Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-11-24

and views arc springing up. from the ruins of

and views arc springing up. FROM the ruins o
former errors
Sometime since, public meeting was hel,
at Natchez, by the planters and me rchants o
that section Of the country, to devise ways ans
means to encourage Domestic Manufa actures
when the following resolutions were unani
mously adopted.
! Whereas, under the present extended and
improved state Of agriculture, the staple fouI
| country is likely TO be produced in greater
| quantities than can be consumed; and wnerc-
as, unless the growth and consumption Of cot
ton can be brought nearer to an equality, the
prico must be SO reduced. as not to afford a
fair profit 10 the grower, and embarrassment
| and distress must ensue.
| I. Therefore, be it resolved, as the sense OF
this meeting, that it is essential to our pros
perity as agricuhurisfs and as citizens, deep
ly interested in the welfare ofthe country, that
the consumption ofthe raw material should be
promoted and encouraged by all the means in
our power.
2. Resoiced, That as n means Of accom-
plsbing this object, zoe ,oiW use goods manu-
Jdefured from cotton. particularly the arti-
| efts OF cotton baggiag, cation blankets and
articles also Of our otcn cloihing, as may be
deemed suitable and adapted TO our climate
provided they can be obtained on reasonable
terms.
3. RcsOlred, That we will promote the
| manufacturing interest generally, through
out the United States, and that we will give a
preference to articles manufactured in any
section OF our country, to the exclusion of for
cign fabrics Of the same quality and price.
4. Resolred, That as u further means ofad-
| vancing the agricultural prosperity Of our coun-
try, BY increasing the consumption of our own
produce. we will form ourselves into n society
for the encouragement of domestic inanufac-
lures by rewards and premiums for such goods
as arc manufactured Of cotton, and suited 10
! our country"
We are rejoiced TO find, that the people Of
the South, have at length opened their eyes;
and, beholding their true interests, have re-
solved to cooperate with their brethren ofthe
north, in endeavoring to establish oil u pcrnla-
| nent basis, the American System-a system
which, if once firmly erected, will consum,nate
the prosperity and greatness of the country.
This rational spirit, is not cvinced by the cit
zens of Mississippi only; it begins to display
itself in Georgia, South Carolina, North-Caro-
lima, and Louisiana, aud we predict the day is
| not far distant, when it will triumph over all
opposition. The prospect before us, will be
hailed with infinite qualification, by the manu-
featuring interests, and by all who behold the
correct policy Of the nation.
Virginia, though generally the first at the
feast, will probably hold on 20 her opposition
so long as she devotes herself to the culture o
that useless weed tobacco, and so long as hcl
citizens array themselves in the ranks Of the
opposition, simply for tho sake of opposing
what they know to be right, and for the sake
of supporting what they know to be wrong. =
But as she will ultimately be left alone, she toe
may at length, knock at tho door and beg to
| be permitted 'to partako of the FEAST