Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-08-31

ago. Ii ,aions processes by ~h,eh that beauIi.
f,l lab, ic a ne IF c,ed, were considered almost
rs ,mprsr,icable 20 Us a. COMPUTATION " u i'm
possil le 10 ioresee wha. degree Of skin, VII"
extent OF improve.neais. what usrfui dncuve-
r,es. what activity anu enterprise, the intro
duction Of manufactures among os Una, evolve {,
but be they wlsi they may. every addition To
auy QUE OF thrse il 80 murh added 20 ""f
wealth aud RESOURCES. Without referring 10
the Inventors ofN hitnay ana Fulton, Tie ct
feels Of which on thu wealth Of the naiian are
beyond all calculation, Ne may venture 90 a..
sert that q hundred skilful sofkmsn in Sbe1-
field or Bitming ham. 81 even ~ Manchester or
Leeds, earn for their country more thah any
thousand OF our isborers employed 10 'illiog
the earth, aud that ~s pay every year 70
Great Britain more for the Que, than No can
obtain for the other.
3. As soon - we have sseerisi1ed ny at
Iual experiment, vhai manufacturer we eAo
carry on 20 advantage, composition ~ hohs
will produce IN. natural effect OF reducing The
price, by which the consumers. thai H. the
whole community will csnetusilv be benehfed
Who can doubt that coarse coiions are now
selling cheaper. in consequence Of d"mr'',e
competition bei x supersdhed TO the for isn
4 AIsnufaetures arc peculiarly fitted TO iuf'
ui,h employ meut 10 some OF the Idle classes ~
the slave holding states. In such countries
personal labor 10 APT 20 he regarded as deera-
ding aud IL is seldom exeried except nv these
whom necessity tmpels 10 II. Ev'n those VINO
NAV not yield TO tn. prejudice, rom bang lei"
Injured 20 labor, are les capable of enduring
continuance Of H. Our citizen, will then ieel
les, repugnanJe 20 be employed IN msnuisc'o'
iies, palily bncaose The labor ~ ibems hth't
mud partly bcca ase they will as.imils'n 70
4 al exercised ~ mechanical trades, whieh "
far more respectable IN Their cyes lhHn hgt
c ilturaI labor Perhaps, loo, We Hight add
that he snperiniendsaee OF manufacturing rs
tabishmenls would Afford lncratlv" ami re-
respectable employment Tor some al tho.s who
pow overlook the professions Of law aud phy-
sic, nj home. or ase roaming 10 ques, OF better
situations IN the western country.
o We may add 10 this list oil benefits, from
manufactures, several of n mnro general ma
,ure ss that they secure anaiion agains, the
Inconvenience of dope ding for its rreniinl
comforts o. fo,e,gn commerce. which ia liable
TO be suspenjed IN war and shack,ed by the
regulations OF other nal ION. IN pence. They
prov ide a home market, which Is beyond tbr
reach ~ the hostility, or rivalry, or caprice Of
foreign policy.
q. And last. Manufactures are indispens,.
BILE TO the continued improve Ola nation
in wealth, strength aud respec'nbilty. Where
n country is confined chiefly 10 agriculture, II II
Is fertile, large portion OF the people musi b.
employed either III manufacture, or be idle
II the latter. thu will be comparatively poor
ignorant ard unc,yih2ed. But TO attain the
former character, every way so much more
desirable, thry had hotter acquire the requi
,ite habits OF skill and industry, which eau on
ty DO gradually superinduced, before they ARE
impoIIcd 10y want Of necessity. II they wait
for these TO mike iham manufacturers. they
never rlsy become such. Sicily aud EgypI
produce as much as will support nm immense
population beyond those " no ere employed IN
hushandry, aud the excess are iadulcn and
ponr. Had they once been familarzed TO in
dus,tious habits, they would. in all probability
h 70 perssv.red in them, an been prrpoT-
tional gamers IN wealth, strength, and num
berk
Ia CONCLUSION, we would remark that there /,
no doubt that Tho public encouragement fo'
which. with single view 10 the interests o
Virgins, VIC have been pleading. may be car
ried too far and that II IS better for govern
mrnts 10 do nothing han 10 do too much bn
IL will he time enough To press this view OF th'
x",,i.-,, -"'.', -''ss. 1is"s-.'-" sA~u s~~"tf"~
iiseltin this state al present the current set
strongly the other WV, from the adventitioui
'TCuW 'hhcfh oeioie Iefeffen w, ANA W" were
de'lrous Of presenting ihe difficult an' hmpor
tant SUBJECT in an aspect in which. seen by
itself. it was more likely To be judged without
bias OF prejudice. II the public should eventu
ny decide will us in favor ot the encouraging
policy IL will be for the legislature Of Vng,uia
10 say in what mode aud Ia what extent tina,
encouragement shall be given, Tor we are per
suaded that il is in The power Of the state leg Is
lature 10 do more, inder esis ing circumsnn
c's, 10 advance manufactures in this common
wealth IN one year. thnn any tariff of the Gen
crai Government could do in five. or perha Il
ten years; and such mode Of encouragement
is recommended no less by its justice than IT,
efficiency V.