Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-10-07

i aiyzed, aHo az the mercy OF every turn IN
the contest Waged within the borders Of the
State No interest suffered more, and 50
constantly, as the agricultural, and none
now needs more urgently al the succor and
sympathy which can be given to it. To be
sure, it has recuperativepowers in ITSELF for,
If il did not have, all other business would
Ianguish and perish. But it is the duty Of
those engaged in it, and Of the authori-
ties charged with the duty Of resus-
citating the State Government in all
its features, to bring to its aid all
the appointed means. Constitutions
may be remodeled; banking institutions Ii
quidated and others established; railroads
projected and built; taxes may be levied
and collected; the whole machinery Of gov
eminent may be reftted, but if ''the earth
and the fullness thereof is not forthcoming,
every thing is on an unsafe foundation. The
farmer and the.stOck-raiser are the great and
essential producers Of the real wealth Of the
State. It is the only Substantial basis upon
which other departments Of business and
labor flourish. An Agricultural Bureau,
however complete and well managed, cannot
make good crops in unpropitious seasons.
But thanks to Providence, while some seas
ona are not so fruitful as others, we have
never had anything like a famine in this
region. The sun and the rains and the
winds come, and the soil responds to
their action, whether man is vile or not.
The laws Of vegetation are in opera
ton in war as in peace, and they yield
their fruits whether men will garner
them or not. Nature, more heedful of
mans necessities than he is himself, takes
care that he shall net lack but it depends
upon him to put forth his hand and reap.
In proportion to the intelligence with which
he uses these bountiful gifts is his prosperity
in worldly point of view. The farmer is
the first to handle these virgin fruits, but
the consumer, of whatever trade or avoca-
ton. is not less interested. Agricultural
Associations are instituted for the purpose of
improving the methods Of cultivating the
soil, and stimulating progress in the art of
making it yield all that it is capable Of
Experience has taught their value in this
respect and we can conceive Of nothing
more necessary, at the present time, than
the re7sstablishment Of this organization in
our State. It will be time, labor, and money
wisely expended to do so, and, as we re-
marked in the outset, it is the duty of some
one to act promptly in the work.
The Legislature meets in November. The
Governor, by law, we believe, is er o6iciO,
the head of the Bureau. The organization,
as it existed in 1861, still retains its officers.
Those in whose hands it rests should me-
morialize the Legislature, and obtain the
means, If any be necessary, to put in force
the laws of the State on the subject. If this
measure, so vitality important, and we do
not care TO insult the intelligence of any one
by seeming to argue the question, is
earnestly entered upon, we can be ready for
the next season, and open the State and
county Fairs in the fall of 1867. Such
legislation as this looks to, and correspond
ing action on the part of the farming peo-
ple,will domore to settleand sober things, and
satisfy the public mind that We a return
ing to the era Of prosperity, than all the
schemes that statesmen, at least such as
majority of those who now assume to be
such, can devise. Let the agricultural COM
munity move in this matter Immediately.
"
THAT one-ideaed negrophilist and unpar-
donable pedant CHARLES SUMNER, was de-
livered of an esssy in Boston the other night.
Il was the opening Of the PARKER course
of lectures, series intended, we suppose, to |
be literary, philosophic and scientific in its
character, but as the New England fashion |
is to prostitute the lyoeum and the pulpit |
alike to political ends, Mr.. SUMNER discuss
ed the President and his policy. He ramb- |
led over the beaten track, but said nothing |
forcible or original. The only point Of in
terest is his rehearsal Of his interviews with
the President, and we extract paragraph
showing how a man ofPresident JoHNsoN's
calibre knows how to dispose of a hippant
schoolman who presumes to teach sensi-
bic man Of the world and practical states
man, how to deal with questions of State
SUMNER had written the President letter
detailing the instances of lawlessness in the
Southern States, that he had collected and
pasted away in his scrap-book, end had cali
ed on him to urge harsh military govern
rnents in the South, and the general radical
policy as then developed. He thus describes
the interview;
On reaching Washington Saturday eve
ming Immediately before the opening Of the
last session Of Congress, l loss no time in
seeing the President. was with him that
evening three hours. found him changed
in temper and purpose. How unlike the
President who, only few days after his ar
rival AT power, had made me feel 50 happy
in the assurances Of agreement on the great
question before the country lie was no
longer sympathetic or even kindly, but
harsh. petulant and unreasonable. Plainly,
his heart was with the ex-rebels. For the
Unionists white or black, who had borne
the burthen Of the day, hehad little feeling.
Perversely he would not see the bad spirit
of the rebel States, and he insisted that the
outrages there were insufficient to justify
their exclusion from Congress. 1t was in
ibis connection that the following dialogue
ensued: The Presideat,-"Are there no
murders in Massachusetts Mr.. S-"Un-
happilv; yes; sometimes" The President
Are there no assaults in Boston? Do
not men there, sometimes, knock each other
down. 50 that the police is obliged to inter
fere?" Mr.. S-"Unhappily, yes" The
PrssidonL-"Wouldy you consent that Massa-
chusetts. on this account, should be excluded
from Congress 2" 1Tr. S--"No, Mr.. Presi-
dent, would not" And here l stopped,
without remarking on the entire irrelevancy
Of the inquiry.
And then great grief fell upon SUMNER,
and he left, and ever since has said that the
President was abusing the zone man power
and was traitor and despot.
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SAID DANIEL WEBSTER to a friend in
New York, in 1850:
aIf the internal Abolitionists ever get the
power in their hands, they will override the
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