The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-11-08
Address.

De'fucred BY the Right Worshipfm WIZ. Loucu.
TON SMITH, Esq on laying the Corner Sto.:e OF
the Building, about 10 be erected BY the Souk ca.
rotina HonaeSban COMPANY.
BRETHREN & Fellow CITIZENS,
You have Just witne ssed the cere-
Tnony of laying the Corner Stone OF the FIRST Edi
flee, intended for Domestic Manufacture, on a
great scale, in this part of the Union and YOU
have witnessed the interesting ceremony with e.
motions, corresponding with the dignity and So
lemnity of the occasion. Permit ME TO congrn
tulate you, and my country at large, on this first
steptowards the completion of an establishments
from which, in spite Of the cold support of doubt
ing friends and the warm opposition OF decided
foes, we may entertain fatterng authorizations of
the most successful result.
No rejecting citizen can any longer question
the policy OF affording every encouragement TO
Domestic Manufactures. The hostile RESTRICT
ons, which, from time To time, have enthralied
our external trade, must have long ago pointed
out the absolute necessity OF enlsrging the sphere
OF internal commerce; and the distractions.
which, in times of war, close nearly altopcther
the avenues to foreign markets, and even In times
OF peace, abridge in those markets, the vent of
our surplus productions, must excite in every A :
mef1can breast an ardent desire to create a more
extensive demand for them at home.
The complete success, which has alrcRly re-
warded manufacturing enterprise in various parts
W '"S CiiitSu olaIeS, anu INC promising SyrnD-
toms winch attend some patriotic essay IN others
and particularly in this state, well justly hope
that the obstacles are less formidable than some.
affect 20 think them and that the further extcns
on of these essays must be attended by an acces
SION OF resources, highly favorable to our welfare
and independence.
An ara, so pregnant with great and impottan,
events as the present, will hereafter occuny a
large and distinguished space in the annals of his
tory Through the discordance Of Earring op;ni.
ons, her candid and impartial voice will bc heard
and the torch Of truth, disspatine the obscure
mists Of party, Will illumine the deeds ofour ma
tional government, and display to approving pos
terity the wisdom Of that policy, which. while !,
has preserved us from desolating wars and de
grading alliances, has given wholesome and
quickening stimulus to Domestic manufactures
Amidst the inconvenicncies springifr from an
unavoidable measure, forced upon us by the rasl,
counclls Of one bc'lgerent and the miscaculafine,
Jealousy OF another, sc derive a most cheeeinp
consolation from anticipating The benefits ofar in,
sttutou, which those councils and that jealousy
have so essentially promoted
Whatever may be lie artificial, colofinp of 50.
phlsryj or tIc real diSc1ntcnts Of inpatient Gil.
pidIty, we may boldly predict, that history. clcor
ing away tie rubbish Of party determinations, and
JeDding the eei, Of political deception and In fbe
sprt ofiruth recording those great events, viii
moi fdi to applaud AmaIca's neutral and rac;6C
the year 1893 felt the pressure ola PROLONGED en-.
barge, tie yea: 1908 also gave birth to tb;g 5ene.
hcisl establishments.
May we not also fondIy predict. that tbe ann;
Vefsagof this suspicious day, the 9Th Of Ucto.