Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-02-25
Wilmington. IN. Feb. 10. e.
DELAWARE MANUFACTURING So
CICfINN

a meeting of Manufacturers, and of
those DESTROYS oipromoiipg the interests
OF Manufactures in the United States. was
held at the Town Hall, in the Borough
of Wilmington. or Saturday last. Tile
objects oi'iic Meeting were stated in the
following
ADDRESS from iIr. ISAAC BRIGGS:
1t is, perhaps, TO be regretted, that il
has not fallen 10 the LOT o Zone better quail
i.led than an. 30 open the business and
10 state the object of the present meeting.
Onaccustomed 81 speak in public, have
not tie advantages which Gov from habit.
! am not familiar with that promnt and
easy arrangement, IN the store house of
memory, from which may be brought
forth, at will, ideas in 81, II order. that
each part OLA ~ub;cct,hy having lis proper
place and Just proportion, may reflect
light upon the whole, and produce harmo-
ny OF view and energy of effect.
have sometimes endeavcred 10 com
innncate my thoughts in this wav-and
to myself. my attempts have always APP
pcarod awkward-but / have verv sell
dom attempted to address an audience
with more diiidcncc tiian feel OH the
present NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the i'm
menSe Importance Of the subiect-con-
scious of my inability 10 do If Justice.
however my partial friends may over-rate
my powers.
The magnitude Of tie object which we
have now assembled to consider. thc i'm
pOriant Consequences, with ain interest that
rouscs all my attentipr, rush on my mind
like tlood-the important conseCuen
ceS, To ourselves ani 10 Onr country which
NAV flow from our Incidence or our cner-
~, from right or Il wrong direction OF
our united efforts. Net, when sec and
feel that am surrounded by my friends.
! am somewhat reiieved--I have dou
BILE consolation. Ia the first place. !
hope TO sc indnlged, while, in plain and
homespun language, | offer for your con-
sideratlon the skeleton of plan onwhich
we may form an association. | hope TO
be excused FOR such errors as NAV com
mt, and TO have credit for recttude Of
intention. In the second place, rc;oiCe
IN believing that some, whom see in this
assembly, possessing talents far superior
10 mine, will take up this skeleton-vil,
supply il with muscle, nerve and skin
and, superaddinS the principle OF ANNA
ton, will clothe IT in domestic garments.
plain, neat aud durable, and present il TO
yonr acceptance i'll all the charms ofuse-
fu.ness and beauty.
take ii for granted, that VIC arc per-
fcctly unanimous in the conviction that
Agriculture is the primary and principal
interest of our couutry--the cornerstone,
the foundation Of cur national prosperity.
TO this sentim MT, anticipate not sin
gle objection, in the present assembly
But agriculture cannot perform lis ope-
| ratons without tools-and these tools
must be 'aaa'ydctured. Those employed
III ITS operal ions must be fed and clothed
1t can feed them, but those clothes
must be manufactured. They must have
habitations-and those labfations must
he manufactured. All this is iDcontroyer-
bly, true; but this manufacturing can be
donelna foreign cot ntry, say some-lct
us employ ourselves exclusively i'm Arvi-
culture, and send lis productions TO pun
chase those tools and clothing, made in
distant iaud-ior, it is universally adj
| United that IT IS Impossible to carry on
| Agriculture, without the aid of Manuiac-
lures. 1t IS aii-lmpOrtant to us that we
closely and fairly examine this PROPOSE
ton.
The raw materials ont of Which our
clothing is made (and our clothing CON
stltuieS the principal amount,) are TO he
sure The Produce of Agriculture, and are
on an average, worth about one tenth
part OF tie price paid for the same mate
! rails when manufactured. For every dol
lars worth of his produce, when return
ed 10 us an manufactured form, we must
pay ten dcilars--Onc dollar mas been paid
to The cultivator for the original PRICE
two dollars must be paid for freight, in
surancc, commissions d merchants pro
his-two dollars IN ddtics ia 0nro own GOV
| crnment-and i've dollars iortiie wages of
labor III manufacturing
do NOT pretend that this calculation il
mathcmat!caiiy correct 10 fraction, but
am persuaded II Is sufficiently so to al
iort so!ld foundation Tor my argument.
and have chosen il for It's simplicity
ion when see politician raising cloud
Oi mystery about The science of national
economy, and involving If III ldbyrlnin
OF technical terms, he appears 10 me 10
resemble the fish, whIcn IS said TO lave
the power OF dIscOOring and Obscuring
the element inW:.icii he sWinis, IN order
10 escape detection, or more easily 10
seize his unsiIspectng prev. Admitting
the calculation then TO be sufficiently
correct and simple to give clear and
Just view of the subject, II is plain that at
ieast hall the value Of our lmpOriations OF
manufactured articles, is pad ior the wa
ges OF labOr-is paid i0he3e that labor is
per )rned-gOes TO increase the circula-
ting medium, The wealth and strength. q,
10 give activity 10 tie industry amt aur-
incDt tie population of foreign nation.
and to enfecblc and ilnpoverish our own
10 create destructive and accu1ula-
ing balance against us, and TO diiusc a.
1IflfIffsf L. lfp