Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-01-25


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Oh, Nc. Andersons motion. The following
resolution. LAYING Tor some time on me 'ao'e'
IA. taken ap aud read Resoiftf, nav 'he
standing rule Of rms Ho winch requires me
Speaker TO spp,n, committee 81 as''u""'e
and Manufactures, be r.'cinded'
NJ Ennss sad shai he had formerly stated
,vben This onYstion was FIRST before the House
lie thong n thea and he Thought now tn rule
might MOI 10 b. adopted he al mere was
M mover 10 Vitgi winch ennlh he hensh
,iaily eAercsed on this subject he did noi
tb,nk ,hs ought 10 pursue course which nan
hlttefie disturbed tao public pace Of The com-
y,,e,i,. lie ,nangh, there was no subsisting
interest here which required the appointment
Of an. such eommitec, and he did Mt think
/, n.ressaf, M an ieipaie such interest. Tie
yho Opposed II, becsuse Il Afforded an afgh'
p,eni 10 the advocates of tvs pail TO draw
pafiizsas TO their olinions he thought " 'Jh
riaus 20 Virginia 10 pursue Ray such policy "nd
therefore us opposed TO the hnle
Mr. Aade son sad II he establishment OF
,he committee " anld have tive effect anneipa.
ted b, she gentleman from Suaes, he would
rrrre with him - 10 the inespeh,nncy oil The
messaze Bul h. mnsi say. that he though
il the p3li.y Of Virginia 10 encourage her own
MANUFACTURES. The fact was, that the mann.
faclates Of ,h- county were principally coz.
Gned tote Eastern States -ihey derive profit
from i--sud 81 lang will tho policy of the
Tanfr be ft,tene1 upou us--Bui IL Virginia
wa. q encourage her own manufactures, par
ticnlary tor her own consumption, the system
Of the menopoisn would be- discouraged. aud
the Tariir might be pui down. II asked II II
sa. not strange thai Nngaia, with such
water pnwer and with sach materials.
shouid neglect manufactures II - well
known, too bnw mach more ehrclually the
,ncorn ration OF Companies, and he comblna
ton of capital. can aper ,'han the sn'e piiss
ofindsiduals alone. Was II nj knawn, TINT
many companies were established III Virginia,
rnd that they were IN a hourlshing condi
tien
MIR Rvcs Of Campbell. advocated the mp
pointn,eni OF the committee. lie said there was
alrcad, document from the AUDITORS Office
mn The table. which might he carried imme dia-
,ely before that committee. lie ask, Il " helher
there was any country on tbr GioDf, whether
yoa considered the fertility Of the soil the eli.
mate II Virgiria. ber centiai situation IN The
Union, her streams Of water, aud her situation
on the Atlantic, which is 50 vel calculated for
agriculture Was Mt the situation Of her
sgrioultnre ~ depressed condition
Whether YOU look To the corn grower, the
wheat grower, The hemp.grower. was IT no,
evident. hat Virginia Was IN the rear Of her
sister States IN This TcspcctS And what is ths
reason Are not our people intelligent aud
industrious Aud why then Is she Ia the
back ground -Bceaasr the Safe authorizes
had neglected our ngricuiufe-our internal
conoerns--whilr III L'gs alive, aud Executive
authorities were attending more 10 cxecuIle e
than inierual concerns, Look nj the other
States aud see what attention was paid 10
fna IA AM. In, al
their soil The documents aud laws Of our
sister States n our own public Library showed
what attention isthrre paid IN such subjects. We
suffer ourselves 10 be dependant Tor our pork
and our horses on The West. Not less ihan
OF 100000 dollars. nrr annually sent out Of
the State ior such a. iiclrs Aud cannot We
raise th"sr things for ourselves d. we mol
lessen the circulation Of our moaev. and make
II bear more hardly on oar paper But II J.
moi only the neglect Of pork aud horses bur
we arc dependent or other States for has. /
Is ra,sed n distant States, aud bronght 100
mics lnlo the ~ ,ior If our country aud even
40 miles ON Richmond. 10 the yer, haart
OF an Ag'tcuIlpral State lie sad tia, il you,
60 into the market ,ou would 6nd that We get
even vegetables from abroad.
II was the same case with manufactures.
There ia no S.nte. he unhrsin,ings drclnred
Wnch htlt"f hiied Tor them, than Virginia
The people OF this State were admirably utaii
fed - 'n,," iney only were deficient in
capital aud mechanical skill Bat il other
Siaies,where they sxcelled ~ in fhrsn respects
they had early paid attention 10 them-and
they mad bcsiies, The advantage of combinins
the capital oi MANY IN one establishment lie
Wrought II was not less true, TIM small pstab
ltshmehis we're better than Largo ones. And as
10 mechanical skill, rot ing was SO easy ~ Ia
produce this lie mentioned me other dov n
very intelligent manufacturer OF tina Civ. (Nr
Cunningham )aad told him thai he bad no nn,
Tciy about returning on procuring workmen .
i"t he had found that boys and ei,s could in n
isN oa'S DE made 10 acquire skill. And where
Is mere country which can boast Of so much
water power where could materials bc made
eheaper-wh"re our soil WAS $, abundant
d"t chrfI' Take cotton. take wool ia there
any difficulty in raising either Il there rose
demand Tor them, or for hemp, nax, &c. /.
there any country where the ngiio .iturist conld
more easily supply ih IN He then ,ouched
upon the abundanre Of our iron--Eycp fpr IN,
most oThi"aty branches of manuiaurc, We ar,
dependentuPon our sister States For tn.rouI
ana pe"t'r SPOONS, we look to other STATES
who have 'sier idpa of political ec,,om,
IN N we have l. there scarcely a coats,
manufacture with which the Eastern States df
mt SIMPLY us' lie hoped tn re wsse bright
Or day da" ning npon us-snd he believed tina
rom his day forward the dc .tiny OF Virpipi, il
chaaged' She is capable of sustaining a eten
ter mas Of manufactures, aud he Ind no douh
10" 'hey would thrive a5undanily, aud ,hs
her prosperity would be accelerated in otbe
directions, WV
MI Goode asked for the resolution to h,
read which was done.
a.. q
MT IT, remarked, thai il was we'll known h,
mad been engaged in another place-onJ h,
nau come therefore, very lily prepared for mi.
""coss'on' Tie could have wished 10 ascertain
Certain facts connected with this com,nir,f.
ne was impressed with the belief that tbi
committee did nothing but mischief 10 m,
eommo wealth and produced delay in III,
procerdi"g' OF this House tie wi, saus fed
thai wih lutte mare time he could n,oye
,nese P"'n's' lie said that the friends of ,hi,
measure mad awaited themselves OF whs, he
n"sh' call little sriiiice in coupling manu,ac.
lures with agriculture And m. e.,,Is,,,,
from Campbell had dwelt upon the adyan,agss