Delaware journal. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1827-1832, 1827-04-27

Virginia, which, more than any other state
bin the Union. deserves to be called the " land
aaf steady habits" may long extensively con-
fI1sthe cultivation of tobacco, though cotton
Wfapidly suDersedng it in the eastern part of
thcxninAn onwealth. of which we shall more
parfis SiarIy, speak below. The prodact Of to-
bacco has declined in Kentucky, the Carolinas.
Georgia and Louisiana, not being found so
profitable IS other agricultural pursuits; and,
y perhaps, wavs0 thelabour and capital employ
ed are considered, it is tho least profitable OF
any other business in the United States, AS it is
carried ON in Maryland and Virginia, because
3 of the costly labour Of slaves; and it has also
+ powerfully tended to rctard the progress of po-
na3ation and wealth in these states, by ex-
h. npr the soil and driving away free labour-
e,s Virginia, late in the first rank Of the
sta.ly. stands the fourth in effective population.
and. by the census of 1910, will probably be
thrown into the sixth grade; and in regard to
actually operating wealth (which begets wealthy
mucl, further behind than that, unless her poll
cy is changed, though her territory is so very
extensive, and much Of her land is of the best
quality. But truths like these arc offensive
and we wish to appeal to the reason of persons
without exciting their passions and, after one
or two remarks on the cultivation of tobacco,
we shall Immediately speak of Maryland, our
own state.
The following shows the value of tobacco
exportcd in the years given
1922 S6,222,OOO
1924 4,855,0O0
1896 5,9l5,o0O
The annual average value for the last five
years was about $500, 000-a less sum thai
that of the manufactured articles exported il
the year Just ended.g The first is stationary o.
odx
very soon to become. after cotton, alntch th
kargest item in our foreign trade. The simpl
mention of these facts, exposes the fallacy O
the arguments made against the protective sys
TEN, which, after supplying the demand a
home, To It's chief amount for such goods a
are protected, has already. a worth in like arti
cles exported, Ito meet the competition Of al
nations;) SURPRISING that OF one Of our grea
staple commodities, and of which, by soil an
climate, and through custom, we have some
thing like a monopoly!
BUTT is to the planters and people of Mary
land that we would now address ourselves. l
1900, we had $4,000 Inhabitants. and one Gle
zenith of the whole population of the Unite
States in 1920 VIC had 407 900, and tzOen
ty-fomrth part of the whole population-in l8S
we shall not shew thirtirh part of such pc
pulation, unless because of the increase in Bal
gr atimOre and the other manufacturing dIStricts
~ Inlced. if these be left out. our population i
probably decreasing. In the first congress WI
had six members, out of 65---now we have nin'
fontOf els; andiftlle present whole number o
members is preserved after the next census, W.
shall have but sewers; and so, from the posses
sion Of one elevenM part Of the power of repre-
seAtation, we have passed to a taoenty.ton,tl
part, and are just passing into Mirtieth. The
same operation has taken place and will ACT
u upon our neighbour ginia-though her ives
fern grain-growing and grazing and manuiac
q turing district is doing much. indeed. to keel