The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-10-27

Ciltart ncernat commerce internal
riches --anI provide the beit and quick
eft of all nlrkets-- the home market.
The farmer in rhe neighborhoo,I Of
Pistiburg may bring his -four To Phil.
delphta. and be ture 70 find narket.-.
but there is the expcnce of carriage %
enhance his prices if the road is 70 bad
tna1 1t w,li rake his horfcs and wano4,n
driver three or four days more to travel
60 Fhiladelphia, rtan if the ROAD was
good.3 tae three days labor of his man
and Aorics mutt be added 60 the prize 81,
comdloiity, or loft.
II rue road Is made 70 good tia, he
may pals over it in three DAYS leis fhaI,
al prcitnr-~ the diitance may be faid 70
DC three days Journey ihorrer, aaa he
Tell cheaper AMI return home Quicker.
and have = more fteqnenr aud a fi,rf
market. For, 70 far as it concerns rb,
export, che farmer cannot command his
price, buI according 70 rhe exieency---
chs depends entirely on accidents of =
foreign and uncomfortable mature.
10 prelcrvc the market wien thers 10
no foreign exl2ency, rhe prize alone nn:t
iecufe the mdrS.ec. BY improving roads.
@a'1..is, and bridges, 10 rila5 produce NAV
tra|et wi5il laFcly and celebrity at al iea-
IONS, ta1 farmer is enabled 70 accolnmo.
date MS p.lce 90 the demands Of the
factor or merchant, becauE- his own lof;
OF time an1,ex s1ence IS lcGtned by thar Of
the Puobc g 'vcrnmenc.
Pennigjvania feels ehls in many parts,
but there are lo!ne parts OF the fatc in
which a Ialie policy, or an tlaiu!t iealon{y
prevails to the derument OF one part of
rhe fare In Bus ks couaty, f,t inltance,
tRe upper pafr OF the couctsy is inproy-
Cd aod ornAmehrellin tie higheit degree
with elegant blidgs and good roads.
ihcir Pohcy, as 10 that part Of the
county, IS excellent and corancndable.
and they PROPER by il; bur it is execra-
bic as it relates TO the lower part <1f the
lame counth which contributes at leaft
an equal, perhaps a greater flare to the
exPence. Over the Neifannlany in
rhe: lower part Of Bucks, on the grear
high pot foad between the psincpal
clues Of the union, perhaps there is The
=
WORT bridge in The union--- it is woric
than any thing OF The kind in MARYLAND.
Vera few miles farther up in rhe county,
where one carriage does rot PATS for
every rwenty thar pafs below, taere are
bridges rhac might vie with the bridges
q the mott improved parys Of Iraly, or
England
This cafe is tpeci6ed only 70 be ap-
pied 70 the tate at large, and 70 the
tate all together the PRINCIPLES OF i'm
Proyen1ent apply with equal force 70 ore
tate as TO another The nrighooFing
flare of Maryland would feeln, from irs
backwardncts Of improvements, TO be
IN the hands OF a few per;ons determined
to retard the progfels Of civilization, and
OF human iHdnitry. Thc indifference To
interior improvement in Maryland, is
truly aHonlfhing, cJn(idering that che
lands are nor IN the hands Of perlons who
Fei1de IN any foreign country --but who
really reiide at, Or near them.
Thy iaouid know that coed roads
in every direction, viii encrea!e the va
iIe OF lands adjoining to the roads
Is the Point from which every tate
ought 70 itt Que, rhat wilhes to increale
IT'S population, its proiperity3 and the
value OF its lands and produce
"A principle, long underltood, has been
recently ttated with much coniequence
=" Fhar the real ftrength and riches Of
fate, conljfs in its internal rcfources,
in its own productive force, IN roe IN
create OF labor the augmentation and
circulation OF capital---in the freedom
OF commerce, and indufry at horne.
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