The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-03-28
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No s.ateeuaa csa underrase ehs valuc
II nechantcal labor 70 Ssats, Or sudsavor to
desogate from 10 dignity. In New York and
ether countries q tran new aristoc-acy, ab.
surd apstarts, themselves oitsn descended from
mechanics, affect to look down upoh labor of
oil kinds 40 beneath The dixnity OF gentle
man! II Is amneiug enough 70 behold the
Hirs of these Tinlsbat .Titmeuees but.
they do not exert influence enough upon co.
eiety to produce any other eject han TO make
recnle laugh a their foliiAs- That which haa
made the North 20 powerful, aud endowed ].
with most Of the capacity for mischief IL is
exercising in this war. is it's nAaafxcturing
and mechanical skill and labor. II the South
had learned years ago 70 diversity ito industry,
we should b in very different position from
the pseeers one. Almost all the difficulties by
which We are surrounded. arise from this
s,sree. We have permitted the North to
s,anafscture everything for N, instead of
~anaiacssring for ourselves. II va had
learned to make everything fer ourselves
which our necessities required, the blockade
would NOT have CEASED Is the slightest incon-
vsaisnce. But I'll The iaconvsniences which
y sutails viii Be blessings, il they stimulate
~ 70 the development OF our own industry,
and 10 tho permanent establishment Of manu-.
eAosorea iNr every article which our necessi
ass require
We have gone over the face Of the earth Of
fering our trade and manufactures to any ono
who would recognize our Independence. Hap
ply, the humiliating proifer has been accepted
By nobody, Providence, we hope, has better
slngs In sore for IA. nation that depends
on any other nation for manufactures, can new
or be Independent in fact, no matter what it
may be in name. To make Eoglsnd or France
cw reliance for manufactures, would be simply
- make England or France our masters, in.
s;ead of the North. What has made Eug.
land 60 great and unconquerablsf II 10 her
vast manufacturing resources and energies
combined with her commercial weai It'll and CD.
serprise. II was this which enabled her to
shoulder the enormous load thr own upon her
N those vast European wars Of the last and
present century, which crushed other nations
like egg shells, and TO rise refreshed and reviv-
lied by every combat The South has ten
suV0soAA sitAsco VIC A0VAtAlAcc VI ~
becoming q great manufacturing country. Our
iunum erabie water courses, inexhaustibls min
ersl wealth, genial climate, aud close neigh
borhood to the great staples of manufacture,
give us advantages which no other country
Possesses. We su-pass England in the single
article of coal, which Is the corner stone Of
her national strength, aud in the article Of
iron there is no nation which surpasses the
Virginia iron. The late United States Gov
srnmeut folly appreciated its value in the man
uActure Of cannon, and all its great guns for
the navy are the product of our mines- They
are well known 70 be the bert gunsin the world,
and yet, with all our vast coal and iron facii-
sies, our neglect of manufacturing labor has
brought Us TO such pass that We are COM
PEELED TO hunt up old iron and use the bells of
churches for warlike purposes
What we can do, even with limited means,
in the way Of mechanical labor, has been mag
ni6cently illustrated in the construction of the
VlReisIA Behold the wonderful results Of
the first Virginia effort in naval architecture
and take courage. We must become manu-
occurring people. 1; will be doubly necessa-
~ if England undertakes to dispenSs with
Southern cotton. In that event we can under
sell her in her own kingdom and beat her in
all the markets Of the world.