Delaware journal. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1827-1832, 1827-04-27
FRIDAY, .4priz 27, 1927.

Gu. ruin IinSeRpcakS to us g trumpet /
tongucd'-yet we seem neither to hear or heed /
it; and what hasskn our chief commodity for
export. and furnished the chief means of pur- I
chasing foreign goods, (Which we llavc SO much
preferred, and the people still blindly wish to
see introduced), is about 10 fail us altogether!
Ohio has already materially interlerred with
oar tobacco, and raised with free labour, can
afford to transport it 500 miles by land, and
yet undersel our planters in Baltimore. their
local and natural market! The fact is that
most OF our intelligent planters regard the cul-
tivatiOn OF tobacco in Maryland as no longerl
profitable, and would almost universally aban-
don it, if they knew what to do with their
slaves, for many reject the idea of selling them
others, however, are less scrupulous. and stheI
consequence is, that great numbers Of this un-
fortunate class are exported to other states. the
cost of their subsistence being nearly or about
equal to the whole value of their production in
this. But Maryland is abundant in resources,
it casting away her prejudices, g the old man
and his decds," she will profit by her natural
advantages. We have good lands. and much
water power on the western shores The last
is considerably improved in Cecil, Baltimore,
Frederick and Washington counties, and ma
nufacturing establishments are pretty numer-
Gus and respectable in all these the population
is increasing-the farmers have large barns
and well filled granaries, and with markets at
their doors. asst were, for the chief part Of their
surplus products, including butter, eggs, vege-
tablcs-thc hundred little things which the
good farmer and prudent housewife collects
and saves. and IN many cases they, alone, be-
cause OF the market Tor them, sell Tor more mo-
ney III year, than the Whole surplus crops oil
wheat ana corn raised on Plantations cuitvat-
LED by eight or ten slaves, Tor they themselves
cat nluch,a waste mere, and work little
The whole crop OF MARY land tobacco may nave
an average annual Va'ue Oh oi'2uo'ooo--ah M
this Is ncioWthe c'ear Proo"c1 % 'aoo", employ
CT AZ tpe !aesorieS OF haiuiilore alone. W. w
MOI incauao ~ 9npioymeht OF ntscna@'cs' pro-
perly so caiAe &ass AIDED ny some To-
reign comtnss s!.. az 6ne ton' ana iafSt
home tradese haS az semali Spot, col
: lectod and sapalstc4s m0f& aone-sixth par
= OF the gross populations 0r a nth OF tht
whole people ofthe state.-a s.ssscreatea mar
ket for the products Of the iarmers' daiiy ex'
tending in the quantity required anA tAe prices
given, and to so on as our manutac sersl& es IA
Establishments prosper ana persons arc gatHer.s
together to consume the products OF INC eartH
I But to the success OF these and the consequent
/; well being OF our farmers. lioeral encourages
S mcnt OF them, and manly support OF Intcrna
improvements must be Afforded. whoever
, stands opposed to them. is opposed to the oes
+ interests OF Maryland--for Increased attention
to both is the only means that we have to pre-
o vent ourselves from sinking yet lower III TIN
scale OF the states. Maryland. without any
sort OF interference with other pursuits, nigh
subsist two millions or more OF sheep, and tn
product OF these would compensate any loss t.
g be sustained by ceaslng to cultivate tobacco
N and besides, and what is more important. mos
m important, indeed, 1t would prevent the aetna
IL or comparative decrease of our peoples keep tn