The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-01-07
THE signal STAR.
= By FANxY roRKEsTER.

I've been pierced by many thorn,
- But from out the core of sorrow
n III have plucked,a Jewel rare,
don The strength which nlortals gather
In their ceaseless strife with care
Now grasp life,s burning breaker,
And howe'er the bubbles glow,
aab III pause not till I've tasted
etl The deepest wave below;
T.. Though bitter dregs may mingle, r5
The crimson light shall roll
-siij In full and fearless currents
J hHe Through the fountains of my soul.
MOI I'd not go back to childhood,
as From the radiant flush of noon, agFi
And when evening closes round me, n
crave one only boon;
the Valleys darkness,
+ l9aIts dangers and its dread, if-i.-
The signal star of Judah -r.-.t.ig. "a
To shine above nv head - -
10 lis twritten for the Democratic Press.l
.s9lh 2AGRIcULTURE-NO. s.
AS the agriculture of a country
Yields the immediate means of sub
sistence, SO does it lay the foundation
and furnish the basis. of commerce,
and the various branches of, industry,
all Of which must prosper or languish
according to the good or bad success
attending rural affairs. !" Land and
trade, said Sir Joseph Child, care
twins,"g and ever will wax and wane
together. 1t cannot be i'll with trade
but lands viii fail, nor i'll with trade.
but trade will feel it." True to the
I'Ietter has subsequent. generations
found this saying to be. Often should
| it be spread upon the pages of history,
that future generations, with the, rec
ord before them, may wisely repel ev-
cry element Of dfscord that threatens
to disturb the prosperity of agricultu-
/ raj pursuits. Let us look back few
| years to the history of our own coun=
try. How large q portion of the
freights was furnished by the agricul-
t1re of the South to the ships that were
continually flying from their ports to
the various other parts of our country,
and also, to the prominent cotton mar
tkets. abroad! OF the many vessels
that were daily taking in their cargoes
in the harbors at Charleston, New Or
leans, and the intervening ports, the
greater portion of those freights were
cotton, rice sugar and tobacco. The
same was the case with the commerce
| of the Mississippi. But now that the
| desolating hand of war has laid waste
their fair fields and fine farms, palsied
I the hand and blighted the ambition OF
4 agriculture, lands have deprecated to
mere nominal values; commerce Ian
Fguishes, and the most fertile soil
4 known on earth, TO man, can now raise
fbut slight revenue, with which to aid
in the. support of our Government
once the field of prosperity and pride
of the earth. And so long as, for any
reason, the tide of prosperity is shut
out from any considerable portion OF
| a'country, and its blessings withheld
! from its people, so long will its com
meree be weak, its treasury depleted
1 and the great burdens of sustaining its
existence viii go home to the firesides
of the laboring millions. Withdraw
the agricultural resources from oul
7. commerce, and the veins and arteries
Of the commercial system will sinl
into state of collapse, exhibiting thu
cadavarous and pallid hue of disease
. and, starvation. Every avenue should
,,t be opened, and every effort be made
! restore our once happy people to theil
7 former peace, and wide extended agri
| cultural pursuits and prosperity. B!
| the just, and the good, bloody ant
I devastating wars are viewed in thei
f true light, as the parade Of demons
: and the fathomless fountains of desc
lation, and the useful arts of peac'
appear the only proper source of indi
vidua1 pleasure and earthly bliss. 1
there a spirit of pride and malice
3 ranking in the bosom of any that the!
, would keep a portion of land in sucl
t a state of unsettled anarchy and con
fusion, that thereby portion of on
!, fertile fields should remain an unset
: tied waste, without the protection o
: Stable and wholesome laws to encour
age the people in pursuits of husband
2 ry-the great source of our nation
I | wealth--simply to satisfy feeling 0
: revenge and hate? This would i'll,
t become the true American citizen
. Let our laws be uniform let ou
+ States be coequal, SO that all the ricl
: acres of the whole country will extern
: an invitation to industrial pursuits
The inhabitants of the United State
: possess advantages for the prosecutio
y of agriculture which, for variety an
/" extent, surpass those enjoyed by an
n other, people on the globe. We occup
e The greatest portion of the Mort
e American continent, embracing a
it varieties of soil and surface, with
; climate which, in the Southern part
IS admits the culture Of many of, th
e most valuable productions of tn
l. tropics, while the Northern limit
, verge upon, but do not reach, the les
n favored regions where severe and er
IS during frosts entail q scanty vegett
+ ton. Commencing nearest the tror
+, ical limits, the, chief attention of til
. . farmer should be called to the cultiv'
! ton, OF. .sugar-cane, rice, tobacco an
r. especially cotton, more of which la
!, ! was raised in the Southern States b'
= I, fore the war than in all the rest of I'll
: world besides. In the production
Il sugar, Louisiana took the lead, thoug
/; Florida, alabama and other Gu
ID States produced large quantities.
I'd South Carolina was the great rice-pr
Is. ducing State; it was also successful
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