Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-08-08

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the Creator HIMSELF ard how will these sentiment
~ strengthened ADD invisoraud! Then let him
reflect upon the mutual relations and dependence o.
each division upon the other, and Of the capacity o.
each TO minister 10 the wants Of the others. and
how profoundly must he be penetrated with
!, sense Of the wisdom, aud the bene6cenee, of Hin
! "whose hands prepared the dry land"
II we look to the extreme south, we find broad
belt OF territory, stretching from the Gulf OF MeSec
TO the Rocky Mountains, which, whilst Il yields ITS
rich tributes Of sugar and other productions OF
tropical climate, TO sapply the wants OF more nor.
thern regions, furnishes to hem in return, matSe,
for their cotton, nrd breadsuh. and 1--we s'oek ana
manufactures Of every description.
| Advancing a step notthwatd, the broad fields OF
the cotton region spread before our eyes. Here
we SEQ the planter busiy employed supplying the
wants OF the sugar country, aud the grain growing,
and grazing, and manufacturing districts, by pro-
ducing the raw material which when worked up
into the various fabrics, is to furnish them the
msans OF comfort and luxury. In return, he re-
cevcs from those districts his sugar, his provisions
OF all descriptions, and tho manufactures which are
essential TO his enjoyment.
Progressing yet another step towards the north,
We behold the unlimited resources Of the middle
country md great west the grain growing and gta'
zing rec ion, whose hoeks and herds spread over
thousand hills, and whose fields surprising Egypt
IN fertility. produce an amount OF 6teadsiuiis
and of the other necessates OF HE, when kn WIS no
limit but the absence ofal further deaand. But the
farmers and the grazieIs must be furnished with
their sugar, their molasses their cotton and their
manufactures and northumberland whore can they
look naturally for their supplies as TO those parts
of the country which consume their wheat and corn
| and pork and beef
When We turn our eyes to the extreme north, We
find country with a less genial climate, and a soil
whose comparative stetiy discourages tbs lioor OF
the husbandman. But even this less f,vored region
possesses Its peculiar advantages. IL Is blessed
with population hardy, industrious, intelligent,
adventurous. Its wealth consists in tho ses; and
whilst they derive their supplies mainly fsom the
Southern divisions Of the Union, they repay them
with the products OF their manuiac' cries and their
fisheries, and by merchandise imported soni foreign
markets.
These diversi,ies OF climate, and soil, and popu.
lstion necessarily produce dversites Of production
and occupation amongst the inhabitants OF the va
rious districts. Through them the Supreme Ruler
has ordained that there shall be national! division
81 iabcr The laws OF nature forbid that the great
staples OF one district should be produced in another
Thus, there is no danger Of rivalry sprinsing up
between then-on the contrary, the wants OF one are
supplied out Of the abundance Of the others A mu-
tual interchange ofsupernuities naturally takes place,
and thus commercial intercourse is generated, be-
neicial to all; and il it had been the design Of
Heaven to facilitate this profitable exchange oil
commodities, we see the Father of Rivers, conlmcn-
cling his course the northern boundary OF the
Union, flowing thence nearly due South, through
the heart OF all the grand divisions, TO the GIlf of
Mexico, bisectng this vast continent, and furnish.
ins channel Of oonmeccal intercourse between tho
various districts, unequaled upon the face Of the
globe, IN extent and excellence, and binding them
all together by ties OF interest; as broad, deep,
and as strong, as the current with which his mighty
volume OF waters rolls onward TO the ocean,
When we undertake to legis,ate for a country
like this, We should look at it as whole and not
conne our views TO local sectional in erests
We should indulge catholic Spirt-a spirit of en-
larged patriotism, which embrace in its grasp
the whole coniederacy from the 81. Lawrence the
Sabine. We should look at the great interests of
the nation, no, as something separate and distinct
from each Other but constituting parts OF grand
system-inilma,ely connected tcgether-wsely TT. |
ted 10 each olher-and when properly brought into
action, working tremendously together, and mutu- |
ally giving and receiving nu,riment and support
When have suffered my mind TO he lost in the |
contemplation Of the wide extent of confe1era |
cy, 18th Its members reaching from The Atlantic 10
the Rocky Mountains-wh IT'S rivers and lakes,
and canals and railroads, and other channels OF in
ternal communication, penetrating into every part
OF Il, have almost imagined II TO be some vast
animal organization, whose life blood, supplied by
agriculture and manufactures, is thrown out from
the great centre OF the system IN New York, and
transmitted through the various arteries of CONNER
eia intercourse, dfusing health, and visor, and
vitality, to its remoiesi exuemities Let then
hear no more MIR Chairman, OF local interests upon
this subject; let remember that the prosperity Of
the nation IS made up Of the prosperity Of its paris.
Let recollect that the cotton grower interested
in the manufactures Of the North, and that the
manufacturer OF the North Is interested IN the growth
OF cotton in the South; and that the prosperity Of
both Is, in turn, intimately connected with the well
fare of the grain growing and sugar districts. For
of what use is it TO either district TO have large
surplus Of lis products, il the other districts have
nothing TO give in exchange for i2 or what avail
is it TO have merchandise, il there is no maTke,
for ii7
But If gentlemen, disearding these enlarged and
American views OF the subject, will insist upon rest-
ing this question sectional one, how Wiling
may I've so 10 regard il, shall not shrink from the
discussion of in that aspect ! must be pnrdoned,
how ever, IL, before enter upon the argument, re
qure that the proper parties TO the controversy shall
be presented 10 the country. | cannot consent that
this shall be ueaed as question between Massa-
chuset,s and South Caro- Minor between New
England and the extreme Sou;h-nor yet between
the manufacturers md he cotton grower. ms 5.
that If there is TO be sectional division, the middle
country and the ~est-ihe grain growing and graz
zng and tobacco DISTRICTS shall have their appropriate
position assigned to them. have the honor TO re-
present district situated in the heart Of Virginia.
which has q deep interest IN this question, and |
claim that it shall be heard by its representative,
before judgment IS pronounced
What then Is the natural position OF my district /
in regard to this question: This enquiry will he |
best answered by ascerts!ning the amount and cha |
racier Of its productions. and have accordingly |
prepared from the official returns the ol owing Ia
bular statement OF the principal staples, which are
cultivated by my constituent:
Statistical Table exhibiting Of the Product, n The
l7M Congressional Distrfefsf Virginia