The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-02-25


visills s1ploymens. live - "a incaseas
np0a g kos0m e socirly. Mans 81
Gkese m0ula be reclaimed sad indaced D.
wosk. and lhrir rhilirsa might = rs1fed
- = hzbils Il indaslry b. giving thrm
empl0ymeni. ifmsnafaesOries uP0n large
scaie were established. Tie s0uihrEn
people. lhrn. sh0ald BE prompted not on
IN by ss0lieilade Cor Pro6i. baiby asenli.
mrnl of bensvolsnre, % engage u once
In lie mzaufsciuFe u eUalnn.
II il however supposed. lhsi our rli-
male is uniayorzbie 10 The lsrsOry system.
In considering lhssuhjeei. lhIs Vas among
the first questions lhsi presented llseli 10
his Mid. With buI lillle kn0wledge u
The business u manufacturing. ! eanrlue-
ed thzI IL lhe length Of our summers were
more eherEaiing 10 The human constitution
than The warm seasons d highernOrlhern
laliiudes. that The advantages we had lor
manufacturing. would enable u 10 ahale
len or twenty per cent. from the hours Of
labor. and sllll realize > greater profit Than
Is made Al Lowell, or Olher Plsees in that
region. | am still Pursuaded that his CON-
elusion Is eoTeel.
but u Il By any means ceItaln. that The
length Of Southern sumner units man
for long continued labor! ! think mol
with all Difference, | imagine il has
been rsthsI assumed Than proved. The
heat Of our summer Is no. perhaps a. great
as il is in Massachusetts, end the nights
are confessedly cooler. thus making sleep
more refreshing. thai our strength may
be renewed Tor The labors Of The day.
II i insi.ted. thai - msnufasisres
were 6rsl pui in operation in the sonlh.
ern p-r Of lhe eastern hemisphere. where
they have loag s,nee eeased - be exIrn.
sly.lY and pra6lsblS employed. The s.ms
result mn.f io.law she enterprise, Should
tbs sau'hern rsopls engage IN y. The
CONCLUSION 10 certainly 40, tie necessary
sequence Of the prem,se.. A portion oil
The southern pari Of Europe. certainly
does no, enjoy as high dreree OF pros
psr'iy IS !. onee did. but lis wsne 10 ~,
ulbulable N know n causes ha, ing no con.
heclion with clima'e. The eeclIne al
manufactures in Egypt. lndis. and other
parts OF the east, can " III no propIieiy be
set down TO the account Of ciimsie; but
rather let u be charged 10 The luxury aud
consequent Indolsnce oil lhuse IN whose
hands centred all the wealth Of The euuI.'
try: 10 Tie ignorance. poetry aud op
preston Of The masses; 10 3 contempt lol
religion aud virtue, on which civilization
manly Iest,.
New England did not out.trip the Oihel
portions at the Union 10 manufacturing
merely bsrause she happened 10 BE- sriu
slsi IN higher northern latitude. II w.:
the stsraliy Of her SOL in lis natural
state, and The density Of her population
which made il more difficult 10 obtain the
means OF living. These, wrih the pin.
eiples her People inherited from their f..
there, induced them To cast around fol
new rhsnnel. Of ihdUsuy. The Iacilty
of suhsisirna here. has had the tendency
10 make great number. OF our people IN.
srl--neglecIlug the necessary effort Ia
obtain not onl, the tlegsncies aud luxu-
RES, but even The comforts oil life. To
prove that rlImse has no influence in hi.
respect, only visit The frrule dIsuirls Of
Tennessee. Kentucky. Indiana, illinois,
and Missouri, and you will there learn
that the charge Of Incidence. If not more
justly applicable, is quite IS much so, a.
IN Alsbsms.
In respec. to the employ ment Of slave
labor, | think there can be- to question
but IL cen be profitable employed. Tue
business Of manufacturing Cotton is .
yeIy d'iIeren, employ meni ilom what il
was f'uten Yeas ago. Machinery is
greatly improved and .implilird. TIE
work rooms are comfortable, well ventl--
ted. aud heated IN cold weather, so as tu
insure heallh 10 as gtes. al extent as may
be. have heard il said that slaves we're
em Ito, ed IN Redmond. Va. and a gen.
tlemsn Who is perhaps as largely iutetes-
ted as any one else in this State. in tie
manufacture ii C0rtpn, has repeatedly
said TO me. tina, slsye labor. all things cou,
sideIed. wss quite equal, if not prefers
bic to ice Wine operslives--st me o
whom. as coon as they become instrnc
ted. ere api to leave. Thus mixing i
necessary alsavs to have some in a state
Of puprlsge. Where's, u slaves ~er,
employed, the change OF hands aonl'
be much less frequent. LEI 1t not. how
ever, he understood, that | desire 10 Sc,
slave labor exclusively employed in thr.
branch Of industry. am sulrc,ipus io
The moral and rn,ell, cluaI elevation oil n,ar
wherever found. AN desuous OF SEEN.
every one industrh'usly empI", ed, as o.,
Of the mot efficient means Of promniinl
virtue and all lis happy resulls. | h.v,
long hesn persuaded that INSTEAD III lufl,c
ting curse, Gnd really gave us a bI.s
sing when in our f,llen State, he do",ne
US 10 ceaseless labor. A life Of ldlenes,
i. incompatible with .hs teaching OF rev
citation.
Before this meeting closes, will TAX,
leave TO make one more suggestion. II il
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