Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1821-10-09
From the Illino;s intelligencer. !

/ 1t is no less strange than true, that
mankind in general pursue course Of
conduct which Is. only calculated for the
present, whilst The future, and the effects
Of present policy, are kept entirely oul
of view, and left to chance to deter
mine whether that policy will be condu-
Give TO our best interests, or in the end
bring upon us incalcuiab'c mischicis.
While the day lasts We appear to be un-
conscious OF the approach of night; and
its darkness and gloom are not unfre-
quently attended with evils which com
laan foresight might have prevented.
procrastinate the use OF the remedy,
un:iI the disease is fixed upon US, and
threatens speedy dissolution, OF long
and painfal satlerings.
The people Of this state have hereto
fore enjoyed an unusual degree OF hap
piness and prosp erity-the labor of their
hands, and the products OF their fields,
have found good market and ready
sale--the farmer, the merchant, and the
mechanic, have been equally successful,
and the prospect Of securing to them
selves independence and wealth, has been
uncommonly aa,tering. Our nomcnIa-
ry good fortune has introduced among
us extravaganza and prolusion, and Gre
ated innumcrable appetltes to be sa,iated
only by articles Of foreign fabrication
and growth, and led US to neglect our
own resources of independence and COM
fort. The tide of emigration, the source
of all our wealth, has in a measure
ceased--tEo market that emigration
made for our surplus has been closed
the monicd capital brought by that means
into our state, has long since found its
way into the Golfers of the general gov
ernment, or been transported to the place
OF lis nativity, in part payment ofthat
heavy balance OF trade against this coun-
try. We now find ourselves without
money, without market for our pro-
ductions, and without the possibility of
obtaining those articles which we have
heretofore deemed absolutely necessary.
The time has now arrived when ne
.cessity compels US to look around-when
some expedient must be adopted--some
change produced.
We have been led to make these re-
marks by observing meeting of the. ci-
tizens Of Edwardsville and its vicinity,
which was held on the 18th ult. for the
purpose of taking into consideration the
propriety OF recon n ending to their fell
low citizens generally, to abstain from
the practice of purchasing imported
goods or merchandise, and to encourage
domestic and household manufactured
articles by bringing them into general
use" There can be no doubt ofthe
proprie,y of the course adopted by the
citizens of Madison county. If the far
mers of our country can be assured OF
market for their domestic manufactures,
they will at once turn their attention to
this branch of business. And why should
we have recourse to foreign manufacto-
RIGS of cloth for ourselves and families !!
Perhaps no country on the face of the
globe is better adapted to the raising of
sheep than this state. What then should
prevent the introduction of the house,
loom, and the general use ofhomeshun !?
The Succory (Cichorium is an ex-
cellent substitute for coffee, Gan article
for which immense sums are every year
carried out Of our country and cultivated
with little labor.-The seed is to be
planted in May, and treated in the same