The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-08-28
isricuIture. Mechanics
Manufactures.
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Manufactures.
Agriculture, Mechanics, and Man
,factures, preceded all other discov-
.1es in the social system of hu-
nanity; they are the real basis, be-
apse founded on the individual and
,scDrocal zvaNtS and necessities of
nan, on which now repose for
rength and security, all the princi-
hes of social life and existence, in
tmaIieS, TRIBES and NATIONS:
-ey were, gentlemen, to say all
hat can be said in a few words, not
nly the first and most honorable
.nploymentS Of man, and without
which our race would soon have
.eased to exist but they now con-
1itute the only true basis, however
they may be undervalued by super
fetal observers, not only of every
thing pertaining to human enjoy
nent, but of every thing that can
be identified with National security,
prosperity and power! Without
lGRICULTURE, the mechanic and
TlnatactHrer, to say nothing of all
the other classes of society, would
4 ild but meager sustenance on the
the table spread by nature, it fur
nisheS the very essentials of life, by
the all couquering energies of hui
man genius, industry and toll, d.
rected to the cultivation, improve
menl and productiveness of the
SOIL The wild fruits of the forest
trees, the unreclaimed animals of
] the desert, and the fishes of our seas
and rivers, would but furnish such
repast for man. as would soon
aarye his whole race, with its now
0untless and 1nnumerable millions,
into decline and probable extinc-
ton! Nature furnishes no more
han the ESSENTIAL MATERIALS,
the SOIL the seeds of grain, the
woods and the ores of the hills and
Mountains, from which the genius
and industry Of man constructs his
varied implements of industry, all
the utensils of the mechanic arts,
and all the fabrics of his manutac-
'irsS TOR clothing. And had nSt
nan been constituted the artifcer
o. his own earthly enjoyments, by
NE exercise of his own genius and
strenuous industry; had nature fur
aShed him with the comforts and
Injuries he now enjoys in profu-
Son; had she produced for him
'Pontaneously the houses, palaces
ana cities he inhabits; had she sub
lled the forests to cultivation for
un, and covered his table with the
EEnloymentS and Injuries derived
nom his own GENIUS and INDUS
Try he would yet have remained
n ignorant, naked, wandering, and
S"thIess savage, to whom would
utterly unknown all the arts of
a'MCULTURE, and those of mechan-
and manufactures. He would
lave no motives for the exercise of
~ genius and intellectual powers,
9lnued on his TVaHtS and his hieh
4pac't'eS for mental enjoyment, and
would yet have been ignorant
all the great PRINCIPLES OF
W SlAScE, by which he has measured
~ heavens, navigated the great
leans leans OF the globe, and covered
t s.il with navies engaged in the in
~ ,'Ianges of commerce, founded
,; me surplus production of Ag-
'; ~ and the Mechanic arts.
me mechanic arts and those of
s :.-IuIactures are derived from pre-
assy the same sources as those of
M 3,aI.ulture, the wants, necessities,
~. suIlerlngs of man, and his su-
H. ,OI capacities for enjoyment.
,nJ mere animal, whether of the
r, az q the sea, finds the table which
Al ' l.: mas spread for him, equal to
If nls wants and limited capacities
"a r.Iloyment; he has no occasion
tbs .utllVate the earth for food, and
6s o NATURE has denied him
wonI J1Pacities for agriculture, which
Cone. De useless to a being thus
cbsn n::'Iuted; he has no use for me-
fnr rilG arts, because NATURE has
,5 ,5'sned him a home under the
The hue col. o. a tree, in a burrow under
no M earth, or in a cavern of the
aieJ int TAI and he is, therefore, de
chsnio@ al II the capacity for the me-
bind .S arts save those supplied by
lie sb ahd undertaking instinct, for
ofsnr;si lef and preservation of his
donPs ing; he requires no produc-
furni.Gbl the spindle or the loom, to
cIotb ,:n him with manufactures for
pacitu g and he is denied the ca.
be ussI .or iabricating what would
Q, SS IN supplying his wants,
mastering % his -snJoyments