Delaware patriot & American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1828, 1828-11-25

has there been anV cause 10 complain ~ We sea.
sons or climates oi the defect Of the quality OF
land unfayo,able 10 the growth Of the mulberry
tree, much less Of any consenia difficulty IN rais-
ing the silk worm, or of finding any impertection O.
Gegeneiacy ii The quality Of American silk.
@ That when measure. were urged by the Royal
ard Colonial Government. to compel planters in
virginia to adopt the crlare Of silk, it had been
animated tO them that this should be preferred to
tabstee, which brings with II many disorders and
nconyenicncies." Whatever might have been the
! situation Of the cDiuny, it nevertheless appears
tlat Tie subject was rot at all or very little attend
ed 70 until thirty three years after, Which proves
that there was suae dislike Of this undertaking on
the part Of the coonlsts, and alter ehectuat inca
surcs were at last adopted, the sane were soon re-
I4xed repealed and at last suspended or abandon-
"a al The very time in which c0lonst. member
Of the egis ltare, could claim the premium Tor
havin. planted &c. 600 mulberry trees on his own
lands such circumstances indicate. therefore. that
from su;e native. and probably from the inability
oi black slaves to understand, or 70 attend the SER
Wees and cares If lie culture Of SILK, 1T was not
found % be of sufficient interest, and was willingly
dropped hy the generality OF planters.
s. Had there MOI been some very cngent and adj
yrr.e cause asanst the success Of this culture in
Virginia, we would no find il so long forgotten Or
unattended in two nelghbnuring states "f South
Carolina and Georgia, in which it was successfully
mo, prominent Success although the possibility
wa, III each settlement abundantly proved, espe-
ciaiy III the last. in which the branch OF industry
was entirely under the management OF trustees;
hence some good parcels OF six were still impnrt-
cd rom lie back lands in savannah after the rey0-
luton; but We Understand that the SILK growers III
South Carolina were less numerous among the
planters than among the fashionable families OF
| Charleston, who certainly could manage and con-
duet il better than black slaves.
The history Of these failures can be further Illus
tratpd ~ similar events experienced by the french
40, eminent in their attempts to establish the SIX
culture in the island Of Bourbon, in the middle OF
/ The last century Some spreulatlng company IN
luce,i tie ministry 10 grant certain privileges in
he view Of raising two annual crops Of silk in
/ ;iiat island, in which vegetation Is luxuraht
and neYt interrupted, - the climate and tempera-
tuie are in other respects ~imlat to that Of our
suutnern states. The Abb savage, learned
writer silk, attributes their failure to some KIND
of ia.eneiacy 0! the insect Ut silk; bat OF such re-
suit we have scen no convincing proof. much less
do We hear that the like ha, been observed in
the six from the British southern colonies; but the
{, &c lent aud learned mentoned author hai never
been in the way OF estimating AID judging how lit
lie black slaves are lit calculated to assist Us IN
the various departments OF the culture OF SILK, anu
mach les, IN the delicate cares at the raising and
nutsiag of TIE silk wos m--nor did the same writer
tries where description Of people - the pro-
pcriy Of Tao other.
Intelligence, delicacv, an unwearied attention to
the cares required for htle animals. which one
must move, clean, feed and nurse with his own
hands, during four i've weeks care, TO say;
so easily but extensively well discharged by ts-
maies whose outward senses can better Judge OF
the Temperature and pure air. whether they are en-"
gagged in amusement or in occupations OF domestic
economy all Gese are subjects which can be better
understood thaa accounted for at present. ihcy
will be better explained, also, when we will have
e occasion to sAnW that there are two methods OIL
J raising six worna; the Que which we call natural
. and ancently established IN Europe, by winch
!, alone tins produce could long ago be obtain
Il ed. and become staple commodity Of the land
i The other IS 4 scientific method and modern; IT'S
e Profits are at least double. and often trcbled
but it requires to be carried on in large scale W
eypermenters wholly devoted to it, at the Prlcc OF
considerable aud expensive preparations. ouch i
method l0as not suit multitude OF people ~ cues
y and cGUutry; an. il the culture Of SILK Is 10 DC
y made and Heeeine national subject OF industry
We nns s.i!t RELY on the most simple, easy and con-
genial node 10 tie abilities Of numerous families
y Mo have many pnen.agcii lnhds and rational De-
Il mn, Al her command, all cmulsus in case OF com,
- inun pros pe.y and pcstakefs OF lis a'nuscmehts
~ recfeati0lis AMI rcwartis The fugitive ana con'
o. ,esel puiGt of view. 81 what IS tan!amental IN the
8 fParsIlJ 0t new ,ah VI F'ets"te ~" - go o'-+
e satisfy ii. euGurer INTO the causes which have SC
III f.r Tia progress Of the culture Vi silk Il
IA those British colonies, i'll which all kinds Of abnu
cs is o. /, presumed IL he, discharged attended &c
pe Nv Black slaves: besides it is we'll known, and lei
&C IL Be- sali without maeyolentor substitution
y between .cuw citizens, that the domestic attr
or autes ii fitness in personal industry. trouble, la
IN }or or are, cannot much be expected fruu whom
TX oeyer. male or female are bof aid apperain t
in counties still organized in agriculture &c. as they
" were under a colonial system. Would to an III
snrinc nisln!n and foresight that the many mea