Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-08-08

the old and the new settled regions Of the
country. 1t would be the yairest OF eff
forts 10 NEE, this change hy legislation.
1t would be opposing the policy Of man 10
the fate of nature. Let there be prepar-
alton, therefore, by individual enterprise,
judiclously directed, and moi by combined
efforts 10 the shape Of legislation. The
first is recommended by a rational proba-
bility of SUGGESTIVE last must terminate
in failure.
"What statesman whose judgment rs
not made infrm by pre-eonceiyed theory
can fail TO perceive that this is question
OF relative natural capabiIities-that
whether the system Of proiection stands
or is subverted, South Carolina must en-.
ter upon new career OF productive en-.
ployment-tha Nature is against her, as
colton.produc!ng State, and that unless
she can maintain competition with her
sisters, not SO favored by Nature, in the
Arts, manufacturing and mechanical, her
case is hopeless. We, however, have
hope. Hope in our natural Advantages
hope in our people under the combined
stimulus Of gain add necessity. South
Carolina possesses those aids and spplian.
ces from Nature that counterbalauce, in a
considerable degree, greater progress
made 10 the useful Arts by older eoun-
tries. She has for manufacturing purpo.
ses water power and sites for mills in
abundance. She enjoys climate whose
water courses are not locked up by frosts
in any period OF the year. The raw ma
terial for cotton fabrics is native to her.
Here are relative advantages over the OIL
der States engaged in manufacturing pro-
cesses, which, # not so decided as those
Of the new cotton States as compared
with the old, counleryaiI the greater al.
advance made and making in cid as com.
pared with ne@ manufacturing States
An intermixture OF slave with white labor
may bring the South, in this respect,
nearer to an equality with the North, in
its advantage of greater density Of pop
ulaton, than many imagine.
"Nhat then is required to profit by
these adyantages--to meet the change
which inevitable circumstances aud the
law of Nature, are forcing on usl De-
termination, energy, practical ability,
due knowledge Of the details of unman.
agement. We want the example of
Jew enterprising individuals who know
how to combine judiclous economy with
prudent adventure. Companies are not
the instruments of successful manufacture
ing, unless cautiously framed on the prin.
ciples of the Easterr corporations, where
individual management and responsibility
constitute the essential features.
"a preparatory knowledge Of those
processes Of skill and modes of manage
ment prevailing in the Eastern establish
men,s, with individual supervision and
cautious extension, are the elements Of
manufacturing success liz the South
And the statesmen of South Carolina may
be assured, and the conviction must come
home to them, ultimately, that it is not
by fiscal policy--not by retaliatory
taxation, or even State combination that
the South can be inyigorated in her pro.
ducive powers or her decline arrested;
but solely by the moral influence of ;ndi.
vidual example, in giving that direction
to her natural resources which will meet
the exigencies of inevitable charge