Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-05-27

Her geographical position, her laws. her
language and religion, connect her AS much
with the New World IL with the Old. And
although she has occupied not only an eminent,
but | am bold to ray the most eminent position
among European nations for ages. still, if ever
Europe, by her >hort.SightcdncSs falls into al
inferior and exhausted state. for England there
will remain al illustrious future. tChecrS,D-
We are bound to the communities Of the New
World, and those great States which our own
| planting and colonizing energies have created,
iy ties and by interests which will sustain our
power and enable us to play rs great a part in
the times vet TO come as We do in these days.
and as We have done in the past. Cheers -
And therefore, now that Europe is on the eve
Of war. | say that it is for Europe. not for
England, that my heart sinks.
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Manufactures in the South Their Utility, both Di-
rect and Incidental.
We know of no single measure which We
should more like to see carried into effect than
the establishment Of manufactures in the South
crn States. And this, for reasons alike special
and general, for the benefit Of those States
themselves and for the country at large.
But can manufacturing industry be there
prosecuted. i. C.. can the requisite means. ina
tpriilS, anu llCllltlcS VI IElu lIlCIC.
WIy not, we ask? Why should not the
South produce cotton fabrics at all events, and
these rot for home consumption solely. but for
foreign supply, if need were: Look at present
modes of proceeding, and tell us if they are au-
thorizcd by any principle of political economy.
Thus, the cotton growers send the product
Of their own acres either across the broad At
laniic or To a far Northern destination on this
.-..:.o., g.. - ,r.nc,,,totiop into E,lrtIs Ir
the use of themselves and of their dependents.
In the latter alternative, it goes hundreds of
miles, by Il circuitous journey, through the
hands OF several factors, each Of whom must
receive n commission for his S~crv;ccS-aboard
steamers and railway locomotives, all %cNacting
transportation dues TO its remote northern
goal. Having here been wrought into fabrics,
the cost coming out of the raw material, It
takes the return track, paying 4 portion of the
same charges over again. and 1T last reaches
the original sender. who thus pays for this pro-
duct of his own field, in its transformed con-
dition. n price covering all these OUTLAWS, the
transformation and twoinld journey inclusive.
IL tn. cotton goes eastward, i'll lieu OF north
ward, i: must dclray the expenses of two voya-
res across the Atlantic, with Sundry other
charges supcradlcd, before reaching. in uSahlc
shape, the original producer.
Now, is there 4 stringent NECESSITY nr any
valid reason for such a course of proceeding:
Monochrome whatever. Growing the Cotton
on his own lands. the Southcrncr, with slight
cost and trouble. nigh; transfer it directly from
the cleaning mill 10 the factory, where it was
10 he wrought into cloths. And then water
powcr-Stcam powcr-lucl, whether, wood or
coal. building materials and all requisite APP
plianceS bcSidc-arc Just as plenty and OF As
fine quality in the South as III the North, or IN
any other section of the country.
And should it he urged that the machi-
merry and the operatives nccdiul to the
business, arc not now to be found in the
South, what then: Capital does exist there,
and capital at any time and in any place, can
command well nigh inStantancou>lv whatever
is wanted or wished.
Thus all nccdful machinery might, within Il
brief interval, he procured at the North, while
thousands of the ,kilfu, workers, oi either sex,
would start tomorrow. on a Southern indus
trial migration at the prospect Of steady EN-
ployment and fair wages, And certainly the
Seli.samc persons, with the same inStrumentali-
", could manufacture, ut the South, quite a.
good fairies as in their present localities.
Indeed, we are told that, in one respect,
cotton could be worked to greater advantage
in a Southern, than in n Northern climate
For the winter cold of the latter is reported 50
TO act upon the fibre of the cotton, as to rem
der il difficult Of working-a circumstance
likely TO Interfere with the perfection of the
reSult-whilc the comparative mlldncsS and
equality of the former. furnish the precise
conditions under which this substance is
wrought most easily and to the hest effect.
Indeed, unless some reasons can be shown
that make this product M exception. (Which Is
believed to he impoSsiblcy-why should il not
come under the operation Of that great law OF
nature, which intimatcs that all natural growths
are used to greatest advantage in the region
which indigcno,Isly produces them.
1t being settled, then, that the South could
manufacturc-and that she possesses even
peculiar facilities for 50 doinS-we now declare,
that by manufacturing industry, she would
secure numerous and great benefits, alike to
herself directly, and to the country at large
incidentally.
Thus she might, within no long interval,
double or treble her wealth and population
This point needs no elaboration. though it may
be well to offer n few suggestions. 10 refresh
the readers memory.
In a speech of Mr.. Clay. on the Tariff, in
! 1882, We find it estimated that on the average,
four or five times the original value Of the raw
material is slpcradded thereto, by the labor
and skill expended upon it in manufacturing.
In many instances we know this increase Of
value to he UNNECESSARILY greater. Thus, one
pound of iron ore, costing one cent, when trans
initted to steel. and made into watch->prinss,
sells for $40. 1000.
But even at an increase Of four or five times,
it is obvious. at 4 glance, why in the nature of
things rapid augmentation of wealth must
follow manufacturing industry.
But not the manufacturers alone are advan-
tagged hy manufactures. but farmers and me-
chanics Of every kind find an enhanced demand
for whatever they produce. and Il large value
put thereon. And while all the various voca-
lions and pursuits of life are called into being
and high activity by manufacturing industry.
as the originating cause. all the Improvements
of an advanced civilization. e. =, the canal, the
railway. the telegraph, &c, naturally follow not
less. And Il greatly multiplied population is 4
necessary result Of the very processes by which
these several effects are produced.
But. as want Of space for''ldS our Analysing
these processes here, let it suffice to point to
England. to Belgium. or to New England. As
most conspicuous examples If the dense popu-
lation and vast wealth. produced by manufac-
turing industry.
Now let the South engage in this, and we
should expect her present alterations from the
North TO vanish. and good will and unity 10
take their places.
Because, reaching an equality in wealth and
numbers with the North, the South would have
no occasion for jealousy or anxiety about
foreign intcrmeddling with their institutions.
having abundant strength and means for self
protection. - Phjladeiphia Southtrn .Wonitor.