Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-09-03

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Speech Of As Ben. J. A. SedSor on rnE TARiFT deI,.
cred in the House Of RsPrsssafafires. June %. '46

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cred IA the Rouss Of Representatives. J1As %. 40
| MANUFACTURES vIk0SIA.
Not many years have elapsed since Virginia held n
her head proudly among her sister States and receives
from the whole family unusual respect aud esteem Tn
history OF her and her wealth dates scarce
quarter Of century. The tune yet in the memory q
ne young when her hsrvests brought rich th
labor OF the husbsndman, and looked to with
IN the marts OF commerce, where their ruuness or un
iruiuuness eae',ed an important influence An aRrieu
tuTal people, her citizens nOurhed in the miS. a,
| IN the contentmeni Of prosperity.
Now, sad change has come her fortunes. n,
longer does she hold her high rank undputod
sion No longer does wealth flow back through the chan
nes which bear her products their market No opge
IL the quantity and condition OF her crors matter of o.,
nous moment ia the commercial world. she has lost hei
prominence producing State. Her Younger sister, OF
the West, fast growing into full maturity We
her IN their rPening greatness and every succeeding
hnds her farther and farther IN the rear Ceres has desc,
Cd her borders and now, from her Western home scats
her rich treasures in proiGsion the feet tho wo d.
In this dilemma, large portion ci the people OF cur
state ae looking for other prosperity fos her
snd pr9ht Tor themselves aud with c0mcndabe zeal and
foresight, many seeking make her hills and valleys
resornd with the dn Of industry he 'con and the
san'te tAc igTuccc and the iVrce. they inc that the
fruits OF the earth tail repay toll While the album
dant materials and scues arouai them on every
eide, promise better return from rcsc.t to IA
whether their efforts crowned with nph or meet
with defeat, question OF ISSUE to the f.
ture prospectus State. In humble Judgment the
succccuco be
ginning Ioreles that we are TO become, 10 large extent
n Nnnusacturng People.
This, however. At. Seddons o7inion rs we gath
or fn his late speech the Tsrf. In that add
nc pas many deserved tribute To VIRGINIA and pr.s
himself upon being native o. be- soil D,ubt',.s 40
would der-ocato contributing atoms weg, TO keep her
an s"hottina position among her compeCrs We FREQ
y accord TO him full Of attachment ane dew,
ton . her Interests. Yet what SAD picture IF ber Drs
poets toes he present. when he endoa'os make It ap.
pear that q" pursuits OF hsr people "nu.t be Tor long flu
tire planting and agricultural" and that her e-s 10 en-
nch LerssL by manufactures have proved and will prove
GSorvc hen indeed he makes Of statistics 10 show
tns' she hss ac'aahy declined IN her manufactures since
1913! We that has been disputed by w,,r
IN n" public plts that this the proper
to be put upon this portion Of TIL. address 1T we con-
less Ourselves utterly enable 10 make any thing else on. t
It. Let Us make one or two eSrscts, wu,ch We Wi. en-
deavor TO do IN such way s'tcr ts s,l, by
separating them from the text and context pare Is of
this pamphei, read follows: 'Trat Virginia hn. -.
elned-no, SIR ss has dseiiRsd but that she ne, no,
advanced rs rapidly in wealth and population the Nor
thern saies-is too easily accounted for TO warrant IN
2Gtatons OF soth profuson her pc, pie 4 the rt
"held OF industry, agriculture 70 which raur, and Cur
cnmsances have limited her, she has been brought in d
rect competition with tic rapidly developed resources OF
the virgin lands OF the Sonth ana Wc. while To N.
Industrial pursuits OF the North commerce ard a,u,r
lures AIDED too as the last have b,en by partial egsa
uOn these very resources, ~ Their growth Weld hay.
"imPartei aiment and stmuant. Tat under such cir
"cumstanees the Southern Atlantic States should ba.,
maintained their osR instead OF being iaunt or
injurious reflection, is the best possible proof Of the in
"dustrioIs attributes Of their people"
In TINS paragraph appear be some important con
essons First that the manufactures OF the North have
been aided by partial legislation" other words b,ve
been advanced by the protective system Second tb,,
they have derived anent and stmulant from the resour
ces OF the lands Of the South West Il would be w
IN virginia Il she would Imb.be little Of this aimen, ana
smuanI herself, instead OF being drained OF such A. f
her Third. thaI Virginia has merely her owl,
merely mot declined, while now her aprrup,e !.
