The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-12

rrPI iscIore the L uiIOn county -NAIiNuiiui''I
and Mechanical Association Thi- address
was mastery effort and we doubt not, the
readers Of tie COURIER. viii cheerfuily APP
prove our giving much space 10 it, pub
lication 10 the xclusion OF the usual Varie-
~ Of matter. Every citizen Of Fulton conn
~ shonld give it Il careful reading and
study. Tie introductory and conclusion
are necessarily LEFT on owing 10 our want
o. space.
Alter some general remarks upon the i'm
tortance vi agriculture, NJ Knott, con
tinised
On e ,h~ u,,st striking illustration II the par
amount Importance Of this great branch or H'ius-
factor in The iTespeTits Of our country =
in the simple fact that forr-fftiis Of the
,osH co. worth Of commodities "xrort@i last
- ,r.re The rur- ,uIpfxri unalt-rei products
- soil and that after supplying the home
.ai,irfl, r.,,ifa.. fr,,a tbi- fcr ,lo1e that our
COUNTRY u one of unparalleled agricultural eap=0ity,
q is rs nc mean the only evidence Of that Pre- gh"nt
,rtun
sfHsrs miles IL a. v-hsi by the tN-- If tir I've
great 1ce,as and reach-- from the aretir circle al
10 the torrid zone II embraces every rharac-
ion rvsr, variety ~ vegetable growth adaptei To-
tie .aried china 49, hardy pine that struy
Sirv with he s!azter ant TN" storm far tup the rug
xsd sif- 0f mount ST Elias To- the suyur cane OF
Loai-ls, And the oltrol and orange Tat she'd their
fruFran nee upon the balniy brcezes Of Florida over
hsif our people who IRE engaged at anything.
-,ngss in ,illn, the I'll. with a capital nvcst-i
an ands, live stock, and farming implements 80
.v.r Si2vF, aon.Uno. while IN cons-4 ucrc- of the
unparalleled chca pnes- Of lands. that por
y this VAST capita amounting Z" the enormous
SUN u 'o LOU, @-isd immediately la farms
shocid lee fully Ten times rentuurratlse ls the
saIa, amount similarly invested N Europr
Whom ia connection with these. CONSIDER the
further important fact. tiat Land l. tr@ver--i
hy over no miles of railway. and Iermeat-d IN
every hrectlor bt nafiSaEle streams, all leading &C.
oceHu boundary over threo thousand mi's- 10
tent. Or pouring their perpetual foods into your
mighty inland sea- when We reflect that IN The last
Two years, our exports II nercIartai- CON Iuod-
Ties have exceeded our imports over SgoGU1, tue-
,hH '-peea4is "neh W. remember thtt 'se hYr mn
Ter government Instituted by AN enlightened and
-ntvrpri7ius people Tor the protection Of their own
interest Ad me protn"tl"n ~ their own prosperity.
government in which they have the power Il max
.Hg their o~n laws, choosing their ruIers. 4
-iFtng their own regulations. AMI u altering or .
rbcL-hing their own institutions ~ piea-ur-, II .
solld seem that cur country, possessing such Won
~rtLi natural Advantage aud enjoying such extra
'rfnary poiitci! privilege, shouIu E7t Onls :
Hrcone the yranary Of the world bur that j: -hcud
Nhi't; "a ~ its 1spfet- =r-h panorama Of Peace.
.-r1sprrity and progress tne annals mankind
Ha's never sec;'- We would naturally suppose that
nader +HS4i circumstance Is these agriculture a.
-trrsssinents IT is lid not become the special object
81 Tue Go'erilin-nts fostering Partially, that it
you'd "a least keep pace with the growth Of pop
dalton, n il failed 10 maintaig,. pos ion f,rfn adj
.pects Ne onid b. apt to aiuds also. that viii
% excess u sFccir value II oHr merchhntabIr
rNports over oar imports u foreign conrinu'itirr
iuuunt,1g T. q handrrd million dollars ycar-or
hu. !red and thirty eight million said Iu "
ga sEs fact ast srfr-tis balance would come itck
as Ia coin, AMI tina; with such an aiuaai irfa1
Il TIL precious mel ais. veuid onty lisyr the
plentiful tilau ~ if au, people on tho
lobe that the inEe='yaeGt rf surplus capitol 10
r"uid iHpart il natural ard LesIta, stimulus H. I
Zines Of every Dc ripron, aud ni- ,Iueu
millions Of NiiiaS hands II remun-rrtise and
satisfactory wage; that manufactures tf ,a-iou.
