The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-12-26
THE JOURNAL
From The Republic.
TEE = ARMHR PAYS PoR ALL.


for the purpose of ingratiating them
selves among the husbandmen, have
uhduty exalted their calling on the
one hand, and have spoken IN detrac-
tion of all other classes of society.
The case of the farmer against gov
ernment and society is, moreover,
embodied in the popular catchword, !,
which has been thoughtlessly repeat
ed by a thousand tongues, "The far
mer pays for all!p - 'i'a9 fp
y It is grayely asserted that, not on
.ly ell the expenditures Of the Gov.
ernment, but the entire expenses Of
society, are derived solely from the
farmer, and that all other classes,
like SO MANY parasites, fatten upon
his toll. Whatever merits this sys-
TEN Of demag6guery may have, it is
not that of novelty, because the IA
bile of the revolving members against
the abdomen has come down to- 1 US
from the very dawn Of written histo-
ry. 5s d a asi.ai.
It is a fact, as notorious as indis-
putable, that those countries and
communities where the vast majori-
ty of the people are solely devoted
to agriculture are poor and feeble.
It is Greece and not Asia Minor that
has Illuminated the pathway Of cen
,turies. q Nor is it known to US for its
agriculture, but for'its statemanship,
fine arts, and literature; and lmper
ial Rome, which has sent down the
echo of its name to be reRerOerated
BY. centuries yet to come, achieved
itsfame, not by agriculture, but by
its proWess in war. e.
Modern nations like Spain, Portl-
gal, Brazil, Mexico, and the South
American republics, whose people
are chiefly engaged in tilling the soil,
do not present desirable state Of
society. The reasons forthis are obvi-
lous. When the husbandman is com
PEELED not merely to till the soil, but
also to construct his own plow and
the cart in which he conveys his
produce to market, and the very gar
ments which clothe his body, his
productive power is reduced to the
minimum by the variety Of these
tasks, so that he will be unable, by
the greatest bodily exertions to rise
himself above abiect poverty.
1t is the division of industrial pur-
suits and the organization Of differ
ent classes to act operatively with
each other which has enabled mod
ern civilization to place so many
comforts within the reach Of the
poorest in the land, our very poor
houses to-day containing more solid
comforts, and even articles ofluxury
than the abodes of the Saxon nobil-
-ity Of the tenth century. Unfound-
ed and indiscriminate accusations Of
idleness and unproductiveness have
been more particularly directed by
political shysters against those Gas
ses Of society that do not perform
manual labor, yet Liebig, the author
of the science of agricultural chem
estry, has enabled the agriculturists
of the civilized world to obtain with
the same expenditure of fereega mil
lion times more of products in a sin
gle season than he, could have pro-
duced if he had held the ploW for
eight years. aaa
The numberless inventions of the
present era, and, for illustration, we
simply cite the steah-engine and the
threshing and harvesting machines,
have empowered the farming com
munities not merely to multiply man
fold their productions with the same
expenditure of labor, but have also
enabled them to dispose of theirsur-
pulls produce at profit, and to re-
ceive as an equivalent, therefor, such
additionallluxuries as they may ad
vantageously select. In view Of
these facts It will take but the slight
est reflection to establish the convic-
tion that the inventor and man Of
science are bestowing blessings upon.
mankind, though they may not toll
IN the fielG. of equal value of those
# the husOaadman. "
A team has run away, and farm
er who has been thrown from the
wagon .bas broken his limbs. A
-ympaJhia .ng GEoVd of neighbofs
gathering about him, and what is
their first thought? A horse for a
messengeri Let him Be swift as Sher,
ldan's charger, to call a surgeon, so
that the mangled limbs may be set,
and the life saved. 1t is true, in the
course of time, when the patient is
once more hale and hearty, he may
forget to pay that surgeon, snd he
may again rail against those classes
of society who toll not with their
hands, but he owes his life to that
physicians Kill, nevertheless. |
Again, death has set its seal upon
the brow of a beloved child, and we
are brought face to face with that
awful chasm that lies between time
and eternity. The form of the Low
ed one is about to be placed beyond
our sight forever. 1t is then we
take &C unset with the minister of the
Gospel, the representative. OF. that
Word which. in that solemn hour,
proclaims: II am the life and the
Then the minister is
needed though he may be scotfed at
in times of prosperity and health.
What can crude toll achieve when
performed by s man of ignorance?
Did not the system of slavery i'm
poYerish the land in which that ig-
norant labor was employed2 Can the
farmer do without the teacher? Can
he see his little ones grow up unable
to plan and calculate, and to invest
with profit the proceeds of their la
Dor? Then we must have the teacher
and We can not have him with the
requisite competence and ability un-
less we establish the university and
the seminary. {.
We care not how much the farmer
may toll in his field, or how hard
the mechanic may labor in his shop,
if the laws do not protect and guar
antee to him the proceeds of his la
Dor, his industry has been in vain.
Thus, for the security of our civil
and polital rights the science Of jur-
is all essential, and the