Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-09-29

IN New England Of positive advantage the people of
this State and indeed OF all the States Blu, our bushes.
Tor tho present. is with the people Of this State. Mr..
Webster says:
Now there is on this subject especially among our
brethren n; the South strange infauaon They are re-
spectacle men-rcasonablc men-candid men, in some re-
spee-n most respects and yet how they up.
on mis SUBJECT Genuemen, belong Massachusetts.
applause, cries of Good, and deacnng cheers for
Massachusetts have taken the pains To inquire what
ru o. money Msssaeh1ses pays to Virginia and Caro-
agricultural products and amounts 10 several millions
we take the Eastern part of Virginia, and the Eastern
part OF North Carolina what have they sale but ngri
cultural products purchased by the and com
mercia classes of New England Nothing on the face of
the eaIi-and We pay them many millions. Does England
take their grain Certainly yet owing TO causes
which would be easy explain il it were proper owing
prejudice, owing TO their peculiar noons-for notions
are quite common there New England though New
England 10 the land OF notions Laughter aud chccl-
there perfect reprobaton OF idea of protection CIV
ing them any sale Tor their agricultural products although
ty hnd day by day. that buy and pay them for their
products by manufactures of the Nort-and is the only
thing they get dollar for and ready 10 drive us into
raising corn and al agricultural products for our
selEes-they being agricultural, and finding the a..
ec continually becoming cheaper and no persons exccp,
us to buy of them! Checrs Now thatsa strong case
,nonSh perfectly true OF Eastern Virginia and of North
Carolina.
Why, gentlemen, live the sandy sea shore of Massa
chisetis, anu get along as we'll os | n very
poor farmer upon great quantity very poor land. But
my neghbors and l. by very great care-I hardly know
how-continue To live We paw for what We purchase
though, for my life could hardly tell how this only
Know they all get PAID in way. And these men
complain that we do raise what want ourselves but
buy OF them. There seems be much truth old say
ing that "MaNims which have seeming sense take fmer
hold and endure longer in the mind than those which
founded ON nature and experience" Men like dogmas;
they like theory Ii they pick up scrapc together
stng 90 apothegms enigmAs-he and truth and all
the human talent the world argue them out of
them Equal deusons prevail in oher parts the country
for instance, the that protection % manufactures
In
SUITS Far from IT, As have said the capital OF Massa-
cGusets can 20 TO commerce, 20 10 farming. But
what can he do whose farm his sole estate but m i'll
Gan ne transport or 60 into other pursuits The fact
protection 10 his class Of society the benefcenco
OF Heaven whose shines and whose fall upon Is
nc sHcst ohec', the most absolute necessity 10 those
cultivate the land, and from than succs
the wants OF themselves and their amihcs-(Cheers)
Facts strongly stated here, but strongly The
manufacturer Is always capalisthe employ his
pa in other way, If manufacturing prove unprofta-
bic But with the farmer, the far otherwise His
ia stock and negroes, in general, all he has BY
working them judcousy, he manage live comforta
bly, But Inc i commonly Ignorant OF other business
II his farm becomes Improbable he in debt every
year aud ends with insolvency. 1t Is then, of far more
consequence him. than it the manufacturer to have
eeady market for his produce; and where can this be OBJ
tar- so wei! a. ~ home Let manufactures be
ged-lci them spring up all the and-and we will
have m end at once of all complaints about short prices
EN,Ty hand who is drawn into factory from agricuu.
raj pursuits, Is gain the double sense to the farmer
He mast feed him. and the agricultural product which is
lost, most be supplied by him. Ii is astonishing that this
view OF the case has presented itself our farmers
But raised by party this State against
the Tariff for party ends and truth sight Of in the
cloud prejudice excited by the partzan press.
Do not our friends, the farmers New ENGLAND
Is driven from her factories, her wokmen must become
ascuturists, and thus supply bread at home? And
why should they rail against the manufacturers who are
their best customers, thus TO homely proyerb) b
ting OFT the spite the facet Can absurdity or pre-
judce, go beyond this
For our own parts, we thoroughly American that
we wish to every thing raised and manufactured in our
own country. Let the South and the West raise the mate
rals-let the North manufacture hem-let us buy of the
Norihand let them ship the surplus Surely our brethren
should be dearer TO us than strangers and if they will take
our produce, and pay better for IT, why should we CON-
plain OF heml The thrifty, industrious New England man.
is surely better entitled to patronage than the boaed
foreign manufacturer, with thousands Of pauper work
Tariff which will supply sufficient revenue, is all
the manufacturers desire. They say will be amply sni.
een TO answer all the purposes they wish to effect Let
protection, thus far be steady and our farmers will always
have marko; for their products.