Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-03-10
For the Enquirer.
..WisD0N IS PROFITABLE TO OBJECT"

TpT ne enquirer.
..giSD0M IS PROFITABLE TO DIRECT"
Msssrs. Elrtnr.: Naver tad AM penpc
greater cause 10 invoke the spi,i> Of wisdom,
both human sn,i divine. than hive ;ae psopia
Of this anEr,loracy, at this carly period q;
nat;ona; existence. 1t sppears Ia be reduced
now to xed fact, that we canno. now De
conquered except By curSslcls. There are
some " no nre not lille trernuious lest we,
through our own negligence or folly, become
OUT Gwa des.roysrs. la cur beicague,ed
condition, We have deeply felt tn results Of
our former fcily Cad aino=s IN allowing
ourselves IN be dependent people.
Oar nfce"Siti.s have aroused lis. y have
DIRE wonders: hag" achi=,d iesu'ts Almost
miraculous We i..w know WHIST we can 10,
AMI wha: We may e.s!!y heco:ne-'ac !aoht
thrifty, Self IT, iaDt independent and widely
influential nation Oh the face Of the ear!h.-
Il was the skill, the energy, End the macaiacry
OF or would tc Jestroyers tbkt mado Us
dependent snl r"mpaE tii:ciy thriftlesl
people. Their ,riSa ~ 70 KEEP rs in Mat con-
dt::ca Have ~- uus already ia.i IN 'rgh of
thoi, aubjugal:ng z;:d demo- aaz,ns influence:
Now j., the line to a..seit onr Independence
Nnw, that ths Severance fran the North ~
cnupl=:f. is. ~ MAKE Tie yuJ impossible.
Hcrc is picture drawn hv In.sIer mind,
IT. the metropolis # Great Bnt.iu-Bsi'ain
that has grown "GkEAr" az our expense, hut
yet gives shoulder cold as death in Our
deahIy struggles for existence Rsv. DR..
Hamilton, Of London, treating Gf :hst wisdom
which is pr, i.abe TO direct," say 3. IL uno Of
his lectures: In this little ;siand, ami during
The present wesk, machinery will bs in Ein
ton doing tho ~o:k Of FIVE huadf'd i!lons
Of men," lie goes IN .!sn 20 SAY: should
you CONVEX. into aFtifice and labor, ra r"ery
man aid Homsn in either emis?helc, and
itorn ms Csfires ct lbs Cape II ti,c Peers ii
our Parliament. did all agree Ia oi! ;hrir u:
NOS and had they no iuiI .lr,urmis besides t use
wnich primitive man Possesses with Ell the
expenditure OF their vital pnsrrS. with all
the swsa. and waste oi fibre, and :AIaining
Of e.e-sCht. at the week 5 end i, would be
found that they had not done half the work,
nor dona it half 81 we'll IS fen engines
peacefully ro7ol7irg unicr ihv pulse Of some
no sheads If wafer. u, SO man, tons Of c"a.
Yes, this it is thai hss given those two ~
tons that have the lea: sympathy Of ali the
os. ans Of the earlf award Us, their :rehicT
.:ru: p,wcr Grsa: Britain M: TIE L'nc IN
tom &c spotism OF the North. IL III their
machinery. sTl tie wisdom which il "pr"H-
table 10 iire2t' in l;= construction aud con-
troll. 'Know ledge is powrt Machinery IL
poEer. Eacr Of thcsc nations tas Increased
~ power \ million fold by tle.e powers
united. 9hs question, then, !pr III to co.,
SID. r, j: ard just 81 this tiIne should con
sieT au!, IL, whether wc shall slide buck into
our former S..ts Of unhealthy ana fpea'tencs.
or ~ ether by the energetic eTIp'0yui.nt Il
Lhi>c W.. ,.usr!s, We shSll surnsas h..!
thr ">r','> in comfort, wealth. ind=Esn-
dcnra sal ase:ah.:4~;rg gre -;n=ss. We
can d. Nm-.eses any rther prnrir can do
We haze 81 ihe genius. energy and nati".,sl
p, i,ia that urr nevdiui. We have the finest
water paw. "a tie I'd Id ser vast. widc
~ ';.al:ibu,ci-pnra that neT5r i.eeze;; up
=. Timt.r. r=y.r G:.tS up III >I,aLl.r. II! t',o
ceD!:sI part, a.: oi CD, CyDfc1s-aSy, SO have
1n' u the ti,.r'i woIni Ing climates N the world
for ii-d0or w0, F. sufficiently ''rac'rgio suln-
mer,rni severe 10 GIn.er. The great staples sr!
