The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1859-08-24

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lbe.f pHiheHi eh.lriy ihd peuianl
of lho iouudillun nh.lhisihdlftlm.
mpu support ~ ail dn0a ie
most Important both 10 fopect i1
nanllets, qaaIliy, aud oliloa, u llat
eIuH which provides trfai loraIi
And ihis class may very properly BE-
ealIei tbo tuD.oiI ~ souely, uacc
not only is % lho basis, IN aud upon
shIeh all other couauluenls fwt, but
from it springs most Of our strongest
aud boblust mental, moral. ana pbys.
zeal growth. uur ugricuIlursu ad
yocaio deep plowIng, the turning ~
of The snbsoll in order 10 produce
rich crops--and 80 i our social ~.
tenn rendered fertile, and preserved
from deterioration BY bringing to the
surface these rich elements Of meh.
tai and physlcal strength, which ex.
~ 10 the subsOil Of society. Not
oil the foreign guano which sc can
import, ani We do import il largely,
despite lis poisonous properties Of
paupcrisIn and crime, not oil the ar.
iIiicial cOmpose uhicn We scatter 50
proIusely will bring forth Tor Us
those llians Of social and political
growth, which are the healthy, viz.
Orous, aud natural offspring Of our
own strong aud generous sabsoil--
the great agricultural masses.-
Those artificial compos,s unless used
,julic,ously, burn Om the young
scIons ol social progress III their IN
fancy, and when that foreign guano
finds aud touches u wound upon llle
body polite the result ls--dca,h: the
extinction VI suine one 0l those vital
principles wh-h --no@ combine to
make u living body Of freemen.
We may use them, It IS tine, and at
times With advantage. but it must be
done with discrimination, ani ~ any
event We have u SnTer, stronger,
aud 'ifer dependence Ia our own
inestimabie .uhsOil.
IL Is to be regretted, that, as
general thing, our agricultural popu.
la,ion iOes nos sufficiently honor It's
own yoca,ioi--does no, appreciate
itself, and It's position. American
farmers as . class, might. ii they
would, challenge the admiration vi
the WOrId. Every ihinkng mind
must rcsge. Ine ialse idea that pre-
walls. 10 some extent, among our pcO.
pic III regard " tie position Of sgri-
cuIturisIs IN the sOcial scale. lgrant
that they occupy the hwcst place.
not. however, IN tue sense in which
many eAOosc 10 cOnstrue thaI term.
Morally aGd physically, they no
doab. average higher than any other
class--taAing lToni rauk 10 the Tor.
mer, ii only because their temp,a-
lions are fever, and in the latter for
the reason that their vocation itself
Is productive OF physical health and
visor. Intellectually, they are mos,
probably on a very fair average with
any c.sss whose training aud pursuits
srs not exclusively intellectual. -
Ba. they stand ioiresf, inasmuch as
being placed in the sOcih balance
their solid qualities will outweigh
those Of any other class, and Of
course they vii 70 down; they are
iowesf, too, because they lie at the
foundation Of the whole social fabric.
They are the broad, firm basement
Of our Temple Of Liberty, while 9TH
er classes aud professions form the
ssper,rucsure--shey are the granite
pedestal of our rcpublicanism, vhile
others are the srmorial ornaments.
and polished shsIt--shey are tue
s,auneh, dark hall of the Ship of
State, half Submerged, but holding
the richest freights, where claugs the
mighty engine, and roars the motor
Fire, while others are the tall masts.
the snowy sails, the stou. eordage.
and r beg their pardon, the smoke
Of her chlmneys, and the supsrfuous
steam Of her 'scspe pipes. Tide
politicians and fashionists.
Possibly the main reason why our
sgFiealsusisss Do not properly ap-
pFseisss their sseisI posisisn Is, tia,
they themselves ere not Jet u