Western Sun, Volume 4, Number 7, Vincennes, Knox County, 16 November 1811 — Page 4

AMERICAN MANUFACTURES. ExtraCl trom Cobbctt's cfiay on ihc ttnglifh rcocncv and the dilftculties ot the ininiilry. I, tor my own part, do not hold, that V foreign trade is at all ncceffary to the main N tenancc ot the independence and the great fnefs of Fnglaiul. I a:n quite convinced, that Vit is not neceflary. liut, it makes part of the prellnt 1 Hem, and at any rate a great demi nation el it muft produce a Ihock ; it ttiull, as to certain parts of the kingdom, produce very ferious embarraffments ; and it mull effect the revenue, & the means of propping up paper money. It is quite ufelefs to laugh at the idea of Kapoleon's banilhing all our trade from the continent of Europe, tor it is plain that lie will do it. He has already reduced it to a

mere fniugglig trade. He has fo loaded it with cmbarrafTments end penalties, that it cannot be carried on but with a lois to. us. j V Manufacturing eftabhfhments will grow up on the continent, whither ngh(h manuta&u vfers will go m fwarms, as they are now going from Ireland to America. Ir is prepoltcrous to iuppofe that in the country whence wc draw our raw matrials, the fame goods cannot be made, as we make in England Is it not abfurd 10 believe, that, while all the wool that we make into fuperfine cloth, comes from .Spain and Germany, fuperfine cloth cannot be made in thofc countries? See what has been, only by the fhort operation of the embargo and tun intercourfe cdis, done in Ames ica. To fuch an extent, have the cloth and the cotton manufactories grown up there, and I have been credibly informed, that dining lad year, the cards for caidino- wool and cotton Shipped for America fiom the port ot Liverpool, have exceeded in amount the cloths (hipped at the lame port, from the counties of Somerfet and Gloucefier. I ahva s thought that the United States could not produce wool in Ibffkicnr quantity, on account of the long winters which preven ted the keeping ot fheep. I his was a wrong notion, grounded upon the univerfal modem practice in Kngland, ot keeping (beep upon green food in winter. 1 now find, that, in Germany, whence comes the fincii wool in the world, and where is tini'ileifia the finclt flocks of thetp in the whole wot Id, all the flic tp are kept in yards during fix months in the y ear, and no mail part of the fitne aclu 1 ally in houfes. Theie are fads not to be doubted of. The too J or the fiicep during the long winter, confiils of hay, draw and roots, chiefJy potatoes, ami this being the cafe, Ur.er.ca may have fheep in as great abund ance as they are in England. a Indeed, I underftand that very great pro greis has been akeady made in the inercafe of Ihcep in Ameiie.;, which has received rnuwh ullillance fi om the breaking up of the Spanilh flocks, of which America has had a fliare. great is the fpirit of enterprise in this v. ay, thai j vet y intimate t: ieiul or mine near Philadelphia, wiote 10 me, in July lafr, that the pjicc of a panifii ram here was in fome cafes, a thouiar.a dollars ; that is to lay, two hundred andtuentv live pound of our bank of Kr.oland no'e money. Hut then. h?c 0 been jneat numbers lent o America I; nee t ! ; l time from pa;n and portug:;l ; and, which is not a little curious mmy th, uf'nd, which I, atone time, notified thai I expected to ar

rive in Hampfhirc, are, I have every reafon ! to fuppole, and, for the fake of the worthy owner, 1 anxioufl; hope it, now fafely landc in the United atates ! His Willi, they beii; the line li flocks in hpain, was to bring then, to England, where his intention was to havi made a moft liberal and public fpirited diilri bunon of them, but, as 1 undcriiarid, he v.v refuted leave to feud them home in empn tranfporis, and was therefore compelled either to leave them tor the French, or (hip them, them olfto the United states, and of courle, he chofe the latter ; and thus, perhaps by this fingle act the epoch of the final and com plete independence of America upon England tor Woolens w ill be accelerated by fevcr.il years; and, with regard to the finenels oi wool, that country will be put upon an equal footing with this, 'Phere would be no excufe for d detail liUt this, were' I not thouroughly perfuaded, tha we have here before us the feeds of a great event: nothing lefs than the complete' and abfolute independence ot America, upon Eng

