THERN PLANTER. 



rich a | arise. It builds the engine and lays down the 

 idivi- iron, and the car speeds over hill and plain; 

 ira- it calls into requisition the lightning and makes 

 ere it the letter carrier "from Indus to the Pole." 

 nd If such be the results ot concentrated capital, 

 a shall mind have no affinity with mind in this 

 l - great work of improving the very matrix of 

 ' every comfort known in life? If gold and sil- 

 ver poured into one common coffer, can build 

 up and embellish, can the united efforts of 

 nind produce no similar effects upon the agri- 

 ■ilture of a State? Mind, from which sprung 

 ^ universe— mind, the great attribute ema- 

 .ing from Deity, and which makes man but 

 e lower than the angels, can its scintilla- 

 s when collected and drawn to a focus, be 

 n their effects than the metal, which but 

 would still lie embosomed in the earth, 

 iw is this concentration of the mind to 

 ned but by association? It is only by 

 Tse with the world that each man is 

 d useful. Separate him from his kind 

 e his mind, and he becomes the na- 

 »j and wild beasts, no mpre savage 

 If, are types of his condition, 

 first time, Virginians, you have 

 concentrated mind of (he State to 

 is great subject of the improve- 

 mds of the Stale. It is an emi- 

 tful first effort, and would most 

 ipare with the long continued 

 • States. We have now assu- 

 s is to be no spasmodic effort, 

 1 as made. The Agricultural 

 nia is now a fixed fact, and its 

 ned to roll over the land in a 

 ausing the now desert places 

 ^ssom like the rose, and our 

 use its head proudly among 

 voice of the past, proud in 

 been heard and obeyed. 

 ; present resulting in our 

 in vain. 



tu re, so full of unspeaka- 

 irth in the heart and ra- 

 as been accomplished. 

 Pisgah's top, but have 

 fruition of the great 

 ongings. From this 

 us. Ournoble State 

 her slumbers, and 

 ajestic proportions, 

 o see this day. 

 ■hen we must wend 

 nes. Your neigh- 

 to learn from you 

 'ou will tell them 

 next we assem- 

 . You will not 

 is at length in 

 ch she has so 

 sible; that she 

 and put on a 

 it of improve- 

 k. in earnest, 

 her with his 

 11 her virgin 



