Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-09-02

| mers, who encourage the growth Of towns,
and Of course mechanics and manufacture
Tor their supplies are obtained only occasional
| iy. The vicinity TO n town market Is important
| Inc farmer cannot sell his surplus 10 his neigh
Dor farmer, and 10 make towns, II is necessary
there should be all sorts of people. and all sorts
Of pursuits and occupations. What one me-
chanic consumes, gives an opportunity TO
! dozen farmers TO sell. aud again To buy, when
IL would be Out of their power TO send any
thing TO the SRA port OF TO foreign country:
! How dihe rent The situation OF the great planter
Oh the coast He ships his rice OF cotton To
Europe, OF 10 one OF the noriher0 cities, and IN
return has his wines, his s,ks, his broad ioths,
! his coaches, aud mirrors, or mahogany chairs,
sent 10 him, together with all those lukuries,
which remind him Of the tariff, kndling his
anger, and causing him to lift up his ire brand,
/ forgeiful of the place in which he happens 10
be. You northern people ar mistaken how
ever, if you think his safety depends on you
/ he knows that there is, ia the interior aud wes-
tern parts of the same State, hardy aud brave
population OF whites, yeomen and mechanics,
who are sufficient TO ensure safety TO the State
IN any emergency.
rom these hints. the thinking mind will be
/ induced to make many reflections, at least 10
inquire If South Carolina were independent
of the Union, IL would not he long before the
true interests of the State, that IS of grea,
ma orny OF the people, would reader It necessa-
~ TO establish h tariff OF their own. for the
purpose OF encouraging domestic manufacture.
| aud Tor Internal Improvement. The sea coast
planters would soon find, that they had gained
nothing by the change-,he interest Of the
western districts would preyall-d tyrann'fdi
majority would soon be felt- aud their dissoin
ton would again become necessary, until
each planter would set up separae ndepen-
dence, or AT least become like mn ancient baron,
or modern Russian noble. This idea ot hdipi
dual independence has actually been expressed
by some Of our lending men.
! | have said that Il my lelar was not spun 10
too great lengtb | would "a, something OF
the causes which oppress Tie Southern S,nies.
Suppose ,hr income OF rice plaaler a. be cur
tailed M ouce, from twenty thousand dollars
per annum, an income 0y no means uuc0 ninon)
Ia fieen thousand would he not feel this deep
ly Now has not the tail nj rice IN the Euro
| pean market actually produced this effect ?
| And is this owing To the Iarih No: II Is
occasioned by the increased quantity imported
IRON Asa. Here ~ u cause operating ten
items more ppserfuily than the TariF, The
price Of Cotton mas l,llea ~ like manner, with.
out any fault of he lsrH ins odiOuy' Tar
If, II could be easily shown, has had the effect
TO increase the c0nsumptlon both OF rice and
cotton III the u. olh|es, anu consequently 10
improve the market. But there are cases
where the effect individual interest, Is DIT
rect--let us look at the canses VIII, affect the
community directly, aud indrecly its mem
bers Can any community Improve and grow
y rich where capital IS not suffered 10 remain
and circulate, or.as II 10 improperly expressed,
10 rena,n aud accumulate Such is the TACT
with respect TO the greater part OF the Southern
| States Does the planter, When he receives
the amount OF his crop, lay 1t out, or AT least
the greater part of II, IN the employ en OF me
chanics and others or in improvements Of gen
eral aud per manent utility On the CONTRARY,
he is supplied with every thing by foreigners
J who receive his money and carry II away.
T Look at the Thousand little shops and stores.
through the Southern county. established by
/ persons from all quarters OF The world. who
como among US, Tor a time, as ioa iair, and
then remove with their gatheT,ngs-nnd what
do we hnd 10 these shops We hud the most
common productions ot the mechanic hrts-we
D find bats, bouts, shoes, poughs, axes, axhelyes,
, buckets, clothes ready made, lin ware, aud
a thousand articles. which every industrious
and we'll assorted Community provides nself.
these are exchanged for Southern bank notes.
and those are carried 10 the North, sold AT a
discount. aud returned to the Southern banks
to plague them, aud when converted lntO sound
prevent This money from going away, by mr..
hritary regnlaiions,as IL done III some countries .
You might as well nttempt 10 restrain the Il ght
ot sumner, by clipping Tho wings Of swallow.
| II we will return this wealth, II must be by
changing our ,ystem Of domestic and pollacsl
economy by having mechanics aud manuiac-
lures Of your own. The policy which may
suit a great planter. will not sun cluster OF
yeomen aud farmers, or any community. Here
is a cause certainly more potent inan the Ia
fif. will mennon one moe, and could enu
merate many. What is the effect uf the alb
sence from the Southern States OF the most
moneyed individuals, some for a portion of Tho
year. ana some rs permanent residents ABROAD:
In the city OF Phiiahei phia there Is what Is called
! the South Carolina row, inhabited by re.pecta-
BILE South Carolina families VINO dra" large
sums Of money from their property, aud
e1pend It in that delightful CITY, ia the en-
| joyments of refined s0ceiy.-lhe number Of
wealthy planters who reside ON their estates IS
diminishing every day, Now, what isthe ma
tural Consequence OF TINS Is not the Immense
sumo Withdrawn by ihahundfedS aud thousand
VIII repair 10 the North 10 spend iheF sum
mers, ia addition TO those VINO are permenenI-
lily settled elsewhere, a cause oil injury To the
community, equal TO twenty tariffs In addl-
lion TO TINS, il may he noticed thai several mil
hons ARE generally sent tn keniucky BGd len>
nessee for pork aud horses
When m Charleston last winter, inquired nj.
ter some old Scotch meichantile houses, but
they were scarcely remembered The Scotch
merchants were close dealing people, yet gen
erou. lisers, who talked Of returning home but
conIrvedto end their days ana lett their gaias
where they we're made. Not 30 with the pre-
sent race of merchants. They are principally
birds of passage from the North, who study the
! utmost economy. suffer no UnIt of their earn.
ings 10 enrich the soil IL is all taken oil, as
from close cropped field and il re.appears
in neat cottage Ia the neighborhood of Bos.
ton, or is invested in something else Cor their
benefit, aud of their Northera friends. Why
will not our Statesmen inquire into the true