Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-03-02

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ne means IN their power to erect and to extend
AZ pleasure manufacturing establishments. Our
wants supplied by our own ingenuity and indus
Wy, exPortation specie to pay for foreign manu-
lectures, will cease. ta
The value of American produce at this time
exported, will not enable the importers to paw
ior tne roreign manufactures imported. When
ever tne TWO accounts shall be fairly stated, the
Da'ance aganst theUhited States will be found to
be many millions of dollars.-Such is the state of
things, that the change must be to the advantage
OF tne United States. The precious metals will
be attracted to them, the diffusion of which In
regular and uniform current through the great
arteries and VEINS OF the body polite, will give
to each member health and vigour.
IN proportion as the commerce of the United
states depends on agriculture and manufactures,
as common basis, will It increase and become
independent Of those revolutions and fluctuations
which the ambjhon and Jealousy of foreign gov.
erhmen,s are zoo apt to produce. Our navigate
on VIII De quickened /; and supported as it will
DC oy internal resources never before at the CON-
msnd OF any nation, will advance To the extent of
.nose resources.
New Channels OF trade to enterprise no less
important than productive, are opening, which
can DC secured only by wise and prudent policy
approaching their advantage.
wan. OF foresight should neglect the culti-
Vauon and Improvement OF them, the opportune
moment may be lost, perhaps for Centuries. and
q cue energies OF TINS nation be thereby prevented
nom developing themselves, and from making
'nS boon winch IS preferred, our own.
ny uaong on our own capital, collisions with
other nations, if they be not entirely done awav.
VIII pc greatly diminished.
inns natural order of things exhibits the com
mencehent OF new epoch, which promises peace.
security andrepose, by a firm and steady reliance
on inc produce of agriculture, on the treasures
that are embosomed in the earth; ON the e,eni,,s
and lngenuityo of our manufacturers and mecban.
les, ana on the intelligence and enterprise of our
merchants.
Inc government, possessing the intelligence
and the art of improving the resources Of the ma.
ton, Will increase its efficient powers and eniov
ing 'he confidence of those whom it has made
nappy, VIII oppose the assalant of the nations
rights, the true, the only invincble jEgis. the
unity OF Will and strength. Causes producing
war, war VIII De lew. Should war take place, its ca
lamitous consequences will he m;t;g.ted ar,d ~.
expenses and burdens of such a state Of things
VA. IAN WITH a'weight less oppressive and niu.
rious on the nation The expenditures of the
fast IVA. war We're greatly increased by dependence
on iore'gn supplies. The prices incident to such
uePehuence VIII always be high.
hao not our nascent manufacturing establish.
.,ien.s increased the quantity of commodities, at
1 t ,p"' t I III demand, the expenditures would
| nave been much greater, and consequences the
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temptation, would have been the fate of this ma.
ton. The experience of the past teaches les.
son never 10 be forgotten, and points emphatical
/ 80. 20 'se ge'pedy- wise Government should
i'eeu hs auihohitlohs, or the independence ofthis
n'.lon Wni De exposed to the shafts Of fortune
Inc conmit'ee, Keeping in view the interest
OF uhe nation, cannot refrain from stating that
cot'oh isorlcks imported from India, interfere not
less WIN me encouragement to which agricul-
!ure. Is justly entitled, than they do with that
Wnicn ought reasonably to be accorded to the
cures OF cotton wool The raw material
OF yncn tney are made is the growth of India
anu 10 oi quality nIerlor 10 our own
| i. ihelaofcs themselves in point of duration,
ana use are likewise inferior to the substantial
IaDrlcs OF american manufacture. Although the
indla cotton fabrlcks can be sold for a lower
price tnan tue American, yet the difference of the
.eAtnre IS so much IN favor of the American, that
inc latter may be safely considered as the cheap
est.
The distance OF most of the Western States
from the ocean, the exaberant richness of the
soil, and the variety of its products forcibly i'm
press the mind of the committee with belief,
that all these causes consplre to encourage man.
uiactures' and to give an impetus and direction
TO such disposition. Although the western
STATES may be said to be IN the gristle, in con.
temptation OF that destiny, to which they are has
tehlng,yet the products of manufactures in those
states are beyond every calculation that could
rea onabiy be made contrary to the opinion of
many enlightened and virtuous men, who have
supposed that the inducements ofagriculture and
tlle superior advantages OF that life, would sup
press any disposition 10 that sort of industry
But theories, how ngeniously soever they may
De made 70 conform 20 the laws ofsymmetry and
beauty are no sooner Drought IN conflict with