The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-09-22

the G'ooe. The eastern people are getting to be
very radical on the Tariff subject. We always
supposed mat there was tho ,Uuch intelligence in
the eastern States to submit forever To high tariff
taxation. They will. and so will al good Demo
crats consent to give the new Tariffs fair chance
SO 'ha. al Interests may have time To prepare for
sun greater change, that must sooner or later
take place.
The progress of a nation in manufactures and
the mechanic arts, generally keeps pace with the
increase ct wealth and population. The firsl set
tiers OF conntry can do little mpre than level the
prImevai nrests, and prepare the virgin soif for
cultivation. The labor Of all is required 10 the
field IN ardsr to secure supply the prime neces
sa''es ct hte, A cabin of rough logs with ground
floor. rude benches. bed composed of The skins
of wild animals. and a few dollars worth Of hard
ware and crockery constitute the sum t,ial of the
domestic establishment. Every addiiiunal acre of
land mat IS redeemed from the wilderness multi
plies me comforts in the humble DWELLINGS of the
pioneers of civilization. They soon find that
they can produce more than enough tn support
themselves and their grow ing ia miles and black
smith is encouraged to kndle the fires uf his forge
among them, and break the solitude Of countless
ages win the loud ring Of his anvil. A carpenter
too led by the spirit of en- and wild adven-
turf' deposits his chest of tools in the log honse
prepared Gpr him, and large and costly struc-
TIRES som evince his presence and adorn the
grounds of the thrifty settler. Then the cabinet.
maker casts his lot among them, and tho Injury
Of chairs, tables ard hedstcats become 81 con,mon
that the sioical moralizer is shocked at the grow
inv extravaganza ofthe times. These new com
torts and c"nvenlences stimulate the farmer and
his iamiiy tn incessant ebrs. and the increase of
population renders still more minute division of
labor practicable and expedient. and ,ha miller,
the weaver, the shoe makea the clergyman. the
halter. the doctor and artizans of vari,ns kinds
there ply their trades and practice their Professions
Whatever Kind OF business The wants uf the place
Teq"ire should be established. will spring up spon.
taneously, without any aid from legislative ppwer
No arbitrary enactment is requisite in order To
induce labor to turn its efforts into really pruia
BILE channel. The wants of man affurd sulIicien,
stimulus tn awaken his sagacity and direc, his in
genuity.
Before, however, those manufactures can he
advan'ageonslv established, which require large
amount OF capital, complicated and expensive ma.
chnefy. and numerous wntkmen of tried skill and
long experience. time must confer The young
colony. numbers. and the accumulated wealth
knowledge. and facilities of many years and per
haps OF centuries. Wiihnnt these elements they
cannnt proftahiy exist and legislation can no mare
create them than il can change the climate of a
country, or alter its seasons. BIT no nation. even
IN lis rlpened maturity can produce within its own
limits everything requisite To its highest improve
ment and prosperity. The attempt would he per
feclly Qnixotc God, IN his wisdom, has made
no two countries alike. and their productions are
as different their soils. or as the lineamens and
costumes of their Inhabitants He has implanted
in the breasts of the citizens of une State desires
for The productions oi foreign States These de-
sres lead Them to task their ingenuity and exert
their powers of body and mind in urder tn obtain
something which the foreigner will consider an
equivalent. This is the origin of commercial in.
'ercourse. 1t has lis rise IN the wants the neces-
stiles, and the fancles of men. 1t is not an evil
to he Stunned, as certain politicians would have
rs believe, but blessing To he couried. No nation
since the days of Noah or of Adam. has ever been
impoverished by it, bnt mnitudes ha We been made
rich, and many, when their commerce. declined.
have been gathered Ia the sepulchre of departed
greatness. L" be independent of foreigners is 10
be destitute of half of the comforts of iiie 1t is to
degenerate into semi harbarism II is to arrest
the march of civilization and give again the moral
world TO chaos and old night