Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1821-05-12

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SO jealous, and 50 tenacious of his DOW
er, and so ready to make every sacri-
ice to maintain il. The compass of q
news paper essay eompels me to omit
much that might be advanced on this
subject, on which l am sorry 10 find
myself constrained to think so diffe.
rently from you. If / am wrong il
would give me great pleasure to be-
convinced of my error, that l might
forsake IT; if l am right it would GER
| taInly give me equal pleasure TO end
myself SO powerfully supported as L
should be by yoar concurrence, and that
Of your friesds. | sincerely wish that
you and the other very respectable
members OF the agricultural society Of
| virginia would reconsider the question.
| Let me suggest to yoo and them. sir,
| that the lofty spirit Of VII gi",a which
l never wish to see depressed, has
| caused her to overlook some things as
| unworthy of her attention, which were
really of Importance. / do not alluds
to that more than Prineely muni6c nee,
With which she has bestowed states
and territories upon others who are
now marshalling the forces of those :
states and territories against her; but
to the low estimate which she ha. hi
therto made Of commerce and the arts
in her resources. II appears as If it
was the mistake inherited from the
sturdy English Barons and LandhoId.
ers, propagated here long after it was
abandoned in England, that agrieuI-
ture only was valuable and honorable
which left 80 rich commerce as that
OF Virginia, with all the facilities
which nature could bestow upon ii, SO
long IN the hand. of Foreigners and So
Iourners, who thus became possesors Of
80 great portion of her wealth, only
to carry 1t to foreign countries. Is it
not then worthy Of candid and im-
partial enquiry, TO End out whether the
present hostility to manufactures, or to
the tariff, does not result from the
same. or similar mistake. And tits
probable this is one principal cause
why Virginia does not keep pace in
the progress of wealth and population
with other states; the sentiments and
habits OF whose citizens are more con-
genIai 10 manufactures as we'll as
commerce. But it has been asked
where are those manufactures 10 bs
foundF wouta.answer that they nav
seaosiy o= IoE5 o. zmDsg car unensiuy-f
ed or half 8. 3loyed agriculturalists;
for it is fact that one half Of the ef-'
fective lahoursof the country, if NOT
more, is now thfown idle; and this is
the great and fninous evil of which
we now compIssh, This may not fully
appear to cufsory observer, though
If r,Sxhf he To LII.
discouraged mosements Of agricultural
industry, wherever we cast our eyes
but it will more decidedly appear in
the differences between the quantity Of
produce now prepariug for exportas
ton and that ~hieh we could prepare,
we're there a snfEicient demand for il.
| This would take of The nnemployed
iabour and cspi.al from agriculture, and
leave full enSployment for those that
remained. This may be considered as
faDeiini, but is founded on natural
| principles; and il Ia a we'll known fact
that agrienltarai produce is always
| most in demand in q manufacturing
country; aud commerce, both Internal
and foreign, is asost lively and brisk
In this view Of The case, surely such
tariff as would establish and protect
manufactures would not be s'ta1irg the
farmer for the benefit Of the mauufae.
turer" bat would be taxing the farmer,
IN the first instance for bis own bene.
TT, which world be repaid to him ma
| nifold. That f.swouId be for the ad.
vantage ofmapkind in general, if trade
were left entirely to itself, not eramped
or regulated BIZ legislatures enaetments
need not SoH.foyert. 1t would Ger.
tainly be- out aserest If it were so at
present. huA ii cannot be the case
while there slSDs dissenting nation
which woulI sch itself at the ex-
pence OF ihesfesA For the world to be
thus upaDiEse% isa siate Of things not
TO be exReeItG We must take the
world ssvs s,I it, and protect our
selves ffomf "a injury by the eoun-
fefvs ling ys.stses ases,in the sane pan.
ner we would whss assaulted ia war,
only by means less violent, though not
| less effceiual. ii IS no freedom OF
trade when it is free only on one side.
I hope sir that nothing herein sdvaD-
| ced will be considered as disrespeelfui
to you. or as taking a side with the
| Northern eoDfederacy: Nothing, can
assure yoD, ca3 be further from my
sentiments aud wishes than ether, or
more abhnrrepi TO my feelings than the
latter. You complain Of The language
/ made use Of bv some Of your opponents,
ond an truly sorry that any thing
/ like serimopy should have wiDgIcd it.