Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-09-26
SOME SOUND SPEECHES.

There is much to be pleased with in what
may be called the domestic efforts of our ADLER
public men. About fortnight ago the farm
ers of Lewis county, New York, held their
annual fair. Senator Conkling and ex Gov
ernor Seymour attended that fair in company.
1t is distinguished pair, Seymour and Conk-
ling There are no two men on this CONT
nent who more fifty represent the two great
separate and unreconcileable ideas underlying
all our politics. 1t is an edifying and en-
couraging sight to see two such able statesmen
associated together in friendly intercourse and
showing toward one another the respectfulness
of well considered personal friendship.
Well, these two political strong men went to
the fair in company. Each had been invited
to make a speech. They both did speak and
spoke with wise plainness of speech and in a
vein to be understood and liked by their
friends and neighbers, the Lewis county farm
folk Mark how clear and cogent is Mr..
Conklings manner and matter at the opening
of his remarks Says he: Gone thought is
suggested by this occasion, which you will let
me present 1 mean the advantage of agri-
culture in America over every other country
on the globe. In nearly every land but this
cultivating the soil begins and ends with an
effort to make the country yield food enough |
for the people who live in it. In most coun-
tries even this cannot be done. Many of the |
nations are consumers, compelled to buy |
breadstuff from others In one country only |
besides this can agriculture ever be an ex-
ternal commercial industry, and in no country
can it be so fully as it is here the command
ing and ruling commercial interest. The
sources and elements of wealth everywhere,
in all time, are few, and can be easily pointed
out. In no country can wealth ever be created
by slight of hand, or in any way save by lobor
1t can never be created by political parties, or
by legislation. All that law can do is to help
or hinder in its work. This is in every way
worthy of the Senator 1t is the plain, SEN
tentious truth. Again see how wise his utter
ances is: "Do old men and young men appre-
ciate this and know what it means? De they 1
realize the position and opportunity of farm
ing and the promise it holds out for indepen- I
dence and SUGGEST 1t is better than crowd i
ing into the crowded professions of law and t
1t is better than clerkship in c
store or an insurance Office, or political ap- /
pointment, or many other things for which t
thousands are rushing and striving. The t
great cities are soaking up like a sponge the g
activities Of the country. One man goes to t
the city and makes money; we all hear of him; il
but who hears of the thousands that go and b
never come near achieving the success and a
which can be grown out of the C
ground right here in Lewis county, and every f,
where from the Rocky mountains to the seal' "
Now mark the practical tone and instructive r
quality of Governor Seymours speech Said a
ne: 81 congratulate the farmers of Lewis it
county upon the success which has attended o.
heir labors this year. I congratulate you for Ell
another reason. For the last ten years some q
men, by connecting various schemes, have Il
to live in opposition to Gods own c.
avs, which provide that all shall do their VI