The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1873-12-19

The first mandate from God to man, aiter
Aa,aat dlsobedieuee, when he fell from
,h., state little lower than the angels, was
~ ~, forth and "till the ground from whence
:. was taken" In the frat ages OF the
rnrld he esc ipsd to great degree. the full |
asocn,inn of tie sentence, by q nomadic |
i;Ts lis,pg In tents, and abiding only where |
.hs snoniaueuus productions Of the earth |
sss,rsa tho most abundant pasturage, and |
s.hsra ,he animals OF the chase gave war |
.on, ~ suficient food. The warrior and the
ennter were synonymous terms, and he only
sas forced 10 the pillow and To till the soil,
sesinst whom all avenues to the Offices OF
Stote or the leadership of cohorts, were
sFactnslly closed--the slaves Of slaves, the
varv burden bearers Of the lordly ennuchs OF
,bs Fast. 10 Looking back over the ages,
ana Il resieginR the peoples who have for
,hn time allotted acted out their parts in the
,,sst drama of life on this Earth, we find
,hs Jews. in the early dawn OF civilization,
a.. under the supreme and God given laws
of Moses. giving some honor and dignity
n the arst and best ot human occupations,
caraful and we'll considered agriculturr-but
sveu this people, only partially. until near
tho Christian Era, gave up their nomadlc
eharac,eristics and their occupation In great
nart Of hsrdsmsn; and it was left for Rome,
R.nnblican Rome, first to fully illustrate
nnj dignity agriculture in all its parts, as IL
sas left for Rome, Imperial Rome, to show
"a the world how nations fall when agri-
culture, the grandest and noblost occupation
of man, is handed back, as only BIT to be the
etudy and vocation Of bondsmen. With
the loss OF agriculture by Rome, came the
nnmud- Of the North. the Goth, the Van
dal and tho Sclavonic hords, puaiing from
the Mighty East to fulfil in tune the stu
iendous problem of bumanty-then dark
ne.s came again BaFbarism was rampant.
Poetry and literature sunk in night The
Bocolico o! Virgil Was an unknown language,
l,r agriculture was dead, and the warrior
and the huntel became again the ruler and
bla.trr " the West as he had for ages been
ts,Lh In tho East. The Priest told his
rosaiy and repeated Ills Ave Maras, at tho
hesl uf afmles, or fingered to shrine the
diving trrvbuoter,s and the shackled slave. the
lh.n. ur kinds u tho middle ages, sloae
Caltiratsl the soil
rue history of the world for ten centsries,
ieim the fall Of Roms to the Reformation
ri Luther, pTesents only series OF Kings
n,l Warriors Struggling for supremacy,
9Th the lowy binds aud coloref slaves cul-
!Ating the tardy and unregenerated earth
iJr Shv support ri their warning masters
Commerce and q manufactures, tho child and
{ c,nsor. uE agriculture were almost unknown
~ 1uly 10 their swadling cloths bul with
The discovery Of America. aud the advance
Uf polite literature, aud the abolition OF the
iendal system Of Europe, CeI es, the goddess
u tho golden grain, once more came forth
;rom the huts Of the humble, and tounc
honor aud protection among the great sno
,ls noble. No nation ever prospered lont
whers agriculture languished aud was un
Protected aud LEFT only to slaves for agrl
culture is the civillzer Of man; the mothe
.Di commerce aud tho helpmate OF manutac
uure; the promoter Of good government; th'
Cenonter of society; the inexhaustible mint
BON which We dig wealth, learning, and al
the reGnements Of lifo. When agriculture
langulshes. commerce and the manufacturer
sicken and decay; the hunter anu the war
ri0r arouse then for combat; tn
sword and spear bear sway and the pillow an'
pruning hook rot and rust unused; CHART.
and religion regret and moan and in'
themselves shelter only with the poor AM
the unknown and the solitary, aud all th
poret passions Of nan bear sway and tn
peoples Of ths world struggle in continuou
conflict; but, when agriculture is honured Z
nan, and holds high placs among nations
how difsrent the picture--then the plo'
aud the anvil, and the white winged m
sengegs OF commerce, are the monath6 {
the world. and the paci6cators Of mani In
Ihs waFrior's arms are hung up for M nj
E-nts--ths sword and the spsar,if not b. a
CD into the plow share and pruning hoCl
rust unused, and the children Of man obe,
ing the instincts of reason and the very vis
Die law Of God, livein peace while religio
spreads her white dug and all the hosts CT
aloud peace on earth aud good will
men"
Agriculture in fact is the germ from Whit
Ass sprung every good to man--impress
apon humanity at the creation as the cur
Tor disobedieDce, IL is, in divine philosoph
the sure and certain road to the healing
tue nations-frOm it came manufactorit
from both oame commerce and from d
.eomhnedthres came the diffusion OF tr
religion snd defute and legitimate civili1
tlon TO mankind. Now, while this is on
agreat fact, how little does it seem to il
press the rulars and law givers OF the I
ton, aye, even the agricuturalists the
selyesf The same end TO which we are C.
talnly tending in this Government to-day,
only arepetitiou Of the history Of all I
tons during all time. In the middle sges
Europe, the agriculturalists were the VI
poor laboring for the very rich. and VIII
that remained so, the people and the natic
ware held under a merciIsss despotis
cauahingout The life and light Of f;ths peoI
and the heavy hand was only raised as
centuries passed. 10 the East, in Chi
and Hiudoatnr m fkta dav and far tn
sands OF years, the millions Of the poor 9
stafving. even in the midst Of the grain Il
raise. work and toll on and die, to pam
the thousands who ruls and squandsr VI
tha poos produce; and where can you I'm