v!hef i.-G material are q: rar du"Is IN s-sat
ebum!ance. Oar p:Iti ara Numerous, AMI
y l:n Opened 10 HE c,;nIucrcc Il: tie world,
sil: afford the utulost facilities i5r the II srcs.
a,J s..re:,a f all that IS desired FROM nbruads
III ths; can lie manufactured a. hoIno.-
Thus every man, woman and child ulay have
at once employment and adequate means Of
support. Ingenuity, skill and cneEgy should
bs valued sbnye all price. Labn. aG0uid I'd
made hoaosst.l-. Statues siould he Erected
10 industry. Every department Of industry
should be throus.d With degotees, fired. with
aoal, fer"id and uadying as the ves;al tialnz.
Everything TINT en- c manufactured on: ct
cotton. wool, mr tails, wood, stone, clay, SAINT,
an' tha cbemical productions % the animal
and vcgstahl, kingdoms. should DO uiaI.uiac-
TT. ri um ctr own soil. Think Of glass, had
werr, pottery, pager, Candles. ready made
clothing, d., &c. What huadrsds Of
millions have b,ea drainad from Il"
for .tesa, saying nothing al thousard
other of the smaller itGns-oi the no
ton order: For all tacso thicg, our Con-
friorsie States have been ..,.C at every pore.
And yet very large Hha-a OF al their cost
could nave bsen saved, ana tho ps"tt' LnInud
into oyr own pdCk-ta lSit7rp;in ihst 80 ETC
Al agricultural people, d. b i. -, and
let III; be more thorough bred agricUl:urai'Sts
III Ill VIC ever hayo ben. Who d;os not
hnuw that there ia an iH..r..c co"Hrci!Oi
between al the Drpa' tna'!t4 vi Industry
!. u that has been urged tyr E,-4uts'iu:e'S
wHui'i nsnt promote agriculture III i ILL de-
par;menta. The production cf III. grr-: sta
pies wGuid mt bs diminished. an:t tho in
crease il all the Iuin"T Department.. would
he many fo'J what /: has cyej te.n. Com
fo!L. intelligence sid tie NORA elevation 81
the masses would also he .aIe reau!t Tbs
7i,ss=sneSs % Gug population in la.nr al our
ss,bo.rd States, aud tie inGoisnce ii the
love; classes Consequent upon thar Lsins no
lines of Industrial ncrHpati n i'll which they
could engsgp has hfen nost unfaYots-
bic 10 bot, intellectual and n,,ai cu!-
lu1e. Bring tte,n together. Iron shsrpens
IRON and 50 does friction 0f mind y ith mind
1rd4c rf tbs day among them. Tia .uDst
luccrss.ini nf al modes Of elevuLirg The
Misses is 10 give thnm employment and bring
i:ic,u ia cnatsct with zen &c Intelligence and
energy.
Tho value. also. OF cur grea. staples, will be
nrhancei Manufacture ole third Cf a cot
ton crop ST hGlGs. In that way il will DO
worth more to the ConfederaGy than sn Ell
tire crop sold as raw material. The re-
mainier would sell for AZ much abroad as
the whole will when there ia no competition
and we lie st the marc, cf foreign nations.
Let tho experiment al lesat haYe fair tflai.
Ii 40 allow nutselv,o II he again cansht
napain. by rboiIi1ndau,, should her DyT-
mydons srain b!ocEsHs our pnts-self-fe-
preach and the execratinu Of othlr nstions
will hs our re.itcd fate. SILEy.
The- patriotic feeling which dictates the
remarks OF Siiex' cannot te doubted; but
there are practical d'ili;ul;cs. M ma: Mac
tuTs or i.rltatrg in tia world has aver he:n
undertaken, End capital invested in It,
from patti tic notives alone; nor ever will
be. Eveo the manufacture Of cannon, gun
powder anl ordnance and qua-,ermasters'
stores, with wu nrw ses in the Confede-
racy is carried on only because we cannot
procure tho articles We need from abroad in
Hi cient quantity wing 10 tho block sdc.-