Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-10-12

have nothirg to ship that viii pay cost Ant, elrr
and the produce ct the southern States
must be the remittance to be principally ,lepeud-
ed y.
g e restoration peace has, besides the thou
sands 1. oilers drawn from the ranks and thrown
into the community here, given an opportuni-
" to the people On the Continent TO return 60
the loe;n, and manufacture Tor themselves Great
Britain does no', or ought not expect to enjoy great
aud profitable trade with France, Holland, Germa-
ny, Russia, &c. while these powers are at peace
with her and the whole world.
' they canand they will DO without. her cloths
and her callicoes or at least they will dispense
with Thousand OF her NECESSARY us, less Grcles,
when peace affords them opportunity OF industri-
ously exercising their ingenuity.
he great source of this evil is III the ovesgrown
manufacturing Establishments of this country. E.
gland, It IS said, (and heevet,) manufacture
tor the whole world but when the whole world
daes not want her cloths, her blankets, her toys,
aud her riukets, vi hat is become OF the surplus
product OF labor, or how is the surplus population
10 &c maintained will reply; let uIonssnds be
taken from the denoraiizing influence of tie facto-
ries, where the labor b0Oiy paid Indeed and
put 10 the plough, the barrow and the sickle Let
the immense domains OF the numerous mobility OF
this country be divided into small lrrns and let on.
at a moderate rent, AID they viii soon Ne saSen.
Instead ofbrick strse enclosures for many niies
IN e%teni--,f g,uurd almost solely devoted 10 the
purpose Of mere Pleasure, we shonld then behold
Meath, dsero~s, euc''mpassng small compartments
OF fertile fields, occupied by an industrious and fr,l-
g@' pessaHtry- The annual rent ot land would DC
diminished and in proportion as tie products of
he soil increased, the price of bread woslj be di-
niniaued. Many who obliged 10 look for
support in the factories of wool or cotton, or who
hurried IN the bowels the earth for three -fomrths
ot the year, would IN. find more comfortabie
suu a more certain esistcnce--a more comfortable,
because they would not b. under the controu of un-
!eeirg tas'S-nasters; and more certain, because
they would not be subject To the yicisstldes and
une ramty of trade. Those again, who work in
Tire various factories OF WOOL cotton and the metals
would more easily f@d support For. rs the num-
Der 81 artisans diminish, The price of labor would
prrprrtonabiy advance. Thus. all ciRsses would
BE- benefited. The children wout. be better edu-
satd and as natural consequence, t,ey would have
letter morSis.
"ln Scotland, tie people are in a better coneli-
tion there, education is more generally diHlseG
ue pnor are fewer in number, and there is inf
n',ely les morality. The two latter are the natu-
err condition, hecaasa they less sopIuyed in sc-
they sr, less dupeAdent; and all know the india.
ence that state Of Independence has spon the char
scter & cnnuct Of menlt has its fuil and pow erlI
influence upon state aud upon Individuals. Wit
ness our own ceuntry; contrast lie present cundi-
tion, ITS Heurishi-g End happy state at present,
with what IT WIS when under the dominion Of a co.
vernmert where now am a temporary resident
This subject viii lead me too far and bring me in
to discussion on the propriety policy of estab-
iisAins large factories in country an opposed
10 them ard my opinion respecting them has not
been hastily FORMED. This su' ect shall be renew
eel herealter.'