New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-12

OH o,O votos Mr. clay bsd within 25p Of onf-halii
Inn, an admirably had the state been g'TT sHderef ny
"tbc dominant race 50 conspicuous Tor IT. adlnir@
,i, of d" eclf government" that that great minority
WINS almost entirely denied the privilege OF represeh
,,top. and was thus gagged TO prevent it from dis
/ turning in any manner the dignity, proprety 'nd
posscssion of those who preferred the govern
,rc,t oC northern men with southern principles to
Tint of bieh.mnded and honorable southern men Ike
u,nry Clay aud Winfield Scott
One fifth of the whole population OF the State over
twenty wears o age cannot read al all and this would
Give nbout %, Geo voters who can neither read nor
/ write OF these nineteen-twe nteths may be set
down as belonging TO the gcrrymandering party that
has ruled the state, being at least six times the ma
iority by which it has been long administered IN
tbe interests of the South The celebrated tenth
leeion. the stronghold of what called Democracy
has in it little short of two thousand voters who can
neither read nor write and whose votes are given IN
yarably for the proslavery candidate. And it is by
such men that the majority is furnished The day not
however, distant when the intelligence and the moral
feeling Of the State will obtain some control over us
management; for already its people are awakng TO
the fact that with every advantage nature could give
them, they are declining in wealth and power while
the State is diminishing from year to year in its infu
epce upon the movements of the Union. Her people
are now being told by The LynchbHrg VrgiHiaH that
"IIor coal fields the most extensive IN the world
and Ter coal of the best and purest quality. Her IRON de-
po.s are altogether incXhHustbc and IN many instances
70 rure hat Il is maeablc in It's primitive state; and
many of these deposits in the immediate vicinity OF eA
tensivc coal fields. She has, too very extensive deposits
Of COPPER lead and gypsum. Her rivers are numerous
and bold generally with fall enough for extensive wafer
power. Tie james River AT Richmond Affords CONVEX
ibe watcrpower immensely superior to that OF the AeT
rmac nj Lowell and no, inf ror TO ;hat OF the Gcnesee
at Rochester The james River al her passage through the
Rue Ridge and the Potomac at Harpcrs Ferry, boh AZ
ford GREAT water-power. The Kanawhs or NewRiver has
snimmonse fall There is hardly section Of five miles
between the falls OF kanawha and the North Carolina Ie
that has not fall enough for working the most extensive
remarkable feature in the mining and manufacturing
prospects of Virginia is the and economy with which
all her min erals are mined instead of being in England
ard elsewhere generally imbcddcd deep within the bowels
Of the earth which hcy can be got only with great
labor and II great cost found everywhere on me
hills and slopes, with III r ledses dipping IN the direction
Of tie plains below Why tEen should not Virginia a.
once employ least half Of her labor and capital m m
ming and manufacturing! Richmond could as prohlaDy
msnuf,Cture all cotton and wooden goods AS Lowell or
any other town in New England. yshou!d not Lynch
burg with all her promised facility OF getting coai ana
pip metal manufacture all articles Of iron and steel just
as cheaply and vet proitaby, any portion OF The
northern States Why should rot every town and village
on the lire Of every railroad III the sae erect Their shops
in which they may manufacture thousand articles OF
daily consumption jus. good and cheap as they may
be made anywhere p
Simply because Virginia has preferred to manu-
cure her corn into negroes by the sale Of which 70
purchase her cloth and her IRON rather than take for
herself the protection required to enable her to make
her cloth her iron her railroad bars, and her steam
engines at home. She has been the steady advocate
of the policy that looked to the depression of the free
aborer to the condition OF the slave when her true IN
teress Law in the direction which looked toward the
elevation of the slave to the condition OF free
man. She has pursued policy that has kept her,
as The yirginiGn further says
"Dependant upon Europe and the North for almost
every yard OF cloth and every coat ana poor ana m We
wear: for sythes, tub and buckes-n Snort
for everything except our bread and meat II must occur
ever be severcd-and how they may be, none can
know mav God avert 4 long WOMB III All lhe
South not be able to clobc ourselves We couia mol zen
foct We voud be reduced 10 state abject than
are willing look at even prosPecuvciy Ana YET wiz an
thse things staring in the face VT shat our eyes ana
All this is most true, but why is it 20! Because
whenever under the free labor policy as in the years
ls44 to 1871 any attempt is made at establishing
manufactures in Virginia the representatives OF Its
tenth legion in the House and in the Senate are al
WAYS found ready with their votes to crush the ufor
tunate man who has been induced 70 invest his cap
i.al Her Senator's even now stand, We believe, in
structed 10 vote for the abolition of the duty rail-
road IRON and yet she is capable of furnishing the
whole demand OF the Union for that important com
modify. To the folly of this course her people are
now becoming awake and even The Richmond En-
quirer tells its readers that
In no State of the Confederacy do the facilities for
manufacturing operations exist greater proiusOn han
in Virginia. Every condition essential 20 success in these
enplOymeuts Is found here IN prOdga abundance ana IN
peculiarly convenient combination First we have
pltess supply of waterpOwerthe cheapest o motors
in localities easy of access 30 abundant L. this supply of
water-power that value is attached to 1t distinct from
adjacent lands except in the vicinity Of the larger
towns On the Potomac and Its tributaries on the Rap
pahannock the James and It's tributaries on tho Roam
nke and its tributaries: on the IIolston, the kanawha
and other streams numberess sites may be found where
Le supply of waerpOwer is sufficient Tor The purposes OF
n Lawrence or a Lowell Nor there any want of mate
rial for building these localities timber and granite
abundant complete the circle OF advantages, the
climate genial and healthful and the sol enlnenty pro-
ducve. Another advantage which Virginia pos
seses for the manufacture of the proximity OF its
mills to the raw material A. the present prices Of the
stable the value of this advantage H estimated AZ 10
cent cur railway system penetrating INTO every part OF
the state viii facilitate the transfer OF cotton 10 the most
remote localities. Instead of expaa;ng the of
the shameful neglect of the magnificent resources and adj
vaniago FOR manufacturing operations which Virginia pos
sesse such abundance, choose rather 10 suggest
some reasons why the State should especially AT this par
ticular uncture apply its energy and capital TO this IN
wiling field OF enterprise. One among the inevitable OIL
fccis of the crisis in Europe the comparative prsraon
OF the manufacturing interest IN Great Britain The with
drawa Of capital rom the operations OF trade 10 sustain
the operations war-the general IN the price of
breadihe rncency uncertainty and sudden nuciuaions
in the money maTketwi all contributed impair the ab
ity of Great Britain 10 masian It's ascendancy WHILE IN
consequence of the rupture of old commercial relations
new and exclusive markets viii be thrown open 10 the
ducts American industry. Moreover in this general IN
terrupion OF trade AID prostra;on OF the manufacturing
.f. ale mil