Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-12-23
Hpmrnunr6 ssiroinian
Tuesday Morning. Deccm'r as. 1876.


relating 10 iron and steel: and when we remem-
Der that i, is only about one hundred years since
il was seriously resolved upon, in Great Britain,
that America should not be allowed 10 make a
hsbnail the facts are encouraging This eoun-
try now shows a manufacture of iron and steel Of
as. a06 SIS i'll value. But this failed TO supply
our wants; and the imports of the material
snd the manufactured article, in 1855. were S23,-
945.274 in value. We now expert portion Of
this and deduciing this, we have annual con.
sumption Of this manufacture Of eos SOS, 340.-
The secretary makes the remark that the est
mate Of the production is too small by ten mil
lions.
The secretary takes the following view of this
vast INTEREST,"
I'VE have in the United States iron and
more coal with the usual hures, in convenient con-
nec,on aud OF cheaper access than all the other CIV
ilized nations Of the world and have the necessary
captal skill and labor to produce all the iron aud
steel, and manufactures Of iron aud steel, re
uuired for our consumption, or that MAJ -
required for our consumption for centuries . oszs
and also to enable us to supply the markets q efsz
countries, in fair competition With The iroa I'd s7t
of other nations These tables show thai go ssls
duc,ion of iron and steel, and manufactures - sfa
and steel greater, in proportion - Ftgst5s5aif
1850 than il in ls40, and that . s1s snaatte II
1855 than il WAS in 1850 gtviaE - ssg -'sis u az
sumo that, influenced by the sius sar4.ss D vii IN
greater in 1860 than Il ao~ IS. sls& a ann 'ill ~
Sufficient for oar consumption iit aim 80 II
a surplus for export Bat tttiss 1sl consolidation
our preset population srd tec4al 4i-ht zaniai yin
the amount OF capital tucatay artEa ssnn ftnr
countries ia the course Of erisvaias At IL gsalf
Of carriage - .he interior - saz sssH1s7 WI
the late Improvements Ia tas @cics - g-saa
and nisaufsetHre OF irUa aad steet g Eaza -. "a
rash to expect faIi supply for our ess szatzHf5zs
between this and the returns O; the Ceas1s q -.
The tar upon iron and steel. and the uIana'se tu-rs
thereof because OF general use in all sections IN
all industrial pursuits, has been eonsidere eqtt-
able and fair tax rs II was possible to impose upon
the country; consequently no material change has
been contemplated recommended; but II continued
at present rates II is supposed the amount
OF revenue will continue TO be derived from IT, even
should the use of iron, doubt it will be extend
ed to many other purposes and be consumed in much
greater quantities In commercial intercourse with
other nations, based upon equivalent exchanges, Ms
it must always be, If profitable aad continuous,
may well look forward to the time when shall
produce, within our own limits all articles thu are
essential 10 national defence and the use aud comfort
Of our own people and of these there Is more
necessary 10 the defence Of the country and the
and comfort Of the people, and Of which we have Ell
ter means Of producing in the country than len md
steel, aud the manufactures Of iron and steel
Yet the production should not be stimulated, by une
quail and UNJUST taxation, nor the period al m album
dfnt supply from miucs aud factories retarded by
impolitic legislation The home production OF iron
and manufactures OF iron aud steel Is the ineree
The tables prove the production and manufacture of
these articles, have ncreasedwith our increased PIP
ulation, and that we import less in proportion Ia
population and consumption, than formerly.
The Boston Post says this compact extract pre-.
SCENTS forcible view of this vast interest. Iron
is one Of the essentials of social ECONOMY; essen
tial TO agriculture. commerce and manufactures;
essential 70 our national independence. progress
and defence; essential indeed TO progress in civil
ization. Rassu produces in vust quantities the
raw material, but it exports il To such an extent
tina, IL TIRE, in The interior provinces is an ar.
ticle af luxury; the peasantry. or serfs. using
wood where iron is now considered ndspensa
BILE. This II the article that Great Britain once
determined that America Should not be permitted
to manufacture at all; and it for years mat
ter of debate whether even the raw material should
be allowed to be imported in the mother country
rom her colonies.
No sooner American euterpris, released
from its shnckles than il bent itself to develop
this interest In 1890 it made n feature in Ham.
itons report ON manufactures. In 1869 the sec.
Rotary of the treasury portrayed in just terms the
inexbaustible resources OF tho country for this
manufacture, and in 1910 treated it as firmly es
tablished. 1t has had its years of depression. and
its difficulties and struggles; but. after all. it's
course has been steadily onward In 1885 it WAS
estimated that the value of the made and mann.
featured iron was over forty millions Of dollars.
and it has now reached the proud figure named
in the report, of seventy eight millions
r. -
extend time only can develop. We have before
us list of articles manufactur red from IRON drawn
up twenty years ago; but in it are neither YES
sells, houses. nor articles of furniture The
consumption of iron for these purposes, and hun,
dreds of others is daily increasing But large
as may be the demand. our iron mines. and tho
materials necessary TO work them. are absolutely
inexhaustibIe. New beds of ore are continually
brought to light and the old world and the new
them. The more this interest is examined. the
larger will appear lis national Importance.
Message of tho Governor Of Mississippi
Governor j. }. McRao delivered his message
on the 1t inst. 1t is exclusively devoted to
review of the abolition movements at the North
lie enumerates the following acts which would
justify resort to resistance:
lst. The interference by Congressio legis-
lation with the institution of slavery in tho States
81. Interference in the trade Ia slaves between
the States.
Sd. Any sction of Congress on the subject of
Slavery in the District of Columbia, or in those
places subject to the jurisdiction of Cong ress, in
compatible with the safety and domestic tran.
guilty, of the rights and honor of the sayehnd