Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-10-19

Iho-e whn will one day dwell there On peace indie.
pendenco ard safety. and who viii number many
people ~ are now scattered over this broad Union!
Tic will find the Inerino rejoicing as much ~ he
did on the banks Of the Ducro, and n thousand
aocks with the finest heeces covering the grcencst
and richest of all green hills while the valleys he
low will remind him Of IhOso of Andntusia. But.
unlike that beautiful country from whence We have
imported those productions we are Determined tor
ourselves, never Co becorne dependent British
province not GO hack TO state colonial vasSei-
age The Western edition Of political economy
IN which are taught has ior its first maxim that
every production natural and congenial To the soil
and climate Of fertile country should be carried to
its highest state of perfection before II Is sid or eI
| ported; leaving the employment and pooEt aHor led
by its manufacture TO enrich our own country.
And as experience (Which is the hest teacher OF all
othcr,) has abundantly proved the country that
manufactures Tor another y always the most indie
pendent of the two compelling It's merely agricul-
iural neghbpr TO look mploring towards II for com
fort and aeiy. For reason ~ plain and palpable
as the pIoprety and cOnycniecce of converting our
wheat into Superfne iuur before IL is offered in
market these snowy heeces are manufactured into
cloths Of the finest and mlsI beautiful celOrS.
The most luIuriani foliage Of the mulberry both
native md exotic. ~ cOngenial 10 and abundanily
produced from our soil !. converted into silks OF the
| finest fabric 10 grace the persons and ornamnt the
sion and manufacture; thus afi1rj'ng uselfhl and
suitable employment TO infancy and age. 10 niiImity
and eliemiuacy. But IA the higher and more sub
staniia branches he void hnl that which is OF
great national importance. Iron OF o. and the agent
OF ITS conversion aud fusion coal thero lie in alter
nate slratns, ready f,r the hardy h,nd oG industry
and enterprise; which almost by magic. even from
| the rccesscs ofour native mountains, present IT,
self for the first lime 10 the light Of day IN The nova
shape Of hoow-ware. machinery and the IN st Up
proved and polished instruments Of industry ia iIs
muliiiariOus forms. And the rugged mountain lit
orally breathing with fire and smoke rolls from its
! rocks aud rccessts, down on the rich valley below
all the agents implements Of peace MY safety
and defence We also taught that the divI.
sion of labor produced by these manufactures; the
employment they give 10 those incompetent OF
unskilled in all elsc The great geae ut they
give To immigration; TO the IrInslaiioa Of foreign
skill and science 10 shOr -; and the wholesome
stimulus they Irpart to that enterprise AMI inven
tive genius for which our People are 50 ditIin
guished, produce the most beneficial results &
all classes of our community; much mpre benefit
We think, Than the finest drawn argument, or nices
sci Of absrIctionisis, ingenuity could make or de
! duce.
! But why should dwell upon these subjects VI,
detail! II is as clear demonstration can make Il.
that every country. TO be entirely independent
must mlnuhcIure ihr iIsdlf aud have within il no
only the lIeral but the EibuclIiDn Of all Ihgys
necessary for It's comfort, safety. and defence The
only question Is, what Ihesel Articles Of meInl
are admitted by all To be Of this class Are moi
the others equally essential TO independence,
l. not the fleece | have already meniioned. and
which is of mITe importance to us such was the
golden lecces 10 the ArgOnauts old. the essen
IIal material OF that Wholesome envelope which
your nilnI in its cradle yDur granIsRe in his
chair ovd your soldier in his tent Will you he
dependent on a foreign country 6r that which en-.
bes You 20 face the of weather and af ,,urf
Blankets and tents nre as essential 40 your soldier
and sentinel as mr." 'ie musket and cannon with
which - arm them. And It is just n absurd and
dependent 10 import. aud depend upon the cnnin.
gencies OF commerce fer the one as for the other.
Will any one dare 10 place his country IA the posi-.
lion 10 beg Of foreign foe who m1y be ihundcrin,
ia all the panoplY OF modern war all along your
coast, 10 wat until you import the muniIion of de.
fence, ani 10 please not mOesi them on their nass
age! In reply. may be told that our Legislation il
now moi for war, bat foe times Of peace. We all
know thai the history of naliJns is but little elss
than an account of bloody aad continued wars; AMI
although We as nation have been greatly blessed
by long continuance of peace. yet even in this
happy AMI peaceful country, the Temple Of Janus
ms never been Tor n long tmt shnf and IL has now
slood open Tor more than five years while we war
red with handful of hllEI 81 sages BIT tbe
n lovely picture Of happiness and prosperity, derived
from this policy, that need only point
TO Il IN order 10 enlist its experience in favor Of pro-
lection. even ia times Of the INST profound and un.
int enupted peace
The country to which allude is equally unble.t.
ia Us general geography, by fertile spil or genial
climate What. then, has rendered il the olsect Of
universal admiration, unequaled for the elegance
and refinement OF It's inhabitants, The cnfaf,rt and
ease in which they live, and the higF station they
hold thmghOut the world fur all the attributes Of n
free, enlightened, and independent People; the very
garden spot IN all this wide Unionl The EJnndItion
Of the singular and Unparalleled Improvement az
New England was laid ia that very protect,ye
policy, now 50 loudly denounced upon this nporl
IL was that derided asd here universally denoun-
ced system that produced the magnificent mnnu(,c
torres aud mansions that beauiIiy its hills aud valleys
making the hum Of industry To be heard from the
ocean to the heads Of her rivers. q was this that
caused noble cities 10 rise. u by magic az eyerv
waterfall. and converted her cascades into the means
Of dIfiIsng comfort and competence, elegance
and Intelligence. over all that sterile land; making
The mill Turn, the anvil ring. and the merry shutIe
dance.-presenting 10 tho admiring eve Of the his
ionan and philosopher the unusual Union Of health
morality. virtue. onl the highest intelligence and
mechanical skill. IN a dense and crowded popula-
ion These are some OF the results Of That system
which gentlemen have referred 10 a. having lived
Just long enough 10 be universally condeDneJ Not
80. These results will. trust long last as living
evidence Of lis excellence. l. for one. have for n
The kindest recolleciIons, although IL is f,r the
present dead, nay buried nndera load Of useless and
impncilcnble absiraotiOns--this same nucl.Iaudsd
compromise act being for II slow but sure Green.
lipn7r For this law ! have about a. much respect
aud affection rs man would have for N guilotino
Nat would slowly docapiiate his oldest and best
Trend. But now Is not the time or occuslon ~ dis
cu,' either us pfopTIety, amendment. or repeaI -
When that iime does arrive, I hope 10 be here ,,
inke part. shall consider and use il a. an homo,
and high privilege indeed b. do ~.
Permit me here, however 10 say one word Of
Obituary notice Ufihai old American system. be.
Ueye % 10 have done much, very much in its shor,
and procnuOus life n deveOpe the resources multi.
ply Tie means of happiness md prosperity. and. to
nave gwen that impetus ~ improvement and indie.
pcndcnce Throughout our country which can never
again be taken away or erlinguished. u was mar.
chhs on. thought, % great and glorious attain.
nHni.' AID Of s consituiiOnality had no doubt -
lAe internal commerce Of this great and extended
country was cherished ond stimulated by the remov.
nl OF m1ny impeneirible distractions Mountsins