The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-04
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;
Daniel Webster's
Adbtce to a Farmer.
Observation-Disclosures:

:
Daniel Webster was State right man.
Only a short time before his death. In
1852 while Secretary Of State in FiImore's
Cabinet. he addressed numerous letters
TO, John Taylor, OF Franklin. n. H., the
old town Of Salisbury. advising him about
filling the soil. planting gardens. politics.
etc. One Of these letters was found the
character. The extracts. given herewith
are unsurpassed BY. anything in his re
ply to Hayne." He apparently Is writ
da;ed es arch
II. 1852" and starts abruptly of with
John TAYLOR: Go ahead! Tho heart Of
winter Is broken"
Where could one find sourder ADVICE
than in these lines:
Whatever ground you SOW or plant.
see that it Is in good condition. We wait
iii dis is 10 = farmer tho next best thing
10 a little wife we'll willed.' Cultivate
your garden. Be sure TO produce sui
ficient quantities OF useful vegGt ,. les
good garden Take care to keep my
mothers garden In good order. even u
1T cost you the wages OF man 20 take
den seeds Distribute them among your
neighbors Send them to the stores In the
village, that everybody may have part
OF them without cost
~ am glad YOU have chosen Mr.. Pike
representative. He is true man; but
there are In New Hampshire many per-
sons who call themselves Wings VINO are
no Wings at all, and no better than Dis
unionsts Any man who hesltates In
granting and securing to every part or
the country Its just and It's constitutional
rights is an enemy to the whole coun-
"Jobn Taylor: If one of your boys
should say that he honors his father and
mother and loves his brothers and sir,
ters, but still insists that one of them shall
be driven out of the family, what. can
you say Of him but this, that there Is no
real family love in him? You and I are
farmers; We never talk politics; our taim
man who attempts to excite one part OF
the counry against another is just as wick.
ed as he would be who should attempt
lor and his neighbor. old Mr.. John Sam
born. or his other neighbor, Captain Bur-
leigh.
in the fire. and there are some men VINO
delight in heat, smoke. combustion and
even general conflagration. They do not fol-
low t,.o things that make for peace. They
enjoy only controversy, contention and
strife Have no communion WIN a snGn per
You HAVE NO MORE RIGHT TO SAY
THAT SLAVERY OUGHT NOT TO En-
IsT IN VIRGINIA THIN h !, a g. ytR &c
o DC IT TO EXIST IN NEW HAHN'-
SHIRE. This is a question left TO eSe!y
State to decide for itself; and 1T WE
MEAN TO KEEP THE STATES TO
GETiil1R WE MUST LEAVE TO EVERY
STATE THIS POWER OF DECIDING
FOR ITSELF.
II think never wrote you word on
politics before. ] shall not do 1t again.
/ only say. love your country, and your
whole country; and when men attempt
TO persuade you to get into quarrel with
the laws of other States, tell them that
you mean to mind your own bust
ness and advise them to mind theirs
John Taylor: You are free man.
You possess good principles; you have
large family to rear and to provide for
by your labor Be thankful to the gov
eminent which does not Cypress you,
which does not bear you down by excess
sixe taxation, but which holds ont TO
YOU and yours the hope of all the bless
ings which liberty. industry and security
John Taylor; Thank God, morning and
evening that you were horn In such
country.
'John Taylor: Never write me another
word Of politics. Give my kindest remen1.
brance to YOUR wife and children. and
when YOU look from your eastern Win
dows upon the graves of my family, re.
member that he who is the author OF
this letter must soon follow them to an
other world.