The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-08-28

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such as Wee but of imaginary value.
These rough materials furnished by
nature, acquire all their value from
the genius and labor of man; for. of
what value is an uncultivated and
unimproved soil, the trees of the
forest unfashioned for use, the rock
IN the quarry unhammered and un-
chiseled, or the ore of the noun
tains manufactured?
The whole physical universe, in
GLIDING the armament of heaven.
and the lands and oceans of the
globe, presents but two great classes
of objects to human contemplation
the works of God, and the works
of man! All the various objects
cognizable by man, and I repeat
this truth that it may be tested and
remembered by all our philosophers
in Physical Science, may be referred
to one or the other of these two
great classes of objects; even the
labors of the human mind, visible
on the annals of universal literature.
depend for their perpetuity and
usefulness on the pen and printing
press, themselves the productions
of the Mechanic Arts!
Agriculture itself would perish,
with the innumerable millions that
it fosters and supports, were it
not for the instrumentality of the
mechanics arts, as displayed in the
production and improvement of the
utensils of husbandry; nor would
commerce, internal and foreign, as
1T now appears, -havSAexisted,
but for the mechanism of the plough,
the wagon, the steam vessel of our
rivers and lakes, and those vast COM
mercial navies, which ride in tri-
uph the great oceans of the globe.
Manufacture themselves, on which
depend the comforts, conveniences,
luxuries, and commerce of nations,
would soon dwindle into mere PIPE
and BUTTON making were it not for
the agency of the mechanic arts, as
seen in the Cotton gin, the Wool
carding Machine, the Spinning.
jenny, and the Loom, driven by a
nez0 pozVer, the STEAM ENGINE,
itself the discovery of American
human genius, acting by mechanism
and chemical science, upon the
great ELEMENTS OF NATURE! The
genius and labor of scientific man,
| repeat it, acting on the elements
furnished by nature, through the
medium of Agriculture, the Me-
chanic Arts, ard the vast Machinery
a. manufactures and commerce,
have q, zen to man all his comforts
and enjoymenrs, and shall the ge-
MUS and labor of ou,r citizens, as
thus displayed, not claim me pro-
lection, encouragement, and foste,'r
ing care of Government, absolutely |
supported by them? The authentic |
statistics of our country will show. |
that there are four millions of our
population engaged in Agriculture
about one million in the Mechanic
Arts and Manufactures twenty |
thousand in the mining of ores
and about two hundred and fifty
thousand in Commerce and Navi-
cation; nor ought it to be forgotten,
that that the genius and labor
of all these classes, constitute their
TRUE AND ONLY cAPITAL-even
their profits which may eventually
become capital, are derived from
their genius and labor, which alone
impart value to their productions
in all countries.
The conductors of all our Agri-
cultural Journals, are mistaken ir
combining their attention to the iso-
lated subjects of Agriculture, the
Mechanic Arts and Manufactures
alone; they onght to embrace the
moral and intellectual improvement
of the great classes engaged in these
pursuits, and of those Immediately |
and remotely connected with them;
they ought to dignity and ennoble
the agricultural, mechanical, and
manufacturing classes of our com
munity, by showing that they are not
the mere drudges of handicrafts, the
base and degraded serfs of the soil,
and burden-bearins . ~sseS OF
worthless and contemplate nobility, !
as they are in Europe; but that they
constitute the true nobility of all |
countries, that they embrace and
include the most useful and valuable
portion of our population, and that
on their genius and their labors, in
telligence and morals, rights and
duties, depend the strength, the du-
ration, and the very glory of this
great Republic! These classes
ought to be taught and deeply i'm
pressed with their true position in
society; enlightened in their duties
as freeman, that they may not be-
come the dupes and victims of pal
try demagogues and partizans; and
instructed to view themselves as the
true basis of National prosperity in
peace, and of efficient and success
full energy in war. If our Agricul-
tural Journals were widened to en-
brace these subjects, to include the
political rights and interests of the
great classes have mentioned, and
to guard them against those mere
PARTIzAN POLITICS which have
degraded the American political
press, and absolutely sickened the
community of the country. they
would soon acquire more extend
ed circulation and influence, and
instead of having a few hundreds