The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-02-04

50 mneh tobacco and raising 80 little nork Il
i othrr articles necessary on a iarm IL Is sup
nnsed thai the tobacco mixers by out one
! Ali oil lbrir crops in pork aud horse, which
are raised iuthe western state the larger par
al them law put the hHlRutH with HE Iier-
chants Tor clothing 4 othrr nerrssarirs. The
! S A. Is consequently drn,u-d Of nearly all
the money to enrich In Western and North.
era states. Now, II Ne would raise our own
pork md horses. and manufacture ~ nneh OF
+ our own clothing as could ~ conveniently
lpue, 4 fnraish our merchants aud mrchanics
with all their pork, instead ST their huriug
/ from the Western States, the times would be
vary mnch changed. We would thru keep
what money We have amongst rs. II Ne
weretn cnrlail onrcroIs OF tabacootwo thirds,
! we woulh have 50 much more time 10 MANURE
mud improve our lands Than we now have,
That in few years Ne should br allie 20 raise
pork enough 30 supply our merchants aud
mechanics aud ourselves ion Every man
who has farm ought 10 mannrc nj least one
acre OF land TO every hbnd winch Is employ
I'd on his farm, aud Ike Il rirh enough IN
] one year 10 produce l2uO pounds tobacco
/ No land ought 10 hr tut in tobacco that " III
not produce that quantity Those thai have not
| rich land can make II rich hY hauling corn
j stalks, leaves, ae sufficient III one winter 10
manure an acre 10 the hand. lat the baud be
poor as il may, The has wood land convc-
/ nieni 10 get leaves ,but Ia do that hr must make
a constant business, OF II. he must stop tor No.
! thing but bud weather put your lenvrs. &r.
/ ~ your farm pens, aud when they are tread
II pieces. which WILDE ina few days, IL the
/ weather IS wet, throw them in piles uGtl you
are ready Ia plangh them IL.
A barge portion Of our state is suitable for
! hemp and flax; other phrts are admirably ealcu.
= a. IL.
cclrnt for cotton we can rai-r almost every
article Of necessity (,ussr, coffee mud salt cN
aepfe4 within ourselves, aud why should we
] be tributary 10 nthers COR v nt we can and
! ought Ia mnk" ourselves We spr that every
! year the Northern aud Western States are en-
deaVoring IN tax ~ by laying additional dd.
! ties on foreign impOrlations, under pretence
! Of encouraging dome sic manufactures, but in
reality 90 take money ont ot our pockets. by
! forcing ust IN huv their manufactures. We
! shanld form agricultural aud manufacturing
! societies m every county aud encourage hy
| every means 10 our power the raising OF eve
| ry article we stand IN need ot IN our own
! state. Let rs enter into resolutions 10 buy
nothing from tue Northern or Western Sinles
that we can get npon the same terms of equal
quality in our own State. Il viii be the most
efeetual way To rebuff the tariff, which press
rs harder on Us than any other class OF peo-
pie.
five do not change our present mode of
planting and farming apd that speedily, and
10 do II enectually it ough, 10 bc general, we
| shall continue % get IN a worse situation Than
| we now are A. an instance OF what we my
expect, a neighbour of mine bought guam
tity ol pork IN November 10 be paid for nj
CHRISTMAS, M 50 - per hundred he sent his
| toharrO 10 market To pay for his pork, n sold II
at 81 n this know otmy own knowledge i,
now. it is well known 10 every mnn Convcrs
ant with the subject that 1t is easier TO rinse
100 pounds pork than tobacco, but IN this in
stance the odds were two 10 one against the
tobacco. Kentucky aud Ohio have common
ced and the probability is, will continue TO
make argr quantities ot tobacco. New
York probably will raise it, MS her governor
has recomm nded il, We shall IN ateW yenrs
he forced 10 d. what We ought 10 do now, rs
the increasing quantity will necessarily pro-
duce a corresponding reduction IN the price.
Your fellow citizen,
| PLANTER