Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1872-07-24
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CoafsfUNICATED.sIt
MEssRs. EDrToRs-In looking over
an address delivered by Capt. T.. T.. Ho!.
vey, Mt the Farmers Festival Of Vermont,
find involved in the object set forth in
his address, a principle that will, if sue
ccssfnlly carried out, pave the, @ay for a
revolution in mental and soil culture.
that time. with ,tsamigh.y effort has not
as yet chronieled. All illiterate hus-
bandry is held up With its 5bfighting con-
sequences, TO the eyes OF all. How np-
palling tic thought! To eountqract this
shameful evil successfully, would seem al
first vicwto require time measured oii!y
by the !. cycles OF. tire past. Butsi in tins
"Anno l4uciis,"' when science is receiving
q form itnot due proportions; the quick
cning, tertilizing genius Of man Will
readiiYalopt the,regpneh tlHt vii pan
der most to either his necessity or com:
fort. To profit most by looking more
closely ut home, we viii first glance al
the condition Of some OF our sister nat
ti0ha';; fsf instance, fax sFain ailtl her
wiser sister III l'iore progress, Mcyico--7
The true light Of science has never
dawned upon thcit long niaht d. isno-
rance and superstition, 't'heyl I.avac ever.
been held spcll-bound, to the Traditional
Inconvenience Of the C.gtili..nand Nstcc
races, till non-pvogrcss l;as literally be
come principle. This sad picture must
change. The mind must be sulllima;rd.I
It's power: reused So thnt IN the glorious
sequel Of progress those beatutitnl sun, sun.
lit regions 50 long yelled 10 tic dali eye
"ftlc icwer Of wood and drawer of va
ter, will burst forth from Its clirysalis OF
durance vile, and exhibit TO the cnl;ght-
encd eye of the husbandman iii iillc&hahs-
tibIc sources of good to man Tliis much
desired epoch cannot ccmc speeding u
those devoted tlands!' we Thctimc-iion
orcd citizens Of the United States so
CALLED, must necessarily t!tke the initia-
tive step and byrapidly radiating around
bear onward, constant convictions Of men
tad and moral culture, 50 that regions nov
sliroudcd in tic web of ignorance
may roadily yield t5'the inspiring inAu-
ences it promises, and the poor laborer,
wEo, with no other impulse than to Sc
'cnfestdod and iraimcnt for the body (not
knnwing bet that it is III of itGmercly
to hve2tssssil 81 spring forth into n new at
mosphcrc of existence, and c:ijoy iii COM
mon with Tie great and good, the pre-
cious heritage it offers. Under such
view, vain would be tile attempt to fix
limits to lie light of science. 1T Would
only botiay the shallow progress We have
made in wisdom. To anticipate its re-
suits would embrace thoughts as bound
less as space, as iathomless as eternity!
The improvements that would be made
in MI the ramifications of husbandry--
the better modes Of culture growing out
of better implemcnts--thc smoothly rui,-
ming Calhoun, Jackson and Gary ploughs
contrastcd With the nondescript horsc-kill-
crs of the age. Notof Mexico or Spain
alone but fere, i'll the iar-fained sun
lit land of progress, would they Be as
noticeable as the ignorance that now
hangs like n palsyipg incubus upon the
disk of the agricultural world ial'o' s
Tho great moral influence that would
eminatc from such status of rofor,n.
would be felt and enjoyed and would
be seen hy every lover of his race!- ~
With the vast2panoiama of fruitful re.
suits before us, why should anyone OBJ
jcct to its wise provisions 1t, under the