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FOR PEACE AND
AGRICULTURE
( A letter to William H. Crawford dated Monticello, June 20, 1861).
On June 20, 1816 at his home Monticello Thomas Jefferson “unbuttoned his doublet’ and expressed himself freely to his friend William H. Crawford about Agriculture and the far reaching effect of a sound Agricultural Policy.
He emphasized the importance of the Individual and urged them to think for themselves, to resist the "Concentration of Power” and to hold fast to individual freedom. IHe urged All the people to study and understand as completely as possible.
Today farmers are concerned with “surpluses”. Mr. Jefferson in 1816 was concerned with "superfluities” in a country that was "essentially agricultural”, and he didn’t care to be dictated to by, the city of London. He said in a wise agricultural policy."Peace”.“A 'numerous happy people.”
Mr. Jefferson said, quote: "The exercise, by Our Own Citizens of so much commerce as may suffice to exchange our Superfluities for our wants may be advantageous for the whole... .but it does not follow that it is the interest of the whole to become a mere city of London, to carry on the business of one half of the world at the expense of eternal war with the
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