Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-01-15

tng, t. ohSev>c the calm and digniGed moderation
wn wnch our constituents have approached this inn
p"rani SUBJECT Tor 40 iaras my observation has
tended, the discussions hive been free from the us-
ri asperities and agitatiuns of the times u Is indeed
not qucs,lon involving the views of personal amb
uon the interests oi parry sccndency, the feelings
OF local contcnon. IL looks the past for enliyh
cned instructions TO tho present for wise and patriotic
decisous, and tn the future for general and pcrn,a-
nent bereh,. To perceive vast and growing popu-
iiton sfthg III fragment on its form OF govern
ment, acting with intelligence, inIepc ndcncc and |
drmness, discardi,g minor and evanescent consile-
rations, and consulting the greatest happiness of
tire greatest number IS sublime sight, administering
TO the best hopes and answering the highest expcc-
'ations of the friends of republican governmental
Ad let us humlly supplicatc the Supreme Dispenser
oil all good, 10 shed his ,ropous influence on this oc-
casion and TO produce result suspicious the sta
h'iuy o civil liberty, the asccndcncy Of good GO
Scrhnent, ana the iospcrii, of our beloved country
In all the vicisstudes Of an evcnul existence in the
ltirst migra,iuns and settlements OF iorcatlers
IA the TRIALS of colonial dependence, in the strrsp lee,
ei glorious revoluton, in the establishment of free
ana energetic governments, and in rapid and wide
spreading advances 10 prosperity, II has pleased Al
mighty God 10 consider with an eye OF paiernal
indulgence, TO watch MS with his prov itlcnce
and Ia protect us against those overwhelming evils
Which nave been SO fatal To the best interests of the
human race; and may not humby hope that Ike
sumo gracious dispensatons will attend our future
progress, an, that We may be permitted to exhibit
an rrctragable proof AMI ilIstrous examuIe of
the capacity OF man for self governme.t and of his
triumphant advances in all that can add dignity TO
ms character and derive blessings from his exer-
tons.
The labo,s of agriculture have for the last sensop
been crowned with abundance, and The institutions
which have been founded for the encouragement of
thus important pursuit, continue To produce the mos,
beneficial effects A great ameiuraiion within :,
lew years oSer, able in all the departments of ru-
ral economy. The rapid Improvement of live stock
"e luucHhi appcat'om OF manuIes, the Incl eased
production oil the various kinds Of grain and other
vegetables, the introduction OF objects of cult.
N"on, the invention and adoption of excellent i'm
p'em'hts 81 hushdndry, and growing attention TO
me promotion oil horticulture, have un,luesonably
originated III great degree from institutions which
concentrate the fruits of cXpericnce which :,pnlv
the discoveries of science and the inventions of ari
ana winch excite into ncviiy all the generous mr. NJ
cIpes oil emulation, and all the latent puwcis OF m-
provemcnt.
lie great and sudden augmentation of the price of
our principal commodity, IN consequence of AN anti
cpaied relaxation of the corn laws of Great Hrar
ana MS subsequent declenson the receipt of TN.
