Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-06-25
RICHMOND WING.
SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE a.,
rue MEETING At TIL. EXCHANGES. AND THE rpI
TOR OF THE ENQUIRER

highly respectable meeting OF the citizens OF Rich.
mond and Manchester, at the Exchange, last Mon
day evening"" as "Humbug .Mssiing," and very
uueeremoniously mpugns the motives Of those who
got up the meeting and approved the proceedings.
1t says:
"rhe Tariff Wings of Richmond have taken time
by the totolock-and held their meeting on Mon.
day highland then determined to send round their
Memorial for sign ,tutes, aud eulis, Democratic
ctuits. before the Republican Press had an oppor
tunry OF sounding the tocsin, and OF warning the
/ Republicans against 1.-THE withes of tho Phstincs
Who constituted that meeting7 Who spoke for il
who wrote tor III The friends OF the Father Of
the American Syuem"-the advocates OF Henry
Clay. Who principally got it uni Gentlemen
who are unfortunately interested in the depressed
stocks OF the late fonrshing, but now suffering ma
nufactores."
| Again:
Among the other wise suggestions. which were
I made IN the humbug Tar,i meeting, which took
place in this city On Monday evening last. it was
proposed" SC.
/ IL is not necessary in this community TO charae,e
rye such comments rs these, or to explain the mo
tves, which prompt them. But the public would
like TO know, what constitutes that meeting Hum.
/ bug2 The individuals who composed it, take then,
by and large, were quite respectable in whatever
/ light viewed, as the coterie of the Enquirer. None
OF them, perhaps, had been ambassadors abroad
and, certainly, none of them had received an snnua
stipend for 80 years from the public treasury with
out hands turn Of public service. They were
such men make up the grea, body of the citizens
ELECTROMAGNETIC business men--the working men
OF every variety of occupation. But they were IN
teres;ed in the depressed stock of the manufac-
toeies' In ether words, sordd considerations
prompted the meeting, and Influenced those, who
| ma rite atedi ia it, "a
no set Of men whose patriotic dsintercsedness will
compare with that of the Richmond Junto! That
point is cheer(uly surrendered. They alone, OF all
the men OF this age aud country, never think of
'hemselvesi All the rest mercenary,
But Jest apnrt--the ungenerous and unmanly inn
putation was worthy Of its source and here, where
IT'S uuthorend they. whom he assails, are known, it
will be treated with the contempt it deserves. We
venture to affirm. that in that meeting were men Os
pure and fee from the alloy Of selshness us any
within the limits of the Common cath, and that
their individual interests, separate and apart from
the public good, had no influence with them
The idea, too thu, the memorial was circulated
next day, TO entrap Locolocos before they could be
admonshed by the Enquirer, is well worthy OF the
tricky brain that conceived il, and is a rich com
piment To the intelligence Of that party. But how
entirely wanting IN force is it, when It is recoected
IL at the notice for the meeting had been published
for week, and every opportunity given to the
Junto to drill their forces, This is poor fetch to
excuse the fact, that some OF that party--moro de
voted country than to faction-did sign the me =
uori,l.
Blu, how stands the case with this consistent Edi-
tor-who is thus liberal in his mpu,ations-w
thus boldly arragns the motives OF Others, who hap
pen think the best interests of the country re
quire, tina, the industry of our own people should
be protected against the paupcr abour Of the old
; world' BY reference 20 his 6ie, we find that he
once entertained the same opinion-(hr then, iudg
ing him. as he judges othcrs-was Influenced by sci.
fish considerations I'VE find, that about "a yenrs
ago. he was Secretary 10 n meeting in Richmond TO
promote Domestic Manu- aenHss, and carried hts
hostility TO foreign products to the extreme Of re-
iusng TO celebrate the anniversary of Independence
except with liquor the produce Of our own countryi
Sec the extracts below. He is a pretty gentleman,
indeed, 10 arrnsn others.
! i6s A meeting Of the citizens OF Richmond and
Manchester was held in the Capitol, June 18th,
l5Os, a, which ARTICLES Of assoc iaiion of Rich.
rnOnd Manufacturing Company Of Virginia" were
adopted. The Governor (wm. ii. CabeD presid-
ed, and Thomas Richie was Secretary. commit.
tee appointed TO prepare an Address to urge
the importance of domestic manufactures. The
committee was WIN. IL. Cabell, WIN. Writ, VIM
Foushee, ST., Peyton Randolph, and Thos. Richie
We copy from the Address the following:
"Food and raiment the necessaries of life or
the first, country has given us such overt owing
abundance, that we have, for many yenrs, supplied
bread TO those who now harrass US. We have not
| indeed. the Injuries ofdet. We believe we
may, at once, become our own manufacturers to
every necessary purpose. We can supply to our.
selves the su' siantial articles Of clothing. We can
do more-we can fabricnte for ourselves the nstru
ments Of agriculture, and those domestic utensils
and materials for building, which We have hitherto
been IN the habit Of importing from Europe.
81. Our country abounds in the hnest cities for
the erection Of those wafer works, those lAbOur-
saving machines, to which Europe IS 30 particularly
indebted for the furnishing state Of her manufac.
lures IL is believed that there - not spot IN Eu-
rope, perhaps not in the world, which combines
advantages for the erection OF such works tina
tho city Of Richmond itself.
"2. There can he M doubt that the mechanical
eeni1s Of this country "a AT least equal to the cree
ton of such works. Carding machines have already
been constructed in several parts OF Virginia. and
spinning machines IN the NDrthe n States and Ken
lucky, &C.. &C.
50 A. to the lntor necessary tn the operation Of
such works. We believe that II N,ll be readily com
m'ndej. The ide, that country c,n be manu-.
featuring country, bnt ono Of crowded population
Is one which Great Br tain and other manufacturing
countries interested ~ prnpaga.ing-like that
which she formerly inculcated upon her troops that
one Engish soldier equal 10 three French. which
France has Of late years at least completely fasi-
fed Sxc
-. As 10 the objection, that the people Of the
United States have too u'e eapai Tor such enter.
pr-cs e' u he retoued. what shall become Of thit
capital which ~ shut out from he high seas Nv
the fopacIiy Of the powers Of Europe SC. &c.
-. As 10 the raw materials for the purpose Of
| Manufacturing, We have Iron AMI Cotton IN abun
dancc-Wo can raise any quautun ~ hemp and AK
We please -nnd rs 10 WOOL, ttqurcs bIt n con.
/ slant mart, ord those cautions aud excitrmoris,
Which will not foil 10 be applied, 10 cary To the
hughes perfection and produce elso IN tho greatest
| Abundance. w very short time lamb ir IN an.
nuai cfop for IN one year, lamb Will yield as
! good wool az at any subsequent period, &c. sc.
"Under MI these views OF tho subject. tho izens
of Richmond. beg leave 10 submit 20 their elbow.
citizens throughout the Stale. the annexed project ,
| for tie encouragement Of domestic manufactures.
| They have been embroidered to make their pfopo
stion n general ono, by tho consideration, that |
| great experiment ran no where bo made with more
! nropre;y Than IN the metropolis OF the State
&c. SC. Signsdb BY me Committee.
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