Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-04-09

tho ulster behind him, and fiIg 10 church
without Ion)lng ut all aah4tn1d Of tho con.
vryANcc or their neat home made dresses.
Tho profits o. II years labor waa not Ia, Il
ort in fine clothes; md it scerna TO Toe there
wa7 IA much virtue then, ~ WI have nov.
but what n change has coinG over the cotln.
try IL Il very few yoars. Stately edr.iccs
itavo been rcafcd on the foundations Of The
good odd log houses au! ufn flied With cotl.
y furniture. The farmers son, instead Of
:! 7tonIIcftng BIZ axe and taking his way il,
| The forest, With u cheerful mind, 10 make
9Iis " independent home, Ms Of yore, must
needs b. 4 Doctor, 1t IAVCt or n merchant.
Ia hIH estimation agriculture ii quito too
vulgar for one Of Iia education. Exon the
good Old lady, who was "nut to twirI tho
spinning wheel 50 nerlly, il iTtrctcd With
the spirit Of The tit1ra:-sitf 1ould be 20
ecIigEted te VIC her sons fine Gentleman"
The C0ntagiou Ihfect4 the stout old ms. H.,
who has tojIeJ in hIs honorable vocation,
from early youth to Old age; he strokts
down htH grey hairs, nnd castB II self .satis.
fed lock NJ bis lroaleIath coat, nrd really
b.RiHs H. think Labor IN ihern low thing, not
- 't - W. i.i" llJt Htlijt u iltI u FIfFFg f'F
81 getting aIon", SO he taknsn p his we'll
ear0el i'll" dGrd~, and mnrrhes to the bank,
NJ money lender, pasges them from him and
ltts forrf or 10 ral4r II few tIlott ands ~ en-.
bark III sp"c1|atlon, md set his son up ~
4 merchant ~ tho village or at the cross
! fUnd7.-Ho"Iish man' he will never be able
t. Pay t. first instola,"nt OF that loan,
+ t'Ht Ngizy 9i1nI~ I,a "a t,yt ,i,.,,r +ii,r il,m
taitae 81 Il yrar or two, sGri1iinIzlug with
n1S'ota rolUtannnce al who gpprUnGl bis
hotlsc,-EIb" shrr,n'Has a writ against hIm.
! he ~''stocl' and profits Of that iittlc store,
/ ln7l'iclrnt fox fashionable eApcuees, the
: 500 becomes II "~Iollen geHtiainaD,' and as
such could not cprlcscend to seek tuipIoy.
nlent ~ u faithful clerk, go 10 he plow, or
sotne other Of thc many wuys left Of gniu.
ing nh honest livelihood. Oh mol he Il es
tothc ginning table, or 10 the bottle, TO hide
modification under degradation
Now, let rs look At The situation oC our state,
Astounding IN wealth, energy, vIrlne, all that is
necessary 10 crown her with glory and indie
pendencr and what have We done in our de-
fence wltl all those advantages1 With all
the requisites Of greatness we haze done com
patatV"ly nothing TO improve and advance
our H"rIcrittra! interests. We fold our arms
and SIT down, while our Institutions are threat
cned from abroad and II 1t home, aud the enc
mes Of those institutions, cxuitlng ut orr ST.
pioeh"@S, Erccdlly grasp the rich reward our
dependence throws into their hands. Are we
forever to look beyond the limits Of our state
for The produce we consumed Are those VINO
FcYIIc our institutions forever to thrive by our
erroneous vicwso Of cconomy4 VIII not pride,
{ # pTf tFt1trat r.f.. -,,,a a-aa5au T. -,.A.J.
this great evil. Our Staples, I'VE have but
t@o) are attacked by England, the most for
1nsdnblc foe that could be raised up against
our prosperity, whose energies never tire
whose obstinacy more frequently leads to i'm
portant results, than disastrous consequences.
she has turned her attention in earnest 10 her
East india possessions, and she viii never
rest until she makes that most fertile ard pro-
dncitFe Country yield an lnexhaustiblc supply
81 cotton, sugar, and indigo, 10 The exclusion
OF our staples from her dominiors-~shc has
manifested her policy, and we undcrrate her,
il we doubt her SUCCESS in that undertaking.
In the reign Of EIizabeth, a few factories were
established in the Fast Indies, as an expert
rnent. This was the commencement Of her
dominion there.-But arrogant, Jealous, and
EfaSPIng, the company was moi long satisfied
with pcaccabic trade, md made wax on the
natives, and the Dutch, Portuguese, and
French colonies, Of which it took possession.
And from that little f0othoId, she has made
a giant stride across a tact Of Country 10000
miles more than Great Britain and ireland,
stretching along The whole nagigable course
Of the Gangcs about Ia or 1900 hundred miles,
and holds a population Of 20, 00O, 900, yielding
a revenue Of IS or 10000, 900 dollars. The
lands IN that country are extremely fertile, the
soils various and adapted to a great variety Of
nTGHlcfS . cotton DF rVprv nIatitur from Spa-ic-
land down, sugar, and indigo, are a few Of the
staples of India. With this Vastfcid for COM
petition before MS, is there nothing to fear for
our staples! There was not while the East
India Company tbroVe on the toll and sub
stance Of the people: but that company has
ceased 10 sweep its gigantic arms over that
land, and gather in tie fruits Of the labo-
frcrs toll, leaving wretchedness, famine, and
crime 10 CLEAN after aTarlce. The English
possessions in that quarter are assuming a
new aspect; the people, under a change Of po-
Icy, are beginning to work for themselves;
they vii! soon repair their dilapidated reser-
voirs for water, and the soil viii begin to yield
abundance 10 gladden. the heart. They viii
have the same freedom and inducements TO
labor as other British colonics-industry will
be encouraged; improved modes Of culture and
improved implements Of iusbaafry have al
ready been introduced. The saw and the
hammer viii be heard from one end Of the
land to the other, setting up ginstauds and SUI
gar mills. That land into which Alexander
the Great, Tamerlane, and many others at.
tempted to push their c0nqneSt$, NAV, under
the influence OF a cherishing policy, hecons
one Of the falrcst portions of the world, The
planter taere Will have many advantage. over
the planter heTe-his laborer viii cost hi,o on
" three or four pence, and prov sfons are
cheaper than in any other part OF the world.
It IS given out the British eovgrlmept means
to encourage the India pIant1c By a duty on
american Cotton, the only III .ng left Us WITH.
out a dntY. Last year $50 go bales India
cotton were brought into Eerpool. ana the I'M
p%ortatlon must i~ncrease fapidly for The work
has INT Just begun fFhen our cotton IS re-.
Iected by Ln9lap1. Or driven fr1r4 her market
~ cofnPetitlo'i, re viii then, but not TIL thcn,
lam AFRAID, Encourage domestic manufac-
cures ~" South will then pursue rs true
PohcY: You may say these things VIII not
occur y gour day; but | say that, or some
se1he' evil may 'overtake Jon II any line, 2
Hsek, a month, or a year hence; even while
J yea are sxilti1g III your possessions, you NAV
md yourselves on the verge Of rulr-yoar
l1arbCrs blockaded, your cotton worthless and
your possessions eating up your means even
unto destltution4 These thirgs are possible,
and 1t is wisdom 70 guard against them. lam
FreJoIcad To- see the proper spi:is abroad; the
first step taken, l do not doubt the most happy
Teslits. There age no lands more productive
than those Of Louisiana, none have had less
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