Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-05-15
LYNCHBURG VIRGINlAN.
MONDAY MORNING. MAY Is. ISL.
COMM SIcArEp
NOAMI MA I'D. :
Manufacturing in Virginia andths South.

we need not shut our ewes 10 inc met. that VI
breach between the South and North. ON tn
slave question. is widening every year. and tina
the iav NAV not b. distant When separation
win take place. And is the South willing 4
let that day come upon her phprepared
The people If the South honestly and imtelli
gently believe themselves in the right, and what
ever may be the sacrifice, will not for one no
ment, submit b the dietation of Northern fanati
cism. Of what avail are the powerful sPecche'
of our representatives in Congress, aud even
good and wise legislation in the States, if W
have not the means of Independence aud wealth
within ourselvesl ofwhat avail are our immense
natural resources of national independence aud
wealth, while we leave them unimprosed and I'M
developed OF what use are the immense coal
fields and iron mountains Of Virginia. while NC
get our railroad bars from England and Wales
and orr axes and soyihe blades from New Eng
land and New York.
The history of the world proves that no gov
eminent or nation ever was, aud common sense
teaches as that none ever will or can BE-. prospe-
rpus or independent, that does not manufacture,
ready foe use, the articles of IT'S own produe-
ton.
The world over. districts combining agrietil
ture and manufacturing are moro prosperous
than simply farming districts and that nation
which j. dependent upon another Tor ITS manu-
faetures will soon find itself, II not politically,
vet virtually in vassalage to If.
What. ask. can be more hnmiliating than the
knowledge of the fact shonld be to every South
ern man, that arr actually dependent upon
Europe and the North for almost every yard OF
cloth, and every shoe and boot AMI hat we wear
for our axes,soyihe blades, tubs and buckets
in short for every thing except our bread and
meat itp.ust occur 10 the South that if our
relations with the North should ever be severed,
and how soon they may be none can knaw, May
God avert IL long J we would IN all the South,
not be able to clofhe ourselves. We could not
fell our forests, plough our fields, nor NOV our
meadows. In fact we would bv reduced to Il
stsse more ahieet than we willing 10 lookat
even prospeotively. And yet with all these things
staring rs in the face we shut our eyes and 90
ON hlndfold.
But we may be told that we can get our sup
plies from Europe,and are therefore not Deepen
dent upon the North.
Whenever that day shall come, can any man
in his senses believe that the nations of Europe
will be mere Indifferent spectators Can we
for one moment doubt that the same blind ia
naticism that is stimulating the people of the
North TO the desti uction OF the most glorious syn
TEN of Government the world ever saw will too
stimulate the people of Europe To take sides
with the North What sympathy as England
or have the English peopIe,eyer shown, for our
Southern institutions Have we forgotten, or
did we never see and feel, the repeated insults
and indignities offered us on This very subject
Have we forgotten the scenes enacted. ON this
very subject, in the London Crystal palace -
Have we forgotten that England has on all oe-
casons in-her legislative halls, in her executive
councils, and in all her negotiations shown her
opposition TO the institution of Slavery DO we
not know that her politics, her literature andher
religion are all filed with censure and oondem-
nation of our African Slavery Why then look
thitherward for sympathy and succorl And
what else have we to expect or look for from
France and other European nations May not
all that has been said as to England be also said
of theml
Where then is our security | answer it is
to be sought and found only in our own wise in
ternal poliey-in the South at once turning her
attention to the manufacture OF every article of
her consumption. Let the Carolinas, Georgia,
Alabama and Mississippi erect their cotton mills
and looms, and manufacture all their raw ma
terial. Let Kentucky and Missouri establish
their wooden factories. and Virginia aud Mary
land their rolling mills and iron foundries and
shops. This course would command for the
South more respect than all the speeches her
speech manufacturing representatives. and Sena-
tors in Congress can manufacture and deliver in
an age. Let the North and the world see that
we are really independent OF their favour or
good will, and they will,instead OF insulting Us
all occasions, court our favour and friend
ship.
Especially should Virginia combine manufac
turing with her agriculture. She has a
population of upwards of and half mil
lions. Her climate is the very best on the cont
nent of America, occupying a medium between
the extreme cold of the North and the oppressive
and eneryating heat of the South. Her position
and natural advantages adapt her peculiarly 10
manufacturing. Her mineral resources are i'm
mense-incalculable. Her coal fields nro the
most extensive in the world, and her coal of the
best and purest quality. Her iron deposits are
altogether inexhaustible, and in many instances
so pure that ii is maeable in its primitive State;
and many of these depostes in the immediate
vicinity of extensive coal fields. She has, too,
very extensive deposits of copper, lead and
gypsum Her rivers are numerous aud bold.
generally with fall enough for extensive water
power.
The james River at Richmond affords CON
yertible water power immensely superior to that
of the Merrimac at Lowell, and not inferior to
that of tho Genesee at Rochester. The James
river at her passage through the Blue Ridge, and
the Potomac at Harper's Ferry both afford great
water power. The kanawha or New River has
an immense fall. There is hardly section of
FIVE miles between the falls of Knnawha and the
North Carolina line, that has not fall enough for
working the most extensive machinery
Virginia has now in forward state of compile
ton severalmost important lines of railroad which
arc built in the most substantial manner, capa-
bleo Of immense inland tonnage and trade. The
Richmond and Danvlle road will be completed
by the end Of this year. The South Side road
will completed before the end Of the year. The
Virginia and Tennessee road is now com