Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-04-26

once be doubled. With all these disadvantages
the institution presents every appearance of
healthy vitality. The farm and gardens are mod
els of neatness; the fields are fruitful; the out
buildings though not expensive, are welt artang-
ed; the tools well selected and kept in OrdC. and
the live stock in such condition as TO give pleasure
| to all amateur. 1t is a public benefit to collect
and preserve for public inspection so good vari-
ely Of ANNA S Of pure blood az ara sii0Wn here
| The college already possesses Galloway, Ayrshire
Devon and shOrt-iOrn cattle OF the choicest pedi-
/ grees; Essex and Suffolk swine: South-dowu Cots
void, Spanish Merin", and Back-faced Heath
/ There seems to exist L kind and friendly rela-
ton between teachers and pupils at this instit,I-
tCn, quite different from that state OF hostility
which sccme the normal condition al ordinary col
! leSes. 1t is III part accounted for by the system
of conducting Tie labor or tue students undrr the
charge Of the Professors, who are thus enabled to
demonstrate the theories OF tie sciloolin the field
i'he students are required to labor three hours
/ day.
81, lar as have been able to ascertain. find
! that Michigan, Maine Massachusetts Iowa Kan
sas, and kentucky have decided il favor OF aeli-
cultural colleges, and have transferred their
land scrip" to these institutions. Vermont
Connecticut, and New Jersey have conferred their
scrip existing colleges on condition that they
comply with the act of Congress donsti0g the
scrip. Separate Agricultural colleges have proved
! a complete success but this method of connect
| ing them with literary colleges Is yet al expert
ment, and Il IS feared ny MANY friends OF aGrcUl-
tural educ alton That II viii not succeed we'll New
! York and Pennsylvania have agricultural colleges:
! the latter has one III very successful operation
and il is believed this State has conferred its scr
on Its agricultural colleges. | am not posted 81
| to how the other States have DISPOSED OF their
| scrip. Agricultural colleges, wherever catab-
lshed elicit the W&rinest support from ell claase.
| OF all the students who have ATTENDED the Penn.
| sylvani2 college more than half have been other
than farmers sons. In many cases lnrge udivijl-
ual and local subscriptionllave greatly augment
| ed the amounts donated. In Massachusetts
seventy1ive thousand dollars have been adde,. to
! the amount Of scrip Ill this way. And have 10
doubt that II oar scrip had been applied III like
{i1rT
would have supplied any deficiency. Nothing
| could more delight our people at this time than
| al agricultural college, and nothing would go 20
lar towards restoring them to prosperity and hap
| piness. Such an Institution would soon give IL
new and powerful impulse to industry It would
do more for North Carolina than the Georges did
for Italy. It would not only delight the people
and turn their attention to agriculture and the
mechanic arts, but it would add the discoveries
and aids OF modern science which Virgil knew
nothing Of.
With f8w words on the labor question and
kindred topics, this address viii close.
| And first. it may be remarked that labor is an
element OF happinCss-as naturally 80 as food OF
! sleep. Labor and rest had their appointment i'll
Eden, before man had experienced pain. The
day and night and the Sabbath inetituted for
these alternate conditions OF happness-labOr
then IS honorable and Notwithstanding more 81,
but ls opposite idlenees is dsgracetUl and brings
misery. 1t may be asserted, that the man who
labOrs hard, and is honest, will be respected, no
matter What may be the color CT his skin. So it
will prove with the freedmen, our late slaves If
they arc industrious and honest, they will sue
ceed. The prejudices Of the hour Will give way,
and the white men will lend them all the aid aud
protection they require. But if they prove indo-
lent, arrogant and dishonest, the poor Indians
fate will be theirs.
''With their frail breath the:r power will pass
away,
Their deeds, their thoughts be barred with their
clay"
| sincerely wish they may do well.
There is Il good deal said now days about the
Introduction OF foreign labor, and it is to be
feared the question is not receiving the cOnsid-
e.: alton its Importance demands. Would it not be
well to take some stcps to arrest the exodus Of
people whilst striving to stimulate
foreign emigration. Could this be done it would
then be easier to induce foreigners to emigrate-
Since the war closed thousands of our young men
have gone North to hunt cierkshps and other
shady places and at home we have thousands of
tnCm who still hanging about the villages and
towns With little or no eDlplOyInent-mOsto of them
too are men OF integrity and education, and if
they could find business for which they considered
themselves quallhed would succeed well. Now,
suppose these young men had been trained and
educated for agricultural or mechanical pursuits.
How easy it would be for them to form associa-
tiOns and go into manufacturing, into the sci
entiiic cultivation Of the numerous crops that
now SO much IN demand, and remnnerates the
producer SO well? BY such course this how
soon might our railroads be froighted with
machinery for the construction of factories, i'm
proved implements Of husbandry, with manufac-
tured goods in return, aud millions Of farm pro-
ducts. cotton himself t"Oldd again tdke roe as
q King: the South would regain lc~ standing i1
the nation, and her influence over the commerce
of the world. But instead OF this bright picture,
our young men wandering shipwrecked on the
sands Of time railroads 1reghted with
I aims for our furnishing thousanGs-oftcn with
persons leaving the State-and no proper steps
are being taken to introduce the so much needed
reform.
Let Us have change in public sentiment, and
IN our educational system, IN favor of manual la
Dor, and under these influences let us introduce
manufactures, improved implements, improved
stock, improved methods of tilling, and improving
the soil until like the English We shall have the
equivalent Of ten sturdy Iaborers at work for each
of Us. Then shall the wilderness and solitary
places OF our land be glad, and the desert shall
rejoice and blossom as the rose
Gentlemen, have eDdeaVored to show the OH
gin OF your occupation, and the estimation IN
which it held among the ancients | have
shown that it is the foundation OF all individual
and national prosperity. | think have convinced
you, ii you not already convinced, that our
present system of education is defective We
need system tba impalts a knowledge Of the
application OF science to the arts of life and to
Introduce it with energy and vitality must have
schools and colleges for that purpose.
Finally, gentlemen, you cannot too much honor
the pillow, or teach your children to honor it too
much 1t is the lever, after all, that moves the
world.
MEETING THE JUSTICEs-The Justices Of
this county, a9reeaby to the call Of the Chairman
Of the Court assembled i'll Tins city Wednesday.