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and fourteen dollars, while the five hundred forty-nine thousand 

 three hundred and ninety-eight inhabitants of South Carolina, 

 will earn eleven millions seven hundred sixty-two thousand 

 nine hundred and eighty-six dollars, or a surplus to each one of 

 the former, after feeding himself, of ninety-nine dollars for 

 clothing and other expenses, and to each one of the latter, less 

 than twenty dollars. It should be remembered that at this 

 time, South Carolina was deficient in a self-supply of grain as 

 much as a million and a half bushels, while Rhode Island had 

 a surplus of nearly that amount. 



He does not forget, moreover, the great inland trade which 

 manufactures create — an interest in prosperous countries 

 always greater than foreign or direct trade — being, at that time, 

 in England or New York, fifteen times greater. 



Now, what this citizen of South Carolina desired for his 

 State ten years ago, we in Massachusetts have possessed for the 

 last quarter of a century. There is not a county in this Com 

 monwealth, but possesses one or more large manufacturing or 

 commercial towns. Hardly a township which has not one or 

 more villages devoted to mechanical pursuits within its limits. 

 Markets are open everywhere. Those means of communica- 

 tion which presented such attractions to the mind of the states- 

 man whom I have just quoted, surpass among us even his 

 anticipations. Railroads intersect our State in every direction. 

 Almost every acre of land is brought within easy reach of a 

 market ; every crop is brought close to the door of the con- 

 sumer, whether the commodity be rapidly perishable or not. 

 Even our blackberry and " huckleberry " pastures have 

 increased in value under the influence of these great highways, 

 and shall not our cornfields and hayfields, our gardens and 

 orchards, as the special objects of our care, keep pace with 

 natural wilds and their spontaneous fruits ? 



The enterprise, and industry, and accumulating wealth of 

 Massachusetts have been all absorbed in business connected 

 with manufactures and commerce, until a mill and a ship are 

 the emblems of our chiefest industry. We have made our 

 markets but for others. Sic vos non vobis. Not for ourselves, 

 not for our own fields, not for our own yeomanry, not for the 

 enriching of our own lands, not for the consumption of our own 

 crops, have we done all this. But we have commanded all these 



