, 1866-11-26

By one observed that voting at elections was |
. landlords matter. One gentlcmau--farm-
Ing nearly one thousand acres, which is !
large farm here,-told me that bis t#o sohs,
y ho was Of the Tory school, hated election !
Times, for after recording their names on the |
polling lists for their landlords nominee,
they felt ashamed to speak to any one for +!
the rest ut the day. Ii is rarely the case that |
q farmer who is dissenter IN religious con
ccrrs, can obtain fatm from u conservative !
landlord. Even II he succeeds, le Is ex-
pccted to be at church on all the fcstisal
days, and to subscribe 70 the church cha1i-
But as free trade Is bette,lns the condl-
tion Of the rest OF the community, and as IA
cllitles Of intercommunlcation with other
lands are multiplied, the farmer chafes un-
der tho restraints Of his position. He knows
be is naked, Ehich is more than could hare
been said Of him twenty ycara ago. But
hands TINT there is no competition for Tine.
authorities We have Ia mattcrs
to the Central Farmers
Club, at their monthly meeting on Monday,
"here re are 50 overpopnlatea that thou
able and reInunesatiye employment, or to crn-
bark In business with any far prospect Of
success. Farmers und their sons tlud it
equally difficult to settle. The consequence
Is that rents IN this country hare been forced
up to au artificial standard. What with an
lower standard Of prices, greater risk from
Liseasc In stock, and undinluished taxation,
I cannot sec how the present race Of farmers,
except few fAvorably situated, cal hope 50
to inercasc their caI.ital, Us to become pos
scsscd Of the means Of starsug their families
fu rcspectability."
But your readers may ask
WHAT IS THE FARMERS cLcRS
Though the English fartneris stihdrp.ived
Of political tre cdon, :. though he has no ac-
M..:erty given him ofgettios as much out oihis
Eto.'a as he eau, not 4orEet tuhg at thc sang
,lthet Wit Improvement he effects ia his land
iGias G l;npeEy. English agriculture has
snarea VIII all the other arts In the benefits
., ,,a taoae5n s"t dis.ovcry md Invention. Never
lal,a at Lac prcsent hour. And the present.
Iacc o! FARMERS Know good deal murc than
tAsH miners dl the sister arts, and they read
and think on sclcntllc subjects; and
ttMGy ofEantze themselves into sucictics or
Clubs for tue purpose Of coMpaGin; notcs
wha each other as to their expcricnce and
their theories. Tho Club among them, which
is cmphaticsilly Tho representative OF the
fhrMers throughout the country, was founded
upwards Of twanty Years ago, believe BY
years editor Of the Marx LsaeEtprs,,a and who,
regret to say. after bri!!unt carecr rs d
iarmsrs' writer, got into debt through Il fa-
Tile attempt to establish cattle market iu
the metropolis, and died ut the Austral;an
aissings;; IT, T. + called "rhe Centra,
.lx sx' lines q year = T IN ISnasn, a,s nssa ss1
cause the metropolis is the only rendezvous
that the tul1,vrs would be ut all likely 10 agree
upon The lncmbcrs coMc from all parts Of
thc Kingdom, md among them are the very
fiAe VI English farmers.- You hear iu tleir
Il fsr.r&s 41x1 11,.r 1F M.
broad acccnt If Essex, and the "h' sounds Of
the SoInersetshirc ytUlnen, Mainly they are
tcllaut Farmers, but eUne Of them iii the
luullc capacity Of tenant and landlord. The
late Fisher Hobbs was an Instance. Land.
lords proper Iarciy come. md # hen they do,
they never diuc; and things are said whirli
it is not Agreeable for them TO hear. The
subjects discussed are ofan eminently pracfi-
cal character. General politics are avoided.
The usual course Is for paper to be read by d
member who bus undertaken one ot the SUBJ
jtcts"tor the year, and WHO il always expect
cd to tell something Which he knows from
experience. 4 discussion then cnsurs, in
Which the questions raised arc viewed from
| nll sides, and the principles prupuunded,
tested by the pEaelical knowledge of farmers
from every district. The Club roOmsin which
they meet are part Of . hotel built by far
their own class. An Illinois farmer on visit
To- London would 1nd himself, were he to
tnke up his quarters in Salisbury Hotel,
Fleet street, in the midst OF brother cultiya.
tore, Who would give hin warm reccp-
| tion, and assail him with o Thousand
eager ,sqS qsestionz ons upon s.aa Liz STATE, and
| new interest, II only temporary enc has
sprung. up atnong the worthy asriculturlsts
msSI j. ill., ss'ff sxSa Il % BealS9a ee;S
blated maker Of agricultural implements,
| 11uC tNTf nod 4
States, where he visited Indiana, Ohio, IIli-
NUS, Iowa, Pennsyaynnia, Scw Jersey and
! inc New England States, determined to lev
before tie Club the results Of Ills obscrya-
tions in l>alser called "Thiugs In America"
TIE FARMERS IN COUNCIL.
