Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-12-07


Tho following very ale add reos W..
selivere by Ma. ~ ,La~As, OF Ls,ui sian,
before the convention af the Tennessee.
Agriculturisi, on the ISL, Of October
Hast a Nashville. We find il in the Ar
ricoliurisI FOR Novemb-r.
Ma. CliA:gxAS 1T is with the hot.
o: dong something towards The miro
ourtion- rather extension 9th Culture
and mano,ac,urc % III K in this cuuntr,
tnat We nave here assembled II has
been truly said that .hc Who produces =
blade OF grass where nothing grew be
lore, IS q benefactor ot his coua;ry' We
have met here, Sir, 10 cncourape what
and wall DO ere long n great Nsliona,
S,sp.e-peen.iacly adapted to all parts
oiihe country and calculated to benefit.
not ni-r-ly n Civ or State, bat The
whole Union, But am aware, Sir, thai
there are three classes OF ersons who
uniformly cry aloud iinpossibls-im., os
: sibl~. IN relation to all great AID good uil
dertakings -shcS" are the ignoraAt wh1
have not the ability 20 investigate IN,
slothiui, who are too indoleut To exam
inc any subject-and the selfish. who
dislike every thing that does not direct.
ly enlarge their own pockets This was
the case IN relation To the discovery of
America--ColumRus wus pronounced "a
Tool by those who were TOO ignorant 10
comprehend Liza great undertaking.
franklin was denounced n f,ol b; those
VINO were too Ignorant 10 connrch ~nd
hts great undertaking. Franklin was de
nonnued as worse than blssphemer.
becauee he attempted TO conduct the
lightning harmlessly from the clouds 10
the earth, Free Governments were pro
nourced impossible by those whom in
teres' prompt d TO pro null gate N false.
hood Our ma ional Independence was dc
clared impossible by those who wished
mankind to be their slaves. Steam l,oa,s
were pronounced impossible, and the
Immortal Fulton declared lunatic. Tho
Great Canal was declared impossible, Il
Clinton denounced As knave aud IA fool
General intelligence among tho Peep
was pronounced impossible-or a, best
snbscrs:ve OF liberty by those who
wished TO govern by iniquily, and dread
ed knoaleige as the criminal dreads the
dawn before isexecuti IN. The Cotton
growing business was pronounced ri.
dIculosu and impossi5... The To5accu
business was declared ;mpos sible aud
Infamous. The Sugar bnsi.icss was de
ciared impossible, and for many years
sugar was only TO DC found as a medicine
Iu The Apoih.cary's shop. Manufactures
OF Cauan and Wool were pronounced
Impossible ~ this country, by those who
wished them 10 fail. You need NOT
therefore expect that tac 81 k business
VIII be annm ly in this respect Tor even
the advocates of this will share the with
ering denunciaiions or lachrynal sym.
Paihies of these tcise acres.
Bat all these things h,v. succead,,J
anu even Inc Six business resnains no
longer matter OF cxpcrimsnt-hun-
dreds and thousands have already en-
bsrked IN iisas a regular bI,iness-and
81 'h1"res and facts prove anything. i,
VIII require no so?histry or liho.ed ar
gumen' TO prove that it may be made
profitable and the United Stats should
befhe great 81 K growing cauntry-ard
that this Ciy and this SIa.e should be-
munZ the foremost To embark in if-and
that Nashville Silks may soon be lik.
Lowell Cotton and Woolien goods in 4.
ing a mHrSet greater than eIn be supplied
In : DerIca, Europe, Asia aud Africa ~
tho Isles OF the seas. Lei as then exam
Inc the iacis IN relati IN To tho u,ss hill
~ Of raIsiag Silk. The Mulberry Ire.
IS a native of The United States from
Milne To Louisiana and from the Allan
nc OceaD-we can therefore cultiva,e
anJ variety that we may choose. The
leaves OF the mulberry are preferred by
the SILK worm to any thing elae. It's
- as certain and rapid as the growth
Of caro-. There II then no impossibi.iiy
IA This respect. The silk worm has been |
renred with entire success, so far as tried
on the banks Of the Mississipi-the Gulf
OF Mexico. tho River S.. Lawrence. the
tanks Of your own Cumberiand-ths
shores Of tie Ailantic-the high lands |
and low landsiof every part OF the Union
he climate 10 therefore neither too wet
nor 700 dry hot or TOO cold, as many ieno
raniiy or selfishiy assert. The silk worm
eggs have been preserved as long rs do
sired in n paris % The Unitce Sta,es.
Fhore - 10 more difficulty in learning
raise silk worms than in learning To- |
raise corn or Chickens. The chrysaIis
mas be destroyed and the cocoons sen,
To any market desired The cocnous
may b. sold fnr cash quicker than cot
ton or tobacco IN almost any city. The
SIX may be rceied from the cocoo1sbula
ism- hours instruction. The Engiish.
and Italians pronounce the American
) Ks lho very best in the world. Itcan
therefore compete with any other silk
l. -.