Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Hon. Thomas L. Clingman, of North Carolina: With Additions and Explanatory Notes |
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Page 91
... manufactures were often ruined by a single unsuccessful campaign , while those chiefly engaged in agriculture could stand repeated reverses , and arise from each shock with renewed vigor , like the fabled earth - born giant from the ...
... manufactures were often ruined by a single unsuccessful campaign , while those chiefly engaged in agriculture could stand repeated reverses , and arise from each shock with renewed vigor , like the fabled earth - born giant from the ...
Page 97
... manufacturers of iron , that , when proper outlets are opened , by the completion of the works of improvement now in progress , iron can be there made and transported to Wales , and sold at as cheap rate as that for which the Welsh ...
... manufacturers of iron , that , when proper outlets are opened , by the completion of the works of improvement now in progress , iron can be there made and transported to Wales , and sold at as cheap rate as that for which the Welsh ...
Page 106
... manufacturers ? Again , a powerful combination has been formed to carry out a system of internal improvement by the ... manufacturing interest , and who labor to cause the government to waste as much money as possible , so as to afford ...
... manufacturers ? Again , a powerful combination has been formed to carry out a system of internal improvement by the ... manufacturing interest , and who labor to cause the government to waste as much money as possible , so as to afford ...
Page 115
... manufacturing region of the South . I doubt if capital * Since writing this letter I have discovered there the diamond , platina , blue corundum , in large masses , of brilliant colors , and the most splendent lustre , sap- phire , ruby ...
... manufacturing region of the South . I doubt if capital * Since writing this letter I have discovered there the diamond , platina , blue corundum , in large masses , of brilliant colors , and the most splendent lustre , sap- phire , ruby ...
Page 117
... manufacture of the white lead of commerce , yet , for want of a navigable stream , it is not probable they will ever be turned to account in that way . They have , however , at some points , a metallic appearance at the surface , they ...
... manufacture of the white lead of commerce , yet , for want of a navigable stream , it is not probable they will ever be turned to account in that way . They have , however , at some points , a metallic appearance at the surface , they ...
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