iads w'uIa sprine ny spontaneously IL. in crest
Shht anI constantly incrensin t commerce,
Tith foreign COMMITTEES would crowd The o-eHu Will d
~" -r"n,itsi hanf EidEine thai ever Iod, Tho "a
1aVc-i THAT i,I.s.i- and poverty word he baul-cd
nm oar Ind and tie .'ry home Of free untaScd
'lsper - and tLrin- (
But What tlle a.tsg D. y.u ind sericu traI . =
lidHztr1 tisf vast, uufa-iiu t.u.itain head ol sl
ar prosperity THE favored officer Of III. Govern T
NJ !+'iois e-fc aud pat,ul-.se2 thank D.'. "a
t1oss H,' require a. Ali 81 demands OF the Gov d,
nnie!i = is!r ri'an5e- All t has e,rr asked IL :
at what Dioseuos asked uf lex ud.r...tani oEf ?
ny sHnASht II = true that fully nsesizti- oi @
~ or Imports hcm foreign Countries. euhrr.in ri
zen AZ in4nite variety Of the cc.nf-rt, and uxt.-
- 81 n.y. arr 4"~r "t y"sr purchased Dit the SIM ~
le Pr,.iae II oar so auto,ci.ed ts tile laad 81 b
artisan. or The machine OF the manufactures: K
"H.ie e'nSratAailng ourselves upon that fact
Sls1ce over tie of social history aud - e.
he her the ae.elpvnt Of this gigantic interest Il
e'l pa win our material progress in oIhe. -,
.i3ieu!aTs during the last seye5ge-n year,. Look -
is r pr 81 tLs last census ard sou viii ind -
nd While the number af persons cTi-aceI IN mann
+stGFea bad increased g Per cent while the
: lan-' turing '=''bslnietse had increased - {
- cent, And the cap. - invested in .t
rHhcii OF industry had Increased rer cent
m INC "A nht u iAHi IA actual cultivation
only IS Per ut. ? Der CEN ,a., -,iI ~
- 'ss IA thr a. tai acFesge IN farms oul, q
pei''u CT on per cht, q cue huudEeti part o. =,
. - per annuIu Nor have any reason a. belize. IL
at e annual increase Las been any greater sir, te
Ns-lh. me II = trns, az have said. that dur
the act two ears our f!onefjr ,xt,,rts 1,,.f
mainly 81 agricultural products have "A rcede,
~ . 80 w HIhdred million CUiiar- III
from single dollar having he-u aided TO the III
''unle u our curIeEes o. that Eccsuut, We actual
SNlorte'i over sS.tW,toe in specie, more thaE
- imported during that Time and while The acrusi "
81 M pr-ci'us metals illr United as
-tlSe me discovery Il our western mines In, "a,
III nearly hfteen huiircI mil ion doiI.rs vet +, !"
y nothing Of the many millions more which have 81
NiiA we tsue II in'nli alton our shore 20
''e whole smount Of specie ia th,. couptry rod,v
- been Ssth't-d al los than hundred nlillio
s 4Hr'ehn - hneii% % iTss the mzs;ers ( 10
met ettrnriFe lnercbal, marine that ever yex, IN
9r L"'e Of TIE mighty deep. our zi.ip wards are 4,
any 81 th'hi a. dcsOai- a. the ruins uf BaIciutha 40
81 orr ship baiiders crying tile Govern emf f,I e2
- "iise over tWo-thirs foreign c,nn,,rc. pt
I''i IA Foreign bottoms, at THE * i.se ,f h -
-arfnl iraia upon the volume OF our currency ~
'1"nnting 70 at least s.n.ooo.toO year ia specie t
thstrai 81 thc arteries Of trade throbln with d
sis'e is current VI money, add all our varied in 7 -
.iu'trics ~ the fullest enjoyment robust vitaIi- -
= IN the E",ri"ls influence Of its whoesoln, 10
'imHius Ne md The entire circulation fTfIfv ii Iii
rot fatally DISTURBED, and The whole system ,ns.e r.
