The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-25

- shsAlwlys has In craftsmanship - q
Il wHa Tho South which gave 70 the unses "a
10 mankind Washington, which 0vs %
era.ory Patrick Henry, and 70 hw has'
shall which gave the Amsrissn kep.bhc it,
most illustrious Prssidsnts; not only washing.
ton. but JefIsrson, Madison. Monroe, jackson
TAYLOR; which was represented In ths Senate Of
Inc Z. 8. BY au,h master statesmen - Cal.
aona and Clay, and which furnished the eoun.
,rv IL boeh wars witheEugiand, and the last
war with Mexico, ito most distinguished gen.
rails. II wasshroush the guidance of Southern
craftsmanship, and the championship Of South.
srn arms, that the United States sstsined
pitch Of prosperity and prestige in the Life
time of man such -, In other parts
Of the world, has bsen the slow growth
OF . thousand years. But while South.
srn genius and energy have accomplished
hose. magnificent rssults for the Republic ct
largo, they have neglected those humber de-
partments of exertion in their own section,
which are after ell indispensable 70 the
wealth and independence Of people. They
have permitted the North to monopoizs the
manufactures Of the country, until at last
there was not single article Of use in the
house or the field, nor Of wearing apparel
down to the very shoes of our laborers,
which were not made at the North, thus
despoiling us not only of a vast amount of
treasure which the North lie now fighting to
get back, but Of that which is more valuable,
the tastes and habits Of manufacturing indus.
hat 1,~ bo~ d. khc,,~
the manufacturing North, no matter hsw well
Inclined we werv to throw of our depen.
dence.
Nothing but compilation, nothing but the
sheer impossibilisy of obtaining articles Of
actual necessity, would ever have induced the
Sonth to dream Of manufacturing for herself
1t was in vain thai, Ter worst enemies were
found in the very districts to which she re-
sorted for manu- featured articles; that Lynn,
Lowell, Newark, and other manufacturing
towns. were the vilest dens of abottionism
che still patroDizsd them with az liberal a
baud az ever, rather than establish and
encourage manufactures Of hoI own. 1t
| Was in vain that the John Brown
| raid threw athwart the whole sky the
first luiid glare Of the risiog comet of war; she
never bougnt dollars worth the less OF
| Northern men on that account. Il was in v ain
that Southern journalists invoked the South
| cru people 70 break loose from their Deepen.
,.eLcs u. Northern artisans, and manufacture
ior themselves, if they would secure to them
selves that Light which, among nations, is the
only deIeuce vi right. These journalists ere
hooted IL as incendiaries, ana false prophets.
| War, actual war alone, and the blockade, have
accomplished for the South what she would
| never have accomplished for herself, and
forced aer to IIAke tor herself in every de-
partmsnt Of industry whatever her needs
require.
/. Sue is now beginning to learn this useful
aud indispensable lesson, and she is an apt
scholar New branches of manufacture are
| spfiDgiuK up on every hand. Eat we fear that
with speedy peace, OF AL early breaking OF
the blockade, sue would relapse into her OLD
habits OF reliance upon OUTSIDE mechanical III
dustfy. War, long war, and years Of practice
IA manufacturing arts, are necessary TO build
up Southern manufacturing industry, with0u,
which, Southern independence must be u mere
nane. We want not Only Southern manufac
lures, but Southern n,anutac curing pOpua
uon, tor any other will 'olIy corrupt and de-
moraiize our people. To both these objects y
long war ID indispensable,