Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1860-01-26
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The following which we take from the
Philadelphia News of the 10th inst, is as
applicable to Maryland as any other portion
of the country:
The ladies of Virginia, as well as her polit-
ical leaders, have recently manifested dis
position TO encourage the manufacture text
lie fabrics within their own borders, by cloth
ing themselves in garments made OF cloth
produced by their own LOOMS Although pa
triotc men and women too, must re ret the
unhappy state of public feeling which has
led them to this determination, there can be
no doubt that if they have the courage and
resolution to persevcre in the movement, that
it will be attended with the most beneficial
results. If the people of the planting States
Of the South can be brought once to realize
that to he truly independent, they must wear
garments of their own manufacture, and not
allow their States to be commercial colonies
Of either Old England, or New England, they
will have made great step in the right dlrec-
ton. A careful observation of the condition
of things in the South, and the comparative
~ slow progress which that part of the Union
has made III material prosperity, must satisfy
a candid observer that much Of the unfriend-
Is feeling which exist there, has its origin in
this disparity in the growth OF material wealth
aud population. The success of the cotton
culture in the South has induced the leading
statesmen of that part of the confederacy to
disregard the true principles Of political econ
omy, and the teachings of history, and to a.
dept and persevere in course which has
impoverished every nation which has been
blind enough to pursued it Manufactures and
commerce pay far better profits than agricul-
turc: and those States or nations which have
confined themselves to the production OF food
and raw materials, have not been able to adj
vance in civliz ton as have those which
have diversified their employments, by con-
verting materials into fabrics, and czchang-
lng them Tor She products Of other lands
The same policy which has caused Virginia
to decline from the position Of the first State
in the Union, in population aud resources,
has, though in smaller degree, prevented
the growth Of Pennsylvania.
a large portion of the people Of our State
have been engaged in agriculture more than
could find profitable markets near home for
their products, aud consequently the accumu-
lation Of capital has not been near SO great
10 it ha, been in New England and in New
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