Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1844-02-10

= by tits solitary Instance Of mechanical ski
bad enrolled bis name with tli0sc Uf the ben
e ~eiac'ors Of he age. From the roptgmnlatio,
d nftle model, | walked to the grave of the IN
vcnior. IL was d journey from the openi,.
10 tho closing scrne Of his useful career
! Yet what an .iGpGrtant interval had eiapsed
q Whit great results had rapidly ftllhw "a fht
= intrOdu' ton of this great discovery anon,
the planters If the South! | felt, as stool
= by the tomb of WutrNEY, hrr small and ia.
: signtic. ri must have be tl ruwafd lc re-.
ceivcd in comparison with The increased and
increasing value his angdfiity had Unmarried
, To the cotton Iarda Of the whole Southern
part Of the Union!
: To whom arc we indebted ftr rbe eardias
machine, which has become ~ Indispensable
an accompaniment Of The p0tfer to0n and the
spinning Jcuny! 10 one Of your nurthern
elbow. c!tizcns- the humble, Tatieht and
persegerinG WHrrTEM~Fe, a name which
now stands on The, roll of a~ricnfifc discoveries
beside those Of HEAVYWEIGHT aud EaRrwetGuF.
Aud turning To ano her sphere Of useful dis.
cosery, 10 whom arc VIC indebted for HE praeH.
c0f Hncigater. by whore calculations ih9
mariners progress over the deep. Is facilitate
ed and r]cieirel from many Of lhe dangers
and uncertainties to which it was f~9ftnerIv
exposed! To a citizen pf the north fha IN
mented BoDHiTCn-a maine which III tia
language of one Of bis distinguished lelt,EI
citizens Ot the same commonwealth. mbw4
been inscribed with those 0f NEWros and
iAPLAcE' l2uu lint list of great minds a.
which scarcely one Is added III eguf6ft.,t
And last, but not least, t. wham arA ~ M,
debted for the magnificent steaptsrs. which ~
every u Hf 81 day aud night, are passing at
The foot Of pour beautiful village, and yebt1H
= n1vE4 ayIyBltpfttaFt ~ an a..tav,E ..ts-E
not u dertaHe 10 show, not only the imFrnsf
commerce Of HE states NJ our bnfedefacv
but tho com nerce Of the civilized eorjTf
10 the ian nbrtlI FUBr0x, who was originally
40 ldigent painter in the thu city of PHilaAsL
plHa, and who for the benefits that dcctitsd
70 himself, individually, Of t0 bis ppsferitV,
from this great discovery, might we'll haze
co 1ttnucd 10 the same humble vocation. we
are now standing on the bank of he ffi5hs@
riVert on whose waters he prophecied al fba
moment THAT his invention had covered tEa
bosom of the Hudson with stoamboats. thaE
biz grHafest victory wasyet to DO achieved,
"My ultimate Triumph" said he to tho eh1iHs
ent jafi5ti who received the words of sbs
prophecy from bis own lips, "My u~ltinsfs
triumph will be on the Mfsstssfrrt kuse,
indeed, that, even how, il ia decIned ffgsoss
flble By riiny, that the difficulties OF its gsfs
lgattpn can be overcome. Bnt aHi CONF.
dent ofsu"cess. | may not live 10 see il,
but the Mississippi viii yet be coveted III
steamboats, and thus an entire charge be-
wr'rght 10 the c purse Of internal nayigatloH
anil the of our country"
II Il for us feIlow.citizeus, tic f.vors4
dwellers onthe shores 0f the miasisanni. 4,
look out and behold the happy fulflTmspt II
that glorious prediction. The HississibpI
and her tributaries are covered with steam.
