Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-07-10
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rginc' can 10 asst Of tler fs6dccoeS and .vheat-
Sonth-Carolius and Georgia appear with their
cotton ami 7ice-i ouisiana with s7,s-tif. and the
~ eStern STATES b,Ing 10 market SOFT of ollu b.
Hdrc--a disc 81 al scots, (excepting fish, cou-
prisng variety OF articles, partly raw, partly ma
n1iaetared, hOm their fields and their wort
shops.
Those States VIII necessarily become so FAR the
richest, which are able Co boat Of the richest ssDe
When an article requires peculiarly of soil and
climate for its productions wealth flows into the r..
gloo which boasts these peculiar qualifications.
II an article grow ia demand, Tie effect is visible
ny new SufPy oft being thrown into the mar
Set. Ha'se the price OF wheat, more lard IS i'm
meuateiy wa, sud more grain is raised Rut If
the supply is limited by the lars Of nature If an
article oil peculiar quality demands par tieuar
sun ana soil tor its production, the a. maui snay in
variety oil cases ouiruH the supply. COps6c.i.ion
the great regulator al Ipft and rent Is str;nt of
ITS elect Those, wLO have to sell, are more in
situation to dictate the terms of the treaty 70 these
who have t. buy. The piee @! the article is high
en- than the average price of oihers-rnore profit
is made, alter detSe;ins all expenc-s-and wealth
pours into the isp.
This greet principle, which the laws of nature
prescribe az an exception 10 the laws of competiti
on, Us traced IN the llth Chspter of The Ist Book
q! Adain Smiths" Wealth OF Nations He ap-
plea 1t TO the case OF the iiasgord "- The 7.ge
lsays he) is more affected by the difference. orso,
thsn any other fruit tree. From some. il derYes
favour which no culture or management can cgu:i
1t IS supposed, upon amy other. This favour, real
or magihary, Is sometimes peculiar 20 the pro luce
oi lew Vineyards sometimes il extends through
the greater part os small district, and sometimes
thro considerable psTt of a large province. The
whole quantity cts'lch wines that is brnt TO market
fs shnrt OF the citectua demand, the dernssd OF
'hose VINO would he willing Ia psy the whole rent,
proht and wages necessary for the preparing aud
bringing them thiiher accSring to the rate az
which they are pai in common vineyards. The
whole quantity, therefo-e, can be disposed OF TO
those who are wiling 10 pay more, which ne
ccs,aiI'y r~.ses the psice above that Of common
wine
Mr.. Sraiih carries the same proposition into the
Sugar plantations of the Wgst-indiss, and the To-
haeco hcds OF Mary land and Virginia. He might
nave applied 1t with equal efficacy to the Cotton
hslds OF Gcova'a and South Carolina. Ij'e have liy-
ed to e its effects in this direction. South Caro-
ina, clothed inner cotton, has no cause to envy the
SILKS oi Frrace, the woods of Spain, or the mines of
Mexico. Lether but strike the srosnd, II wealth
pouis p.ousey around her.
SKETCHES, &1c.-No. Q.
"1hose SlGfeS then, are SIS tar the richest
which are able to boast OF the richest sfGbie''
by stubts, IS meant some article, Astounding in
particular REGION whether it springs from tie wa
ter, the woods the ells, which the labor of man
gathers from these natural sources articles which
are comparatively raw, not manufactured,
which come, asit were, from the plastic hand of
| nature before they are wrought to use 10y much
| mechanical skill.
OF this description, are fish, lumber, ashes,
grams, tobacco rice, cotton they Gyricutrt-
\ RAJ more than manufacturing Products They
| seem rather to spring from nature than art they
are gathered from the fields aad the waters rather
| Than the celebrating workshops
! sugar AID -Four, tee, are St0b pies because they
not only abound in certain places, tut ;hey na!l-
| fGty abound there. the Ialv material, OF which
| they are framed, is just, rs it were, out OF the
hands OF nature the straw or me cane might have
| grown in the next field to the mill or the press
frequently on the same farm and under the same
! prep. ietor
iSt observation-disclosures these STABLES are
the richest, the State, which possesses thsn, Is So
| far likely to be the richest.
| "a observation-disclosures these Staples donot
| hoa'sh, where the soil is q hard one, and the wa
ters are destitute ofish, the SEe SO far wanting
IN the means ofprosptrity. The AK, the plough
! and the seine, being comparatively useless, L must
! ny TO sonc other means oil support; 20 nianuiac-
| ture, to trade, t. navigation
| Which Of the U. Siates, then, boasts of.he rich
| est sidplcs2
| Whsh OF them mus; herd its attention to some
| ether than agricultural Iahours
One is at 80 loss TO see, that the States, which
have TIE rio est staples. far superior to 9th.
ers rot oy III their trade with each other but with
ioreign ports.
Those, which ere most deficient in 81 Mes. may
| be superior in commercial capital They may pur-
chase and ship the staples of the other Stat but
this very operation 90 far lays them under debt to
4 a.
| ted, ~ favor Of the latter, wich the former must
| discharge in some other way. Tins, the balance
O. trade is most Esel} 90 preponderate in their Ia
yGr. Thus, hen, daring the late war, there was
! door left open, for the shipment OF Carolina cot
! ton, the northern merchants grew in debt to the
| native Of South Carolina, his cotton was bought
up, ~ to pay for it, drafts Carolina or what " as
nearly the same thing, her bauS notes grew in re-
| quest In the language ofthe money market, this
! Exchange grew in favor Of South Carolina. The
same effect not so striking in the trade for The
f26GccCeS of Virginia because the door was block
| cd Up by the squadrons OF Ike enemy But the mo-
ment the sal was br. ken, AID tobaceoes could be
shipped, the balance Of trade, the of exohange
| all the symptoms OF returning prosperity were
| seen 10 cur favour.
The same effects are vsbl, in the trade With To-
reign ports. How do pa, for the articles we
import Principally with the staple productions
Of tins cOuntry, with our Cotton, tobacco, rice
grams, fish, sugar. &c &c. These are either
directly slippea TO the country wheuce we get our
| goods; or. sent to other markets on whom we
dra7V 6ids ia favor oftIe country from which we
get Hose goods without the expectation of sta
pies, We should b. unable 20 pay tor the greater
part o, the goods Which we consume. Such states
then, as abound in the richest slopes are 50
far most likely 50 have the balance OF trade IN
tisiG favor. Bills o, exchange abound among
them.
which are the State, then, dislincsi,. cd bv The
richest staples Aud, ifths quqnttfy corresnond,
with The Dalue, ere most likely to advance 10
wealth, and most a.ie 80 command the labor and
the fruits Of the labor OF Other countries
The South seers most lkely, IN tlese resperts
to take the lead ut the North. Sngnrnn the banks
oi The Mississippi, the Coft0ns Of Georgia and s
Carolina, the Ib6GcC0e8 Of Virginia are the riches,
because they are corSnedto ccrtsiR Spots. sod ma
tre seems TO hayc declared to the powers OF s,,b-
| Pin, " Thus far shalt thou 90 md no farther p,