Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1830-02-03

! Not less than B OF 1000 dollars, aran-
Inually sent out Of the State for suchrti-
I cIes.-And cannot we raise these tngsI
ourselves; Do not We lessen the cnula.1
ton ofour money; and make It bea1Orel
hardly on our paper? But it is noonlyI
the neglect Of pork and horses, but " are
dependent on other States for hay. Il is
raised in distant States, and broughl60
miles into the interior of cur country and
even 40 miles from Richmond. TO thgery
heart Of an Agricultural State. Head,
that ifyou 90 into the market, YOU puld
find that we even get vegetables fn a.
broad.
Il was the same case with maniac
lures. There IS no State, he unhesitang-
iy declared, which is better fitted forlem
than Virginia. The people Of this tate
were admirably qualified for them. they
only were deficient in capital and mehan-
zeal skill But in other States, 'here
they eZcelied Us in these respects. the had
early paid attention to them-and the had
besides the advantage of the combining
the capital Of many IN one establishment.
He thought It was not less true that
small establishments were better than
large ones. And as 20 mechanicalskill,
nothing was so easy as to Produc, his.
He mentioned that the other dsy q very
. intelligent manufacturer of this City Mr..
Cunningham, had told him that he had
no anxiety about retaining or procuring
wolkmen; for be had found that boys and
girls could in a few days be made to &C
quire skill. And where is there a country
which can boast Of so much water power!
where could materials be made cheaper
where our soil was so abundant-dirt
cheap. Take cotton. take wool, is there
any difficulty IN raising either? If there
rose a demand for them, or for hemp, fax,
&c. is there any country where the agri-
cuItUrahst could more easily supply them!
He then touched upon the abundance oil
/ our iron ore-Even for the most ordinary
. branches Of manufacture, we are depend
nent upon our sister States. For TN cups
and pewter spoons, we look to other States.
who have a iuster idea Of political ecoCo-
my than we hav9 Is there scarcely a
course manufacture with which the Eas.
tern States do not supply US! he hoped
/ there was a brighter day dawning upon us
and be believed that from this day for
ward the destiny of Virginia is changed
/ she Is capable of sustaining q greater mass
Of manufactures, and he had no doubt that
they would thrive abuudautly, and that hel
prosperity would be accelerated 10 other
directions.
Mr. G0ODE asked for the resolution
to be read; which was done.
Mr. q. remarked, that it WIS well
known he had been engaged in another
pIace-and he had come therefore, very
prepared for this discussion. lie could
have wished to ascertain certain facts con
uected with this committee. He was I'M
pressed with the belief that this committee
did nothing but mischief to the Common
wealth, and produced delay in the proceed
ings of this House. He was satisfied that
with a little more time be could prove these
points lie SAID that the friends of this
measure had awaited themselves Of what
be- migl. call little article in coupling
manufactures with agricuIure.-Aud the
gentleman from Campbell had dwelt upon
lie advantages Of encouraging agriculture,
Bat SIR. q. asked, what had this commit
tee done for ,he benefit olagricuIturel Had
itInroduced any new process? Tie was
profoundly ignorant Ofwhat 1t had done for
he agucuItIust-yet the gentleman had
taken care 10 associate the manufacturer
with the farmer, for the purpose otsuppor-
ING the manufacturer 1t was the device
which was so commonly used for the pur-
pose. The entemau had said, that hemp,
Aax, and almost every thing was on the de-
chue-butis tito be believed tbatwe could
remedy these delectsl that if we enjoy any
advantages, The Legislature can augment
theme viii not the enterprise Ofmdvlduals
themselves discover these advantages, and
improve theme Are we to leach men how
to plough! Have iee created the fertile
soil and the genial cHmate} The farmers
do not ask any encouragement at our
hauds.-Mr. q. said that this was wholly a
manufacturing question-that this COM
mite had grown ont of feeling for manu-
iactures-the whole course Of the gentle.
mans remarks shows such to be the case
with him-and the great effort now was to
get up manufactures in Virginia; TO divert
our capital and labor from agriculture to
manufactures. And the question was Whe-
ther with our present population and CAPT
tai, ifitwas wise IN US to change their di'
rection and force manufactures into exis-
tence. For his own part he relied upon
the intelligence Of the people, much more