Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-05-12
Rise q. gourHERN MANggAoTqREs
THOUGHTS IN coEcLUsI0z.ss.

Our readers who have followed us thuBifar are
undoubtedly surprised that there IS So much manu-
featuring IN the South i is considerable, and 81
increasing 10 be very considerable though the COM
mon Impression has been, that there was next 70
none South Of Masons and Dixpns line. And if
we consider the annualvalu of homemanHfactures,
Whiehis S27, 493.644 rSlSgG34,l29 of which is the
product Of the South. and only S8,S595l6a the
North the section Of eouatry dkat are consider
ingis presented to as ia stii more favorable as
pect- 7'@-' -S' a la
In considering the subject Under contemplation,
and the prospective Bauts Of The people Of this
coun ~, We age deeply impressed 4lat hisis to be-
come great manufacturing nali0n. AtPresent it
is more celebrated for lis agriculturs than for
either of she other leading iuteresss 81 mankind
and then it ranks as the second commercial power
on the globe AS nation on the contrary it has
not been celebrated for IFS msnTfachnes; though
within a quarter Of a century Ibis section Of the
land is beginning to take rank with the most "a.
vaneed nations in this department Of industry ~
And when We consider The almost gosantless rivers
of all sizes and descriptions cOursing through cur
U0antr from eoean TO Oesan aha=ffom the lakes to
that gulf that has been called 1.-THE graf heart of
the ocean, and contemplate the countless water
falls afforded by them alFeadyt to pFopel machinery
enough to do TIE misunderstanding Of the globe and
WhensEe canthink Ofthe eheaB labor, freeaad slave,
that can be commanded in. all portions the lahfH
and the abundant commercial advantages for con-
veying American manufaetures by sea and land to
every nation and every isle, through our swift
ships and sWifter rail cars, it appears to be no
stretch Of imaginatiCl TO conceive Of this nation as
being the greatest manufacturing land Of the globe
century, or even half q century hence
As for The South We see no reason why she NAV
not embark very largely in manufacturing width
the next quarter Of century She has HE capital;
she has the water power in great abundance she
has 4,OQGD0o Of slaves tbs estimated number of
whom VIII be 100000 in 1865, and in $780, 10 OOO-
n Ell wonted in crease = ana she has bsades greSt
multitude Of posr white aborsTs who are much IN
want Of the employment that manufactures would
afford Besides, Cotton and Wool are great staples
of the South, and she can, use them to a much
greater advantage than to- export stiem abroad
since the cost of expectation is great and since
she needs large portion of the manufactured goods
for her own consumption Great Britain isnoyy the
great consumer Of American Cotton. Our foreign
exports of the article in 1910 amounted to 74S 81
O6l pounds while the home Consumption for the
same year reached lis, 9l5,2e0-s In $50 we ex-
ported 635 38l, GOA pounds, and consumed at home
l95,10T 600s Our Cotton factories IN 1850 cousum-
ed as much Cotton as did those Of Great Britain in
1881 thus affordibg encouragement that they may
by proper management be 50 multiplied as to con.
sumo the whole crop Of the country at no very dis
taut day. -.i -s-a.a,ss .oasa,ai ss.,s., 80
In the year 1915. the late and Hon. Abbott Law.
renee Of this city, addressed several letters to the
Hon. William G. Riyes, Of Yirgina, on the policy Of
Virginia and the South in reference the atrnduc
tion Of manufactures and Internal improvements
In one of those letters Mr.. LaWrenceasairf.s
You cannot do anything in Virginia tbAt will an
completely promote the nirodnclioh Of railroads as
the placing Of manufacturing establishments on
your beautiful waterfalls The water power on the
James river, at Richmond is unrivaiIad.. andsil
seems great waste of natural wealth TO permitit
to r1u into the sea, having hardly touched 8wafer
wheel. If the prominent men Of Virginia. of both
political parties, viii give up their party warfare
and resolve themselves into a committee of the
whole on the commonwealth, to improve the state
Of agriculture, by making two blades Of grass grow
where there is now but one; If they will establish
manufacturers and carry on = welEadiusted system
Of internal improvements, they VIII then have done
something that viii be substantial abiding-wbicb
will stand as substantial memorials of their patri
otto devotion to the interests of the people, through
all time" .--s-- a-a.- .-aa.. u9--
Undoubtedly the worn-Uut condition of much of
the land in the older States. Of New F1gland was
one principal reason for the Introduction Of MANN
features with u.s. The same reason urges Virginia
the Carolinas, Georgia and other Southern States.
to make up what they have lost by the depreciation
Of their lands, by improving their waterfalls and bv
manufacturing their cotton at home, instead Of send
ing it abroad The South can pfodfce cotton cloth,
and better article, cheaper than either Old or
New England, because she has the cotton on the
ground, and in better condition than it can possible
be after removal of hundreds or thousands of
miles, thus being exposed to drenching rains to be
rolled in The mud Of wharves, or to be bleached or
rotted by exposure in its long travels BY sea and
land, If cotton has done 50 much to make England
great during the last sixty or seventy years. or Fl
since she received the first bale from our shorese if
il has added much to the industry and prosperity
of New England, what will it not do for ihe South,
when she learns to manufacture il at home, thus
producing many valuable home markets for the
agrieulturist, and making cotton king in double
sense. .-.. H-a ...r...- ~ .s..s a..I u..a .a.I