Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-09-04

] Az mas gitutupicu-not ine sQualft, sicktY and
dependant population always found in manufac-
turing establishments, but in hearty robust and
brave mem acknowledging superior but the law
anu devoicdly attached to the principles of fee
i government These are some of the fruits of the
/ policy heretofore pursued.-A policy which has
raised us 10 our present elevated standing among
the nations OF the earth; and which, if p.rs-ve cred
| IN, would inve-, us with greater power than ever
tell To me lot OF any other people. This POLICY il
NOW 10 be abandoned for one so sickly,othat n
yo"ediy can only be supported by system Of
ooun'les and governmental gesses. One which
iooRswhh linited vision TO the successful invest
ment OF some millions of capital in manufacturing
establishments and, in part, sacrifices the count,
less millions which would be added TO the wealth
oil The Union by permitting to follow the
strong inclination OF his mind fr agricultural puf.
suits. II is, as said by distinguished statesman
and orator, ito bring pepper corn into be ,rea-
sury at the loss of millions the nation" If i,
be true, as wa said by eminent philosopher,
'nat the man who causes two spires of grass 10
grow where but one formerly did, il entitled TO
the gratiiud- OF mankind, what Judgment shall a.
wait that stse-man who, pursuing an opposite
principle, shall make 1t, By governmental ,.mpts
TONS thrown Ia their way, the Ihteres, of the people
20 abandon the culture OF the earth, and instead OF
INCREASING, shall hereby diminish the ueans of SUBJ
sisteuce TO the family of man.
But II is urged ihat the encouragement extend
CT TO manufacturing industry il calculated 10 adj
that in The first moments of its operation burthen
may fsll OIL that interest," YET, that the ultimate
results will prove in the hghe-, degree beneficial.
Your meinofialis's will not stop to enqrre into
the ex'e"i OF neghbofhood benefits which ma,
accrue by building up large establishments They
VIII merely remark, that such benefit is OF the same
! character with that which would arise from Guar.
tering bodies ot troops, or collecting parties oil
pleasure. IL is mere neighborhood benefit and
deserves rot to be taken INFO view when consider
ing policy destined 10 affect the whole Union
The advantage which is claimed for the system IL
In providing home market for the productions or
the soil. Now, your memorialsts are wholly an
able Ia deduee esitima'el any advantage from this
/ 10 the pr oduc-r. They Cannot discover In wha,
they are beuehed ,uofe by sale of their produce
TO he c"nsuuer at home, than The consumer a
broad In the transactions of individual life, the
grower Of wheat or other icle gives no prefer
ence to sale to his nearest neishbor over one to
purchaser residing at distance. His cncern l.
To procure a. great price as lac can and provid-
ed the one pays well the Their, lie res dence
OF the purchaser whether remote near, is TO him
| entirely imm.terial. Upen the came principle
whether he sells his cotton or tobacco to The A.
| gent for the foreign or domestic manufacturer
! or merchant, is with him matter of indifference
| VIII the American manufacture stipulate to give
higher price the raw material than the man.
uacturer across The waller? So far from thi. the
home prices are regulated by the foreign Every
American mechanist Is ike the foreign, and like
all The rest OF mankind the creature OF sel-intere.
ana consuiis that interest by purchasing low and
selling high possible.
! But IT Is said that new market Will be opened
/ Tor the consumption OF ag icutursl products This
has been continually urged from The incipency OF
! this system. Ii urged in the year ISI6-n
wss repeated in greater force IN 1921 The gov
! ernment yielded the demands then made and
Increased to an exirsvagant extent the duties on
imports. Millions have been invested, and ma
chinery 10 an immense extent has been introduced
] aud yet agricultural produce was never lower Than
! At the preient moment. Have not eleven wears
been sufficient 10 elaborate the effects of this sys-
TEN? During that time we have in common
with other inter ests, borne the bur,hens of it, and
yet none of its benefits developed as far so the
farming interest Is concerned. Yonr memorialisis
! fee! convinced that delusive hone il pre-
sened 10 them-and in the nature OF things il must
be deusive more especially 10 the cotton growers
Permit us to examine II more extensively accord =
ing to great, controlling and well understood pIin
cpies. The sales OF cotton must be limited by the
demand for cotton goods. As the demsnd for the
i wrought material is dinini-hed so must also be the
demand for cotton itself. Now imagine that Eng
land was confined exclusively TO the market of the
! u. s. in the sale of her cotton goods and tha,she
derived her supply of the material entirely from
US; II is obvious that the culture oil cotton would
be limited by the state of the American market
Her interest would only lead her 10 purchase suf-
! hciency for the American sopply. Imagine that
massachuseiis WHO has participated in the con-
sumption OF the Engli-h fabrics, should. build IN
manufacturing establishments in sufficient number
TO supply the union with cotton goods snd that the
i;lher importation OF such articles shall be forbid
den to England, in what would the cotton grove,
be benefited? Would bis profit he increased or
his Interest affected! The demand for his cotton
Is sll limited by tile demand for the manufacture d
article, and That demsnd continues unchanp ed
since, whether the supply be derived from Eng
land or Massachusetts, IL is still the same commu-
nifty which IS TO be supplied If this reasoning
be true, what becomes OF this new market, and
what are its advantages to The farmer? If Eng.
land shall supply the world, single nation OF
the world, The conclusions are still the same The
demand regulates the supply If her markets be
diminished IN number, SO VIII also her demand TO,
y cotton be diminished, and come after all % III
II that instead oil selling to the foreign agent ~
sell 10 the domestic, receiving the price and
i no more from eith-r. What is true as 10 cotton.
- true as 10 any other article; The market for
foreign goods is diminished, the number of foteisn.
ers 10 be fed and clothed is also diminished and !,
tue number be merely preserved by editions made
At home, the result Is the same TO agriculture
In regard TO cotton 1t is said that the cnantjt '
which Is now raised is more 'hsn sufficient for ali
u foreign demands. Admit this and Il is sho WIN
That tue case is not altered. The demand will NOT he
increased by reason Of the new system Our IN an
uiacurers have substituted the Elgli-h masufactu-
rer, and that is all The sanfe quantity of goods
Is supplied and more, and the same auantiIy oil
cotton Is required as under other circumstance II
more Is 'aised than is actually required, the cot.
ton K over Is In the sltus ion Of the wheat grow.
er, &c. He must turn his atientioiffo some o he,
pursuit. 80 let It be with the manufacturer. Lei
him also abide the fate oil all other classes aud urn
e 10 something prof able, or await the furhe,
issue Of his adventure In every slate of tie