ma ehei h~itd iy the baleful poison Of debt: ill.,,
mortality lists IN Bankrupt ~ tf.s incras h'
3 al the frshtiui rate Of thousand year our
feeble show Of vitality " enormous bonIfi, lev ~
g. d upon The scanty earnings II labor ~ .perty m
III kin@s appreciated and constantly dep,rcst H. hi
salus; conn ience destroyed an distrtst rot,tt -
IKE an qicieAn tird oser the exchange. aud haunt
* te ia Aet place Ike al eyii genius. Every 10
tety Of active enterprise PaTy aud business Of q
every description ueiirsss,l, our people
Wiling ana ANXIOUS 70 work but utterly unable {,
procure employment, tbo4saEus ana tens Of ;ou- Al
-'nes Of sfaiwart men wandering from door to door al
'rSghs leave 10 cal bare subsistence for tlrn
selves and families by honest toll while the star "
ing wives and itile ones gathered around :
'te hearth stones or their poverty stricken bu es of
lue and despair. -- III
Know how perilous 1t is for me to say tbs, III
things, tor know how dIicnt it il this CT
.ghe1i audience Nth all lis Intelligence 10 real ~
i%e the sri1t hhelIty ~ tue picture have eebis
drawn C"ntented yourselves amid the ul.nIfl. oil
.Ppiia nees vi and elegance com OFT hci D,
oeI own industry anu prudence have accumulated Al
around you. am sensible that YOU may con.i.r !,
much as the iere iisineHt excited FANCY Bu5 az
.Pp'A' % t.Seiit IN" current ftcts How long hH oi
IL beer since the whole country confronted l., -
one OF TIE most startling evidences Of the very =
t-ayg Two moons la scarcely uxcd ami vpr., Il,
sinfc single zpasin an one OF the departments oi an
over taAeHi III psid hO0r produced 1y ths mort
buni conaition 81 our industries CONFUSED thin
eoiisinent throughout i.d agony uf despair il
al suite 10 the calm consideration Of questions "
ssuistry' OF problems ia political economy few
thousand iabV ing men reyue,l against repeat u ci
reduction u their 's24r peaary fee Military b
force was invoked and blood sis-d eusiI,d Tie r,
i'ieediiig e',rpss Of slaughtered a .
very soothing Spectacle excited multitude e
hraSny mGseled men no consider themselves the 81
Neiim- 81 common wrong. la 4 LIND paroNisn Il
OF deiirVus fnry eight niiluI dollars worth Of pro-
perty vac given 10 the fsGes. Commercial trans ~
a t"ns over t"enty live Thousand ri- uf Railroad
we're Partially disturbed totally suspended Tor M
days Finally consultation followed. The proposed =
'riiffioa Was abandoned and bali million OF la ~
boring men RESUMED their cheefess round Of daily II
toll - tii- first fs-nzied ery IF ag1Iy hushed
ana sltnEa moved again their wonfel rOurse.
hir the part tnil Noluptu-ry OF plymouth I'll
huron HsSares tle psalm singing sybarites Of his II
sscies- =regation they lounge iuA urfuGsy
th-ir velvet cushioned pews that liioring ~
,n e1tsist quite nuiPtaoFsiy bread and d
railroad kinz IA he fren1y II his appeals u,
irsnr4cailv {" Congress TO Increase The standing
array to nfty thonstni men, aud place the eufire p
military fsrcr OF the Government AZ the call Of the d
-airoaa directory; while another cody oilers mil II
Ion dollars for desposisht: tue I9us'io ftate
guided by the IA est precedent. proposes sort Of "
,~ripatctie Joint high mission 10 settle all dis
'utrs between labor and capital and wond legalize ~,
Communism at once 10y situsg the enipoye LIBERAL "
,Iare Of his employers profits and above ls eN
conventional wages while the metropolitan press / 10
Gems from day 70 day with profound moral rvdec =,
ions upon the evil Of agrasianisu, and solemn les
ons drawn from the -'1re-t Strike" III
But who Of them has probed fa>,lie hidden cause ln
4 that terrible disease in the ,Ay polite which D,
suld exhiiit snch frgiltfu sslnptonls2 " no =
What has brought about this alarming and anonia =
o1s condition OF AFFAIR.", al
II has certainly resulted from suspension of =.
suy of the bounties of nature, from withdrawal oil
81 the sntrs of benohcent Providence, from ia
my dsEeetion OF integrity. abatement OF energy i;
among tin Of people Tie same bright
arffan t.,wa