The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-04-08

things even ii il could be submitted TO by those
most deeply Interested. II should not be for
gotten tina. .ne producing classes in this favored
land are not to be dealt with or estimated by
any rules ofcalculation adapted to the condition
Of the operatives of other nations. With them
rests very large portion of the intelligence,
and Of the moral, as well as physical, strength
upon which our destiny as, nation must rest
We have observed another common error
adopted by some who have engaged in the dis
cussion of this subject. In estimating the inn
portance of our manufacturing interests, and
their claims on the legislation of the country, It
has been common to refer to the Sor 1000 ma
nufacturers and artisans as the individuals alone
interested in this matter and upon the capital
$4,000, 00C-as the only capital to be effected
| by legislation on this subject AS well might
we attemptto establish scheme OF separate
| interests between the head and the heart or the
| right hand and the left; TO divorce the inte-
rests of agriculture, commerce, and manuiac-
| tires. "Neither agriculture, manufactures, nor
commerce, (said Mr.. Calhoun, in the Senate,
February, 1850 taken separately, are the cause
| of wealth il flows from them combined, and
cannot exist without each. The wealth Of any
| single nation or individual, it is true, may not
| be Immediately derived from the three, but IT
always presupposes the existence OF the three
sources, though derived Immediately from one
or two of them only" And again "When our
manufactures are grown 10 certain perfection,
as soon they will, under the fostering care OF
| Government, we will no longer experience those
evils. The farmer toiH find u ready market
forhis surplus produce, and, lohat is of al
most equal consequence, a certain supply Of
has wants His prosperity toiH dituse Itself
TO erery class Of the community" We quote
the above not to endorse the sentiment there
expressed by the Senator in relation to the fos
tering care of Government, but to strengthen
our view of the intimate relation and sympathy
existing between the three great sources of ma
tiona wealth, as well as of strength and indie
| pend ence.
Without dwelling on the immense amount of
agricultural labor and capital employed in pro-
| vdng the means of subsistence alone for
| 100000 manufacturers and those Immediately
dependent on them, let us glance at the employ
ment of these agents on the land and on the sea,
in producing some of the raw materials for the
operations of the artisan, and in convey ing them
to his hands.
| Astounding as the fact may appear, it is be-
lieved to be near the truth that in sheep, and the
lands necessary for subsisting them, not less than
| $l20,000,000 are invested-saying nothing Of
| the large amount required TO perform the various
duties required in the care of them, and the
transportation Of 5o000,00o pounds of wool
produced from them annually. We have alrea-
dy alluded TO fact, not sufficiently considered
that large amount Of tonnage, both in the TO
reign and coasting trade, is employed in trans
actions depending Immediately on manufac-
lures but there is another fact in relation to this
branch of our subject, which has received still
less attention. The ships employed in the
! whale fishery Of the United States are now
about 600, requiring at least $4,000 men for
their navigation. The amount Of capital invest
| ed and the annual products are very nearly es.
| tmated in tabular statements, which we have
not at hand, but the aggregate sum it may well
be supposed is enormous. One-hird Of the pro-
duct Of this fishery is consumed by the various
manufactures and when II is remembered that
beside the number Of men directly employed in
these ships, at least an equal number connected
with them are constantly employed on shore in
the making of casks, cordage, iron work, &c.
| for refttng them on their return from their long
and perilous enterprise, we have good illustra-
| ton of that intimate and harmonious relation
which the three great national interests bear to
each other. 1t is interesting to trace this CON
nexion and 10 see in thousand ways where no
necessary sympathy would appear to exist, how
this mutual dependence runs through the whole
structure of our. system Of business and inter
ests and TO US the examination of this subject,
and the tracing Of these subtle ties which unite
US to each other through the whole length
and breadth Of our land appears to be full of
hope, and one of the surest means of arousing
that national spirit to which we alluded in the
outset.
1t is fearful evil in our political condition
that no subject, however momentous the inter
ests involved, can be discussed in spirit of
candor.
We would by no means cast ndiscrmnae
censure upon the members of the present Con-
gress. There are, we know, many men in the
two Houses who look upon the scenes each day
enacting in their presence with as much pain
and solicltude as we can possibly feel The
! Government bankrupt, and the solemn obliga-
tons of the nation violated and dishonored be-
fore the world, it were to be supposed that the
Representatives Of the People would scarce give
themselves necessary rest until every remedy in
| their power was applied to relieve the disfesses