Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-09-16
NUMBER ~.

uucer her SUBJECTS 10 come 10 her 10 b. n.ncrI
Now, tn" North Wes,may become, Iik. these larr.
cities, the absorbing centre, by ,radinp with r,
South, or the tributary and impoverished cxtr.ui,v,
by trading with the North. We, farther SoG,h, sI!
always be chiefly agricultural, always be somewhat
tributary 10 more Northern regions. The p-ot:Ac
trade will be against us-we must DE cheated =
But We infinitely prefer TO trade with those who
Will be satisfied 10 share the results OF the labor o.
our slaves, without stealing the slaves themselves.
Eastern Virginia, too, will counterbalance North.
Western mechanic and manufacturing explorations
by her commercial exploitation. Large cities vi,
grow up on her Eastern waters that viii conduct ts
foreign trade for the North West.
The great valleys Of the Mississippi and its tribu.
tarles are marked out by nature for one nation AMI
that nation chiefly al agricultural and slavehold.ug
one. Agricultural because OF the fertility of soil!
and the number OF its rivers, afordng the cheapest
means of transportation. And slaveholdng, because
agriculture Is reluctantly and inadequately pursued
by reemen. But for the products OF slave labor from
the South, from Russia, Poland, Turkey, the W..
Indies and Brazil, hireling labor society in Euro,
and America, except the Northwest would s;ar.s
and go naked in year.
This happens because agriculture is the most labo-
rious, the most exposed, and the worst paid OF all
human pursuits The farmer ID cheated, 10
every exchange of the results OF HE labor, for
the labor of other people. He gives large anouui.
coarse, hard labor for small amounts of light, skul
labor He gives four days Of his labor for Of the
mechanics, and twenty days of his labor for one 1t
the Doctors, the merchants or lawyers. Hence el!
avoid the pursuit who csn and hence, cling
society starves.
The North. West is an exception simply because ths
fertility Of the soil and cheapuess oland, makes ari
culture proitsble Us most other human puGsujts
The slave at the South is the real tarmer, ari n,
makes half dollar day, whilst the mechanic labor
ers Of the North make two dollars. Tie owner OF tbs
slaves, exchanges the products Of four days nero
labor for one of Northern mechanics labor
Nature does not only mark out the valleys of tho
Mississippi and its tributaries. as fitted for slav"ry
but che also warns us, in the masmatic air and hot
climate that African slavery is alone adapted 10 cuI.
tivste the soil.
The Southern element, the Southern sentiment,
habits and opinion, largely prevail already III South
ern Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Increased trade and
intercourse, would strengthen the bonds of natGre
and make us than ever one people Blu, il they
trade with, and through the North, they will b,c"p;
estranged from us and acquire Northern habits, s=n'
timents, prejudces and opinions. Worst OF all they
may become abolitionists and slave-eaers aud keep
up continual border feuds aud warfare
In face OF these suggestions of nature, these lnducs
ments of nteresets and these warnings Of prudence,
the South has been laggard and diIatory in opening
outlets for the North West, in courng her trade and
rib pf .f, .i.
Boston, Phlladelphia and New York, have long
since pushed their improvements to the Tar West
Baltimore is but just united with the Obio-Hnd 'r'
gina Offering by far the LnOst favorable, level anG
shortest route is looking forward 10 twenty years, na
{ the time that shall connect her with the West.
| These valleys, OF which we writing, will be-
come the most populous part of the earth, and NE
Covington and Ohio road if completed before 'r"'"i
and trade eifrctualy diverted their iavor'i aud
most requented outlet. 1t should be more travelled
than any road Of equal length i'll the world II should
bear larger freghts from the ocean. not only 10 sup
ply the markets Of the West with the merchandise OF
the world, but carry the marine productions OF the
| Chesapeake and its tributaries, 10 tho countless ma.
lions Of impatient mouths along the Ohio, Missouri
and Mississippi. The amount of return fresh's IN
live stock and agricultural products de6es cacuIa-
ton, and staggers the imagination.
| Will Virginia, by promptituds and energy, reap
these golden harvests and the Union. or by lag
! gard Incidence and false economy lose II al, h'd
| lose the Union besides! The Union dissolved w,tl
au aenated North West, is not agreeable 10 look toy
ward TO or reflect But we might laug! at a,'i de-
| fy diSunion, if could d-tach the valleys ~ On y
and Missouri from the North. Nature Invites art ana
| industry, SO to d-tach them.