Mih manufactures. Cotton fhe had to export ;

iron file had to export ; (he had every thing but wool, and now lhe has that, wi h an abundance of food for all fort of manufactures, fo, that in a very fhort time, fo far will lhe be from wanting woolens from England, that fhe will have them to export, and that the manufactures will tdllovv the manufactory, there can be no doubt at all fhe will be able to niakecloths much cheaper than vvve can ; and of courfe, fhe will be able to fell them

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Now, obferve. I draw from this no conclu fion unfavorable cothe happinefs or the fecu rity, or the greatnefs ot England, none of which are at aft 'favored by the country's being a work fhop for other nations. 1 am fatislied that foreign trade is injurious to England and that it has been one of the greajeft caul es of the danger fhe now has to diead. But,

I faid before foreign trade is part of the pref ent iy (Iem of finance, and i s fudden decline mu ft add to iie difficulties that the govern ment w ill hae to encounter 'The regent miniltry, therefore will not, in this refpedl.tbe upon a bed of roles an more than as to matters connected w ith war and paper money, -They will, in fhort, be oefct with dilliculties. Look which way they thev will thefedifficultics face them, not in fingle rank, but in column. And do they imagine that they are deftined to fubduc all thefe without the cordial co ooeration of tin people? I fay they do, they will find them, fclvcs moft egrcgioufiy deceived." PETRARC1VS Idea of BOOKS. Few perfons know the value of books bet tcr than Petrarch. liis friends having writ ten him feveral apolcn-ies for not vilitina him in which they declaimed againd his love of lblirudc, as unnatur al to human beings, ,m;: reproached him on his unfbeial mode of life; Petrarch fmiled at their meffiges, and made the following excellent remarks: 'lhefe people conhder the pleafnrcs of the world as rheir fupreme good, and not to he renounc ed. but I have friends of a different defcription, whole focietv is far more aieeab'e to inc. hey arc of all countries, and of all ics ; they are didinguilhed in war, in politicks, and in the fciences. It is very eafy to lee them, they are always ac my fervice. J

call for their company, or fend rhem away whenever I pleafe thev are never troublefome nd immediate) v anfwer all ny qneftiens fome relate he events of ages pad, others reveal the fecrets of nature ; hefe teach me how to live in comfort, thofe how to die iu vjuitt. Thefe drive aw-ay every care, and increafe my gaiety, by the brilliancy of their wit ; whilil othcrsharden my heart againfl fuffering, ;!iow me how to reflrain my defircs, and enables me to depend , on felf alone. In return for all thefe fervices,

they only require of me a chamber in one corner of my

manlion, where they may re-

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HABITS CORRECTED, It has been oblerved, that, if we adopt a folitary habit of life or ucVion, during one month, it may be preferved for the whole of one's cxiftence. 1 herefore to conquer a vicious habit, or acquire a good one, there is only occa(ion for firmnefs and refiflance din ing one month. I cmpe'-ancc The pleafurea of the temperate man are durable, becaufe they are regutar ; and all his life is calm and ferene, beciufc it is innocent. I ruth. Protagoras a Greek philolbpher, maintained, that all is illufion; and that there is no fuch thing as truth but' riffotIe refuted him by( the following - dilemma. Your propofition is true or Talfe ; if it be falic, then there is fomcthing rrtie, and your propolitico t iils. A sentiment. To w i t h d r a v from fociety by retirement, is ungenerous & felfiJli to live in entire indolence, ufelefs to ourfeUes and others, is mean and delegable. A young coxcomb demanded of Zeno, who, noriviih(landing the aufierity of his manners, had a very fenfibie heart, ii fages permitted themfelves to love The women (replied Zeno would have caufe of regretif they could command the homage of none but fools.'

An apprentice to a celebrated phyfician fome fhort time iince eloped with Ids maffer's wife. The ladv complained toat ncr Uufoand's practice was 'i the clccl;:::.

rno:: mi z v: kcs or 7i. STOUT. PRI.VTF.Il TO TIIK T I '. KKITCH V A??D Of THY. I. W. S Or TflK K'.'lrKl) STVI'KS.