Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-02-01

shared by all in the end; and each is there
fore interested in the prosperity of the other;
and all are interested in the home manufac-
ture of the raw material which our country
produces, not alone for home consumption,
but for sale abroad. Il will be an suspicious
day for the west. and especially for Lndi0na,
when We shall send the results of our labor
abroad, in more condensed form than at
present, and apply our immense wealth OF
coal, and other mineral resources, to the pur-
poses OF home manufactures, and home con-
sumption in other ways"
Referring to the effects of protection, as es-
tablished by the German Zollverein, Gov.
WRIGHT says:
"a few years ago there were not more than
thirty establishments for the manufacture of
beet sugar in that region; there are now near
~ four hundred. The cotton twist. hereto
fore imported from England. is now made at
home. Three years ago the city Of Bremen
imported fifty thousand bales Of our cotton;
the present year she will import at least two
hundred thousand. In sight OF my dwelling
stands large telegraph mandatory which
has made a contract To furnish telegraphic ap-
paratus to Great Britain to the value of near
ly one million of dollars. Wooden and linen
goods manufactured in Germany. and toys Of
every imaginable description from Nurem-
berg on the Tyrol, and other districts, are to
be found in every part of the world"
Speaking of the activity OF the Germans in
developing their mineral resources, of the
great depth to which they go in their mining
operations, and of the addition to the market
price OF their products which that clrcum-
stances occasions the Governor remarks:
eve are scarcely credited when we tell
these people that in our own country we have
immense coal fields, from six to nine feet in
thickness, lying near the surface, and in
every respect easy of access. with iron ore,
rich soil and inexhaustible timber lands, all
in close proximity. But let us not accuse the
Old World Of blindness, nor laugh a her for
grabbing away five thousand fee. under
ground as some of them do, while VIZ, neg
Letting all this mineral wealth. conten> our
selves with merely scratching the rich soil
and wearing it out with unscientfic cultiva-
ton, 1t is my firm belief that the iron and
coal mines of Perry county alone. if scientific
cally worked, would yield an annual income
greater than that Of the arie1t crop Of the entire
STATE: and I am sure there is not lched raiser IN
Indiana 1cho has not an eq,saI. and think 1 n'1y
safely sag, far greqter interest n the Development
! IF this mineral ,ceaLh than IN Doubling the crop Of
,ojteat or other gram
The sound, sensible, patriotic views OF
national policy here expressed by this distin-
| guished Democrat are identical with those so
| forciby urged by Mr.. BELL on the same
subject in speech made by him in the Senate
during the last session Of Congress, and with
which our readers are familiar. For entertain
! ing and uttering them, Governor WRIGHT is
held to no account by his party-they, in
portion of the party. Expressed by Mr.
BELL however, they are held up by Demo
cratic organs rs evidence of rank Federation"
and as being at war with the best interests OF
the country. Such is Modern Democracy!