Wilmington expositor. (Wilmington, Del.) 1831-18??, 1832-02-17

tensions OF our own country. reflections on the
past Administration, and exultation, and a
loud claim of merit, for the ADMINISTRATION
nov in power. Sir, would i've m { ,kes,
II would pardon the want of information;
would pardon almost any thing, where saw
true patriotism and sound American, feeling;
but cannot forgive the sacrifice of this feel
ing to mere Party. cannot concur in send
ing abroad public agent who has not concep-
tons large and liberal. as to feel. that in the
presence of fereign Courts, amidst the monar-
chies of Europe, he is to stand up for his coun-
try, and his whole country; that no iot nor IL
tie of her honor is to come to harm in his hands;
that he is not to suffer others to rsproach either
his Government or his Country and far less
is he himself to reproach eitherg' that he is to
have no objects in his eye but American objects,
and no heart in his bosom but ian American
heart; and that he is to fofgetself, toforget par
Ity, to forget every sinister AID marrow feeling,
in his proud and lofty attachment to the RePub-
lie, whose commission he bears,
| Mr., President, have discharged an excee-
dinghy unpleasant duty, the most unpleasant
of my public life. But have looked upon it
as dnty. and it was not to. be Stunned. And
sir. however unimportant may be the opinion Of
SO humble an individual as myself Only wish
that might be heard by every Independan
Freeman in the United States, by the British
Minister. and the British King. and by every
Minister and every crowned head in Europe.
while standing here in my place, pronounce
my rebuke, as solemnly and as deeisively as |
can, upon this first instance, in which an A..
merican Minister has been sent abroad, as the
Representative of his Party, and not as the
Representative of his Country.
| To the Editors of the National Ihtelligencer.
Gentlemen: read in the Telegraph of this
morning the report of speech made in the
House of Representatives yesterday by Mr..
Davis, of Massachusetts 1t contained a
statement OF the amount Of agricultural capital
constantly employed to keep in operation i
WOODEN mandatory of the value. Of 100000
dollars. l have made a computation upon rh,
data, which will thank you to publish. as i
/ furnishes an interesting view Of the subiec
connected with that interest:
i COMPUTATIONS.
! woolen manufacturing establishment whicl
shall cost one hundred thousand dollars. w,f
the requisite machinery and appendages. is "a
Il lie of working 100000 pounds of heec,
wool. and will employ ITO hands. The aver
Iage weight of fleece of wool is 3 1-2lbs--
L
this wool, 10000 sheep, which. at the avera I,
Iprice of three dollars erhead, is $4,000
| The average Of sheep land will
not keep more than three sheep to
the acre. furnishing summer pas
ture and winter fodder. 1t will re-
lqnire, therefore, 26,666 acres of
4 land worth, at low estimate, fif-
te> dollars per acre, say 100000
The 10 persons employed ex-
clusively in the mandatory, and
Those dep ndent on their labor, Vii
lconsume. of agricultural produce,
at least the value of 900
A farm of 200 acres will proha.
IDLY furnish agricultural pr ducts
for market of the value of $500.
Upon this basis, it will require IS
farms, say 5000 acres, to supply ".
agricultural food for the manufac-
turing establishment This land
may be estimated at SIS the acre, 54,ooI
January II, 1889. .S7os,ooC