The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-12-30

i : fAr a. 70 hezhg os1ss1ativssD from New u.
| land but ~ extSt1men4 proved = failure
Tho war sWeDt Mwny' the last vest1ee from
that unfortN1kte State. Nor has ls1ere eve,
been s1nAnu1Acturing, 70 any great extent, IN
the planting States Of the Gulf A story n
told In the South OF d planter near the Sayan.
nah river who hauled his cotton. by team from
his plantations to the river, down which II VA
sent to Savannah on O. boat, from which: In
time 1t was sent by steamship to New York,
whence 1t was transported by railroad to some
town In the interior Of New EnRland. where
1t was manufactured into cloth, after which II
was returned by railroad to New York, ship.
ped back again to Savannah, carried up the
river, and then hauled by team to the planta-
tion from which 1t originally came, where 1t
WINS finally used for shirting for the negroes.
1t was not for the want Of either machinery,
capital, or motive power, that this singular
state Of things existed. The planter believed
It was more profitable to devote his resources
to the production Of the staple, and procure
his manufactured goods In the North. Nor
was slave labor believed to be adapted TO the
processes and operations Of manufacturing.
Intelligent and skilled labor is essential to this
kind of industry. We have always believed
that the South erred in devoting its undivided
energies to the production Of one or two great
staples, and that 1t would have been much
more prosperous and powerful by diversifying
its enterprise. There cannot be any difference
of opinion as toits policy in the future. If it
ever expects to rise from the dust, ard attain
the material greatness to which it is entitled
by it's various and vast resources. it must
have a manufacturing and commercial, as well
as an agricultural and planting, community.
It must invite to its borders intelligent and
experienced artizans, and avail itself of
the ingenuity, the skill, and the industrial
habits, of the operators of every cline.
We are glad to hear Of large migra-
tory stream of workmen to various towns
of Georgia, and hope it will increase in
volume till it overspreads the whole South.
The DEVELOPMENT in this direction has fairly
begun, and Southern communities ard Legisla-
lures should leave no effort untried 10 slim;
late and strengthen it. At the same time, our
with profitable result. The
late contest dew oped a degree of mechanical
and manufactu1 lng skill and enterprise in allthe
Southern States which astonished those who
them destitute of the ingenuity and
cticableness required in such enterprise.
If the South shows equal manufacturing ca
k'ASOA>ASACS Al VIC Va PCdCC <tS
did in those of war, her future will be as
happy and glorious as that of al, country of
the world. With home manufactures and |
there can be nd limit to her future |
We commend this subject TO the
earnest attention of our public men. Let
hem not overlook the ~ jim, potent highroad
,ut of our ,.TPsent adversit, hi"h labor, in
Ill it's FORMS, and in none l.io.e than me-
hanical labor, presents. The Emperor of the
french, the greatest of modern rulers, is ex-
libitins his appreciation of the value of this
ind of industry by the forthcoming EXPOSE
ion, to which he ilas invited the cooperation
f the world and fifteen thousand persons in
France have petitioned for permits
ion to exhibit their handiwork or the products
f their farms at this exhibition. France is
escribed as being one great workshop forging
rmor for the peaceful contest Of mechanical
kill. That country exported last year five
undred and eighty-one million of dollars
'orth of manufactures, being an increase of
fly one per cent. in five years. Let the South
Itch the inspiration of this age of progress
ct Virginia revive her Mechanics Institute,
nd let similar institutions be established in
lch of the Southern States.