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

that tailors. can not fit so we'll to HE
form, and we find him mailed IN ~ :
armor of the Rhinosceros, or cloth.
ed in the sable furs of the Poles,
lie is independent of every thing
out nature; his wants require neith'
er the exercise or Improvement of
MS powers; his capacities of pro.
crossing in the arts and sciences.
are but blind and instinctive-and
IN these natural limitations of 4uauts
10 capacities in bru.es, will be found
the true scale of their inferiority to
man, IN the great system of organ
lzed and animal existence.
lhe wants, the sufferings, and
the enJoyments of man, under the
tuition which actual experience i'm
poses on the VAST POWERS OF HIS
GENIUS, are the true causes of his
greatness; in other words, the very
evils of life, the very sufferings of
which he complains, the very enioy-
ments of which he is eternally in
search, and in the pursuit of which
ne IS so often disappointed, are
counterpoised by IMPROBABLE CA
PAcITIEs for triumphing over the
evils OF existence-and for enjoying
ITS greatest degree of happiness:
these improbable capacities for suf
tering and enjoyment, incidental to
man alone, bespeak him immortal;
they form the true basis of all his
discoveries in agriculture, in all the
arts and in all the sciences; in fact,
they solve one of the great enigmas
of his existence here and hereafter!
The denunciation of Heaven, that
man should ''till the ground" and
that in the "sweat of his brow he
should eat his bread" instead of be-
ing considered an evil, has been
converted into blessing and a
source of improvement, by the be-
nificence of the Almighty; even the
physical and moral diseases of hu-
man nature, and all the calamities
incidental to mankind, have been
converted, by the same almighty
Power, into sources of improvement
and elevation of character, as will
appear from the following consider
atoms: #e f.. Ho
The sufferings of hunger and
starvation are called NATURAL
EVILS; but their existence taught
mankind, after the spontaneous
fruits of the forests had been ex-
hausted, that AGRICULTURE alone
could supply the wants of increas-
ing posterity and an innumerable
population, and the original families
of the earth, who subsisted on wild
fruits, fish and game, have spread
their posterity over the whole hab-
ital surface of the globe, by the sim
pie means Of improvements in Ae-
r5cultYte, and branched themselves
off into great and powerful nations,
who would now degenerate into
absolute decay and extinction, but
for those very improvements; and
hence we see, what must be obvi-
Gus to all rejecting men, that AG
RICULTURE is the true basis of the
population of the whole globei
And, if any proof of this fact be
wanting, they will be found in the
contrast every where exhibited, be.
tween the decrease of the population
among savages, and the increase of
the population among the AeR1-
CULTURAL nations!
The next step in human improve
ment, and that too is Unidentified
with agriculture, was to abandon
the precarious subsistence of the
chase, no longer sufficient for an in
creasing population, and to domes-
ticate the wild animals of the forest,
in hocks and herds, as did the Pa
triarchs of old, who are known from
Scripture to have been shepherds
and herdsmen, for the purpose of
subsistence, and for the employment
of the strength of those animals in
the tolls of agriculture, and the gen
eral service of man. Here we again
discover, that the wants and neces
sites of man, miscalled by drivellers
in philosophy and true wisdom ma
turaL evils, are the true causes Of the
exercise and Improvement of his
genius, and of his real elevation in
civilization and refinement.
Nakedness of body, and exposure
to severe changes of atmospheric
temperature, have also been miscall-
ed natural evils, and considered
among the misfortunes of man.
But, without these conditions of
suffering and want, would he ever
have known any thing of the Me
chanic arts, by which he constructs
his houses, palaces, and cities; all
his implements of Husbandry; and
all his vast machinery of manufac
lures? Would man, who was crea-
ted to want, to enjoy, and to inn
prove all the bounties of nature,
had he been invested with "the
strength Of bulls and the fur of
bears" not have been contented
with the cavern for his home, and a
coat of furs for his covering? Want
and suffering are the two great
teachers of human wisdom; with
out them human genius would ex-
pire, remain stationary, or dwindle
into mere instinct; man, says Ba-
con, can neither know nor achieve,
more than he has actually expert
enced of natures laws.
But, let us apply these principles
of nakedness, want and sustenance,