Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-04-23
Total in the United States,

Total in the United States, sio''sV' 90
These sums constitute only about onessci Of the whole
amount manufactured By establishments which produce m
nually $500 ard upwards They however eve The proper
lion nroduccd BY In. free States and tr slave States which
i probnbIy run through the balance Of the manufactures
Wc sha now deduct from the OF Sol ,U5l OIL Che
amount Of domestic manufactures which the population ~
virginia represents above stately the Of 81 Vl3
Of cstic family made goods which leaves for Virgnins
shore of in establishments producing S5OU
and UPWARDS the sum of S5l SIS 53S appears by the Ia
blc that Virginia manufactured in large establishment.
OF Cnons, Stif,o'a,d
OF Woolens, -livin
or Pig Iron as!?4
or Castings, oI44lO
OF Wrought Iron l,254 995
Total, s4,778,732
If wa take this sum to represent part Of
manufactures Virginia. according the proportion it
bears 10 the gross above stated, we shall have thu
aggregate sum OF s33,i5l,l2i Deduct this last sum from
the alb W. rnned sum Of SOL S75 53S and The rcmnindc
will be S2 + il4 The probable amount Of Northern ma
nu!ac,urrs brought into Virginia 70! consumption But Il"
avoid the plea OF e5trnylsance we WIN pu. s acIua, sum
Northern people from $500 900 sl,O0uCGO, profit on
foreign goods imported for rs, we also pay their
manufacturers The profit, which tariff ranging from 10 TO
30 pe cenlG enables them demand; besides The ncces
sary mercantile profit which their merchants realize upon
the same articles II then estimate the profit realized
By the manufacturer Is per CENT "a revenue dutyO
and the mercantile profit al per CENT "a naked commits
shall have 20 cent taxed upon US before the
goods landed in Virginia. and before our own merchants
add thing for expenses profits lhis charge upon
twenty millions OF dollars will yield TO Northern enterprise
the handsome OF four millions, thus running up the
aggregate profit made by the Northern States annually ont
Of the hard earnings Of the Virginia people alone, 10
81 500 900 or S5,000O00
If we estimate the foreign goods brought into Virginia
through Northern States nj ten millions OF dollars ana the
Northern manufactures twenty millions. (nakng az az
geCate OF .hty) We shall not be above Tie mark Inc
intelligent merchants have estimated uc aggregate a.
rbry three millions and indeed the tables will justify that
estimate II be evident To every rejecting Mind
that what has been said of constant average tribute ai
10 the Northern States by Vgiuans under The existing
pf
lures perfectly and that long a. these Laws re-
they are, and no cpIncrvalIIng measures DC ah1
cd 10 rclrd ubsuC H. this tribute must continue 10 be
paid will grow with the growth of the Northern States
and con weaken the relative strength wealth ana
mora power oi the South.
Its doubtful even now whether there be sufficient moral
cournG 10 correct the evil Its correction would be attend
ed win an effort of the will strong of Justice 10
ourselves due appreciation OF eqAhity anu astio'c de
yotion Ia our State and her cause.
In addition the enormous profits mas made on' OF Inc
people Virginia by the operations OF trade the currency
Of State is rendered ?ecarions art the exchanges are
always ngains, u.s. The banks arc put 10 SHUTS Tor het
own protection agnns the large returns o paper carried
forward Tor northern goods which, il manufactured or I'M
ported our State would leave the paper TO circulate
where ts value would be duly appreciated And nothing
has tended render banks unpopular than the
fact that our trade In the northern States
in form which necessarily carries the surplus products {"
Virgins; there enrich The people of those Suites and our
aprr must fellow the Of expenditures When
paper money carried into another State Tor or
10 subscrvc the purposes OF those with whom II mas oeeh
sCuandertd it necessarily be returned ana redeemed
or converted into money of ihat place hencc, IN pro-
norton To the general squun cring OF money by our c
zens in other States whether by inudcions course Of
trade otherwise the exchanges will DC afflicted aud oar
money Institutions pressed or put To shifts 10 place sui'a
BILE currency al tie points OF expenditure.
The process of squandering, generally commences wan
the extravaganza Of individuals and leads 10 over
trading; and neglect in producing at home me means
10 sustain impruient purchases abroad. Tie siian-
ernp periods continue unfrcquenty from l. In 10 years
when general explosion snpcrvenes nnd al can see lu
well hat before 'sas not 10 be seen: that CONSUMPTION
had been carried enormous extent by the IMPROVE
dent without corresponding production and such course
whether pursued by Individuals associations States or ma
tons will their periods and the shifts Of The suander
or will fail The difference OF exchange charged and charge
ohs nuainst Virginia. in favor of the North, is of The
Of the shifts 10 which the Who'll. country
nossd BY an improvdsnt Of trade and prodncion
And Ills itrmis believed be equal S5pu OUO per
nnnu SELF. DEPENDENCE.