The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1851-05-02
s{ From The Charleston Sun.
Natural Resources for Manufactures Of
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improvements Efrcts of Enterprise on he
Character and general Interests of a ComDnnitu
The deficiency Of enterprise is often a draw
back to the commercial and general interests Of
a community, which is reflected on the morals.
tone and character Of the people-Our metro.
polls has hitherto been somewhat behind the ape
Of progress and Improvement. If we draw
comparison between it and others who have
manifested this spirit 10 so marked degree. II
we gaze North, there have we, in an eminent
degree. been surpassed BY those cities which
bear the same relations in size and population To
The State in lltha could give pecuniary impor.
lance and commercial distinction. The trade
of Europe, maintained by her entire dependence
upon MS for one or two staple articles Of trade.
which no other part of The world can supply,
has alone maintained the competition which the
agricultural resources OF our country and its
peculiar institutions have in so eminent de-
gree. favored. These resources have long de-
veloped others by which superior and successful
competition in every department; of manulac-
lures might Do established, If wealth, the motive
principle of all Improvement, conId ensure it,
This, like the sybil with her nine bohks, but
with less depreciation in the continual offer,
holds out to us yet the prospect Of rivaship.
Since The first cultivation of cotton as staple
commodity of The country, we have possessed,
in an eminent degree, every advantage fur SUI
perseding tire necessity of resortng 10 foreign
markets Tor supplies in those articles formed Of
the raw material which they procure from US
By computation made and communicated
through a neighboring journal, the following es-
innate has been attained Of the relative amount
OF trade shared between the North and South
(of raw and manufactured cnttnn.) by the Gus.
tom of France and EngIand:-For the last FIVE
years the latter government has purchased from
the Southern States sS2Ol 803 592 worth of cot.
ton. OF the Northern States England has pur-
chased 81 1904 worth of manufactured cotton.
In the five years France has purchased of the
Southern States $56.0n000O worth of COTTON;
and of the Northern States only fraction over
100000 worth Of cotton fabric Our mptro>
polls, as one of the principal emporiums of this
trade. and particularly of that kind of cotton
whose superior quality has been unsurpassed,
with all other portions Of our State, should have
been benefited accordingly. hv the wealth Of her
trade. and the power which this woule supply of
procuring the means Of establishing manufac.
tures TO compete with other markets Of the
world. There would, under such circumstances,
be bnt little surplus OF the article to spare; and
for this we might command our o~n prices, IN.
stead of subjactIng it TO the arbitrary fucua
tnns Of foreign speculation. which, from our ig-
nnrance of the demands abroad for tie manuiac.
tured article, we are often Obliged to submit to.
The employment of ANY proportional means, by
| the enterprise OF those into whose hands the
lions share Of this may fall, would repay them
teniold in the general benefit, as we'll as the in,
dividuai good which wonId result from it, Art
would be eperfected, industry encouraged, BY the
intrndnctinn among us Of workmen in every
department, and who would otherwise have little
inducement to come. Employment would be
given the native mechanic Enterprise once
having the start, vagrancy would have no home
here; and industry would take The place Of that
sapne inactinn, whose lethargic influence has
so long shadowed the land. Its effects are now
being seen in the comparatively small hpgin-
nings, thnugh favorable from the spirit which it
manifests, and the effects which are already pro-
duced. Let this spirit continue, and all of power
or wealth tha. could be invested in country, is
uurs. All of mural worth and influence required
wond be obtained Talent diverted to their
proper sources. and genins so emineniIy sup.
piled by onr country would no longer be the
dead capital which il has been when tortured
into other sources. diverted from lis natural cnr
rent, or driven abroad into some more favorable
spot where enterprise has established recep~
face. This is one Of the greatest evils of eoci.
ETY.. only to be remeded by that public spirit, so
amply rewarded by The attainment of every pe-
cunary desire, or philanthropic and patriotic
motive.