Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-02-08

lar neiyhbors with regard to III Knowing only
that fi,ere is a powerful aud apparently growing
marty iu THAI section 81 the Union IN favor of ths
"a .onenins of the African Slave Trade, we can bus
,aks warning Of the unqusstonable historical fnct
tth,t S,uth Carolina and Georgia, in the Conyen-
tion which framed the present Federal Coustitu-
tion made it The express condiiion OF their Access
sion 10 the Uninn that there should be no ,'rohi.
hilton of the Slave Trade, before 1903. and IN or
der 10 obtain that extension OF time for the traffic,
Itbcy entered into U bargain with the Eastern
States 10 surrender to IA majority in Congress the
unre.tr pnwer Of regulating commerce; both
of which provisions were steadily and zeai"nsly
Composed by Virginia. aud were the features 1t the
new Constitution the most distasteui to her leel-
ings and judgment
! There nrs other points Of divergence between
Virginia ADD the cotton States, with regard to the
dHeront systems Of policy.their respective situa-
tions and pursuits would inevitably give rise 10 IN
a separate coniederacy Of tho S,uthern afcs,
which every rejecting citizen OF Virginia should
well consider, before he gives his sanction to any
proposal contemplating So desperate resort ne
staple of the cotton States is one, OF which the
production is limited to particular region. while
the demand for it is universal and constantly
progressive Their cfitlre capital and labor, there
fore, cannot be employed in any why 81 profitable
rs in the exclusive cultivation of this staple. and
exchanging it r the fl rics of other countics.-
Their produce being admitted free from duty IN
lorcign countries. where it is the Indispensable
material of the industry of large porl ion Of the
inhabitants, they can we'll afford, and ii is their
interest, to receive duty free in return the manu-
features Of those countries.
But what Is the situation Of Virginia? llerag-
ricuure is employed chiefly in the production o
articles which are the growth Of every chime ana
of which the supply. therefore, often exceeds the
limits OF II just proportion to the demand. Inc
necessary consequence where this ~ the ease. Is
ii ruinou, reduction of the prices which those art-
cles command in the markersoi the w"rld--L otate
oi things now sorely felt by the wheat growers OF
Nirginia-lnd the only remedy then is tt divert
from agriculture II portion Ut the capital and Ia
Dor unprottaby employed in it and devote that
portion to mountaineering, vt the same time
relieving the rlelhora of agriculture and creating
IL new demand for its products ut home
| In support If these views, allow me To call your
attention to the folio wing pregnant extract from
an unpublished paper Of Mr.. Madison, written in
1888 the conclusive force Of which. think, every
understanding must feel and acknowledge.
Manufactures grow out ofthe labor not needed
iur agriculture; and labor will cease to be reed
81 on employed, ms It's prniuu,ts satisfy and satI-
Ate the demands for domestic use I'D tor freiSn
markets. Whatever be the abundance and lcrtli-
rs Of the soil, 1t vii! be cultivated, when It's fruits
must perish on hand for want of market. And
is 1T not manifest that this must be hcncelutwarI
m re aud more the case in this State?'
The earth produces mt this time, much is cal
, led for ~ the home and tue foreign markets. while
the aboung population, notwithstanding the emf
grafton OF the West md South West, isiast ncrea
sing. Nor can we shut orr eyes to the facts that
the rapid increase of the exports of -four and tobac
- from and more te.tc soil will be con,in-
uaily lcssenng the demand ON Virginia Tor hei two
great staples, ami be lalcinS her. by the inability
To pay tor her imports by expupts, 10 provide with
! in herself substitutes for the former"
I These important truths seem now to lie recornl-
zed by al, and, AN happy t. Sec are about to be
acted on by The Legislature. NirsiL III mus: turn
her attention more and m1te oShe diyerstratIon
/ OF her industry 10y lh" establishment OF manuiac-
tues, both 10 relieve The al charge IF her agrIcu
ture and 10 give 1t, in lieu Of the gluicl ktts
Of the world, Sne stimuIn, orocal markets at homo
which vii. d. fuse. around their respective Centres
Il smiling scene OF renovated life and yer,!ure.-
How would the system ui absolute free trade, pat
rJnlaed by the cntton Safes, accord with this
condition Of i.lin1s il Virginia With one u
her staples -tobatco--inore heavily burihened
with taxation by foreign governments than any
known production on the earth, and which, from
the necessities Of their systems Of revenue will con-
tihue to be 50 burthcned. and with rising nlanuiac
turing establishments ii her own, could there he
IN act OF more suicidal rashness than for Virginia
To place herself IN n situatiun in which g" king
cotton, by undisputed prcponderance III the c.un
eds II Separate Southern Coniederacy. would be
enabled to throw her ports wide open to the free
and niscrlmirale admission Of the manufactures
and productions vi fure!gu countries, without any
regard 10 her distinctive and vital interests
glance at these things to show that in the uto-
ipld OF Southern coutrderacy we SHOULD lave
mote harmony aud concord in some things, far
.iess-than IN the grand continental temple uciica-
ted by onr fathers 10 American unity, peace and
lirccloGi Lct Us be content with the noble stfuc-
iture which they have hcqueathed to us; desiring
ne'ther &c erA coavcntion to bo;ch II, nor Sec
t'i"nai convention II suhycrt it. If evils arise
from time to tImc-anl have no disposition to
ieXtennac the magnitude Of those wl.;c have fall
en- ON n'--lct W. seek II remedy Tor them within
the Union MS 1t IL. 1t is the peculiar felicity Ut
iederauye Rcpublic like ours, as have already
remarked, that ii affords remedies, within the
pale OF the constitution, for the defence Of the
public liberty, unknown to any other system If
government.
Let us make firm and faithful trial of these AMI
they will not fail u.s. l.e, not, upon tie sui
Den appearance ot squaii. or BECAUSE one ar Two
ot the crew have mutiuied. desert our co ID shin
the Constitution, abandon our comrades and il, a
panic hctake ourseses 10 the crazy lait ot st.rs.
sion, which VAIL conduct IL, we know not With.
err. amid the tfackless Uncertainties # the ocean
VI Not whclmed AT once beneath its stormy biI.
lows.
The OCCASION calls for cooIness. sel:-pos,e>,i II.
iiirnlneSS cordial and iit,rla concert a,nup~
the friends Vt the Constitution and the Union eve
rywhere-a calm review ii tt e past, rra,trnt
forecast TO the future. Aud if these ona!i,; es
shall be brought TO the crisis, as horo and be-
lleve they Viii be, We shall inl in the sruuel AS is
often sceh NJ the o,rrrnilag ways OF Providence.
that COOL has been edugtt irom evil ana that
rom tie hcttie. danger, las been pluckeL the
Hover, safety" Your friend
W. .. RlNES.
Sc Mali'ons D.haes Federal Convention 3D. 3ga