Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-02-06
A CITIZEN
FOR THE ENQUIRER.

The final decision Of the HOUSE, tina, Committee q
Agriculture and Manufactures should be appointed, aC
ter the strenuous opposition made H. may be consj
dered. by the friend. the real nle of W.,
gina, AZ pledge that proper steps will he taken h,
thsss Canadians o the people, 10 renovate he Old Do
nhion ana replace her upon the ground she ought r.
occupy in The scale Of the Union.
There is no rcivable xon betw en- the oues
tions-wheh-r VHginit shall enlist herself under the
manners OF the Tariff and the Am. rcan system az il j.
sesudly called; and wh.her ali. shall avail NJ
her own natural advantages, retrieve her aft rs aod
place III rSritn comfortable and Independent circum.
stances for, whether she does O or not the Cons;.
a'ional oh igaon on Congress- 10 promote the weIc,r.
all the States equally, will b. less violated bv
The adoption OF mea' ures calculated. in their operation
10 make sacihce Of one section of the Union +, a.
grdnize The ethers Indeed, il is believed tina, ,bo
not effectual mode Of feane this m .chay, an M
Hey VIII he Tor virginia and the her Southern Stars
promptly 10 resort to hose means tina, will most ans
Oily md rhcctu"y place then wild At the reach Of il.
banefui infuenrs "
In regard to Manufactures, however, but It'll. L.,
ehiauVe encouragement seems 10 he required al prc.
cent; and TO attemp il by Incorporating Comp,ne. or
large E-abhn-ns, founded ton, as they most proba-
NY would BE- on bo'rowei capital. wNuli certainly in
our present suaop be not Only premature, but migb
become highly Injurious. As the ri,ke of failure
wou,h ovrr-oaiance any prospect of advantage we
could promise ourselves from their er.c,ion Thaa
are The Kinds OF Manufacturing Establishments TIA,
are understood 10 have suffered severely 10 IN.
North, '"' thee are the people most clamorous f.,
legislative protection.
few large Esiatli n ntS in some of our nr;,..
towns undertaken by of skill and Capital mi. h he
BENEFICIAL but interest alone will always promp suc
men 10 engage in the business wheneve IN. ,u,,;o
Of me country shall be such 10 offsr sufficient pros
poets of success r.
Very different is the situation Of Agriculture ,bs
great basis upon which all the othe interests of
rect; whilst that lar gui-hes, nothing else can flourish
IL was quite mi taken molten to hnk, that Az i'm
lure r. quired nohng AT the hands Of the legislature.
IL certainly does require that rverv tbirg .bouJ H.
done TO deveope The and variou. resoui.s o( The
State, and bring th-m into active operation How ma.
ny tso">and, OF acres OF land, ar" now lying unprof
tabl" in wood" and fields welding bu, I'M.
10 the Revenue ard annual ci9rge TO their ow ners9-
How many hundreds OF thou and. nay million. of dol
iars do we annually pay, to oher States for live stock
articles OF clothing and other neces.a,es Thai COZ
could just Ne we'll provide for nurscIvos' Ae,cn't,r,
Societies. amriy endowed with funs and regular Crs
Tor exhibition and sale wou 60 far 10 remedy thes-
evils. Wv .
u IL doubled whether th.rr il \ sin H.. Fni,,n,;,I
or Spinning jimmy Es' # the Bire Ridge; VT with
m'Ie gi'iaive ehronr'g 'meI.t. .hould auickly
have distributed all through the middle and Iow.,
sections OF he STATE, machie for cirding and spnnine
course and line wool; looms an weavers Divers and
fuliers This wou d draw our attention more 10 rails
ing sheep, and we .hould III Ike, within ourselves
blankets and coarse clothing 10 negroes and cas-
sne's and hroadcioihs for ourselves Snch EsabIi.h
men's are far preferable boh regard. the moral eff
Iec's ana physical convenience, TO those large, incor
porated Company Factories.
NO encouragement that The legislature could give
would oSsr any proportion TO the saving capitol h,
would be Effected by it, Take for instance the .um
annually paid 10 the West for live stock which
set down at 81 900 900 two millions more NAV he
set down as the sum annually paid IN the Northe m ard
Eastern States for supplies, that we could "a easiv
make at home tinost OF these purchases too b. ing
merely for articles Of assumption and tbersCors :
dead loss 10 us) aud then let us compare what yonI
he the difference Of the eff CT in our situation, for onI
ten years As we now go on nav, chiefly for n, 70
articles OF consumption, about SO 600 900 per annnm
or SSo,OOO,OOO in period OF ten years We're we n
improve our iands, raise our own live stock, and man.
uiacture our clothing, SC. within ourseves we shouI
be as wel and very probably better supplied and save
The S3OOOO,OOO to enlarge our monied cariat max.
ing uiffeTence OF $50, 900, O69 in our favor The
feet that this would produce upon our actual contor
may DE more easily conceived than expressed.
what " u, that has put the Northern and E,s,ern
states tuI century in advance Of Virgioia,- Tbeit
aten'iens 10 agriculture. What ha4 enabled tho wa,
ern State' Creatures OF but yesterday IN yerc NO,
only to oyeriske, but even TO outsrp in wealth and
popuiauon! Attentions to agrculture.-It il hv r,o-
per attentions TO agriculture that we are IN ooL e.
esriia, commerce, sbips, seamrn, and
in short Tor every thing calculated 10 promote the
fare and advance the property and happiness Of our
people. " wv
LIT the Legislature, then, seriously sstto work IN
shord all SORTS oil enconrag 10 agriculture and
we may len begin 10 lpok forward In proud stfrip,.
top, ~ ne Time" ss not far distant when ON peoue will
no longer he under the necessity of bsnishing
themselves rom their native s ats-from the boaon,s
OF their families. eir friends, and eVerv hing INNS,
deer TO man,-and q einx awav hv thousand, ana
tens OF thoussnd TO seek 10 the inferrnioabe wilder
nesses OF the western world that subis,enre and
those comforts aud convenienees Of life vbicb .,e
denied TO them In the land Of their f,tbcrs- WHEN
our industrious poor will be enabled IN aeoure homes
on easy tsrm's aud had abundance of useGI 81 90
6tsble employment the frewnins Io.a", - ",
be converted Toto the smiling farm and snr ,vsshsd
CALLED, quilted, and wide spread wastes sbaII n.
ed up sud improved When Ne shall oesss "a he t,bn.