Public Leger, Volume 2, Number 98, Richmond, Wayne County, 4 March 1826 — Page 4

"Let ns cultivate the jjrouml."

LEISURE MOMENTc. No. . If we reflect fur a moment on the lead ing features of a republican government, we shall see the immense necessity of Education among the people. It is nece?ary that they who regulate the affairs of a nation be properly qualified. Then every individual of the United States should be a stat :man,a scholar. I imagine I tec in every citizen, a Governor, a President, nay an Emperor more despotic in prerogative than Caligula, ami if not better qualified to till his important station, as t rani.ical n Caligula. Tyranny proceeds i tin-r from dipoition or ignorance. In our republic are many tyrants from the latter cause. Tvrants over whom? over themselves. Is this not a blameless tyranny? Every one has a right to dispose of himself, in other words to tyrannize over himself. But every public m l of such a tyrant over himself extends to his neighbor, and to the coming age. He rein he is guiltv of trespassing I'm bounds ol right. As every oflicer of the Lnion is accountable at the proper tribunal, so every citizen bcingan otlicer.is accountable to his neighbor and to posterity. What is a private citiz'iti ? A man w ithout public functions. But the term in our country has no meaning. We have no private citizens. All are in authority, all have places under government. Therefore all should be qualified to fill their stations. Would it not be presumption in ignorance to aspire at the Presidency ? And is it not equally presumptuous in any to aspire at citizenship without knowing the duties of the station I Men of that rank make and unmake Presidents at pleasure. It is then the higher oflice. The people with us are the source of power and honor. It is with them to say whether our government shall go on efficient, commanding the respet t and admiration of surrounding nations, or fall aw ay, an object of contempt and triumph to the world. If the people are not enlightened by Education, the latter will he their deluded fiat. Despots, whose governments are sustained by fear, may keep their people in ignorance. Monarch, whose supporting principle is honor, may be satisfied with cherishing that principle. They fulfil the requisites of polity. Then let the republic do the nmc, cherish the supporting principle. What is it? The virtue of the people. This virtue is based on patriotism; by patriotism is included knowledge of duties, and a disposition to perform them: but this knowledge can be acquired only by Education, per sc, or oth crwisc; ergo, the people must be educated. STYLUS.

From the Chilicotht; Supporter: TOBACCO. A farmer in Belmont county who has raised tobacco with success for four years,

! gave us the following extract, which he isaid comprehends all the directions necessary for the culture and curing of that most important article. Extract of a letter from n gentleman in BaltiI vine to his friend in Belmont county, Ohm. I Sm As )ou have written to me ior some information on the cultivation of 'bright tobacco, I feel happy to inform you ;how I manage mine through the whole process. I burn my beds to sow my seed I commonly in February, hut any time between the last ofOctober and the middle of March, will do very w ell. I sow about Iten feet square for every acre that I intend to plant. By this means I commonly have plenty of plants in good season, which s a very essential thing, in making a good crop of tobacco. I burn my beds with brush or corn stalks just enough to kill the grass or weed seeds that may be it the

ground; then 1 scrape all the asnes oil;; clean, and dig up, and rake the ground jl smooth, then sow the seed, mixing it with jj dut, so as to sow it as even as may be, h

then rake it lightly, and tramp it as hard ns possible. The best way for preparing the ground for planting, is, to plow and harrow it well, then take a slide and draw over it, so as to make every other row 3 feet apart, and every other eighteen inches; then plant right in the track or mark planting it about eighteen inches up and down the rows. I prefer this mode to making of hills or ridges; foe I find the plants stand I lie drought much better and the tobacco will grow equally as well as if planted in ridges. When the tobacco is planted, you have !no more to do with it, only to keep tiie 'worms out, till it gets nearly to its growth, and begins to turn a pale yellow or goslin green c olor; then top it, and in two or three days you may cut it, if the weather U dry. I commonly split the stalk, which I find to be the better wav, as the stalk and stem will dry much sooner, than if it is penned. I bans mv tobacco on sticks a-

I.I T'- iT !:hout five feet long, and hang on plants just

ioas to clear each; for if they crowd each j; other, they w ill turn red in the firing. I

aUvars fill mv houe in one day, if possible, j ! . . - - - ... . i

' If my force is sulncient to till my house one dav, I a I ways cut the greenest that i intend j; cuttii g first for when n e cut the yellow- ; est (ir;t, it is likely to get too yellow

before wc get our house filled. W hen I get my house filled, I let it hang about 12 hours, and then commence with a slow tire

