Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-08-06
A Noble Enterprise.

Nobfe Enterprise.
d We take particular pleasure in calling attcn-
ton to the communication Of A. r., on the sub.
ject Of establishing n new Cotton Mandatory in
this city. Tho views Of friend are iorcible,
and will, We trust, meet with hearty co.oPcra.
ton BY the phanihropists and capitalists of Rich
mond.
No one can read tho article of A. b., without
being struck at once, with the feasibility OF his
scheme. We are all aware that there is sufficient
capital in our city, now idle, To have this thing
fully tested; and, il properly prosecuted who can
doubt its entire success. The few experiments
already made in Richmond and its vicinity, have
given the best evidence TO those who have taken
stock in Cotton Manufactures, that their money
has been well laid out.
Aside from the mere profits arising for the be-
peiit Of the stakeholder, if such an Establishment
were erected, as our friend proposes, employment
would be given to large and suffering class oil
our community. Where this class of citizens had
not perchance, enough to sustain themselves de-
Gently before, they would, after once getting EN-
ployment, become respectable and n benefit to the
city. Their wages, low as they might be in
Cotton Factory, would amount TO considerable IN
the aggregate, and the greater part of which
would be put into free circulation.
The quantity Of manufactured cotton, too,
which, If not consumed at home, would bring in
q large amount of capital to he put in circulation
in the State and at the South Here, then, would
be two new sources through which n large crcu
laiion of money could be brought about. Cannot
the experiment. be made by those who best
able TO embark in 1.-THE monied men of
cityl Ii il certainly matter which deserves in.
vestigation and, il is to be hoped, it will receive
the consideration to which il Is entitled.
We have before alluded to the number Of ind
gent females in this city. who continue TO drag
out wretched existence for the want of employ.
meni. Would it not be charity to rescue these
poor souls from their misery, by afiording them
means of support from their own labOrl Think
of the condiiion--the cheeruness OF the female
operatives at Lowell, and other manufacturing
towns of the North, and compare them with the
occupants of the wretched novels of this city and
ats enyirons. How striking the contrast The
former blessing TO the communities in which
thew live. WILTSHIRE latter but the objects of
despair and misery.
90 As an evidence that we OF The South, are not
dead TO all sense of humanity, let the subject Of
ameliorating the condition OF the lower classes,
be urged upon our citizens. aud they will. ere
long, be enjoying the proud satisfaction Of know
ing that they too have been Instrumental IN add
ding to the happiness of their fellow beings.
The proposition Of our correspondent, is by no
means chimericai, or the result of mere vagary:
he is a gentleman of too much clear sghtedncss
and given to reflection, for any charge Of that
kind, to be brought against his PROJECT. He, we
are satisfied, is not an individual who is given to
reckoning without the host. And. if we had a
few more such men in our city, Richmond would
sosn become what she ought to be----the Lowell
Of the South----the pride of Virginans
In furtheranec of the views we have here
thrown out, would it not be well for the citizens
Of Richmond to hold public meeting. and let the
subject erecting the Factory referred to- he dis,
cussedl Certainly it could do no harm, while it
might be productive of most beneficial results.
We shall await the further action of our citi.
zens in this matter, with deep interest.