The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-01-05

the aggregate OF individuals brrofnfs w.
snrp~i measure of national lrnsi.fIl,. aaa
revenue for tls public occasions vii -
says be NJ hand, under whatever form- ~
,;o,rrnment may deem IL most expedir#.
and least burdensonle Ia call II foflh'-
The facts Of the world arr IN the side oi
these opiniuns-lt being Ine,niesiIble, &! nj
nations which have reached the most =
posing heights Of ply sieal aud intellectual
power, are those In which manufacture
have brel tIr must numerous, and arrived
IT the greatest perfection. IL is more hp-
pllcable to add, thai this perfection "a
mongst the nations where IL has been most
Conspicuous, has becn achieved through
The most comprehensive aud vigorous pro
lection afforded To- this kind of industry !,
a protection Eerseyerrd in throug hont ages,
and never given up whilst It's Objects re
manned nnnccomplshed. The speculative
economists of Europe are in opposition To
the experience that surrounds them, and
not less frequently IL each othrr, aud to
themselves, when they would hold hp To
any onr nation the asserted benefits of an
opposite system. France" says one Of
hrr most celebrated writers of this class,
hut Who knows how 10 reconcile the en-
: llghtrned ideas of free trade With those first
! duties that every nation owes To iisell us
probably indebted for the beauty oi her
silk aud auollen manufactures 10 the wise
encouragement Of that administration
! which advacrd To the manufacturers two
: Thousand francs for every loom al work.
The sam" writer, SAY whist describing
the condition of soinc of the provinces III
| that country, and hicl, as he say sal.ttd
nothing hui towns IL bring thtu ,afa .I, III
cnl, aiion, adds. that hopers. I0dcra
would hc their situation nere Ila..sr ~
/ adopt lhr system which recommend. the
purcha.e Of manufactures fpn Foreign
coanttl.s. with the raw prnaasr vi domrs
TIC agriculture France sill adHeres, IN
The midst of her riches and power. 10 thu
practice on which these 4p',lu MS ar
founded. Nor 10 the .xapplr II Britain.
mp to tins very Inomeut, les absaiplr -
less Instructive. III. p'ohl'IjnhIs. TIM
bour'irs. the high dutlrs, tbr p"paltte- b,
force Of which, thrHug hon' a long Tract ot
lnn|. III" manufactures Of that country
have gained 80 mucn excellence, ntsrr IL
any w.. abatcd, until i, lnc recent a,O ~
ais Of her statrsinrn, h1gn ~ lpt"lhgencr A.
authority, u iilsh fabrics WIRE moi arr,ly
certain 10 continue III supply lmn"n," -
II Is known Ia be, of the II me drm5nd
but Ia find thrir way III prop"ftlon, Ia
seraicr thu 'hosr from any "ther country,
nio aii the markets of the world. The
United states, WITH a 60 Ibination of VA
turl! md political advantages rs tran,rrn-
deni Ii unmbrr rs iegre., nave h. lore them
these and othel examples lhe lghis IT Gu
eXl'iriat nations the amplesf Ne Haba,tri-
tloHs al ctprlhbcr, 10, hulldIng - thor
manufactures and by THAI 81. logs
1--we sl.ran.e, Nlthont winch Ivy ,te
never been known IN any county la#estsh-
l,-h ,hrnael,es IN large u .iIahle yr.-
4 NOsnre. N0r ias IN, put, ....4 i5..#l
il n'srfrrr With an tbpndaa' r..4-.t. .,.ri#s
n,rcr. in The Wpal'h,e-i a.a4 .rusf ~. i.4s-
ttinus NATIONS. Il has, ~ tlr ea4trrs
carried ,ts bound, stu, -. Tire sar# r,r~f
nation, by lis habits aaH Ha.Hra ~ l.
ways command supef#oI "a.tJr= far -
eell'1g IN certain b a#ehrl u. s..u'r art .a#.
whirt II therefore cdfei' #H.H-Isse. i,ts-
/ ing tp other nations thr ulpafI u.ts ui ~.
ceiling III other branches, - - .laHf5r i|tt
career ot bruricil rivalry N lga u1l
by Which system the artificial prohibitions
~
aud the fields of traffic, through IN, a.ar'ts
ing drslrrs aud varying tastes of N tf,> .a.
IA opplencc aud civilization make hr~ al
yancrs, more and more extended and ~
! rlchrd. II the nations oi Burope, Nhn>,
Industry aud intcrchangrs move IN circlas
geographically proyimatr ~ roch other.
nave yet adopted this olcy, or nave tal-
i"n back IN their po,trritS by thu fact ot
Its ahsencc /; II those nations that nave IA
doptrd II, are still seen To keep 10 II, or
| have only swer.ed from it after lis ends
nave hrcn nltainrd by stronger reasons
should the United States act upon 1t
fnrlr rcmuteursS from III tie chief sour
ces of supply Of manufactured articles
forms the additional motive, not IL InrnIt.
that which might be drdwH iton the b -
deus aud even exclusions still m full rxis
tcnce ~ other countries, against sonr III
their PRIMARY productions. That pupu-
lou- and independent nathan, nation ciui-
iZed since the munlrnt Of It's existence, aud
whose institutions, by their essential prin.
clpir, tend tn accelerate ii in the career ri
intellectual and social. as already the, have
conferred upon it political .snlnrncr should
have continued rs long as the u. States
have done, tn derive from y distance To be-
computed only by the space of oc"ans. 81
many of the fabrics winch conducr to the
necessary or tasteful accommodations of
life, ifnot without precedent, has, perhaps,
not before existed in case of any other
nation upon III. same extensive scale.--
Without ad,rriing 10 the contingencies
which may diminish or cut off this supply
from remote h.tni-phcrcs, the very drtrri
Grafton to which time, and more frequent
ly casualty, expose u" inconslderable por-
tim of these fabrics before the natural and
intended uses of them can he exhausted,
and where the skill that made is too often