Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-03-29
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IN the present important crisis of our
national affairs, when the public mind is bent
with concern upon our relations abroad, and
turns with aExiety TO our welfare at home, it
is becoming to urge for your consideration,
those subjects, which may be promotive of
peace tc the enc, or prosperity to tie other.
In the war Of politics which has long un.
happily ragged among US, have ever bcheld
theascene without desire TO participate any
Mrther than necessity, CT a sense OF duty,
might warrant. But in the humble walks Of
sGrai HE, IN the promotion Of Agriculture
and Domestic Economy | have cAdeayored
to take as active a par: as my situation, and
means CT knowledge, would admit Convinced
that Agriculture Is the great basis of all ma
donal prosperity, the keystone that centcrs
the arch of government, and the great in-
petus that moves the machine Of nalin,--s
wealth and individual industry AsaYe beeil
q labQrer III its cause. The Importance OF
manufactures, in all copntIies, bat particu-
Iarly In one which calls itself Independents
must be present to every view, and the sltaa-
lion of European affairs renders 1t qou5ly nc
cessary to provide for these walltssat home
the Supply ofWhich may be denied us abroad.
a. ,,is;,3c. 3,ez..r--~r--o tITs United States
VIII IN lew years demand srn ployrnent fer It's
numerous offspring and the necessities fttEe
country win OF course encrease with It's en-
larged people. The old, the inhrm, and
these as ycfstoo young to bear the iabors OF
the field, are all candidates for manufacturing
EMPLOYMENT: a manufacturing establishment
founded upon liberal scale, would at once
employ and give bread to hundreds, who are
now objects Of want ard disgust. Among the
benevolent attributes of European countries
are the vast works Ct public beneyolence,.
where thousands are rescued from vice, and
bred up in industry. The produce of 50
much labor, gives wealth to the nation and
does honor to the national character. Again,
we now occupy the very humble rank OF the
commercial world, of being the carriers ior
others, and thereby deriving emolument from
their exertions but how much more cbar2c"
re1istic would it be, of a great people like
ourselves, rather to bear to distant quarters OF
the globe, the produce and ingenuity OF our
own workshops thar to wait at the doors OF
our neighbors, to receive their burdens for
hire. Ills true, the abundance of our fields
load man vessels with the necessaries Of life,
and returns the agriculturist reward for his
labors, but their produce is only borne to
those countries, where no haryests bless the
land, or where the season has denied them
| their usual supply Of bread. Were all coun-
/ tries able 70 fill their own gamers America
| would want a trade. Those who deal alone
in the necessaries Of life, appeal to the dis
tresses of their neighbors for a market
| Thus we find that the greatest commercial
nation on the earth exports the industry and
/ ingenuity of her workshops, and receives the
/ bounteous gifts of the soil in return. The
most refuse parts of European manufacture are
| bought by US, who will not manufacture for
ourselves, and we think ourselves comiorta
bic when wearing what they may please tc
spare us. In some branches Of manufacture
fabrics are formed SO costly by the force o
! improvement and skill, that the labors Of day
! will purchase the labors Of one OF our citizen:
for half a year So very helpless are tht
people of some parts of the United States
1 that they actually import articles, the mate
rial OF which they possess In better degree
at home. 1t may be urged that the expenc
OF labor IS as yet too great In America TO
works of art to flourish; but the reason i
very plain-we are mostly engaged in one oc
cnpatlon, tllling the soil and having no alter
native, those who possess no land will natu
rally require a high price, TO work for thos
who have; but very many of these pecpl
would take much lower price, where the
could be employed at all seasons, and receiv
settled stipend for the support OF their tan.