THE PATRIOTIC DEMOCRATS AND uEl0N-LONlSG
WINGS SHAKE HANDS UPON THE NATIONAL
PLATFORM.
The Providence Post comes to US with full gravh.
c and glowing account OF the great democratic :"n''
meeting which was held in the ncighborhood u: i!s''
city on Wednesday last. The old democratic arr"
have been re-kndIed throughout Rhode Island Up.
wards of ten thousand ireemen were in council Kan.
Phillip Allen presided assisted by one hundred s'i
fourteen vice presidents and twelve secretaries i"u
Post says of,he meeting;
"Our meeting in point OF numbers and enthusiasm
far crrec.id Our fIpeciatioRS. 1t wGs indeed, grs
and glorious spectacle all that we could hrr,
wished and more than any one lad yentrr-d 10 PIE.
diet At two . clock the numbers upon III. rr"uHt
we're yarously estimated at from nine to twcv" h"u'
sand AT no time, from ii O'Clock, a. m, until ., D. M
were there less than six thousand in front OF the srr
ers stand and inside Of the grove. Two Other e"n1'
were needed, and would have been erected ai!er Ea
masses came upon the ground, II speaker h"l oee'
there to occupy them
The same paper thus notices of the most prone
ueut features in the procession in the early part OF tho
day:
"Tbe Smithfeld team was composed Of tfriy.cn'
voLa nf oxen drawing car upwards Ofone hundred Il
| Iorp and couiainng nearly thres hundred b"cu'i-.
ladies. The car was decorated with green bough "a
hammer, bearing the inscriptions, Hurrai inT b"'E
aud Rrac, No woody horses in our team. The h"s
aHrLIicans can't disband this army NO Wee Prr-.
J.rt who votes TO tog white men, Millions f.: de'
f-ucr-not one cent for tribute, and We work l"r
ur living and vote for our rights. Al oLe cnt 90 tfS
nr ,yss tall pole uphulding to the breeze au Au~'.
| , a., m which were ns :ribed the nsrr.s Of cl:
c,ud.iaies and a small American tug, on wi"E wei"
| nsrrbed Buck aud Breck, was attached 10 HE y'ES
nf .ach pair Of oxen. II was altogether uI.quc ~
| fair"
A series of admirable resolutions were adopted by
the vast assembsge with enthusiastic unanimty In7
crowded state of our columns will only permit us ~
give the following:
| "Resolved, That, while according to III" f:ferh'
Government the powers conferred on / by he c""''i'
uton for rhs regulation Of international aiirlrs ~:
f,r tho maintenance OF fraicrunl relations aEoLy o.
States of the Union, the Democracy has everhr' !f"
IN. days of Jr-r-on amt hi. llusrous comp-"r-, ~ e
cardinal principle, an abstnence from ali !"terr,'7
nv Congress in matters Of internal concern. Inc
.Hme rule was applied in the OLD States, fr m 20 "E
lest colon zation of the country, TO the re i"ns ~
master aud servant. including domestic say ry i
though, owing TO the unfortunate collisions i".H'"'!
by conflicting efforts, both ut the North ano S0H" ."
| Influence emigration, with q view 20 uEe!I"f !eS7-
atnn difficulties have ari-cu 10 TIE settlement" o u
Territory Of kansas. which have been increased BY
the factious course OF Il doubtful nr)orty In ITO
House of Representatives yet our conndence Is uiiG
iW;ubsd that an adherence to the principle as laid
down in the Democratic platform. OF uon-ntcrven-
t;on NJ to slavery iu the Territories as well ss tHs
states with II submission OF ali constitutional qu+t
;no,ipc o, the only matter that jeoperL tie
permanency uf our glorious Union"
*, solved, That tue attempts OF the abo!ttoHi.s
and their couf-derues in the House VI Reprrssnri-
tvss by Inserting in the annua! appropriation biz TO-;
the support Of the army TO pass which 10 iuni ex
lin cnntracts as we'll a. 10 provide tor the