tarnrabie intelligence, calculated TO make a tccp
ana serious impression the public mind and TO
point 10 Tie sources Of evils which !. may be in our
power TO ohvite. The excess of the products of the
son oeyond the consumption Of the agricultural in
WeS u'usto'ther hnd sale in the home and foreign
markets, or he LOST 10 the proprietors. 10 RELY upon
foreign markets, Is exiIusn ourselves 90 the ca
price OF foreign policy, and TO commit primary ine-
feS'S 10 the guardianship of rival nations. We must,
therefore, consult the substantial and permnncu1
prosperity oil agriculture, by providing for the tlomes-
NC consumption OF It's productions and this can only
oe accomplished 10y the dense population of manuic-
4
deed highly satisfactory witness the growing pros-
pcrty ct the manufacturing Interest," after the blow
winch IT received on the termination of the late war
IN us tahTlcs, ITS consumpuons, and all its operations
II stimulates agricultural industry by PURCHASING lis
productions and administering 10 its Recommendations
ana as the superabundance of the products of arr-
culture, ami manufactures must create the mate, is
Tor foreign commerce, il is Obvious that all these
great departments of human industry are dencndent
on each otter, aud are closely connected in promot
ih5 the general prosperity. nation purely agricuI-
| nbrirs nT
supplies wall almost always be poor Commerce in
oruer 10 ne henehcIa ought 10 export more than IL
imports AND The general state of our country EN-
phaucaiy incnicates the Necessity of intrenchng
ourselves IN our own resources Of culiiyatpr the
cIehuNe powers oi domestic industry, and of bansl-
ing toSe excuses ol luxury and exiravagance which
are The banc OF individual happiness and republican
virtue In the excess of our imports above our ex
pof'S, INC prodigal consumption offoregn comnodi-
ues, the uniavoiable rate of exchange aud the cx-
n"uS'i". expectation OF metallic money! we perceive
the SOU ces and the signs Of individual distress and
nrtona' debility. And the c0u SO of this Commerce.
winch is recommended not by the wealth il protue.
es Tor Tie people, but by the revenue creates for
he government, must eventually he arrested by the
poverty aud misery which it will generate There is
no ruin more evident than that our inlpotta,ons
must be hnal!y governed by our exportatons for II
! we consume more than create, II we buy more
IMAM We sell, we must sooner later encounter :; cri-
| SIS Nheh our credit and resources will lac ex-
.ausen' ine necessity OF encouraging the home
marker VIII be more manifest when we consider thai
our principal commodities ex cluded from foreign
Countries Flax seed and pot and pearl ashes are IN
ueeu Admitted INTO Great Britain, bat the Yves, India
islands are closed against us, aud in the loss of
valuable market Tor our live stock, lumber and grain
we experience no incomsderahle injury ReIyinn
upon tue wisdom and public spirit of the national au,
thorllIeS TO devise and apply elficacious remedies
Tor etcsc evils, either by Hmcabe arrangements or
counieracns restrictions, let us attend 10 those du
ues Wiiich the Importance Of the occasion and the
hands " ''
Under this impression it is gratifying TO uerceive
tne ehterprzng spirit Of our agrcuturlst seeking VA.
rlous sources OF cmolument directing itself IN nov
Objects, and extending its operations over n rre,,e,
area when our manufactures were i'm n great n,eo-
sure Frustrated, the price of wool underwent n cor
itSPpnu"s depression but there is now every real
S' "'c encouragement Tor the raising of sheen and
'i mat branch oil rural economy, which embraces
grazing aud hve-stock in general, has been lucr;,-
we occupation. Oar hlsbandmen have also turned
III u attention 10 the cultivation of hemD and fay
anu machine which has lately been invented for the
dressing OF these articles will in all probability form
hw era IA our agriculture II is estimated that one
machine eau prepare a ton m day al the cost of
Two cents pound, thereby snrmountnu everv fI,;cc
ton that has been made against tins KIND of husband
~, ana supplying tie materials of several inyalu
able manufacturers with facility equal in importance
'ld similar IN character TO Iai which has been so
successfully experienced in the cotton of the south
lhe IRON OF OF all descriptions which is found IN n,.
~ I''s OF Ine State, IncXhaustblG in quantity and
Unsurpassed in quality, has lately attracted u9n,rd
attention. ana viii enable us in "a short fine II, die
| pfnso with mportahOns. Salt, manufactured in tho
V'cn'iy oil inc ocean, or from those inexausti,le de-
positories which nature has provided in tho interior
OF the country can be procured without resortinr 10
foreign supplies. "
FHriouS manufactures, entitled 10 every encourage
ment, IRE rising into notice and usef,,ness. -
mSht particularly Indicate valuable establishment
III me CITY of New York. which, with he adoption of
III ingenious invention, is enabled to work up great
,Inanl'ies {" wool nnd cotton TO employ several hun
Gred persons, and TO several hundred thousand
uo,"is To TIE country. powerful and general I'M
i"Se mas been gwen To the fabrication of cotton cloths
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