The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-05-23

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pail down Babylon than to build the Ne'
Jerusalem"
An. .'No vocation tends so strongly to de
press the spirlts- clip The wings OF fancy an'
pluck all the nice feathers of ideality g.
farming"
VIII the hard listed, high-spirited, self
reliant, energetic and honest farmers o
Orleans receive this as a compliment Il
them and their vocation? VIII they re
gard il a. the experience and convictions
OF the husbandman, and that long line o.
worthy agricul wrists who have sedulous-
ly labOred in earth's fertile garden? Viii
they plead guilty to the charge preferred
by this astute philosopher? The verdict
If the worlds jury of farmers would be
thou art weighed in the balance" Mr.
Anthony, and found wanting in honesty to
appreciate the dignity, the benefits, the
blessings and the honors of that vocation
which you reproachfully discard and hold
up as a fiji subject Of sneering ridicule.
Why does farming tend more to depress
The spirits" than any other vocation? Does
it lend more to clip the wings OF fancy"
than the handling Of rusty bars Of iron?
Does il tend more 10 pluck all the nice
feathers OF ideality" than tina; Of weighing
NAILS, measuring tape or drawing TAR?
Not to discredit either calling, farming
takes precedence, as it is parent TO them
all-all yield to its supremaey-all are in
dsbted TO it for support. Was Cincin-
natus les an idealist when engaged in
manual labor on his little farm than when
swaying the scepter of State? Was the
Ideally OF our own Washington less capa-
cious VIII, n laboring on his Mount Vernon
estate than when marshalling armies or
presiding over the deslinies OF this Repub-
I lie? Is the mental visi'n OF the tiller OF
I the soil circumsoribed Ia the furrow he
turns or the acres he cultIvates? Must 1t
necessarily follow that his mind shall
p!oddingly keep pace with his feet, and be
limited To the same "Hights Of fancy ~
Because farmers are not as GENTEEL as
SOME MERCHANTS, is that a sure index to
their characters conclusive proof that
they do Not possess an id uiring, investi-
eating, reasoning and GENTLEMASLY mind
that their hearts are not "the sanctuary
Of the highest human affections"-that
they are not actuated by motives ennobling
and worthy? There may lie charlatans
in ALL the professions; but the farmers, as
a class, are not thus charga5le. This is
demonstrated by many noble spirits that
have added lustre to the profession. They
have diligently worked in earth's mines,
emitted bright sparks OF learning-real
diamonds in their brain washings. Instead
OF their Spirits being depressed" their learn
ing and their philosophy have been the Vi
tally of the nations-have caused the dry
bones of other professions to live. They
have proved themselves the kings OF Mind
-milcstones On the highway OF lie, point
ing the passer-by TO proud Immortality if
he will but emulate their example. Under
the shadow OF such men, whose lives were
the basis and whose example is the nerve
of national greatness; are the farmers IF
our land willing TO repOse, conscious Of the |
dignity of their calling, the golden harvests |
it yields, and the favorable protection re- |
ceived. What high enulations they ex-
cite, what durable friendships they consoli- |
date, what treasures of after recollections |
they gather in and rekindle in the recesses |
of the farmers heart He that has the |
heart OF a mancanno, disrs grad and will not |
desrise the emotions and feelings of rela-
tiouship and descent, when associated, even /
in a remote or retrospective manner, with |
examples of honor, OF usefulness, OF learn
ing or Of labor, either on the farm, at the
bar, in the Council Chamber, the Senate
or the Cabinet. There is no "poetical
twatdle" in such communings.
5.h. s.The farmer is truly laboriug man.
ard does little else than work His eating /
and sleeping are cut down to the lowest min
imum required 20 keep him in working trim.
lie scarcely ii ads a blink of leisure through
his waking hourS,-tOii, cold and PURPOSE
sou,. He is incaSed in a crust OF seifishness
that neither truth nor justice can penetrate,
OF love and mercy melt. He is "a blse slave
To earth and worthy of his bondage"
This is adding insult TO injury. Decry
and underrate labor, and then stigmatise
the farmer ass base slave" BECAUSE HE
L.BoRs. We admit that he works. and eats,
and sleeps but he is no: under the lash of
nee. s.ity 10 the extent affirmed. Every
farmer will bear testimony against the as
scrlion: he KNOWS il to be base fabrica- |
ton lie has plenty of time TO devote to
TO study, to the Improvement and
storing his mind with choice thought gems,
and thereby become not only an easy and
Instructive conversational, but also deep
thinker, a brilliant writer and speaker. Be-
cause he swings the axe, the grain cradle
and the scythe handles the pitchfork and
hoe, and follows tie pillow, does that make
him base slave" and seal up every ave-
nue. to ! i, soul? Elihu Burritt was labor
era blacksmith by trade. WAS his mind
so 'incased" with the dust of the work
shop, and his leisure hours so limited as to |
preclude mental culture BY untiring
energy, earnest application and deter
mined will-power TO study before and af-
ter working hours, he has attained a high |
rank in the literary world he is an accom-
plishsd orstor and one of the most noted
iinSuis's OIL me age; abraham Lincoln
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"a T f"a ~ ~ nron,;r'. a.,;,s Of farmers i the
world indebted for MANY useful inventions:
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enough to prevent them from prOruuing
tbrnuyh the incasement Neither are their