The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-11-24
CoNyEyrIoN OF co rroN PLANTERS.

C0NVENTlON VI "" FTON
The cotton planters OF the South are to
meet n Atlanta OH the 9th OF December
The delegates at arge from Texas are GOV
ernor o. NJ. Rof ,orts, W. w. Lang wade
Hill, w. l.. M oody, W. II. McAlpin' Ash
bel Smith, A.. A. Pittuck and William u
Walsh, Com missioner of Agriculture An
effort will be made to make this meeting
the event of the Exposition. We trust the
Conyer .tion will be well attended = en-
pire ever rested upon the shoulders Oh any
par ocular individual or class, the empire Vi
tr.e South rests upon her planters WeHre
apeculiarly agricultural people ana uoup'-
-ess will he for generation to come, ana TO
hiring the Southern States up to their highest
nossible state of cultivation is the work De-
fore us to-day. From the earliest ages Oh
tho world the pursuit of agriculture mas
ever been regarded as not only IN tne
HIGHEST degree honorable, but necessary ior
the sustenance of the State. Zoroaster, the
APOSTLE of the Persians, held it higher than
rel;gion. In his Zendavesta occurs THIS
,y;se and benevolent maxim: lie who
sows the ground with care ana oiiisehce
ACQUIRES greater stock of religious merit
than he could gain by the repetition 81 ten
thousand prayers" Artaxerxes' WHOSE
reign in Persia forms amemorable Grain the
history of the East and of the Roman EN-
pire, fully recognized the power OF agricul-
ture in fourishing state. III inc
the last period of the PERSIAN
monarchy, his code Of laws was respected
as the ground work of their civil ana re-
ligious policy. Several of his. sayings are
preserved One of them in particular dis
covers deep insight into the constitution
of government. 'The authority OF the
Prince" said he "must be defended by
military force; that force can only be NAM
aimed by'taxes; all taxes must at last lail
npon agriculture; and agriculture can never
flourish except under the protection OF JUS
tice and moderation" AS our own Govern
rent was framed and moulded i'll the brain
of farmer-Mr. Jefferson-it has never
been other than friendly to that class
Of citizens. 1t is not for the purpose Of
getting LEGISLATION that the proposed meet
ing will take place. 1t is for the purpose
of comforting together for mutual proilt, ex-
aiming the various works of art affecting
their immediate interest, on exhibition,
particularly the gin, comparing notes, ana
I ildulging in q free interchange OF views
upon agriculture as now prosecuted in the
South. Such meetings should often take
place. They do good by disseminating use
full knowledge There has been an almost
complete revolution in farming in the
Southern States since the war. Old preju-
dices and ancient implements have been
thrown aside and labor-saving machinery in
troduced, bringing it within the power of a
farm hand now to produce twice as much
as he did quarter of century ago.
Whilst the genius of the old world has been
constantly and is now employed upon inn
proving arms for the destruction Of the hui
man race, the genius of America is engaged
upon Inventions to sustain and feed it. We
do not march with the terror and paraphef-
MALTA of the greatest standing army, giItter-
ing with rifles, cannon and sabreS'b but at
the head of the Agricultural Word, decked
with Flora's choicest gemS laden with
the richest productions OF ature's fields
brought forth by American Sdustry and fos-
tered with jealous care by american genius.
The result is America ..9ems with happy,
contented frecmen as europe does with un-
happy, d'scontented slaves,