The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-12-15
POLICY OF NEW ENGLAND.

81 Ppo'"eo" " INC pTtHctpteS 81 he " FTe
Trade" party.
One would suppose, to hear the lanruag,
and see the actions of this party, that fac
tory was similar in its operation to the ia
nous Poison Tree of the Island of Java
which destroyed every living thing, ANNA
andvegetab'e within forty miles ofit,-tha
1t was matter of urgent consequence Il
the health and comfort of the good people O
| the Commonwealth. that all these establish
ments should be broken up as early as pos
sibIe. is this correct idea of the nature
/ and effects of manufactures When | wa.
last at Lowell, and it was then a less ex.
tensive and fourishing place than it is now
saw notrace of any such deleterieus influ.
ence ondhe neighboring region. The fac.
tories were surrounded by thriving ana
growing village, provided with its church
es, its school houses, and every other ieqni-
site for comfort and good morals, and in
habited by busy and happy population Of
several thousand souls. There seems TO be
! nothing in all this which requires the appl;-
cation of the bosom of destruction, or rem
ders it proper for all good men and true to
join in a general crusade against domestic
manufactures.
Dob iSI 10 Il LiltiG
~ The influence Of these establishments up
on the great interests of the country, and
particularly New England.
New Engladd, fellow citizens-our native
beloved New England, the land of our sires
the refuge of the pilgrims-the home of
religiop and liberty-New England with all
her Intellectual and moral glories-andthey
are suth that would not exchange her as
country for any one that the sun shines
upon p his daily course-New England is
regDn of limited extent and comparative-
y steile soil. In another section of our ter
rltory over the hills and far away; beyond
the Hudson-beyond the Blue Rdge-in
the lpsom of the Great. West, where the
smofh Ohio rolls his silver current, and the
Fat er OF Waters pursues his majestic course
of tvo thousand miles to the ocean, there
lies region of different character-a land
of Pomise-a land flowing with milk and
hofy-a land producing corn at the rate of
'70r 80 bushels to the acre. What is the
effct of this difference in the agricultural
character of the two sections? Our enter
prBing youth, fatigned with the culture of
thlir own barren hills, and scduced by the
routed wonders of this distant Paradise.
swarm off annually to settle there, and reap
tie golden harvest. Such has been the case
ger since the foundation of the country.
Do | blame them for it? Surely not.
Their enterprise and perseverance are in
he highest degree creditable to the New
England character. But for that very rea-
son, their emigration is a deep and serious
inpry to the New England interest. But
WHIT is the effect of manufactures ? They
chck this tide of emigration. They open
athome new field of industry, yielding
harvest richer, more golden, if possible,
thai the other. Instead of being annually
drallec of the purest hearts blood of our
poprlation-instead Of being kept in a state
OF permanent political atrophy-we retain
our sons and daughters among us. Their
labor their virtues, their talants, are no
Longer lost TO their parent country.
Nay, sir, under the influence Of this cause,
the tide of emigration that has so long flow
ed to the westward, may he expected to
turn and flow back again. | have heard at
least of one instance, in which a number of
our fellow. citizens who had gone to the
territory of Michigan, actually returned
tothis country, under the influence of the
stiong inducements held out by manufac-
tutes. The cause is this. A young female,
ofgreat beauty and exemplary conduct, OBJ
taihed employment in factory near SPRING
field, where she gained by honest industry
a large sum, not less, think, than four or
five dollars week, including hoard. A
friend near me, who is a large mauufaetur-
ing proprietor, has just told me, that he
calculates the number of females employed
in this way in the United States, at 100000,
ofwhpm not one, under other circumstances,
would earn as many shiilings. About the
same lime, however, the father and family
of the female in question emigrated, as
remarked, to the territory of Michigan. The
daughter, in her letters, gave them an ac-
countof her earnings, which appeared SO
large that her father was fearful that all
was not right, and expressed his apprehen-
slons in his answer. Alarmed at being the
object of his suspicious, our heroine imme-
diatelg addressed herself TO Mr.. Henshaw
the superintendent of the factory. and re-
quested him to give her a certificate of good
character. This he consented to do, and
in order to place the matter beyond al
doubt, he went before a justice of the peace
and there made the oath that the young
person in question habitualy conducted her
self in the most correct manner, and was il
actual receipt OF the A5oveme ntloned sun
as the wages of her honest industry. Thi:
affidavit being duly signed, sesled,' ant
sworn to, was transmitted to Michigan
What was the consequence? Our departed
emgrants, finding what good picking there
was at nome, forthwith pulled up stakes
before they had fairly planted them, bad'
farewell to the silver streams and flower,
savannahs of the Western Para,lise,-qu
ted, in short, the land of promise, and re
turned post haste to the good old town o
Springfield, in the valley of our own Lowell
Connecticut which they had found, Mr.
Moderator, to be the land of performance.
So much for the effect of manufactures o
population. Look now at their influence o
agriculture. Our comparatively sterile hill
require, in order to be cultivated, the dc
mand for agricultural produce resulting frol
Il dense population. Fill them with people
I. cover them with villages and towns, who's
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