Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-12-15

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at an increased cost OF from four to four hun
dasd iolt, UccaSnan II no doubts with them, oi
ia" expectancy OF continuing such a foreign
trade. When information WAS given, that
the 1dhchesior oi England. with ty,o hun
drrd thousand inhabitants, aud Astounding i'm
wealth, had been built up. and WAS supported
ON the proli,s oi the manufacture of their cot
ton. /, awakened no intention to become th.ii
owh manufacturers. Il employ their own II
blr, and 10 keep those prof : at home Ear
H. rrculit stool immp,ablr in support of
colonial habits. Their Joshuns VI % lad sue
coed II the m'u oi the Revolution had com
/ m1ndcd th" sun ami moon of their prosperity
, 10 stand still.
/ New states had been utled. aud sr atly
augmented the quUniitg OF cotton produced.
while the price has steadily fallen from dirty
sven tn Tour cents pOun1, the lowest pos
s bic poiit of production: and with tie worn
OFT tobacco plantations OF Virginia. tell the
story oil their lyonccment in this age OF self
rclllncc on our domestic industry, internal
improvements and labour saving machinery
But we inform you, with much delight, the
charm has broken--the spell has passed away.
X ll roads are penetrating into every part of
the South. Emigants from other states
have gone in snd redeemed the worn out
lal1s by better cultivation. and manufacture
have there successfully commenced their ca
y er. (Gtcai aprlausc.I
! The returns of the last census Showed two
h IN lred and sixty one establishments in the
SouihernSiat,s Tor manufacturing cotton-up-
W irls OF one hundred have since been added
-Ium ,rous Others are being erected, and ON
a NOR, extended scale. Some nop export
tjteir yGrAS 10 the north, and 10 Europe.
(Grcat applause. }
VIII YOU look at these specimens of cut
glass. brough, here from remote districts, in
! comp 'titIon Tor the premium OF the AmcTi-
en- Institute! They are all of superior quail
ity and excellence; their varied works, having
attained much perfection, now furnish do
mes'ic supplies, and have checked foreign i'm
portations. Wonder specimen, a magnificent
vase, has borne off the palm, and won the
premium. DO you ask from whence it came?
From Wheeling. Yes: one of the four glass
the premium on these manufactures. loud
applause.)
A revolution i'm public opinion at the south,
in REGARD 10 manufactures, is rapidly moving
EDWARDS.
The advocates Of foreign importation, Of
I II point 10 the annual export to England
from the southern states, ui fifty six millions
value of cotton, and three millions of tobac-
c., In contrast with only between four and
five millions value, in all other productions
exported To England, from all the United
States. This is too true. Improves the tone
Of the measures, which have prevailed The
paralysis OF som. of our stand still politicians
and their measures, have worked such results.
The partiali,y and injustice will be apparent,
when il is remembered that the yearly pro-
auctions of Rhode Island alone, in her agri
culture, commerce aud manufactures equal
in amount the boosted liiiy-six millions of
cotton from all the south.
The annual production of Massachusetts
amounts TO one hundred and thirty millions
OF dollars. The production of New York is
equal in amount, other than the trade on her
canals. That OF Pennsylvania is of nearly
like amount. Ohio, an unsettled wilderness
when the Constitutions of the United States
was adopted, is now, by her liberal policies,
gown to be the third state in the Union. Vir-
glnia had then double the population OF New
vro'k, anu greater excess of wealth. New
gnia. ads monstration q The Of N
cea of their respective lines of policy.
When the business is succe ssiul when the
industry of tue country is fully employed,
how can better evidence be afforded of the
prosperity OF people? The wages of The
country furnish ample subsistence, and elevate
tn, condition of the laborcr In Europe the
price OF labor will not average above tea cents
d DAY. III explains It's depressed condition in
subsistence, in habits and intelligence We
urge YOU 10 make the contrast. and remember
/ our duty is TO provide for our own househould
We have no sympaiies with those who desire
! iorei, N importations.
| Away with all idea of importation for our
necessary supplies, or articles for which we
have the material and can manufacture! Cap
| plaus".)
| 1t Is unjust to our own artisans and labor
ers, II Is bad faith to the emigTants who have
come among us, that the productions of the
labour OF the depressed sufferers from amona
whom they hod fled, should be rtmittsd here
to glut the market, ruin thesr business, and
throw thm out of employ. Who does not
rejoice in the triumph of domestic industry
and art exhibited in the numerous articles OF
American production whsch now surroune
us
The American Institute holds emphetsc
to the doctrine of f-preseryaiion-tu this
country shoold create its wealth, its indepen-
dence, It's supplies, and consequently secure
sts own happiness. Weare now exportcIc of
articles, OF which, few years oge, we i'm
p )rted large quantities..