Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-03-23

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later possibly, but more quietly ana peaceouIJ, i"
you and had never heard oil 'afin iot Pio..o
lion. Natural causes would inevitably nave
Produced il, and man, the creature oil seIi-inei-
est, would be the voluntary and ready insIIuheh'
10 achieve the result.
The cotton planter has seen, or tancied maj ne
saw, in The early stages Of our population, 40 III
Jury Inflicted on him in The effort oy hish CURES
TO restrict The field oil The abIicatof, III Greer 10
induce a portcn OF cur own people 10 give up
the axe and the plough, the ship and the sea, for
the loom and the spincie. He wanted me mar
kes OF The old world fully opened for his cotton.
and The Iors OF this country equally as wide
open for The introduction OF foreign fabrics, there
b. increasing the demand ior the raw material
lhrous The greater ability 10 purchase. Not that
he was opposed 10 the developement Of The arts
in America, but that he desired 10 see the devel-
lopemeut the result Of natural and not ARTIFICIAL
causes The time for that developement he
knew would come with The increase Of oar poPu
ialien hu ne wished in The interim % enjoy The
advantages OF existing systems which had grown
up in The midst Of the ovuIsfown popua-
lion OF Europe. The fact that under the act
OF 1916 new manufactures, and IN coEsice-
rable numbers, are rising up all over ne
country, is Lroof that The day has already
dawntd in which The cotton planter may
own coor-when The now II, 600 600, and shortly
10 be 10000 600, are 10 be Clothed out OF The pro-
duet Of his fields, through The product Of Ecir own
Industry, and thar, too, without seriously abrit2-
ing The supplies which he can and must furnish
10 The ioreisn iabrcaror. The United States may
Justly lie regarded as having monopoly II The
cotton plant. Nelhef Egs ptian, Brazilian, q
East India COLON can, il The competition be eit
Tree, compete with that raised upon our soil
This is seen by reference 10 our prices current.
The day which has begun 10 GAVIN on The plan.
taion States will 60 on increasing until lhr nome
price shall regulate The foreign pflce-when The
Englishman shall look more To The American
prices current than those II his own county,
Now, you know, II is different. London Liver
pool and Manchester regulate The prices Al Bos-
ton, Charleston and New Orleans. Whrn this
Shall have changed, the @orion grower vii want
no better barometer 10 indicate his prosperity
Affected he will be undoubtedly even then By
short CT, ps in Europe, but The great home de-
mand wIl still colt nue. uniniluenced TO any
consi cradle degree BY The price 4 oreadstuii,
AID IS Il Enumeration for his labor will b. com
paratiyely certain. The home demaad Tor the
raw material has astonishngly increased IN Inc
last lew years, and will be most rapidly aug
menled for The time. Domestics are already
constituting an important item in our list OF es-
ports. and are found in greater or less quaint
ties in every part Of the gloee We lose our
selves in an attempt 10 calculate the progress oil
American industry, skill and capital Tie
pt osopher in his closet may deduce the exist.
ence of new planet, and locate il in the hea-
vens-and The political economist may tednce
from the past the probable advance Of society ~
other parts Of the globe, but our progress dehes
calculation The figures for to-day merely
shadow forth the results Of 10 morrow. The
boy is told OF bowling wl!ernesses, inhabited
OILY by wild beasts, or men more savage than
they Manhood dawns upon him, and he same
wills nave become highly cultI'u,ed country,
Astounding in the arts Of civilization and refine
ment. The day Is on Us even now, when our
twenty millions OF people are clothed by Ame-
rlcan ooms; and The day will arrive sooner than
nc can ca cuIate, when those looms viii cloihc
millions Of other countries. These ere, and must
be- tie natural lesu Is Of ouf progress No
new impulse from government is necessary 10
p.oluce il. lis Tor unaie mat j j. 50, and lha
our cotton manufactures are placed o. .oolns |
no longer 10 be influenced hy Inc movements a.
Washington. This great interest Is taken away !
from the politicians, who have ior years used II !
as a football, with which 10 play Inc game q pc |
litics Natures DEGREES are nOtt be suhVcrled |
or hinder,d in their course by The efforts 81
men. She wills, and what She wills is dome
Expot duties, 10 be laid 10 pursuance OF
the amendment you suggest 10 he constitution
light in some respects be productive Of good,
hut they would no. be unaccompanied BY EVIL :
one j he evils which suggests ilseli IS. that me
duty would operate ss bounty On The producer
Of cotton in oher countries. The Irre polIcy o!
onr government mould be 10 preserve, as tai a
possible, +. n"noroy Of The plant ID our hanhs,
so as 10 hold control over The issues Of peace AMI
war. But without pursuing The inquiry, II Is
only necessary TO say, that such CONSTITUTIONAL
amendmt nj is impraclicable as are all forts y
mend the constitution The politicians will
break it, bu, will never amend il. You and !,
ihen arrive al our conclus ons By different way.
hat sill We DO conclude that American looms
and .pincies viii Lot Only supply he millions 81
America but al 10 distant tune, he millions 81
The word.
With sentiments Of high respect,
an, dear sir, yours,
JOHN TYLER.
Hap,;lton Smith ESQ louisville Ky