To hear this address the largest audicncc
ever known In tue history of tha Climb Assem-.
] hlcd. Slice the war tue United States has
| grown in our thoughts. America looms cou-
SANITY bclore us. Not only the Irish peas
ant Depicted hy M1. Bright, but t!loasanis
their energies, "turn their eyes 10 tue set.
ting SUM- AID SO nc had great gathering
| OF farmers to listen to American facts, on
! Monday. Fos Mt, Howard. let II be under.
stood that he had no anecdotes to tell !; no
"amuelng'' scenes to describe: but pn.y
plain business details, entering into the mar,
row of The lives Of grave md earnest men.
1 As rule thu rtoceedf1gs of the Farmers
| Club arc not reported iu tho ordinary pollt-
I ca1 Journals, but an exception wus made In
elaay case e.nancd sna he an pfiss asstse sf
Dir. Now'arl's remarks. have since had tht
| pleasure Of pcrasfng the Ms. Of the paper
aud note il, il many things which arc fnper
fec;ly given by our press. Mr. Howard, it
Ameftean ARsi % charseter biea @ made s slcat In In
preston upon his hearers. Without leaving
room for The least suspicion Of fattcsy, Ii,
get gave picture In which ali the linea,nent.
are favoEablr. As with every other ttnv
c4lcs from Europe, the extent Of the coan
said, "scem to dwarf Great Britain into 1
mere speck uptn tho map. Of the world
The cxtcn. of the information 0
,he people was equally surprising
has Visited the United States. ie found Ter
Americans who had visited England. This
was inselliciblc. He actually said that Ii
foEnd American farmers Who Knew NOR
about English affairs than many English iar
msrs do! Of another favorite theme Of trav
tain that in point Of frcrsonaf manners they
come quite up to the English standard, bu
any deficiency iu this respect is more that
compensated for By the absencc Of that stiff
ness and fosmslity the one class Of Eng
lsnd, and the extreme scryility Of the other
have bccn 1uisscIresentea and traduced b!
some Of OR public writer's, in i way tha
no other people on the face OF the eartl
havc beer. ! went to America will
many Of the rrcjudiccs Of England, expect
Ing 10 find at least the bulk Of the peopl'
Dickens, the TrolloPeses. and other writer
might have met with the characters the,
hare portrayed. I eau only speak OF til,
| peoplcias found them. travelled somc5, %
miles without once ',eing subject TO insult
classes: for there arc no first, second, o
third class on their railways OF steamboats,
and met with nothing but c{vility and po
lsteEcss. The working class arc well-bc
haycd, and, as rulc, are far better educated
wealihier class found to be communicative
rrcn-hcArtcd, and hospltablc indeed
as pleasant; and agreeable people Us
could wish 10 mix with-'' II h
Suites, to settle In, he should say one oi ii
SoEthwcstcrn States--1illrois Iowa, Wis
cousin, Michigan would be the best for cor
1 grow sne aud stock raising: but he was in
7 cling 10 think that more money was to b
| made cut Of the vine and cotton, and tha
Texas and California. The lecture bristlc,
with facts and points illustrative Of aSricu]
tuIe and Of" thipgs'' generally in America
tAfter the paper had been read, discussion
s.pfane up, The principal, interest Of whicl
Tinted Suites and more particularly til
Northwestern portion and The Cart
Iinas wcrc desirable IS settlements 10
the sons OF British farmers. 1t va
evident that TO most tu the room no aat:oaa
) prejudice would Interfere with What nigh
apIxar prudcnt from . material poiu; c
view, and 1t WIS hinted That the srb}ec
J might we'll form tho staple cfa discussio
, early in the ensuing year. The impossibllIt
TOR their sona, ia clearly causing them 10 o,hinl
: seriously Of the openings In the West. Ch
eago was repeatedly spoken Oft was al
luded 10 at length In the lecture itself-au
among the speakers who dwclt upon III
marvellous resources Of It's district, aad tn
[ Sast cxnausiur of tho cltY Xaa Mr. N5fLin.