American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-06-18

support another class ofmerchants anc
traders, artists and scholars, &c. Sucl
Il combination utilises the labor or pro
duction of each other, and instead OF
the land being impoverished, it would
be enriched, since its produce would
be returned direct instead of being sent
to foreign countries but instead OF
the produce of the farm being export.
ed in the shape of flour, cotton, &c., i,
would be concentrated in the shape of
cloth, copper, steel, iron, &C.; gold
would flow tn without corresponding
outward drain. The riches which ma.
ture has so generously given us, would
minister more exclusively to our own
wants and prosperity. Yet we should
not deprive the rest of the world from
obtaining our staples, but would merely
obligo them to pay remuncratiag
price, or buy the manufactured article
on our own terms-it would make us
eminently sellers rather than buyers.
To accomplish such an end, we must
show to the world the abundance and
diversity of our resources, and fur
nlsh the means of obtaining market.
capital, or its equivalent. labor will con-
centrate where 1T can be most profita-
bly, employed. Can there be any
doubt of the immense advantage we
should derive, providing the manufac-
turers of Europe should be induced to
come here, whence the raw material
and their sustenance is derived, and
where also their market exists? 1t
would save the transportation of food
and material-in fact it would be bring.
ing the laborer to the work, instead of
taking the work to the laborer, and it
would also save the cost to us of bring
ing the work back, and the gold requir-
ed to pay for the labor. 1t would
therefore be more profitable to the pro-
ducer, the manufacturer and the con-
sumer, to combine, economise and util-
ize their labor, and all that could be
saved between the producer and the
consumer, in this country, would be
for sale in its most convenient and val
liable form, to the various nations of
the earth-the gold it would realize
would not only be profit but capital at
interest, since it would add to our abil-
ity to obtain more. Just as the gold
OF the Rothchilds accumulates, or as
the gold dealers of New York add to
their stock by the influence or dicta
of their capital. But since we cannot
bring the manufacturers or laborers
of Europe here in body, the policy
OF our central government must be such
as will encourage home manufacturers
and protect the few from the many,
the weak from the strong, until their
numbers and strength shall be equal
to any combination the world can pro-
duce. Every furnace or foundry, ma
chine shop, or iron mill, every manufac-
turing establishment, every railroad, or
canal, every mine Of coal, iron, copper,
lead, gold or mineral whatever every
plaster bank, salt well or farm, that are
opened or established make us less and
less dependant on the old world, and
more and more able to buy and retain
that gold which is the emblem of value
or wealth, power or influence the world
over. S. ii. DEBow.
DG2. Mr.. De Bows 35th Letter
treats on the "Soils and Manures of
Eastern Virginia." and consequently
does not Immediately concern the read.
ers of this paper. The closing part of
it, however, presents food for thought.
1t reads as follows:----
1--WE find, on examination, that q
sandy soil, when properly combined in
texture, u neither coarse nor too dry,
can be made extremely productive, in
nearly every crop Of the farmer or the
planter. Indeed, we see before us ey-
cry day plentiful evidences of the fact,
from the low lands of Virginia to those
of New jersey or NcwYork.
"The soils of Eastern Virginia were
originally very productive, but, natu.
rally, they were not durable, and could
only be kept in good heat by iudicious
farming; but instead of judicious OF
scientific treatment, a great portion Of
our best lands have been ignorantly,
barbarously, and eapenstoelg managed;
consequently they we're exhausted and
abandoned, though o great quantity
were OF the richest lands in the world
and even now they may be considered
as belonging to the garden spot Of
America, since the material to enrich
them lies beneath, or near at hand.
"There are lands which are natural.
~ moro fertile, and far more durable,
but tho great body Of them lie behind
the mountains and often far out of the
reach Of cheap & available fertilizers