Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-04-10


time, foretastes of the golden harvest.
Thus, gentlemen, have |. endeav-
ored, in very hasty and imperfect
manner, to throw out n few thoughts
with the view of calculating some of
the principles involved In the art of
agriculture. The subject is so ex-
haustless and full of interest, that
those topics of which l have endeav-
ored to present but very faint ont
line, should be elaborated in separate
essays. This you will be enabled to
DO, at your subsequent meetings, by
the different members of your society.
The economy of feeding men and an
Imals Is of hardly less Importance
than knowledge of the mOdus ope-
randi of producing food forthem. 1t
would be exceedingly interesting to
discuss the chemical and physiolog-
Teal principles which explain the ma
ture and value of different kinds of
food i'm the production and mainten-
ance of the different tissues of the
body and the economy resulting from
preparing and administering food in
accordance with these principles; but
| fear that / have already trespassed
too long upon your patience.
In conclusion, allow me to congrat-
ulate you upon the organization of a
society which, If conducted with zeal
and spirit of inquiry, will result In
benefits to yourselves, individually,
and to the community of which you
are members. In the midst of the in
tellectual desert which stretches out
on every side, your society will be an
oasis spreading out its green pastures
ana Offering its limpid streams to the
hungry and thirsty inquirers after
progress and knowledge. In compar-
ing the results of different modes of
cultivating crops, testing the value of
improved agricultural implements,
the relative superiority of different
kinds of agricultural products, the
best breeds of live stock and the most
economical method of feeding them /;
the most judicious plan of controlling
our system of labor; indeed, going
through the whole curriculum of eX-
periments with view to progress and
perfection, you will stimulate a spirit
OF inquiry and research, habits of
close attention, minuteness of detail
IN making experiments, and accuracy
in summing up results. Your deduc-
tions will thereby be made with more
confidence and satisfaction to YOUR
selves, and they will be of more inn
portance to the world.
In your deliberations mono may
plead the want Of ability to contrib
ute the results of their experience
You deal i'm facts, you search after
facts; we wish the benefit of your OBJ
servation and experiments. The sim
pie truth that our ideas are clothed in
language, adorned with classical pu-
rity and rhetorical beauty, invests
them with actual Importance only so
far as they communicate or substan-
tiate facts.
IT is baI;evod that +o,., :,
tbe fixed conitaI Of All n;y,;I;nod =, VI
tions 10 emntnved anJ nrnl,,iJ,, r'
two hundred million IF n,on sn Vnvi
their daily Iobor T., ~ ao,,aa
ricujtnre II H. tho hoo;, "r H. u, az
cess Of all oront nntornr;soa "a. SUI
ciota tharsfnro tho i,,,mer., HPp.e1,
Iiynity of tba nori, H., ,,!I,;at' ~ Gnu
cngagod AnoI;o,i ",,,'n Sou ait
Lnr he,con1Iipbts 70 J;rnat , no.uS o,''
wov and nersonaI i imtoroSSt "o, Ia ~
,Ian,onJ, Of $50 H., ,,o,,,s, a'iu .ile
try loudly invoke the exercise of
your best energies. IL il true that
the demoralized state of orr labor
system environs the execution of
your plans with difficulties which ore
often ANNOYING and embarrassing
But is il not wonderful that I'm tho
midst of the chaotic condition Of So
ciety, our laborers are so efficient .
Their sudden transition from n state
l..
of almost unrestraincd license would
any people possesSinp infinitely moro
elevated moral and intellectual cul-
ture. The rule of passion mist soon
give wav to that OF reason. whom we
will be able to orranize our svstem
of labor, and make IL an efficient ele-
ment of production. The princinles
of miscepenation will he illustrated
only by such luminnries ns Thod,
Stevens. Anna Dickinson and tboi,.
immediate satellites. The imnress
of omniscience i'm inerasobIe nhvsicol
lines has defined the relations If thn
two races TO each orber Socially,
they are ms inimiscible rs oil AMI
water.
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r,ant inr,,o e'i im, ,"' .',e'I SrNeiop-
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