Year: 1867

! Agriculture, and the discussion of


the one naturally and unavoidabl,


involves a discussion of the other


To do this with any degree of


satisfaction, it will be necessary


for me to remark that labor is the


capital of any nation or country
Money is not capital, in a politi


cal or national sense, but the sim.


pie representative of labor. A


works for B one day for one dollar


B goes home at night after his


work is done, looks at his dollar,


and then realizes the fact that bis


dollar is only the representative


of his days work. Hence I as.


sert that labor is the true, real


capital, while money represents


that capital or labor. Fixing a


true value to labor belongs to an


other law which is too often vari-


ed by combination ofcircumstan-


ces, and does not belong to the


subject under consideration, and


I pass it by.


l repeat that Agriculture and


labor 60 hand in hand, and l
might with propriety, by way of


distinguishing the sorts of labor,
call the kind of labor now under
consideration agricultural labor,
not because it is less honorable, or
less valuable to the country, but
that | may discuss it more intelli-
gently.


"In the sweat Of thy face shalt
thou eat bread, till thou returnest
to the ground" was declared by the
Jehovah to Adam, and to all COM
ing posterity. Decreed and sane
toned by the highest and holiest
authority in the universe, it stands
IN the front rank OF honor, of all
other kinds of labor. How sub
Iineiy is the decree of the Almigh-
ty carried out by the farmer who,
by his labor, quietly submits and
carries out the command of heav-
ems law! 1t is thrice honorable,
because decreed by God and obey
ed by man. The world has its
heeting fame, its chariots OF glo-
ry, and its timid flowers of pride,
but the solemn law Of heaven is
obeyed today as it was six thou
sand years ago, and has lost none of
its original sanctity because of its
age. He who frowns upon the
humble laborer, whether in his
cabin or out IN his field beneath
the blazing sun, spurns the law of
his God, and displays a contumacy
that seems to invite the wrath of
the author of his being. l freely
admit that labor, hard labor is
applied in other and numerous
branches of industry, but agricul-
tural labor when considered in
with the great cause
that gave' rise to Agriculture,
seems to me to be more directly
sanctioned by the law of heaven
than any other sort or kind. The
history Of Agriculture from the
garden to the present day Will, |
apprehend, bear me out III the as
sertion.


Then let agricultural labor be
encouraged. Upon it not only
nan is dependant for food to sus-
5ain life, but the beasts and the
orutes, especially in our country.
for the short period of one
week the agricultural labor of the
world, in seasons for sowing and
planting, and millions would groan
With hunger and famine. Powers,
republics, and national
ties are all alike dependant for
heir peace and existence upon
.fforts of the agricultural laborer.
No ingenuity, no philosophy, nor
10 wisdom has ever advanced or
discovered theory that would
meet the natural demands and re-
Iuirements of man in this partic.
liar. The manner and character
# labor have been vastly i'm
proved by the inventive genius of j
nan-his efforts and energies have.
'een taught and disciplined in
hannels that rendered them far
more successful than in days gone
", but the essential body of the
abor remains the same, and will !
IS long as the necessity Of man
xists. The long-looked for mil
enidm may do away with the ne
essity, but should it not, agricul- j
ural labor will exist as long as