The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1862-05-14
The Farmer is King.

"Cot;on is king" said Seuaior. Nay"
said another, .Gold is King" Nay, say
we, the Farmer is King! A monarch is
prepared for his throne by careful ed uca-
ton. But who is nurtured with sucll an
education as farmer : He is nursed IN The
strong embrace of prolific, many ha ijeG
Nature Our mother Nature keeps the WIS.,
est school, Great Natnre-rude, yet geitle
stern, yet kindly; terrible, yet loving; fru-
GAL vel beautiful We almost believe that
no men can be Gods great men, iless
nurtured in the strong embrace of our reat
mother on the bosom OF the earth.
! All men should some time in their lives,
live in The midst of nature and till the soil.
! He who has been born and reared and who
lives in a city, debarred the privilege OF
communing with Nature, is most unfort7
hate. He can never be whole man. He
lacks the stern poetic teachings OF This great
school. Nothing can compensate Tor it
',An undevout astronomer is mad J" ex-
claimed a wise man. An undevoui far
mer is a monster! we exclaim. What can
the husbandman receive his food direct
/ from Heaven-iis rains, and iews, ano
sunshine: it smiles over him IN the blue
and spangled vault, sun and moon and stars
lit; all around him in the wavy grass and
grain, the many tinted flowers 10 the voic'
es of The wind aud the bending trees; un-
deruealh him, in profile, fresh turned soil
and still be- moEsler out OF tune VIII out
er and inner Nature! Who lives 50 far
from temptation? Who lives SO nigll his
Creator enwrapped all abo1t IL witt his
arms-fed from his dazzling mum icent
hand. He sleeps between the leaves OF
Gods picture book-the Universe.
"He loved husbandry," is the enco 'ium
that inspiration pays TO one OF the best
| Kings of Israel, and who had one ol the
longest and most prosperous reigns. "Uz-
zah the King says the sacred writer, dig
ged many we'll, for he had much cattle hus-
baudmen also, and vine-dressers il; The
mountains, and Carmeal, for he loved hus-
bandry.n If this could have been said oil
his successor, the Jews had not pariee and
scattered, as at this day, among the naions
AS loug as it can be said of the seveieigns
Of these States, they loved hnsbandry,' the
Republic is safe Small farms grow true
patriots The wealth of the Republic musl
, be common wealth. II is the nature o.
power 10 seek TO increase itself. When
monarchs increase in power, 1t is in bold
words the growth of tyranny. Not So the
King Farmer His tyranny is over barren
, ness. He smiles, and 10 ! the sterile earit
croaus: but il is with abundance. He
brings his enemies TO the fagot AMI th'
; stake; but they are thistle, the dais,' anC
The briar. He oyerruns and subdues tht
territories of his foes, but ;hey are the syamE
and The quagmire. He plows up the yer!
foundation oil the slrongholds OF his dc stroy
ers but they are deadly malaria, the sting
ing insect, aud The fanged and Pois
reptile The earth is his slave; but Il D
. the slavery of love, Tor ii buds and bio SOM
before him, and The trees clap theit hand
for ioy for him. He chains his servants
do his will but they are the clemens, tn
:. huge and willing OK, and the majestic hors
impatient 10 do his bidding, and chanPin
for the word that bids him go.
When the monarch Farmer raises him
self on high aud slrelchs his sceptre abroad
cities spring up under its shadow Th
:, sound of the spindle, the loom, the anvI
and the pondrous foundry and m III al
!, heard. The hum of the industrious mutt
tudes coming up like the voice OF man
waters white-winged ships fly over he VI
stable main men cast aside their h'e es an
6g leaves and are clothed in imperial ga
ments, and women are arrayed in iaori'
as fine as gossamer and many tinted as II
> sunset cloud. Perjury, pestilence aud Ian
inc he keeps bound in his prison h'use.'
Labor stands in the floor OF his mag azIne
~ and in his stalwart hand he holds the seal
q of human Lille, and weighs out the sipPlI
- of trade and art, and artists and armies;
:" school and church and state iood aic "a
ment, abundance and luxury. He deals
the progress of human kind. The farm
is KrsG-the Monarch Of men.