The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-02-08

service, labored indefatigably. day after
day, iE his fields, was called the best
farmer OF his age. There is voiuu.c of
meaning, which ought to ha pondered. in
.ope Of bis favorite expressions, with re-
igalh iis 70 saghculture FhQae bald he,
gao 5ss1Si5e :'ias ~ ssSsE:'Ts ~. I'D o.::S'S,
least addicted " evif tho6ghts.o Reg
ulus, in the midst Of his African CAM
paign, asked permission of the ROmsn
Senate to return and cultivate his little
farm, which had been neglected during
his absence-wisely p'eferring the simple
wreath of a successful agriculturist 10 the
ornate crown Of a successful general
And now what does history say of the
United States and its civilization? It
says that the war OF the Revolution was,
in a great measure, fought aud won by
f.rmers. II Gays that the Union was, in
great measure, formed BY farmers. II
says that the government was in q great
measure administered by farmers. 1t
says that Washipgton's highest earthly
ambition was To be considered one Of Tie
best of farmers. In q word, it says that
the fields, which God made, controlled
the town, which man made. And what
q country was the result what Il peo-
pie what a government!
But history tells y different story of this
country and il civilization to-day. 1t
tells that agriculture, although still, in
| many respects, the leading interest, has
lost prestige, position aud power. Ittells
chat agricultn . tr, been shorn of much
of it's wealth. 1t has been fettered by
unwise and oppressive legislation. It
tells that by these means, assisted by the
aggregation of capital in the cities, and
powerful rings and monopolies, the civil
| izatiOn ce the United Statea,is rapidly
changing from Il c, lntiy to city ciyili-
zatioh-trom 81 CO Intry, under, and by
aid of which their liberties and greatness,
! like those of home, were achieved and
maintained--t0 city civilization, under
and by the aid Of which should the tran
sition ever become complete, .hey will,
like those of Rome, be assurcdly and for
ever destroyed. Already evidences Of the
decline Of republican virtues are every
where visible; III the greed and wild
hunt for Office and money in the corrup-
ton which stalketh abroad even at noon
day, unshamed in the presence of the
world; in the lasciyious riot of city
weE. II and luxury; in rulers being, what
the greatest & tho prophets denounces.
companions of thieves, lovers Of gifts and
followers after rewards and, above all,
in the apathy aud Indifference, with
which the highest governmental, as we'll
AZ individual, crimes are regarded by the
masses of the people.
Oh while struggling in all other ways
to uProot these alarming evils, the good
men of this country-the good men of
the cities, as we'll as the good men of the
rural districts-should not fail to take
those steps by which such evils. in a
State can alone be effectually and finally
removed. They ,nust build up agrieui.
ture They can bnild up commerce--
build up manufactures but let them
build up agriculture at the same time
build it up all the time; repair every
damage it has sustained restore every
rampant it has lost; enlarge its bounfla-
ries; lay its foundations broader and
deeper; and raise its superatructure
higher and grander; that those of other
interests may be, as God intended them
to be, merely its appendages-giving to
it, indeed, while deriving from it, beauty
and its strength, but never its superiors
never its equals. Extracts from an Id.
dress by Col. s. s. Scott, Chairman of the
Erecutire Committee Of the State Grange,
Of Alabama