The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-10-04

All other eallings nearly are capap'o vi u
~ ,a;y;eions-so that their followers may q
hecome specialsts in some pnr" II
branchas believe it requires the sep o
arato work of more than hait-doAeh " I
manufacture n pin. H., l., ,bo v
In agriculture as prac,iceu !" w c
United States, there is but Hue .,a a9 :
for such division of labor ana khoMi 9 .bo
~ ~ ooch farm. all the Knowledge ana inc
-, ~ 80 Naodcd on all farms, are required 4
The growing of hay, the cereals co''on,
tho yarious garden vegetables, ana nv
fruits of the orchard, and vineyards 'no
hraed;ng and rearing of cattle, norseH,
,nnlos and sheep, and domestic fowls; 'no
attaining of such on are desired tor Ioou'
,,rovision against wind, rains and storms,
and drouth; the proper preparation, seeu IMP
and cultivation of the various KINGS Vi no.h
the protection of the crops against insec'S'
tbs making and application OF mahures,
Tho making of fences, and dwellings,, anu
ont -houses; the caring for and grown gnu
nreservation of suitable kinds OF tinpei,
ibe ventilation and disinfectlon Oh "s
buildings; the care the vigor ana neal'n y,
oil kinds of live stock, and the ProPe5,
rOmodies for those that are diseased, anu
the preventing of the spread OF ihle91lon
among; the making OF gates, pif
SnI 3a nv and hoe handles, stocking OF
iI I'.S ond barrows. draining and landscape
pparJepino. all are the business of the farm
o. and sSould be understood by him. =,
No do This work intelligently and well'
, involves a knowledge of chemistry, PHYSICS
mechanics. civil engineering, zoology
entomology. physiology, comparative anal
: omv. botany, meteorology and ge0losS.
e 10 1ot mean that the farmer should thoi~
, 40 hJr Understand all that is embraced in
a 10 branches of human knowledge; Duu
40 man TO assert that knowledge OF tne
8 ,a,,orol and elementary principles OF each
:, 3 IL NOT essential, at least highly adVanr
J. toe,aons, and that the continued study oi
o ~, in connection with the practlcai
a onarations of his calling, furnish the farm
e ar vide and useful field for high ln'eiieo-
Is tual exercise .h,oh united
a Energy pluck, saving, though ani, lieu
IS with ignorance, hav5 won OIL IT'LL "no 80
l. exhausted lands kind OF pecuniary suo
Ia cess. but it is temporary ana cosby
D ,,oyer;shes the soil, wears out the lano' anu
o in the end, makes greater necessity Aoi I"
II more intelligent agriculture. oouso
No youth may avoid this College because
d il will not teach enough
~ DIGNITY OF LABOR.
al We propose, also, to dignity ana ennooie
4 manual labor Under the prevailing sys
~ tenn. the more a man has peeh euuInIou
lis the more he is indisposed to manual iao1i
of brain work has been regarded as unnV W ~
n yoked with hand labor. And the euuoa :.L
~ 1,nn who has failed to gain his living with
al out a resort to manual LABOR, nas o'on ~
A. parded as failure in life. =.
Education has, thus far, united men 10
,ct manual labor. 1t has placed marx Oh III
IeI feriority on him, who has no other mean
~ Of anbsisteuce than his own labor. Certaii
10 If is that large majority OF the lhnap'
a5 tants of the world-a large majority OF VI
eu nn,,Ia of the United States, and OF Uni
i ioh Kate. are now compelled, and will for q
70 time be compelled to gain their living
vet their daily labor. ~. ,of
So' have said that the capacity for tae sal
mo and orderly working OF free lnsttutioi
th seemed to be race aptitude OF inc Angl
Va, Soxons. and their descendants and TINS al
of titude seems to consist largely Ill the capao
tv of that race, to understand anu ~
IN effect to the common and average oPinio
,ce and aspirations of the people-that Ill
its wise governing by the common son'e
on the community IL, An,,
tn an saxon race, that this average common sem
70 of the people has favored equality In rlgh
.ho and privileges among the people. That
I'D has been lberty-loVing and at the san
,1, fine conservative and laws abiding.
tied 1t has bowed oeioro VIC n,Sl,s Iy Iawf
lad- and sought feoie'e ~ a;,,oo. INT II II
means. 1t has been progressive Dut II II
reached its aims by sure ana SLOW 9tep
tempering progress with conserVatlsl
the change with leaven of the past. IL Ii
for FASTENED slowly with the patience OF
rise. insect toilers of tho sea, which consul
can ages in building the coral islands.h
ex- Went a thousand years in developing l
@. principles and perfecting the measures,
rists on which free government rests us
nm vance has been regular and steady-soh
y to times cautious and tentative, mafKeu ny
alth treats, but no deliberate counter -hi'lroli
pub This average OPINION ms common 10, ool
he a Of the neople of England, is largely the
dis eult of the thought and feelings OF
due country people, the agrlcuiturlS'S al" AZ
and holders. .a.
ould There is another reason Oh Sfea. ine ~ 40
5ood which demands larger infusion OF az
who culturists in public affairs. majority
pub the population of the State CONSISTS III
, for and is likely to consist for many years
, the race which has no capacities for selt-g'
hioh ernment. 1t will be a long time, II eV
in when that race shall cease TO be power
and factor in public affairs.
ore How this race free as they are TO pur'
ure. sueh poltical methods as they choose,
that NAV be chosen for them, ls to be proven
erely from adopting such courses as Will our
me- presg and check prosperity, Is n prop
ifica. which we must solve, if solution De Pc
bic. 1t can't be solved by education alo
mana for self-government is not science W
poli- taught. The Germans are Tue peSU ou' io
. in neon,e on earth. There is no human let
erage ing in which they are not ShileuI mo,A
the knowable. which their savants have
lants. mastered vet with all their genius
oe in LEARNING. with all their aspirations for
con. manity. with their parliaInents elected
ty TO thc people. the Fatherland is but mill
eraqe camn. its policies dictated by one IRON
This TIC French no less endowed and cultlVa
sense after an hundred years of alternate ahar
emit and despotism, after shedding ocean
,ly be blood in the vain attempt at propaganda
COM ~ renublicap ideas, after being shorl
on of their fairest provinces and Inundated
n Civ the tramp of hostile armies in their c
ment, tai. have again essayed free lnstltu'l
,uting As vet, the Republic is an experiment
else a hopeful one admit, but the issue Is I'LL
cons tain
ey &C TIN the other hand, the Anglo Saxon
ience, their descendents, now constituting
! rule, two hundred millions Of English spea
xtraV people, possessing onesquarter Oh
and 49, ~ 3s their inheritance wherever
lid be 90 1ocatod-,n America, in the oonti
It pos ~ Australia. in Southern Africa, In
rative iaion5s of POLYNESIA, and in whatever S
party 81 -yopress the settlers on the new
jobs O,o1 have been. have shown their apt
all eN for free government. -
-, The problem can't be solved by frau
Stature force. Whatever methods Of revolt
I'd me- may be allowed people to regain self
public eminent, to expel usurpers or to drive
,senta- s,.,...oritsd places those who have pr
There t,,to5 tbe ,aVers of government to the
skilled 49, t.',a,;o, NJ tbe Commonwealth, ye
to put ooon az tbis end is attained, all method
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