The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-02-12
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es in the ground, costing hall million TO
| bring 1t to The SGliacr, which sum is paid to
a highly industrious and merltorous class Of
peope-the colierS; from whose hands it
| passes TO the cnterprising boatman. who en-
| plorS his hands and pilots 10 navigate his
heavy laden Graf! to Cincinnati Louisville, aud
New orleans, making an aggregate Of value
at the hfst named Ilaceof . eco GEO which,
of course, is no casod as it increases it's
distance to market. This. it is TO he rc,ncm.
b'rcd. is hut one locality the figures of which
are Obtained because Of the beats passing
locks where They are registered. Other local.
ms yield IN the same proportion, and, whcr:
UNITED, help to swell the commerce Of the
beautiful o3o rive. And yet. sir. this is
out an cF''ome of The great coal trade of tbs
heystone S;aic. To this YOU may add the
amount OF coal consumed by the manufac-
turing Establishments Of the county or Ale.
sh,ny-ssy one huul,cd-c consuming on an
average On, thousand five hundred buShc,
per day, bel Z four million and a half per
month, and over fifty million per annun,
worth. in the domestic commerce of the coun-
try, ~ 600 600: making the single ll,,u
OF Goa III one coun Y, per annum, worth
some five or six millions Of dollars.
Blt this is but one ingredient in the rrrat
n nuf'cturlng caldlon which is p,rpctuallv
ul.c,ur,d nrndur;s live a, III, " n ',"'
l.i,tslurr the caffnu nf Nah,r. on,;
MissisSipr; tho ,iy ;ron IF OHM y;,n;n;n
Kcntuckv. and prnnevIvon;, lilo nTn,bS ",
and sandstone Of the iIlnrl,onv tho co,,ror
rrc of H.. M,cl,i,,an rar;nn ,nI wheat oriho
Far Mes. mot tn In cnuvrrrol intn
In uSand shaprs. into c,.tt,n rInfh bar
sheet and cas- iron m lis s,,h bnarI. and
,l-nk Glass and conner and nour rn,,;n,s
ana mac ;.iDc,v of tyrrv d,scri,tirn. slam.
boats munitions Of war ;n,r,l,m,n,s If
lushaadry: the mos, Of The flour corls.'n,d
by the orcraiiyvs. MI his carried ,ron ynur
II threads and Iiy.is and s.es. swtl,r flo
tonnage u,on them = II and rrr,.ly con,1iI,nt.
iag to swell the liei-u Al we'll A. domestic
commerce Of the country. But, sir, tI,.sis
not all. The raw material which is corren-
trat.d at this pnint, in addiunN to iii. i'm,
rntnSe amount Of machinery REQUIRED en-
pl"vs thou.ands Of urtIativ,s. male and
female, to convert it into tie articles enumcra.
ted and to this is mainly TO be attributed
he great population Of the single county Of
All 2ianN which. ly the census Of 1850.
bcrli one hundred a,,l thirty-c;.ht chou
Saud souls -~wi.in a u..'i9n of ha'r tic
white population Of Soa,n ynio''nn. which
had only Two ! Gnlgld and riah:y-.ui.y lhou.,.
and at that time.
Now. | maintain TINT Ibis state of things
demands a settled policy to protect it against
the cunhnatiui!s of ca!,ital ON the other side
If the water. It'd, u.aulS i, Of right. because
it is The great clement Of yia0r winch we
pus-, 81 =. it is Whclc the strength of this
mighty samson lies. aul ou,lt NOT, and
Cannot. lie sulcnd,r,d, unless THROUGH
| tr,aciicry AMI de.urirn on the part of those
xho ought to hr it, ficn Is.
There IS another ia.rrts, 10 which desire
to y;vca passing nnricp-il.c uaIr.(ar,n,e If
,alt. III .r.tyrn PENNSYLVANIA oy,rauiIi.o,
hu>h,lS are anuualty rodoc,d: on the
Kama. ha. in Nug;uia. the same : in The
Mn>kn gum and Hooking valley one million
eight huadrei thousand and at Syracuse,
and Other poUtS in New York, over three
millions Of hu.hclS Der anrlim A sj1nI,
com, any in western PynnSv,v. MIA has iny,sit,,
over three hundfoA thousand dollars in the
II anuisc,ure Of his great STAPLE and, with
a policy On tie uart Of the Government
which would invite Tie employment Of adj
tliiipnal capital, there is nothing to prevent
The United States rtc'n furnishing it's own
Sup.ly, w,,irut hcjrg dependent, TO any
cxteHt, upon the Zone q urodact.
The home market which these different
class Of Constructs would afford to the aq-
r!cuiu,ists Of our own country. now very
nslclab,c, would I've greatly increased
have rot before I've the f-nr,S. Int leIipvc