boats. and the Iion-like roar Of one i sekta15
by another and another in aiIt6st unialerYpts
ed sueeessIon, not only on the long lion 81
western navigation for Two ifouaa6J u1iIsg,
put ID Que almost CONTINUED circle arnrin 1 orr
vast confedoracy. It is for as 10 behold wbst4
ever oursl even Upon the prophetic Eision III
The great nVentori rs from the aurfinit III his
NEso, he surveyed The future friumDhs IF he
mighty discovery. It Is for US 10 behold Nh
ln%ven'i11 use not only as the agent for eora
veyl7g from one mart to another the prodtieia
Of peaceful industry, but as Instrument al n
herring tho war-like name of his ret,rttS
Tin thunder aroud the world.
san" th'''~stlng fellow-citizerisf OF the thoua
aided 10 lie long ISL Hv--L;ata ard s~nniafiv
production OF American genius; anu saS
are almost entirely the result 0f northern
skill aud Northern energy.
DRt ~ - u'hsLiEst uCHhl lfNEEL I HEANNLFF
that We exhibit a deficiency 4hiEh ID tile
more depIorable, because there liz tho igss
reason tn ius'if ! it. / alInde To ,hs system
Of ~planting for the ftost part adopted in
sonic oftlia southern ata'es If the Dniou.
a great change Tor the better has been edsc.
ted within The last two or three yeara; bot
much yet remains to be dOne to place 10 ia
4 foo'mg Of Independence. There ID ne
reason why the planters Of Louisiana, and
Mississippi, should d"rend on The states narih
81 Tia, tor almost all the neCessaFies Of life.
There 10 nj reason why you should LOOK
beyond the boundaries Of your own extensive
domains for the home consumption. It ia Il
great m'staEe-a very great mistake that tho
labor oil the South Can be more adFafttaaeUuslV
employed in the cultivation of the great
staples Of the South, to the exclusion bf thu
%nutrltive grains. 1t is a great mistake, 10
saV that you will raise uniHina but sugar Or
nothing but co'tonI and ih9n aepeod noon
a H5drket for The supplies ABSOLUTELY indeanea.
sable TO your very existence. Such q system
! may be admirably adaIted to the Encourage
tnent Of industry of o!her states, hnt IL 10
destrurtire nf your own agriEultUral pr,speg-
ny, and directly at war with all four efforts 10
maintain yourselves in d state Of perfect
domestic Independence. ANY ond who will
consider Tor a moment the annual fluctuations
IN the prices, not only Of the staples Of the
South, but Of hose productions which Won
arc compelled to purchase with their pgoccedg.
will be fully satisfied Of the insecurity theYe
must be in Teposing implicit reliance upon
markets over which You can exercise no enn.
troll, aud Of Which tou mdst ever be more
nr less, The unresistihg victims. How 0l,eH
has It happened in seasons wheel the priha
OF sugar and cotton las been low, that fl,e
PRICE OF corn, flour, bacon and other indespea.
sAb'e articles Ut western prOcire, have been
comparatively cxorbitant. and who cannot
Persel"s tfist ffnEn such GotH tngencies in
trade, the planter is always liable TO The great,
est sacrthces. will not ssk you, fellow.
r~itizeas, TO awake 10 your irn interests na
this in port INT sITtf. vi are sIrsady
awake. You have done much, but VOC mtsss
do more. Instead Of struggling rear after
wear to be able 10 tell your neighbours bor
mtny hnghsheads of sugar or hnw many
bales OF Cotton you have made. devote q
least one half Of your lab to the cultivation
of the nutri I've grains aud tn the raising of
| every species Of useful domestic animals.
from the ''Iog that walIoHsth in the mige,Fs
up to the npGle ''gar horse, wliase mack. the
god Of b1ttlCs hath clothed vi 4 m tndaES
Turn tor pls'ure tbs lands exhausted by
tltlage through a long series ~ years, ami
50 FIR from destroying the hcrbage tlat nav
appear upon ifa try TO ID that vii ch, in The
estimation Ofone Of the b0I,lest and hest
writer's ofihe last century, would render
you great benafactors to the human. race
than all the politicians chat eTisted"-lgv IA
make tteo blades 0 fgrass grow, where hut
one grew before" Thus even your detaa,a.
ole, obstinate coco grass, the object Of so
many bitter curses. and the theme Of no
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