Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-02-24
The Education Of Farmer.

The Education OF Farmers.
To the Editors Of the Union and Dispatch.
The future of Tennessee being in the
hands of her young men so emphatically
and exclusively, there is much hope for
that future. Youngmen who have passed
through such an ordeal as has tried those
in whose hands are the destiny Of this
State, and who have already displayed
such courage as they have, and achieved
such triumphs, cannot fail in the com
paratively easy achievements which now
await them. That there are discourage
ing difficulties, both numerous and of
great magnitude, in the way, is readily
admitted, but even these, like the distant
mountain which to the traveller seems to
pierce the sky, and shut out the light of
heaven from beyond, when boldly faced
and approached, dwindle in their pro
portions, and lose much Of their for
midableness. Even the political disabili-
ties which an ignorant and yindictiye
faction accidently dominant, has imposed
upon them cannot last, but will be swept
away by the free spirit Of the age, which,
like the pent up food, is only gathering
strength by being ayerted for the time
Nopeople who show themselves so worthy
to be free as the people of Tennessee are
now doing, can be long kept in political
slavery. As sure as right and justice are
eternal and immutable things, so sure
will such patience and such manly for
bearance if attended by firm, energetic
and perseyering action, receive their tri-
umphant reward Falsehood and passion
often triumph over right and reason for
time, but the excuses which they
always commit in the hour Of their appa-
rent victory, are sure to bring upon them
swift destruction The history Of all the
past bears unequiyocal testimony to this
universal truth We may, therefore in
dulge the confident assurance that the
present reign of political injustice will
not last, and even base upon the very
excess of the partizan venom and vindic-
tive wrong of the ruling faction, the Gers
tain expectation of its early and final
overthrow Ii is in the light of such
truthful reasoning that even the political
disabilities of the present lose their
formidableness as difficulties in the way
of progress, and these clouds upon the
future become lined with silver
! assume therefore, that there are no
discouragements in regard to the future
of Tennessee which should dampen the
manly energy, or shade in the smallest
degree the hopes of one Of her sons
worthy of the name There are no diff
cultes in the high road of her prosperity
and greatness which her own sons may
not overcome They can build railroads,
wherever they are needed, until all parts
of her territory and bound together by iron
bands, and highways through all her
borders invite the commerce of all the
world. They can so cultivate her rich
soil as to produce immense supplies of
food, not only to feed the largely increased
population which will be invited to seek
homes upon her surplus lands, but an ex-
cess for expectation. Here, in the im-
of modes Of cultivation and
in developing the agricultural resources
of the State, there is a wide field for the
exercise of talents, skill, and intelligent
enterprise Of the highest order, and in
none can these qualities have promise of
higher reward
1t is notorious that our modes of cult,
7ation are very imperfect, often erroneous, !
md directed heretofore with scarce the
,retense Of intelligence, and the extent
If our agricultural resources have never
)egun to be developed 1t has been too
much the fashion with US, that if boy |
lai brains enough to get a living any |
'ther way, he was not expected to labor
or it, especially by tiling the soil or
working in the shop Commercial labor,
IT professional labor, were honorable and
esteemed worthy the direction of cult
-ated brain, but in the field or the shop
MUSCLE was not expected to be directed
~ brain. Hence the importation of hav
argely every season into the State the
.eierence to which commenced these
,apers Hence the annual importation
f AK helyes, brooms and almost
very domestic and agricultural imple-
nent used the materials to make which
We have in the greatest abundance We
lever thought of educating boys for the
.eld OF the shop This must be all
hanged in the future Not that the
merchant o. the hoy designed for one of
he professions should be any the less
ducated, but education must also guide
he plough and WELD the hammer, and
irect the plane And greatly mistake
he signs, even within the limited sphere
4 my own observation, or there are evi-
.ences of happy change in this direction
.lready very apparent There is then no
cal cause for dependency but on the
ontrary much for renewed confidence
nd hope MORE Anon
looks for Farmers and Gardeners