Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-12-04

ooa ""' een.ufy millions of money hoy,
s go 10 me west Tor its annual s,nnties IF
~" "'' norses, but little of which, if any has 90.
e - '',o Tue pockets of the VIRGINIA rol,c
- e'o"'' irue, a lie" slaves may have hee,, "a.
no" apparently IN payment, bv the wbo,a W
.hcse articles but it is believed that ,toso
rally obtained from those pcrso,a ,al. = se"e-
abused their soils by Tobacco. md who W.
70 c'nlsra'c for the purpose of vestir, ,Lo -
OF 'hose slaves IN Western l,nds. THIS ,hs, : 49,
return oni a loss equally with the resi- If an, ov
fc""to'cS' Where, then, is the ultimate 4estinv Of
'"" ''ouey when goes 10 the West II Is there
s"''ts"o III anus by native Spectators, or bv vour
o"n 'osl hefShpors ana irietds or i, Is olilte,ipy
IN their iich mercantile houses, where ,;l -
mann, I'll you aud and all of us have cc.sod -
o ourselves ABOUT such matters. Perhaps.
''"c'er, l Nhal be told, that it comes back oo,,n
NV II we" 1 ofk merchants, for our flour. man.
~ : ~" 'oo'cfo1 &C. Not so. On III c contrary.
II IS known orr own merchants carry ia th,, En,-
pre- Capital a much greater amount of ,oonov ,,
el'ths and sattns, nan is ever returned for the far.
n1er's toll. Need remind Won If Tho v,., ,,nI,
tudcs OF merchants who Inc your streets with o,,d.
tn oufacilo's, or who appear at intervals of 8 10
or ~ miles on your public highways HOLDING firth
INC glossy fabric OF foreign skll that clothes the
''n'tf : us hour " then Is seen no more ~ These
I"''o'm 'pclf Schli-annual passage To the North. to
''y ~ as me saying Is, Their Spring and Auuma
SnNn'les,-and 'hey carry with them. NOT te IA.
u" CO u The PItntsr, bat his MONEY. TINS m,
hey goes In the taielsn r,-hls lands md tenc-
'"e'''H ultimately 81 the m%ctchant, or they are pIac.
Ell under the hammer where they are sold to, nI,oo.t
nothing under the provisions of mo,tgaoe. W.
nave seen these things ourselves, and in speaking
Of them on this occasion we m.nn no, IN ren,c, -
any class of one society. We mean on,v IN -.
mind the farmer of the necessity of monuf,c,u,in,
more and buying less. THIS then is ano,her in
sihrcc OF foreign capital and wealth, lull, np ON
VlrS'hla INDUS ry, mtsarplIed aud unremuncrafcl.
IN a word, has The Tohacto, anl the other ltiHc
commofiIes we have exported, paid for the neces<n-
rics, the nRnccessaricS & the Injuries we hnyc mn.
chased We say they have no,-and f. 50. ,h.n
Virginia is sinking, aHd Ler Iodusry shonl be n.
hie'"ied IN It's objects and results. The number Of
her merchants and her buyers should he largely
reduced, AID that of her home-mapuf,c,urers n,o,
ortlonably augmented.
WA any one ask rs to point out tho rrsn,,s IF
The change we SO m'ch desire, and tell us that r.
Al our q 'zens should ia SC their own neces aries.
they would have no staple 10 sell,-norhinet 10 exnort
TO iorelgn mrlkets 7 To his we answe, tb,t H.
suslcnaaee, the actual sniff of human life. ney,r
went begging for n market, and We dare say never
"ill. Improve yo1r lhnls, then, and your bread
s'uli' and o'hct %prodn'ts, even in their utmost a.
b1'l'nce,m y be exported 10 fo,eign climas wfh n
6 f'"lniy OF beng exchanged for goo Is, wares aud
m 1cnHndiz', Or even money. The treaty-ma-
( ~ rowcr of your NATIONAL g1vernm Mt Is con-
sten'ly oP1ni1G naw avenues Of c5mmcrce-nnd
many OF youf sister Satas even, which are fist
1cfglnS 10 a manufacturing character, Will ahord
To1 a market almost at your doors. AnIhere We
os@ leave 10 mention a fact at which We micht
bush, if the muscles of our countcnarccs were less
lam lar with II luO1uI, we nra mn nrrirt Iinr 4
people, and our brethren # The Nor h, with tleir
small territory aatl friLid climate and rocks OF FRA.
ate, are deci eddy manufacturing in lhrir fonGen-
rY, yet do hey sill us at our o wn flr-sldes mnuy
articles grown from he Ill, which we d. not raise
ourselves, or can pure! aSe cheaper Of tn m. Tho
people of Richmond f Ell their horses GA hay cut
from Northern meaIoVs,-and even the pc lple of
Lynchbarg catthe chccs' from N1ihern daIfle
anI mike ihcir pickles of vinegar from Northern
Orchards: Yet strange 10 say, IRE mem 0uf clolaes
,oo, Crom hat to shac, Com .Nar{hern mcimitS! O
tcmpota !! O morrs! Abused Virginia How
long will her snns and daughters ceotinue l. offer
themselves d willing prey to domestic speculation,
or TO Foreign cncrprtzc 7 Shall We not all answer
nat long and will not the members of his Society
commence the great process of rcfora on the date 81
this occasion VIII they no: nov strike the iillc
spark from The flint, which may klndlo into a SHIN
ing light, that vil ere long rad,a,c ard regencrate
the whole land7 Yes, Mr., Chairman, on this day,
at this hour, the renuva'ing change should com
monce and we respectfully suggest, as a future to-
itn Of is actual beginning, that every member of
this body appear here al its next annual meeting
clad in the fabric of his own 7mrol ecoa0mp.
But our donrstie consumption would be largely
incrcascl-a1d in this particular, perhaps, would be
found the principal advantage of reform. II is a
m kim in the economy OF nations, that their popula
ton and means of subsistence 20 together. These
rise and fall, vanish & rcturn, in cqnl proportions
Whenever our lands shall produce a surplus supply,
emigration viii BE- invited, and the stranger wi be
induced TO minele with us his labor, his skill, and
his consumption. For ign industry aud capital
might be induced to come amongst us, to improve
our husbandry aud to swell oar cities aud thus
the mass of onr wealth ani resources might aug
ncnt iii the spindle and the shuttle might resound
within our hills too, where before was hard only
the dash Of the waterfall. An here VIC cannot for
bear noticing, Ivy way ofillustra,ion, the process ny
which any gwen territory of rich sell grows and
nourIshes into the mighty empire, with It's multitude
oftrades and professions. and lis vast aggregate of
wealth and popula ion. The adventurous tiilcr' Of
the soil are pioneers that p netraie its forests and
open their gloomy cavcrns into the smiling light OF
cultivation and pasture. Then follow the trades
men and artiZans, whose Ingenuity aud labor appear
in the comfortable mansion, or echo IN the avenues
&c the rising village. Ere long the merchant "p-
z pears 10 swell the villages into towns and cities
c and 81 ovid al. these classes pr sper equally and to-
acthcr, the great MANUFACTURER at length arrives
with his expansive capital and horde OF dependents
e and converts he Wild stream and It's rocky avenues
2 irto scenes of busy veal h and prosperity. Happy
r is it for such Il community If all these classes arc
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