Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-09-14
To The Ciiisens oths United States No. 2.

To The Cdisens ofthe United States No. 2.
the second lnqnir" Is 1t benehcinl tor a
great majority OF HE people 10 encourage home
ministry aud domestic MANUFACTURES The re.
suits rom long ek ,eriemce OF Great Britain,
France aud Holland all demonstrate the bes.
sings tina flow rom protecting duIies. spain,
too proud "a direct hrf attention to that i'm
por,ant subject was AWAY poor, and ~ so
sull We find that great pride aud indolenCe
dfc constant rumrani uS.--(See ID vol Of
Hume, page 5ll. uH Commerce aud Indus
try see Isl vol Guihrles Geog Apply, page
l>t on he IAN" sdhjec)
NV fellow tliizeus, the fewer lradesmen
artists and manufacturers there are in any
country, the more ofthe rude productions of
his farm, the farmer will tie obliged TO give in
exchange for sucn ARTICLES as h. may want
TIE more tradesmen, artists aud manufaCtur
ers thare are in any country. the competition
among them reduces the articles 10 the lowest
reasonable prices. Great Britain, To encOur
age her wOoen, cotton and iron manufactur
ers, prahibli,, by her laws, the importation of
any oi to- above articles, 10 be- usel IN Great
Srltsin. ! ask what nation in Europe sun
passes her IN her w0ollen, cotton aud hardware
manufactures, or sells them cheaper have
seen, with joy, the great progress the United
States ate m.kiog IN every manufacture which
- necessary for civilized life, aud the reduc-
ton of the price. Many Of her manufactures
sell now for three hundred per ceni. less than
they did thirty wears ago. No nation IN Eu-
rope surpasses he people OF he United States
in enlerprlze aud ingenuity. The food, tim.
Der, hemp, llak, cotton and wool the manuidc-
turer must buy Of the farmer, and thereby
promote the happiness aud wealth of each
other. | ask, with RESI- ect 10 the opinion OF
nv worthy fellow citizens, il they can point
out whether in ancient or modern history,
single case, of any nalion W. ch was rich and
independent thai DID not raise foUd for its
own people, and by It's domestic industry
make its own clothing, and such other ar
tCes MS are necessary for civilized life Show
one case only, aud then will cheeriully ac-
Knowledge thai they are right but believe
never did civilized nation exist, really rich
and Independent. mat relied on selling the raw
products Of is farms, only 10 procure II the
conveniences of civilized life.
If we. my fellow citizens, in The slave hold
ing States, viii moi manufacture for ourselves,
we shall be poor. II will be 10 our interest To
deal with our sister States, which manufacture
for US and take in exchange our rice, cotton,
mhpat, grain. -four and tobacco. Cotton,
grain and tobacco are the staples oil the middle
Safes. Grea, Britain and France will not re-
celye Of rs grain and flour in payment for their
goods, (unless half starved The tariff they
lay on our Tobacco, which is imported to ei-
ihei Kingdom, amounts 10 ten times as much
az the planter gets for his tobacco. The great
variety of climates in the United States, afford
us every comfort and luxury of civilized life.
Same ofyou, hope, will live 10 see the day
when the various manufactures exported from
the United States. will be five times ms mnch
in value as the whole amount of our rice, cot
ton, -four and tobacco.
b. consider the home trade ten times more
valuable than our foreign trade where the
capital is equal next attend TO Navigation
aud Commerce. We should then be truly in
dependent.
Our ports are oppn 10 all nations which will
purchase our cotton, grain and flour, Rs wellas
our tobacco, whenever they can make proht
by the expectation. In time Of peace, your
grain and flour seldom can be sold for profit
al a distant foreign market. We never purchas-
ell clothing SO cheap rs at present, except SUI
perine broad ciotn, and in lew years ! be
lieve the United States will dye cloth and sell
good broad cloth as cheap, and make II equal,
to any European cloth.
ADDENDA.
See 81 vol. of Hume, pages 424, 4o5 &" A
law was enacted during the reign OF Henry
4th that couli bind his son or daughter to any
trade or apprenticeship unless he was possessed
OF twenty shillings a year in land; and Henry
7th, because of the decay of manufactures
was complained OF in Norwich, for the want of
hands, exempted that city from the penalties
of the law. Afterwards, the whole county of
Norfolk obtained Ike exemption with regard
10 some of the woollen manufactures. The alb
surd limitations proceed from promoting sgri
culure, pliich is nerer more efeciuatfy en-
Outraged than by The increase Of manufactures
We, too, in The u States, have taken up the
a,nr erroneous idea, that, TO protect and en-
courage manufactures, INJURIES the farmer. 1he5
mutually enrich each other.
IN extract from The confederation Of the Uni.
ted stases-tsee LIST Henipg, page Al, article