Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1846-07-31
VOL. XX..-.NO. 8.

# Jonn Sobieski was the only barrcr Of Ct IL.
en1om against the con1,,ests of tho Orcm :,
nwcr? Il was from her manufacturing indus.
Y that England drew the resources which ora.
II ID he-, eincln hln' d To conc with almost tie
! whole civilized world. and finally TO over,hro,v
he coo sal rowr Of Nancleon Her ,ninns.
G. coli rios. hr vast accumulation Of rn,chtn;-
i al power, are inoxhausbtc fountains Of M.
'ional strength She has discovered the true in.
'erpretations Of the maxim In peacc prepare for
war. she has learned that the most formidable
armies arc those which create not those which
destroy; and that the child who guides the pow.
er loom is miglItier than the knight in armor
In modern warfare, when men no longer fight
hand to hand, the material # war has become of
paramount importance. The soldier formerly
equ ped himself with such amor. and such
munitions and supplies. as his means, convent.
nience, or taste allowed but the increase Of
mechanical facilities has enabled the govern.
ments Of Europe 10 turn manufactures of the in.
struments of war. and TO fit out armies with
an expedition and an efficiency which have
'ea-fod Increased their power Thus the tri.
umphs of war have been purchased BY .ilc
tolls of peace. and Arkwrigit and Watt have
In the present condition of the physical etion.
ces and of mechanical knowledge, il mas he
safely affirmed. that nothing but those extensive
industrial establishments, which exist only as =
part oil gr 'at manufacturing system, can cna.
! bic nation to make adequate preparation for
war; and while foreign commerce is intcrrrpt.
ed by osti!ities, as it often must be. they are
equally Indispensable for the supply of those
necessaries which handicraft and household
labor have. since the Introduction Of machinery,
forgotten how to prepare.
There are numerous considerations physical.
, moral. and political, specially applicable to our
country, which seem TO recommend with irresist.
lble force, the maintenance of the system am
defending but to these can but aude Among
, them | may mention its confguration soil eli.
mate and natural productions. Its gently swell
, ling ranges OF mountains. Of moderate height
furnish unlimited water power. subject neither
, to be locked up b. frosts nor exhausted by
, drought. and situated n regions easily accessible
, by common roads, and neither too elevated nor
, too abrupt to be traversed by railroads and ca
-. nails. Its wide variety of soil and climate en-.
abl cs it to compete with TIE world in Producing
every known raw material for industrial clabo-
ration. Every European domestic animal
f t!rives. and even improves by migration, and
. there is no cause to doubt that the Alpaca. thu
r Thibet goat, and perhaps even the camel, may
in local. les well tied to their peculiar hab.
its. Our silk cotton, hemp and fax are not in.
:. ferior to the best Europe or the East produces
y our hills abound in excellent ores of the most
q truly valuable metals and our internindaba
f forests, and ineyhaustible coal mines, Weld
y cheap fuel for metallurgicai uses. But while
n nature has supplied us thus abundantly with
|. the means and the exercise Of mechanical indus.
~ try she has cared also for the sustenanca Of the
;. mechanical laborer. The portions of our com.
Is try which abound in waterfalls, and those which
: chiefly furnish the wool and cotton the coal the
i wood and the metals, are comparatively unsuitcd
n for the growth Of breadstuff. while the residue
IA OF our domain is blessed with the most boIntc-
:, Gus harvests. both Of our own Indigenous maize,
l., and Of all tine ccral grains Of the old world -
il ilrre, tGcn Is abundint domestic roam for Tint
,s interchange Of food and clothing winch t.e aj.
10 vocates OF commerce would make bond OF
n, Union between us and Europe. and there is every
4 desirable opportunity for the unlimited Increase.
D. and extension of that internal trade which even
now quite casts our foreign commerce into the
A. shade. such, then. are the relative wants a
N our people. and such the means of meeting
=. them, in country which extends almost from
m the tropics to the realms Of perpetual frost a
10 country at once divided and bound together by
% an unparalleled web of channels of natural navi.
,f CATION, and susceptible, in an extraordinary dc.
!. gree, Of lncrea sed facilities of communication
10 country where political restraints impose M
ne barrier 70 the treest intercourse and commerce
=, and where passports and custom-houses are
N known only on the extreme frontier; country
o. whose free system recognizes no governmental
m nonopolles, and restricts 10 man in the choice OF
o. ms calAhs create greater variety OF demand
~ ana greaer ilciHly oil supply, tam the widest
-. commerce has elsewhere known.
H. The manufacturing system is the great "a.
rent Of internal Improvement. The facilities O,
H. transportation it demands and rewards, the en-
o. couragenen it give to the exercise of mechan
Is zeal tllen', to improvements in metalurgv and
W the working of metals, the extensive hydraulic
ne works II requires. seem to point to it as one Of
the most important agencies in the process which
Is, We have begun of developing our internal re
Id sources. Nor Is less valuable, or less suited t
st the peculiar character of American institutions
m in its political relations. It is policy eminentl,
ey popular, emlnen'iy democratic. 1t tends to lev
" el up to hnmtnze and refine, by difuslng
ev cheapenlng, ami Improving il qualify the ncccs
n saries' the comforts the conveniences, ana th'
mt eegancles OF social lite. by bringing within
es the reach ui the poor the same physical e:goY
he ment- and advantages which are attalnahe b.
ny the rich 1t breaks down that dlheren 20 IN extern
e, or, when constitutes the only ar'lleia d.stlnc
ay ton That can exist under system OF equa! law
dc and equa privileges, ana makes all men seem
err What IN tue eye OF the law they are, each others
of peers; The European world Is now exhibiting
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