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fuel ; the luxuriance of her pastures, and the com- 

 parative sterility of her soil for growing grain, and 

 other staples ; the salubrity of her climate, and the 

 density, morality, industry, and ingenuity of her 

 population, all seem to indicate her as peculiarly 

 fitted to embark in this enterprise. 



How would the extensive introduction of cotton 

 and woollen manufactories affect the interests of 

 agriculture ? Would it produce the result so often, 

 and so confidently, predicted by the enemies of the 

 system, a farther and a ruinous depression? or, 

 would it infuse new vigor into the husbandman, and 

 give a new impulse to agricultural pursuits 1 It is 

 believed, that the legitimate tendency of the system 

 is exactly the reverse of that predicted, and that it 

 would materially promote the interests of the far- 

 mer, by furnishing him an additional market, and 

 enhancing the price of his commodities. The best 

 of all markets for the farmer's produce is a domestic 

 one, because it gives him a quick return, and re- 

 lieves him from the charges of storage and trans- 

 portation. It is too obvious for comment, that 

 many, who are now engaged in the pursuits of agri- 

 culture, would then, turn their attention to manu- 

 factures, and thus add to the number of consumers, 

 and increase the demand for agricultural products. 

 The more consumers, compared with the producers, 

 the readier the market, and the greater the price. 

 This idea of an extensive domestic market for the 

 surplus produce of the soil^ is of the first conse- 

 quence. " It is of all things," says Gen. Hamilton, 

 " that, which most effectually conduces to a flourish- 

 ing state of agriculture. The establishment of man- 



