Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-04-11

England. The accounts which were received from Mas
saehuses of the rise and progress of the town of Lowell
situated the falls OF the Merrmac in that State,
romantic and almost incredible An English traveller
who visited America at this time gave graphic account
Of what he OF this of Lowell Sir, the town
Of Lowell became the FL Dorado OF men AID the para
disc of women. Men embarked in manufactures uoder
tie tariff of 1924 and grew rich a sudden. The mer-
chant princes OF Te found their counterpart in the mau
ufacturers o Lowell.
And, sir young women came down to this town from
New Hampshire and Vermont to seek money and to seek
education. We told that in Il very short time they
became accomplished in the profession in which they
embarked Their business almost SIM cure; their
labor almost nothing Ii at last labor OF q g
eyes. Are YOU too old Mr. Charman-l hope MOTTO
know the power OF womans eyes when directed by wo-
mans skill? (Iaughter)
Yes sir, il the labor it the labor of the eve.
Thy sat down by their delicate machines and watched
over them and the toughest employment that they
subject to, with finger and thumb 10 tie the broken
thread unravei the tangled skeu; and sir they
became, only learned in their peculiar arts, but
COmphshod In their intervals OF leisure their intervals
were devoted to books, and the hardest usag that
their delicate hands exposed TO- in touching
the KEYS Of the piano aud turning the gded leaves
OF Abolition author, and in short time they be-
came indo ctrinated in aboiousm. They went their
native homes aud SIR they became the bellies OF their
native mOuntus-the cynosures Of admiring eyes; but
alas for the fate Of woman in short time they married
olive plants grew up thick around then; aud the whole
business Of their future lives is made up OF efforts TO in
cucae in these tender plants hatred to the South aud its
inhabitants. Sir this is not to be considered fancy
sketch; for have been TO this town of Lowell and it
seemed 20 me that the abors there engaged in rather
! luxuries than toll Well sir, what was true of Lowell
OF other towns in Massachusetts, and Connecti
cut The whole country absolutely bosSomed like rose.
What it, sir that kinded up this manufacturing
erprise? What II that warmed IL into such
| tive life? Sir the sun which ripened fruits for these
Northern snuacturcrs was no other than a Southern
The labor which mnistered to their prosperity was
Sou heru labor; and SO nicely the system of protec
lion adjusted that there escape from IT, IL per-
ecty apparent that the North is indebted for all it,
ana progress the action Of this General Gov
ernmcut; and it so hippened that whatever tariff was
passed been increased and increased from year
year until there has been satisfying them And there
seems 70 be also determination part Of the North
/ to make us their Colonies
No- sir, the only possible way in which our nation
iruTe any portion Of its Inhabitants is through the
revenue laws. Talk TO about the surrender Of Ug
tive savcs-tlk about the attacks which have bsen
made upon institutions by the North; but the great
attack which hiss been made, and continually made and
which has never been remed relaxed is The attack
upon al Es stu.iCns th Ough the nstrumyn.sy Of
the tariff OF the North would blame the shep-
herd for Shcariug Ei3 flock the herds for milking
his cO@s as | would blame the North for lis policy
the Solh. We have borne it ps:cutiy and entered
o hi contract with eyes OPEN AID bu. just
thst should srii-r
But the questiol H. shlll We now pau3eg Shall ve to-
crate it any iCrthcry And even while attempting
10 adjust difficulties with The North Instead Of "y
ING olive branch they give Us the Morrill, tariff
the tariff that inflicted upon any people
VINO call themselves free. There ia one point here that
would have you all o0scrve. tariff in a Conie6ea-
oy of States ike Is a very different thing from
tariff in a Constituted small Government Tor a t8rd in
that case, while may pnre the people does also ia
Le consumption Of agricultural products, and II
these mauul curea WHICH have made EDorado ard
a Paradise Of ,h'so Northern toSu5 had heen located
here could probably have stood t. Bat the t'Tt
has been levied or tie benefit of the North the free
trade between the North and the South mas given 10
them all the benefits of this tariff only by bene,no
the manufacturers but also the agrienl'"-' o
who lives near a lactoru / ...s,s The man
vegetah~ mas a market He can sell every
- - advantage. l Northern man who
I was a. my house, aud while there, wsscd with him
through 4 Large field Of turuips Hs observed, il hod
these turrips in the North tiey wouii be fortune TO
me for could li market for them at my door 10 the
factories Hos am l 10 sci my tugnip: might send
them to Massachusetts, but they would bear the cost
o. transportation. But the Ggrioulwisis Of The Moth
can sell % lhr manufacturers ~ their n-ghhOrhcOd At
rCmuncrstjyc p.ices from which bat little is deluytet,
I any for transportation. BIT far different with Us We
ground for the benefit OF the NOr not for the ben
en- Cf the manufacturers alone BIT also Of the Northern
a.ricaturss And sir this enables them 20 mouopoza
! he t,ade OF the whole country. am informed that
when &r. Byrd the line between Virginia and North
Carolina before The otOrIou a. prt sent CC;elu-
on he Saw il a hiibor Of Norfolk, taCntvuuc Irgr
vessels DO he gentleman who represents be City of
Norfolk rec2-c, seeing ~ tima ln h- port tweaT-
u.nr large yc,sclg No sir that time Eds Ia %; the
commerce Of Virginia ha1 gore, aad a. t IS lett 10 us,
/ that shall empoy the ships Of the North, and use
/ is manufacture.
