The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-12-04
COMMUNICATIONS, q, ,.,gi.i.".
TO "A YEuMANRY.

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a regard fos The good and prosperity OF my
country. prompts me To this Acknowledgements
lu,ious have anierioriy been entered into Va dit
ier.nt sections Of Virginia, ie promote The man
u%lne,nre of our own clothing no people have II
more completely in thei, power, 90 live indeien'
drai of the looms OF sister states aud neia ,bnnr~
ing nations, than the tugininns. The raw mate
rails, eoiion, wool aud fax. a,e raised IN iolsfa-
bile abundance : aud were We more particularly
To direct our attention 10 their manufacture.
hone of rs. with our means. need be seen clad ~
the warns of the Northern or European looms-
Am not one o itiasn VINO would eontend that
we shonld live entirely independent Of other
powers a reciprocity of trade ~ unquestionably
beneficial but without taxing our resouroes too
much. we hive other sufficient menus by ~hich
we may and will maintain trade abroad. Our
fine tobacco. OUT 0our, &c. will Hlaays he ar,,-
Giles of exporiation more or less Ia demand ~
neighboring and foreign mar eis.-our clrcuia-
ting medium might bs much augmented by the
general adoption IN most OF ouf STATE. Of such y
policy ms | would recommend tie great tar NJ
% our funds for pork, horses and beet, begins
To make as poor. and but for the increase aud
sales of negroes, TO question but the balance oi
trade would be largely against us. BY n timely
closing up some oIthase avenues tn oar poises.
we shall be saved the mortified ION of counin'g
their contents OUT 10 The lbs, copper, II Is not
too late in The day To be told that II Is owing tn
the too little regard that ha. bcen paid To those
subjects, that We, rs a state, are heeos,ing poor.
Virginia, nv the last census, ranked third IN The
Union but from the immense cn,ig ration 10 D.
hio, and he great internal improvements ma
Ming IN thai very fertile State, there u little
doub, but Virginia will, in 1880, fall IN her rear.
Vireinia then. may be- said la he Ietrogi adlng
and the time is already arrived when she should
look well 10 her interest, aud | am happy iasay,
that AN al, OF rousideraIeness bcgins 10 liz on
almost every counteoance.
have no satisfactory data from which 10 cal
culatr. bur ihrie ARE ~ round numbers, about
one million Of souls ~ Virginia, and | will esti-
mnte that there are ut loast five hundred illous
and inhabitants, tlateIpend on AN average two
dollars zach. tor goods OF foreign growth and
manufacture, which will make u sun OF oae mil
lion oil dollars-lct Us now look back for ten
years, aud admitting my calculation 10 he cor
rect for thar time, kliginia ~ trn millions oi
dollars poo,e, than sh. might nave been-Bhi
there are oiher subjects closely connected ~iih
this to which shall advert.
The soil OF Virginia once fertile and produc-
tive in wheat, rye, oats, corn a. tobaceo, IN great
abundance, Is becoming barren the rich i"bac-
co lands have been mostly cleared and exhaust.
ed, and permitting rs 10 Judge from the history
OF our country, II presents but 4 dreary waste
| III NOiHtlbi lSbi ~ iS INV w WV i'''bh W
years ago. The farmers and planters, OF a ma.
iority OF them, exhausted the soil by their man
ner OF culture, which Is with n few exceptions,
TO take every thing nom II and return nothing
10 il, or comparatively nothing, giving II 40 rest
till its poor ridges proclaim us poverty aud
such is the sinallness of the production ~ a few
years, that the owner 5000 takes the alarm, and
of TO the West he goes. IN quest of a better
country. His income from his land falls short of
his expenditures for the Kentucky meat and
horses. aud for the goods of ioreign growth aud
manufacture, aud in truth, his affairs having
come to this crisis, there seems TO be- no other
remedy hui emigration. We have the means of n.
voiding these consequences, by pursuing a diff
rent policy let the people be content to adopt
that system of culture, bv which then lands will
he gradually enriched. aud by which, IN the
same ratio, their holders will he enriched-ihe
theoretic principles alluded to are too well M
derstood TO need ictail suffice il 10 say, \ sys
tenn like that pursued by the thrifty Pennsylya.
MIA farmers, would in some degree effect the
mrpnsc-let us unitedly conc to this eonciu.
sion. that we will raise our own hogs. bosses and
cattle, and manufacture our own clothing, aud
not be SO entirely iepchden, upon our neigh
bors, that we will cur'ail our crops OF tobacco
three fourth., which will enable ia TO grow only
hat Of the first quality, which Will aud does Al
ways communal The highest prices at home and
abroad, and the extra time heretofore employed
in the management ofthe large tobacco crop dc
voted to the improving the soil to ihe raising of
corn, oats, rye and wheat, will ehabie us nj all
times TO have n plentiful supply OF hogs, beaves
and horses, for our own aud USE,
and the monies arising from the sales Of wheat
teAtra Of III Al for family ~consumption) aud tobac
co would be 50 much cleal gain 10 enrich the
farmers and planters.
np nuraIiuu auch n rOuTsP of oOltFy ne | hu We
skrtched above, the anli-tarlf men will he saved
the modification OF pay ing their ,noi,'es to en-.
rich The northern manuiactuIes-Ve shall like
wise be under no obligations To buy their goods,
and the oppression so much complained oi by
many ofthr people OF the Southern states. ART
sing from the Tarih. instead OF being felt by us,
ii it falls any where, II .ll be Oh the neads Of the
northern manufacturers.
Upon the subject OF hogs, calculation may
be of rnse benefit TO MS. Al the minim nm
/ will say, there is in our State, n population Of
five hundred thousand, to be supplied annually
with western pork-5sy il will "egnirs one
hundred pounds to each, aud that ri
four dollars. We have a Total SUN OF two mil
lions rXprtded yearly tor Western meat. Let
MS look back tor ien years, As we did IN ihr -.
Their case oil illustrations, aud we have twenty
millions OF dollars, which added 10 lie ten
millions, make thirty millions OF dollars that
have been drained from our circulating med.
um IN the shorl space often years. that might
have been retained by pursuing sach a course
OF policy rs | have recommended. Wibthese
facts before MS. is it any wonder lIat Virginia
should become poor,
II nv calculations should be too large, tb>
principles which lead TO them are correct.
and the subject. il properly contemplated.
will he found TO be vitality connected with
the interests OF the people.
APLANTEG.
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