Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-01-18

pressve heat Of tho SOUTH was greatly 70 her advan
tage. That her natural water power was extraorli-
nary-but aided by the canals around the falls of hcr
great rivers, Wctc- Unlimited Thai real estate
wieroon 10 found large establishments was cheap
and easy to be obiainc and that coal and wood for
,ue, were abundant. ~a'hat labor might DO readily
nad' anu Tor the coarser fabrics, cheaper TERMS
That the north and east had the advantage only in
Two Responsibility had moro capital and mechanical
skili The former they had acquired by the intclli,
h country and the into practice of ulster IDEAS
political oeonooy-he advantages Of which (captaD might
oe here by the ASSOCIATION Of number Of small cap
tais's That superior mechanical the result of en-
and experience and would be acquired here
no Que uouot the ingenuity ann capacity OF
WIN all these capacities Tor aud with every
mducemen, TO avail herself of them Virginia, negligent of her
ability and oge,iu of benefits TO be derived ,n IFS
clse not appeciaims the advantages Of division Of aou
w. of wealth, of denscr population aud of owa,d to arre
@ oy Tue dcand Tor ITS products for food for the operatives
ano materials Tor manuacturins has, as chosen state
OF degrading DEF Guidance others icyar their
ana industry rather than supply her wants. advance
~ s sane uns both her agricultural and manufacturing IN.
.ee' ihs dependaoce on others extends beyond ar.
uces ic production of which require high degree of ncchan
The Goa ses fabrics OF cotton wool pig metal boa,
ca down her great rivers from the ,le Interior
thence shipped New York wrought INTO bars ,p
thence re ppodt the Vusura in which the
ore was originally found This depcn,apcc on others,
also To mechanical Articles branch and in
these too confined rrquirny rh depIce o
skill Virginia did supply herself with coarse negro soc
WIN wool mats n cups or pewter spoons Aud acrly
the enictPrng citizens of the Fast sending her lSe
had NO, "cn ", I'm a, ,r people OF virginia
make up their clua,hc Mr. Rives thai he wcul moi
aucmptto mech lnral articles received "
ou sister States. the Injurious effects Of the mpocy I
depending on ,hcn but lac wovd gentlemen
for themselves and he did canes y hone t The ;c
mind would take that direction that inquiries wold hc
set ON tot to ascertain the the ,iy sustained Inv
Sna IN neec respects, aud the proper remedies then,
SIR said MIR r. whence It, that Vginia with the
greatest agricultural and manufacturing capacities the ci,.
oi providence yet so mitch IN tie OF her Saics,
ana he' condition. In nanv points of view have positive
~ and actually depressed and declining: VIII her State an
th"res DC travelling out of their oviice point the DIS
sIous consequences inevitably consequent pcrss,ing in
,hs course to devise and digest remedies gan,
10 the Applications of cntcrprjsng and intelligent
Are such efforts checked hy ,nmconn a>,rr,on ~ -
ne eonounded with tariff laws passed the Congress of the
United states required only ordinary of an or
nary mind to perceive the wde distinction between them
circumstances had conspired tic give this prevalence
" C"u.u not possibly continueit vanish
Leioe the lights Of reflection and experience Acady tho y
70 uaHn on Nrs'na-'ts hs approach scarcely visible
was aout 'he time OF the formation OF the standing comm
tee The public mind had directed inquiries 10 points OF
sum- ana stability In short tinc II lea
anu mpe the State authorities persevcrng and
EFFORTS 10 foster and improve her agricultural AMI
Interests Thence she would all the advantages of dc
scr population greater wealth and high degree Of skim and
science employed IN those pursuits and would assume ,ha,
qualified. '"' = '''''"'y
I Mr. Goode alvcr cd to his duties in the Cnrve,
ton, tho which, through The courtcsv NJ Tho
House, had delayed the consideration Of the resoI
ton under dscussIon and which had prevented hin,
nom paying the attention to the question which he
Desired lie could have wished to possess himself OF
the facts connected with the existence of This Com
mittee. He believed it had been productive of in n
the Commonwealth, and delay to the PROCEEDINGS ~
the House with these strong convictions he had
DESIRED ana sill desired Its abolition He was not in
state OF preparation 10 assign the reasons for his
opinnns-but # stated they deserved 10 be bc
was sure the House would not prove insepsibIe m
their force Tie friends OF the Committee had RI
resorted to what he would not call an artihce-bn,
which was so denominated by Political Econop,;stS
OF awaiting themselves Of the popularity of a1ricul-
ture, to foster manufactures. The House was entsr
tanned win description Of the advantages of apri-
Npf lint bad
Something may have been done, but if il had he
was ignorant oft. Ifany thing had ever been pro
fcsscd 10 be done for agriculture he was guorant of
the facts yet gentlemen referred TO the gricuI,uraJ
interest, and pro,sscd have IFS promo,io in ,a,,
IN order to enlist 1t in the accomplishment of their
purposes This, throughout all time had been the
ocNice 10 carry mo schemes of the manufacturing
interest We were told that we imported iron
hemp, wool, and many other things which The notu
raj advantages of Virginia enabled her to produce in
abundance. But was it proposed to remedy this by
Legislation! If so, have gentlemen pointed out tho
means II Virginia possessed these ADVANTAGES
could they b. rendered productive or be aupmen3cd
by Legislation 1t clear to his mind thai tIe
could be done Tie improvement of our natural
advantages, was most safely left to the sapacitv of
the individual citizcn.-Could Legislation te3cb mon
to plougE And If not, what advantages could no
conferred on agriculture by legislatIon2 rive so mn
ueTstood Mr' U. md have attempted 20 report him
as well as could as we understood him. I, occrrs
to us us probable land if So we will with pleasure
make any correctIon) that something escaped us
intended to qualify the scnse--as we presume tho
speaker could not have meant TO say, that because
legislation could not teach TO plough that there
fore 1t could confer no benefit agriculture He
has too much intelligence not to know that the apr-
culture of Great Britain is not only benefited nv
legislation, but that the Corn Laws have saved i
from annhilation, under State and parish burthcns
But we beg pardon for thus breaking the thread of
the Giscoursc.I The advantages possessed by the
agricultural interest, conferred by a munifcenc
Providence, and could not be augmented by Lc risla-
ADncuturp naked nj bo1
to ask The whole question was one Of manufactn
ring and that 1t was 50, fully and clearly mani
tested by the turn Of thought of the gentleman from
Campbell (AlE RIves.) That question was for us
u decide Was II wise to make Virginia manu-
iacturng' rather thon an agricultural Slater YVES Il
wise ~ TINS House to institute Committee the only
tendency ofwhlch. to hold out Inducements I
divert capital and enterprise from agriculture into
tao artificial channel Of manufacturers Was It wise
by legislation, to force the growth Of manufactures
m virginia. lie was not Inlmicul 10 msnula ctures
nc was aware Of thcir advantage 70 every country
where theyiloursIcd but nc preferred to trust Their
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