Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-04-06
Fos TIE VIRGINIA. ARGUS.
OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS.
No. ".

ters and takers, Who draw line of dis
dnction between agricislture aud aranutsc
lures. There is no real difference. He
who tills the soil, IS manufacturer Of to-.
hsccos grain. or cotton He who works
cp raw cotton, wool, ana fax, is a mann.
facturer of linen, cloth, sc. In addition to
those who make distinction between
these two branches there are others who
mark out difference OF interest between
commerce s. agriculture and msnuyactures.
A brief examination OF the question, how.
ever, viii conviRce the reader that there
rs no difference of interest whatever be-.
tween them but that the one promotes the
olber and that IL ,he one did not cSizt the
other would not flourish. Take man IN a
rude state: The whole duration OF one
persons life would rot be sufficient t, build
him house TO shelter himself from the
inclemency OF the weather but when So.
oicties are formed, when enc man collects
Iells the tree, fourth saws it, and fifth
pnts the house together, tho work goes
on rapidly, end the tenement is speedily
constructed. While the man who makes
me axe or he who builds tile hcTsa, how.
ever, 10 employed in that occupation, he
has not time to procure for himself subsis-
'ence TO procure that subsis,ence, there
fore, he builds house or makes an axe
for man who raises grain, aud receives
gfain IN payment for his labor. THUS be.
gins kind of barter. In process os time
societies Increase, labor and the preduc,
of labor are multiplied, and eventually a
surplus Of various conluodi;iss is et1ztei
WITCH Is ores and ;bcve what the commit
nifty requires for its wants or can possibly
consume. Now it is c7idcns, wien tin Z
productive labor OF society has arrived a,
;hst point when oil the wauts of the So
ciesy are supp:ied. that, there being, in
trinsically, 10 farther excitement 90 Indus.
cry, thiogs will remain stationary at a
hfenu1t, and the progress Of improvement
viii cease, In the game way that man
stops eating when the cravings Of his sto.
mach are satisfied. Commerce., however
steps in, and furnishes an outlet for ror.
lion of the product of industry tie two
barrels of -four, OF tho two hossheads O
tobacco, or tia two bags of cotton, which
Before answered the wants for home con.
sumption, will not answer those wants now
one Of them is demanded for expectation
labor must be muitiplied--three barrels o.
-four produced where before there were bu,
REORGANIZATION is excited-the country
improves-the principle of barter procee d.
with celerity---the ciI culatioD OF all sorts q,
productions goes on with vigor, aud the ma.
tIon, in its remotest extremities, feels the
benefit Of the activity occasioned by com.
merce. Ship-building too, which is the
basis of fereign trade, puts into operation
the iron mines, renders the forests valua
ble5 and encourage the Improvement Of
hemp, of flax, and thousand other arti.
cles, the raising and perIecting of which
require the utmost vigilance and ingenuity
Ut men. Who is there that is so dull as
not TO see 10 all this an identity Of inter
|ests What are the transactions ofhuman
society, in fact, but a iikeness of the hu-
man body, where agriculture and manu- /.
faetnres represent the stomach and bow.
els, and nayigation s. commerce the limbs
necessary to give it heaiby exercise,
while, at the same time, the latter
derive nourishment and strength from the
former. Agriculture and manufactures
might certainly episf without commerce.
~ what spectacle would they present ]
Precisely such a one as the trunk Of the
human body would present If derived Of
its limbs mere vege,ating mass, with
out energy, without proportion, without
grace, sort Of breathing mummy, conf
ned TO a certain space, aad to certain fix.
ed operations, from which there would be
90 Advancement at all towards the higher
ordinations Of Divine Pro7i5ence.