% ought into direct competition with The virgin lands Of the
South and West" But quote this passs 20 mainly 10
4ifee' tenAon 10 the assertion tia; mature and ccum
stances have limited Virginia agriculture" This az
eourses as much as to say sac mas nothing hope from
On page IL, this opinioa again expressed and accom-
panied with statistics whose end can only be 10 suh.,ant
the idea that Virginia is declining in the sebe nern
already made introduce manufactures into her border,
we extract the most OF the paragraph, referring the
pamphlet tor the fact that meaning i preserved
From the report OF Tench Coke, in 1918 already au
dsd TO- the fact appears that early 1870 before the
commencement OF the protective system, the annual value
" OF the manufactures Ia Massachusetts, then having ii,
" while ia Virginia, with population more than doabe
say SOCoOV the annual value OF all her manufactures
Again after the lapse Of 50 years from the seeurat.
statistics Ul the Of 1870 We End the whole ma
" nuaetunnG capital invested Virgins only about
5000, being less by 81 OOO than the annual
value Of her manufactures IN 1873 willis that so invest
" ed in Massachusetts four times As much sui
the population OF tee former exceeded Ihat OF the latter
&c By 5OOUvO-vsry nearly the in 1910 To make
" the e1lsiirg dspToPOfuoE more strkingiy manifest
mag safe that, from statistics recently Obained with
much in Massachusetts, the annual value OF her ma
" nuiacIures nov amounts 10 Ss7O0U,OCO."
III the protective system 20 retarded manufacture. II,
Massachusetts that up 10 1910 they did not keep pace
with the march Of population what rapid strides hey lave
made under the arf Of ls42!!g
Mr.. Seldom then .,e- say, that dur.ng this period
the embargo, aHi the protective system stnu aied ma
luiacr5t; that the feelings Of the people towards the tyy
former made the incentives manufacturing mon. no.
tent N Virginia snd The South generally than IN New
" England; yet Notwithstanding, IN the atoT nauulac-
" tuEes were speedily ostsysh6d end grew arace while
" IN the former hey advanced not at al ley u.d not
Z" positively decline"
There i but Interpretation b put upon HE Ian.
gusge. - says bOtI expressly and By imp .calon ~
plainly As w7cs caa express m2 tna It j. vain for
Virginia TO employ her energies ana -ca,Lrccs In manu-
featuring, lra- Competition with the North a Ia Lrarca
o. Industry - hope ess that Up this tno has made
DFcgres7 .r !J'n word, nature Lnd c,rclrl-
have welded her agriculture md she rust sur
nit 10 tn bones holy or U0h9ly 80. 1,.e- 90. worse
Upon he-c points readily take issue They s isI,
Of the future melancholy be listened 10 with bsey
ing u the resources % agriculture arc -a.a ~ s
Ginning under the unequal petition Of ls srgn lands o.
hs est and our unCqualed resources manufacturing
must yled TO me composition OF the Norh, pEsIiv .ss
nNed orr fate, and the glory e Virginia has ep-red
Providence hls scattered soil the rsor,a. OF
every ''Hn ny industry with an uusIGr la.t but 'bry
must nc Idle, inappropriate by those ol whom , .
de- gued, while their very pescrLe caz or1Iy Toy trs-
u.e nd "nI 7f1snt. This caEno be; nct,i b. some
other 'rIn for tbs strange phenomenon mus. be fond
z i fr 1ot 1I fsncul. 81 fgneni the BRAIN W te,r
20 ncI o. IL truei but consong TO rolect that TINS
too much s very little. Let examine tI- proofs
The trt st-smsnt which as. r TINS extraction,
Nr 'dtoI- speech the fact that the manufactures u
Nrgri1, - 1913. produced the annual value of S OOO-
300 Let Ne sdnpose this 60 Do the estimate. Upon
what score can II he accounted fort Then we had Ia.
American sys'em 10 Impar stimulus we were
open 10 tie competition Of tine c,i.sel ari uncI,ll.
ized world fheq agriculture, free rom BE- p,c--nt
competitors, offered the most tempting ir i,,H,f. 10
capital and labor. Manufacture were iu 'l. very
infancy IN The country. And yof thus crnu, they
had arrived At tbs very respectable stage Of grown
in Virginia Surely this be attributed 20 natural
causes There must have been an abundance 5f mac
rails, OF facilities Of every description az h1ni. And #
manufactures have since declined, there must 10 or me
terror Gauss Tor the decline, which aud should be
| removed. Bu' we fear shall find. on investigation
that manufactures did not make quite promising DC
ginning among ~, though will h. some cousy auon 10
Discover nj the same time, that they drs lined
since IL dr. Icnch Coke meant o. tfy. that product
Of the manufactures of Virginia IN the modem sense OF
that "Tm amounted unnuny Sl5 900 OJO, at period
when there was scarcely mill factory TO impede the
progress Of single running strocm. then his ac will be-
Of little service for NOBODY will believe him But he did