( made of smalt wood or brush, building i small fires about one yard apart; along i each side of the house. I keep my tobacco j' about milk warm, till the points of the ' h aves be-in to turn a little. By this time

the points of the leaves w ill be considerably yellow pei haps one-third of the way up the heart. I then rouse my tires iminedi attly, and dry it off as quick a possible. You must never let your fires give back or die away, or else you will be likely to have your tobacco spotted. In three or four days you may let your fires die away, gradually if your tobacco is thereby dry, stem and all. If this is not the case, you must keep the fire till it is. But it is commonly done in four days. When it is perfectly dry, and your fires burnt down.throrr water on the floor w hile it is warm, which willfoon put the tobacco in case, so that

you may re-hang it, which is quick done, j by putting the end of one slick to the end jof another, and thus slipping the tobacco ; from four or five sticks into one, and so rejmove it for refilling. Hang your tobacco j at least, nine feet from the lire, and then I there is no danger, for a spark will not set Jit on fire. When your tobacco is all dry, ! then strip it as soon as possible, keeping

each sort or color by itself. Tie r it up in I hands, by laying one leaf neatly rJund the

steins of eight or ten leaves; then if you wish to bring it forward to an early market you must have your hogshead ready

i made ofseasoneo w ood and hand pack your ! i .i t . . : m, n

looacco lino mrui Keeping one rmpi "" to commence repacking in. If the w eathjr M"irm. t. l mud rvuminn it frpflllPIlt-

ly ; and when you find it bc-ginninU heat,

or getting a little waim, you must shilt it from one hogshead to another. Thus passing it through the air will check the sweat and prevent damage. Two or three times shifting it in this rranncr, will take it com

pletely Jhrough the 67Cat cr.d qualify ;t for market. As our best markets are about the last of August, I commonly bul!: mine Jcr about one foot or fifteen inches thick, two row s of hands, letting the tops lap, b!keeping the butts of" the hands cxnctlv plum; for ifyou let the butts of the hard", press on the leaves, they will bruise them and alter the color. Tobacco bulked clown in this way may lie all winter nnd till after harvest, and pass completely through- the sweat, without taking aiv damage; for it will dry through when vrcnthcr is wet, w ithout heatii g so as i ( do it any injury. When it has pore through its sweat, you mUFt hang it all up. and let it dry. Then the first time it coracs in case (for it comes in case not r.j it goes out) when it gets so. that you f H;j squeeze the leaf together without breakup at the same time the stem so a to breri two-thirds of its length from the but c-fcd. you must bulk it down immediately impressing; and when you pack it into l.o; heads for pressing, you must be careful tc put it in strata, putting in one hand at a time; with butts touching the taves. You will 4o round and round the same u a farmer will build a stack of hay.

From the N w York Mirror. The clock struck eleven. The anxious, terrified, lonely mother shuddered at the sound, and with an unconscious energy pressed her poor babe to her heart, uhi!; the large tear, not without cause, fell unbidden, from her swollen, sunken eye, ana rested on the cheek of the slumbering ii.icccr,t. Where, then, was he who hH sworn to protect her, and by a vow, n i:. tered in heaven, had promised unalkral; affection for her? He was an instance, could wish without a parallel; for dissipation had hound him in her chains, a: d. ;:, the thraldom of vice, he could forget tl.v. he had a bosom companion, sighing la Li-, absence for his return, and in his pre.: encc overpowered by the ccnlKcthig c motions occasioned by the recollection n former times, when he w as virtue's frin i. and she ths darling partner of his hiffiness. Can man so far forget (he dignity cf lis nature, as to give up the government ci reason bestowed upon him by G;u, an'' submit to be led by degrading passim, participated with brutes ? Well may it be said that the hand which can write it, unless its possessor be void of sensibility, must leel the blood curdle in its veins, ani the tongue that can tell it to the TvorlJ might stiffen in the act. Let us conclude our sad tale. The urfortunate man returned, something ir.cbriated, at a late hour, and fonnd his wife senselc ss on the lloor. The shock restore! him to himself, though some half-lost, lnkrccollected images flitted through his bewildered brain. She was declared to It in a raging fever medical assistar.ee in vain, for the disease was one which bn files all skill, and in the short space of n fortnight, she died broken-hearted. murmur escaped her lips against the author of her misery, the destroyer of her happiness, thecause of her untimely death. Then it was that he fully awoke Irom hi dream then it was '-that every unkind word,every ungrateful look, thronged beck upon him. and harrowed up his soul; Iher. it was that he uttered the unheard groan, and poured the bitter tear more dee', more bitter because unheard and uavaliing. Is one now who is just beginning tuc ca rcer of vice and folly, unaware of the mi: ery he is bringing upon himself and all connected with him? Let him read this ar-d pause for it is only on this immutable Lias of virtue, that wc can found curaction-:, if wc wish them to yield pleasure to curselves, to be pleasing to the sight of ou: fellow men, or acceptable to our Creator.

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