The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-09-27
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nae fact elucldailng the dO'""' '"
ia worth thousand theories, "h'ch II"
.r,ence has proved 10 be more frequently ''e
,z..,og Of political AID Local preJhd'ces 'h"'
- and practical reasoning. Bnttew per-
..,s for Instance, are either abe or "'h'"s 10
-. Off the trannes of individual preoiec.
an far as TO advocate measures NJ war WIN
.,,,,ioas ofthe men whom they hapP'h 10
ol1;re aud still fewer will consent TO
,;..,,d opinions in the success OF whieh tn'!
r., hetber enormously or otherwise theI
-, interests are involved. Its for tn
,b,t We find the whole agricultural coun-
80 arrayed a ainst an increase OF the dn'eS on
-, fabrics II So happens that the greater
s,,o, Of the agricultural sections OF country, Is
.,,;y,ted by slave labor and, II Is contended
,h,s fact. ii no other counterae ting circnm
..,..s listed. would elfacualiy prevent the
......ss of manufactures among them. IL IS
.rs,ed still farther, and (with dlilidence W.
IN, /, our opinion still more ahsuldy, that
f,ctures. thus confined to the ant-slase-
,olang CON nunity, aud fostered bygovernmen-
al ,rotectiou, would only be profitable TO those
,,,a are Immediately engaged III them, ani
...,,lJ onerate as tax upon the rest Of the u
-, his not wonderful that such opinions
.nould have attained a growth aud influence a
.o,gs, ms. which it will be hereafter diiiicul,
mt impossible entirely to eradicate, so unceas-
;,rIy aud so earnestly have they been pressed
,sd AT ALL il must be by frequent and full state
r,ent of the effects of thus systeln-by demon.
.,r.ious as they occur in practice, oi me lastly
,ftha, species ofreasonlng winch leads TO 'he
.,,clnsiu that every kind Of labor ought Of
.,ce>sitv aud Justice, to be left 10 ItSeh--that
manufactures, Tor example, requiring, IN adm
.ont, the manual labor, which suices for all
enc purposes of agriculture, the employment OF
;,n.nsa canitaI. aud asa much time aud scien.
tric research To bring them to perfection, and
TO enable them to yield profitable return for
che money and labor employed, should ne lett
+, the operation of the favorite maxln Of a
.ertan class of political economists, LdiSSes nous
faire. Was not Great Britain, in the Infancy
of her existence, forced to extend governmental
protection to her manufdcturers--and did not
she ascendlncy which she acquired IN the al
iairs of the world by their means enable her to
defeat the fayorite Continental system Of Ma.
p3Ieon Did not entoie her acquire and
maintain tue mastery Of the seas Did II oo'
enable her to subsIdi1e hati Europe 10 pay the
~ An Al
Could not have kept the field single month, AID
would have malie away, as they had often done
before, on the approach OF the Colossal power Of
France The eagle eyeo Of Bonaparte saw in
what consisted the bone aud sinew ofthe " fast.
anchored sle,' aud it was his purpose 50 Grip
pie her where her strength lay. Ie cocid do
.ono otherwise than by destroying every narke
for her fabrics in Europe, aud tals Snuttlns up
her workshops which Indeed would never have
been oprned, had not the wise policy ofthe Enb
lsh government fostered and encouraged them IL
then hclpieucy Nor do sc find that in eng.
land The agricultural portion oftae people is op
pressed. On the contrary, II is the manuiac
snrers who, furnishing sLcn an extensive homt
ma'Ne' ot 'ne pioddc's Oh inc so'. themselves
complalA OF the exotDt,ht prices winch they
are conpeIlcd 10 pa, for bread. Ifany class OF
people is more benefited than another 10y tut
manufacturing system, IN our opinion it Is the
agricultural.
We mad the pleasure last week of quoting u
"'"'""y W. ''i'' sun III 10 ~ '''1' " '''' u
OOtAmg upre decidedly fivoilraDie 10 the TN
.,.,,,,, ,,,s hooo
iald hetore the AnorIchn puo,lc. We pursue
the SUBJECT oy the following quotation from VI.
is message to Congress m ioo2
ITO cultivate neacr maintain commerce
and navigation ; 10 foster our fisheries IA
TWILL MANUFACTURES, 1dtpled to oui
sn,d, o,,r.n,o. :, al ,,,. IT,