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and 18 months in advance, and the latter turned off week before last 

 orders to an amount not less than $100,000. 



A large silk factory is erecting near James' river, and the sillc cause 

 is destined \o prosper, and eventually to succeed. 



Mr. Afiflick now rose, and said, he did not wish to detract from any 

 thing northern farmers and northern enterprise or capital had done in 

 Virginia, but he wished at the same time to give Southerners their due. 

 Mr. Edmund Ruflin prepared the way for the coming of these northern 

 aids, and but for him Virginia must have remained where she was. 



He alluded also to the erection of numerous manufactories in Mis- 

 sissippi ; but little had yet been done, but they hoped for much. Ma- 

 nufactures and commerce could take care of themselves, but they must 

 have encouragement and protection for agriculture, and the legislation 

 of the country should be directed to this subject. He was in favor of 

 a reciprocal tariff, and none other. He said wool could be grown to 

 great advantange and with great ease, as they had at all seasons an 

 abundance of good pasture. The only danger was their becoming loo 

 fat, and dying. The South could no longer live by raising cotton at 

 present prices. He strongly recommended " Washington's Home 

 Department^'' of agriculture and the election oi farmers for our repre- 

 sentatives and law makers. 



The convention then adjourned till to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. 



Third Day. 



The convention was called to order this morning at 10 o'clock, 

 when the reading of the minutes of the previous day was dispensed 

 with, and the regular business resumed — Gen. Tallmadge in the chair. 



The president announced the following gentlemen as corresponding 

 members to communicate with the central corresponding committee : 



Dr. Holmes, of Maine ; Gov. Hill, Concord, N. H. ; Benjamin J. 

 French, Braintree, Mass. ; Rev. Mr. Benedict, Pawluckct, R. I.; Mar- 

 tin Ellsworth, East Windsor, Conn. ; John !S. Pierce, Burlington, Vt. ; 

 Dr. Beekman, Kinderhook, N. Y. ; Dr. Lee, Buffalo, N. Y. ; James 

 Pedder, Camden, N. J. ; Dr. Darlington, West Chester, Pa. ; Dr. 

 Houghton, Detroit, Mich. ; Mr. Bateman, 0. ; Solon Robinson, Crown 



