The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-09-30


-. these, every way worthy OF the
ia''. - -, of right may our functionarleS
inao''I =, n. in legislative halls put on ioity
who 'a's II in loud-sounding words we
ans anu -. We supply it with shirts; we
arc W =. "a. and Coffee we keep IL IN segafS'
" ."pply thousands and millions o. on nDmE S.,
We Supp - hos and hOminy; and then' whai
mouths ,,ro, negroes, "the very keystone
-. the Hon. Mir - =" ,ns az. = -
say, w., :" fabric" But enough Of this a learn
Po''" s,.r rsmsrks-"TO furnish food for Others
81 "''''' "a raw materials for others to work
'0"'' = 70 grow rich by, in the application OF
over -.,ni,v. skill, and art, is condition OF
..a.nssnce and subserTiency' e0'h Of '"d''''"-
o5P'"1 and Of nations" And yet such are
tens that the slave States are destined
u. .-s,,m in this Republic; and such are to be
,,I,, relative condition and Importance with
s.-spce 10 the free States
~, WAY Of suggesting TO those chiValrous
hts If the South, who talk so largely about
- some idea Of the figure we ldprOb-
IL cut among the nations of the world IN case
-h,ul3 set up for ourselves, will here make
-,,.c, from the learned author Just quoted:
',.,;crlture is doubtless most necessary to the
.n,sistsuee Of a people, in the more primitive
,,J;,ion Of the race; butihere can be but little
,fnriysts or public wealth, but little OF oivilisa
% nothing Of independence as a political
-.,,urssltb. and there must be almost or
oni,- a total want Of political power among ma
SONS with that member Of the great family
,bose sole pursuit is agriculture On this sub
-, H. List. German economist, remarks
The production Of raw material and food is
=, bigh importance among the nations OF the
,,,,..Y.,s aas.. only vita regard TO their inter
i, commerce. BY the export OF grain, wine,
a. hemp, cotton, rice, sugar, wool, and
r. like. rude or poor nation, in the infancy
= f. eiyisation, may signally raise its agrieul-
,ure. bat great nation has never thereby ar
- a, wealth, ciyilisatioh and power. One
-. law i, down as rule, that a nation is so
,,,cb the more wealthy and powerful, the more
;,s,oorts manufactured products, the more II
i,,,orts rag materials, and the more It consumes
the ,ro5ucts Of the torrid zone" Now If there
=. any t7uth IN these views, | take it that we Of
,bs South should make decidedly green APP
,esr,pc. in the great family circle Of ciyilised
naiions.
Az the risk Of appearing to wander from the
line Of argument, | will here make a short eX-
tract from Adam Smith, not doubling but that
n will hat quite a number, though the shot is
SEEMINGLY random one:-"ln every country Of
Esrope We find, at least, hundred people who
hsy. acquired great fortunes from small begin
uiugs. hy trade and mahufactures-the industry
which properly belongs TO tOwns--for one who
has done so by that which properly belongs to
the country, viz: the raising Of rude produce,
by the Improvement and cultivation Of land Z"
We would remark in conclusion, that, IN
The l.it OF the facts which We have presented 10
The reader, and the results at which We have AT
r.gsl. the wlslom-~aying nothing Of their pa
,uo,lsm-oi some OF our Southern statesmen,
vino are laloung with So much zeal TO extend the
area of slavery, may well DE called m question.
Listen, IfaltI, 90 onc0f these modem SOlOns, m
debate, OH d gIcat national question, involving
.lf destiny oi several Oi the future Staic> Of the
Uu.ou-heaI ban 1T Is tho Hon. Mr.. Holmes,
Of South CamiIna. speaking ia hIs place IN the
House OF Representative, upon the beauties a
the peculiar institution" him: al do not
aiu.tit I,aveDl 10 be an evil. | hold It l.,laye-
Isl % De the greatest blessing that GOd'eyer con-
i,rled upon man" MI. HoIues, My DeaT Sir,
We take q that you are iOklng. II not, wefrank.
lyc5nfeSs. that the pTofundiiy Of the logic, the
1rIrluaagy Of the genus, the greatness of the
pDWCrs. and the yastness Of the resources that
cpudenahie you 20 come 10 a conclusion 80 Ie-
mafkable, 80 astounding, excite both our wonder
and oar admiration; while the manly independ
euce that could embrace It, and the courage that
cJuil proclaim and advocate II, m the nineteenth
century ia the face OF the christian world, on the
floor ol au AmencaR Congress, within hall:
clnSecralci 10 liberty, and 10 the nights and Dig
nry q individual man, not only approach oul
frst ideas Of the moral sublime, but paTtak,
even Of the heroic and chIvarOuS Mr.. HOLMES
My DsaT 81, We take II that you are a Kin O
our Il.ustnOus inend, General Quattlebum.
CATO.
y. B.-As a convenient reference have mad,
ont the following table which shows the humble
q Pateat Rlglis which were ISSUED to each q
hed,feIent State Of the Un,on from 1870 L