Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-02-13
rxcItsu MANUFACTURERS.

We as sredibiy informcd that soma ki.ds Of
lotto" go"ds manufactured 10 the nor.hofo S'aics
| A die Republic, eau DO bsongat 10 England, pay
| ,he inpott duty aud other charges. and be sold IN
| The Manchester marke, at seS per cent. under the
prs Il, lou prices Of similar goods mads 10 LAM
| ca-bire.'-London BGnkeys' Circular, 26iA
June.
The time we think is not very far distant, even
! now we SEQ IL 10 our minds eye, when American
| industry, American ingenuity, ard American,
| enterprise, will rival Great Britain, not 10 the
| nanu.acturo Of cotton alone, but ofall other aru-
sics 10 which she has nov an exclusive and proR
table monopoly. England's boast 10 hef ships,
her colonies and her commerce; ba. lct Americas
become hor rival in manufactures; 40 she IL des~
lined to be, and these three principle sources Of
her power and her greatness will be necessarily
sntihils.el; these arteries through which the iils's
blnaj Of her prosperity flows viii! be dried up. Her
ah;ps, instead Of whitening every sea, will lie list
less!y in port. attractive only TO harnicles; her CO.
lanies. finding 10 reciprocal benefits to bo derived
from the eonte xiou, will one by one. as Easlands
powor 10 cnerce them walcs away. cut tho con-
arcsing ti,,s tina. joins the young and vigorous
child ID tho old ntlcuasted parent, and declare
themselves free, roscr. igi, end independent; and
her which IL bu. tho erection Of her
manufac,ures, will daintle into no,hiogness Is
sure o. eject follows cause. The teps Of thou,
saaI. n her. ut present, hard worked, i'll paid,
badly fed mechanics, On whom the greater part Of
the civilized world are now drrendent, for mos,
manufactured articles Of luxury, ornament and
use, will Than be thrown idle on tho wo,ld-ths
lso,n will stand still, tho shuttle will cease 70 per-
form ins func,icns, aud tho hammer will he silent.
AT such 4 crisis where would be the den,e pop.
uiasions-the sturdy artisans Of Birmingham,
Msnch ester, Leeds. and the other manufacturing
.o~ns! Would they quietly fold their arms. with
.ha. patience with which a martyr would ascand
the scsGaidl They would not, for hunger Is the
last thing 70 which M Engiishmnn will submit
they wouid sAily out with the desperation Of in-
furia,cd lions. tamplipg on The privileged
classes. sweeping away every record Of the nation
al debt, which so long crippled their energies, and
destroying all those monarchial institutions, which
E.neIish statesman arrogantly poin, to as the .aI-
~ruiralion of surrounding nations
II was TO such a state Of things as this which we
have attempted 10 describe, that Tie republican,
minded Lord Byron alluded, when he said
God save the King and Kings,
Fur they cannot save themselves much longer.
Mcthinks I hear q little bird ,ha, sings,
Tho people by and by will be the stronger
England's manufacturing power ia one Of the
main prsps IN which her greatness rests for sup
port; take il from her, and her national importance
dwindle down to a size corresponding with
her geographical limits, which will be . falling of
and such an one as American enterprise
and industry mus. inesitnbly effect. 1t il from
the decay Of her manufactures, and not in the de-
fen. Of her navy or her armies, that England's al
most colossal power will receive it, Grst shock.