Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-07-11

ity OF the manufacturers be further INDUCED, w
shall soon be able to export very little And a
this to compel us TO wear home made cloths! Tn
dear price pay for this whistle must, in the end
open the eyes of the of the people. The lat,
commissions in England prove how dangerous it i
for government 10 interfere with the pursuits am
industry of the people. But unfortunately, we livt
in the age OF empyricism and experiment Men,
both public and private, longer contented &c
float along on the even tide os success Our pW5-
| iic men arc not satisfied that they secure to the
people the enjoyment off, the of good govern
ment;" that, nation, we prosperous and
happy, moving onward 10 that elev alton and great
ness TO which the freedom of our institutions, and
the advantages OF our favored country, must ui-
matey conduct us; but, with an impatient ambition,
they applying artificial stimulus and resortng
TO dangerous experiments 10 accelerate progress.
The remark is no less applicable 10 animals than 10
nations, that when too much pushed forward in
youth, they less durable, less able encounter
difficulty, and more exposed to casualties and acct
dents, than ii let alone, and left to nature, with
wholesome food and judicious management. Our
private citizens, also not content TO get rich
gradually. They too, must force things. This
hot-bed disposition is manifested in almost all the
walks OF private life. The farmer is not content
with the annual profit and improvement OF his
tate; he must have some other iron in the fire. The
mechanic must dabble in speculation. The mer-
chant or speculate ABANDONING the safe principles
OF other times, when men were content to raise
their families and make comfortable fortune in
twenty years. hazards his all in one adventure or
| embarAs in every seducing scheme that presents
itself. He must get rich, if not in Sirty days in
one or two years, operations at the furthesi. The
profit OF 90 per cent on his capital in the course
of year is despised He must double or treble ii.
To conduct safe business sure principles and
realize from y 500 10 $4,000 clear money per n
mum, according his capital and keep that safe, is
drudgery; il is mere slavery!
Is it not this empyricism of the times, operating
upon both public and private men, that 50 much re-
tards the mental and physical improve of the
country ? Does it not produce iuctuatiCls in the
prices of staple articles disastrous 10 all classes
of society Has it not multiplied cases of public
corruption, individual fraud and bankruptcy 10 j
most alarming extent?
WE may rail, at the degeneracy ly which we are
surrounded, but tDhere is the remedy? A few old
fashioned individuals can do but little in the way
OF &c correcting this procedure" Yet, let us live
in hope that the day must be ut hand when
the magnitude of the evil will cure itself When
our rulers will leave of their Quaclery, and strive
less 10 90 better condition. and hen private
will learn that" honesty is the best policy
that money gained by slow and honest means, is
more valuable than il acquired by &c dashing''- and
that fortune OF $50, 900 will be more valuable to
family, if earned by years industry, ani econ
omy than if made in 90 sixi days. Ito say nothing
! OF the advantage 10 our winch tDe moral
effect of the mode of acquisition will have
over the other. Is not this " contamination most
| devoutly TO be wished?''
| But to fe,urn from this DEPRESSION Mr.. Jeffer-
sons remark respecting the weave, reminds me oil
the evidences Of singular change that has taken
place in the climate of Virginia within my recollec-
ton. He says that tobacco " requires an extra
ordinary degree OF heats" that * certain degree
Of heat is necessary hatch the egg Of the weavel
These truths which we all know. Within 30
years the weavel unknown in many of the
counties on the Western side Of the Blue Ridge.
At that time those counties too cold for The
successful culture OF good tobacco. Corn was fire.
quenly killed by the frost, and the species called
rare ripe almost wholly cultivated AT pre-
sent The greatest enemy The farmer has in these
counties is the weavel The last year its ravages
were very extensive. 1t was so little known be-
fore that many were ignorant Of the representatives.
referred tot by Mr.. j. Tobacco too, has become an
important article in the same countless; and OF
superior quality; whereas, it was formerly light
and sPongy, and Of little value when grown on the
same kind of land that produces it so finely.
Here are two facts which clearly establish the
change in our climate. To these would add tn
failure of Our water courses, below and above The
mountain, OF late years to an extent formerly I'M
known. CINCINNATUS.