Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-10-11
GOVERNOR SEYMOUR.

delivered an address on Thursday
tho 29th ult., before "a very large
number OF people, at the State Fair
grounds in Milwaukee, 1t has been
universally commended. Speaking
Of the dairy business, particularly
cheese making, Mr., Seymour said
1t is great matter, as every prac-
teal farmer knows, TO be able to use
his labor equally all the year round.
You are now obliged at certain sea-
sons to employ extra hands. But
with dairying it is different. The
labor Of winter Is equal to the labor
Of summer. All members OF the fam
lily can do something. They can
milk or take care Of the cattle. And
there is another very good thing
about it. They not only sell their
products at the right time and get
rid Of this question, but they are not
Obliged to hang around at the village
tavern all the winter through to
learn the price of wheat from the
latest advices. Great applause l
believe | am justified in saying to
you, as one who feels deep interest
in the agriculture not only of my
own state but Of all the states Of the
union-one who at this moment stands
before you with larger idea Of
this country of ours than he ever had
before. | stand before you full Of a
sense of admiration and wonder, and
enjoy more than ever doing in a
small way what | can to promote its
material above all its agri cultural
prosperity. There is another point
Of which | wish to speak, for it de-
termines in a greater or less degree
the prosperity of any pursuit. Mere
dollars alone will not do it. If we
wish agricultural prosperity we must
have added to it certain indirect in
fuences. You who live at the east
know that all the whaling business
Of the country is mainly carried on
from one or two eastern ports. But
there is nothing in the condition of
Nantucket OF New Bedford which
makes them the great whaling ports
as mere seaports. Their harbOrs are
not better than they are at a thou
sand other places. 1t is no single
advantage that any man can point
out in the pursuit in which they are
engaged. And yet, when we attempt
ed shipbuilding in New York on the
Hudson where we mad one of the
best harbors in the world there
where provisions were cheap, and
vessels could be built cheap, we failed.
Why? Because there was not that
interest felt in the pursuit that gave
courage to those engaged in this
dangerous kind of commerce. When
D man went out from the Hudson
and attempted anything of the kind,
there was no man when he came
back to sympathize with him when
he told of all he had Undergone
With all these outside advantages the
pursuit went down. But not SO with
him who sailed from Nantucket and
New Bedford. He felt Whenever he
went TO the arctic or antarctic ports
of the world, if he stuck and brought
in one of the great monarchs OF the
deep, and showed some extraordinary
skill there went thrill through ,his
heart, for, he said, they will hear of
this in Nantucket when he went
back home, knowing that they there
appreciated his skill and courage.
Now if you want agriculture to
succeed in our country it must not
only be made a paying pursuit but it
must interest all of the people so
that it gives dignity and honor to
him who shall be foremost as q man
of skill and judgment in that calling.
The people of England beyond all
others are fond of rural pursuits,a and
mans dignity and Importance is
increased if he has country seat.
The Englishman will sell his town
house but never his country house.
Beyond all other people have they
shown a love for rural life. Right
across the channel there is another
people which seek the excitement
and form Of life which they find in
the cities. But we find. that through
the whole course of this people, that
it has marked their character and
policy. We find to-day that the
principal cause of the peril which
threatens France is that when it's
cities fall its country perishes. We
see that Frenchmen despise the coun-
try, Englishmen love it and Ameri-
cans tolerate the country but don't
love it, We are people who buy
farms when we can proftably sell
them again when we think it is our
advantage.