsntiy
? that the gentl man prsferred to attena .ne
, great Massachusetts, Muster at Concord. Mr