Now SIR is i. not perfectly clear case that if there
were a lw passed that Virginia -ii be permitted 10
bay any good from any ntIon pt from the North,
We should not b. iu r,,ter state vas,alagc? Tine
| North t,E ~, by enactment Of Congress, that We
SoUhorlCrs shall not buy from any other people but
| them. Turn it over YOU please aud It amounts 10
his and more that the Sorthi' c-mpeed by statute,
! " buy from tue &orth and the North alone
Dir. Chairman will for moment call the attention of
the Committee a siuge practical view of the effects of
this vassalagc of the South to the North by ew facts
within my cogazince. risk the charge Of egotsm
that | may establish nay point the better.
was once, SIR Southern planter. In the year lSil
went TO New Orleans. My imagination was kindled by
ne quantity Of sugar and molaseS aud that PLAN
ers raised in that sunny region came home, and was
invited to address agricultural society in neghbor-
ing county, advised my iricuGs wlo E2Fe large pian-
ters to carry pOrtO. .heir negroes Sogth where
their prOa.s Eeie great aud not keep them here where
prCu,s small. To show my sincerity in this be-
lief went 10 Louisiana and became a cotton and sugar
painter The first year made nothing, as might be ex
pected because had heavy expenses bu, the next year
afterwards, there genial climate, there tne
season. there were iue showers and 4ougn. that our
crop very rceat. Ne. s, it vas sent 70 cOmmis
sion merChsut IN New Orleans and went there in the
spring. and told hiGa that wanted my money, Ah, said
ne, am sorry 10 tell you lt your expenses nave Oeen
very great, and have money OF yours in my hands
What rg Where all the hundreds of hogsheads of
sugar and bales Of cotton? Is there money coming
in from them? lie opened his portfolio, aud drew out
paper which he presented to meI think he called
account current The thousands Of dollars for the pro-
Deeds of my crop on one side and then the other
side found the account more than balanced How is
liz?
took the account carried il to the plantation and eI.
amined it carefully. found it all right had no mo-
nv. found my pocEess ehptS-nst dime in them
ny purse turned wrong side euvaTds did not Fov--'
| "st,S~roh ~ So -" W ''N'' - matter | found
| " - no money, had been a munifcent
patron OF all the arts which gave me comfort
had bought scientific instruments in pha-chro
nomctcrs barOmeters saccha Sme.e.J AID spygasses.
! bought from lynn all my shoes-I bought from the
Ncrhwes. ali my sock-l had bought my pork from In
diana-I bought my corn from the Wabash-hoes,
ploughs caueknves wagons and carts from Cincinnati
cotton goods rcm Lowell and hats blankets and other
wOol.ns from New England found that all went into
the pockets not of Shareholders but of non.save-
holders. say now sir, that if had given these panta
tiors to the North and let them manage thenI held
them years ago, do not now-I believe would
have been the gamer. No doubt about it. If had
had freetrade instead OF a protective tariff the profits
derived from the Plantations would have been handsome
All the profits went North and all ! got the sup
port of my negroes and money enough pay the
seers.
Why IS this why DO you encourage the manufac |
turers OF the North? They had derived all the profit
and had received nothing Well sir L don't mean TO |
say-I would not be understood saying-:hat all the
planters in the South were bad planters l. but
this know that they raise nothing but their main