The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-05-16

Such is the state of things, in this country,
tina scarcely ship arrives at any of our
northern ports, but brings among It's emf
grants, artisans from Rome, Paris, Lsndon
and other European cities. These men
do not come alone; they bring with them
work .shops, tools, apprentices and jour
neymen and in every hole and corner OF
our large Northern cities, they may be
seen at work.
Well may the New York merchants be
opposed 10 system of Domestic Industry,
which transfers the workshops of Europe to
our own country, thus depriving them OF the
profit derived from the importation OF the
articles, which this class of men manuIac.
ture. Go where YOU may, in the city or
out of it, and you are seldom, or never, out
of the sound of the Steam Engine
the country over where you may, and you
will find not a waterfall that is not occu.
pied, or that preparations are not being
made TO bring II into use. The arts are
no longer confined TO any particular spot
on the globe. Artisans ofall nations, are
now at liberty TO roam where they p'easc;
and lust as certain as water will lind It's
level, will they congTegate in those coun-
tries that offer the greatest inducements TO
settle. We have no nobility to support IN
extravaganza, in this country, and It is be.
coming known, even among the poverty.
stricken operatives Of Manchester, tha
} there is land where industry finds lis re
, ward, al least in all the comforts of life
Our free institutions, healihful climn,e
cheap living absence from taxation, &c.
cannot but offer strong inducements TO the
European manufacturer TO emlsrate TO ou'
happy land. The lime is not far distant
! when these United States shall manuac
ture greatly more than they can consume
| and compete with the world, for othe
markets. Then will the tables be turned
D and the day Of retribution come; whcI
the Manufacturers of this country, shall b
/ competing with each other for the hom
, market, and we shall be supplied at price
far below what we should have been with
} OUT the American Manufacturer. Tn
Southern States could not take a more ei
fectual step TO bring about this state {
. things, than by commencing the Manufdc
n ssre of Course Cotton Fabrics, which, b
e right, belong to them, and which they vi
Il get, with the first effort made TO obtain /
e They would at once drive the Easter
j. mills, now engaged in this business, TO III
a manufacture of fine goods. The immens
works already in operation and the mlllor
e Of capital engaged in manufactures, wouI
h still continue 10 be engaged 10 them. Re
a a trihing expense, any of those Massachl
o selts mills may be so altered as to run {
t, the fines, Cotton Fabrics and the dspt
g silon to change from coarse TO fine good
d exists with all manufacturers, so that
h will require no grea, effort to drive Il
a coarse spinners from their present occup
4. ton, to compete with their neighbors
a the making Of Fine Fabrics. FINAL
re when we shall have put stop TO i
II draughts which The Souih-W Western Stal
ri are continually making upon US, and sh
N. have invested our capital in the buSln'
on of Manufacturing our raw material II
| Yarn and Coarse Fabrics, making a II
IS, tual exchange, with our Northern bre
as rem, Of the coarser for the finer goods, th
DO shall we find the Tariff no longer ST
"a! lect to quarrel about, but we shall dwell
ri. peace and harmony, and all shall rejoice
be The blessings, which this system Of Dom
er. tic Industry will confer on South Caroh