Daily National Intelligencer

It has been thought by some judicious observers of the human powers and propensities, that rhyme may be sometimes advantageously used in aid of reason. Whether it be that the poverty of intellect in rhymsters of my class, obliges them to condense their ideas within a smaller compass of words, the purport of which is, consequently, more readily imprest on the understanding of the reader; or whether the returning jingle at the termination of measured lines aids the memory in its reflections on the sense they contain, I shall not pretend to decide; but if you think so grave and interesting a subject as that of MANUFACTURES, which at the present moment deservedly occupies much of the public attention, can be benefited by the brief view of it exhibited in the rhythmical composition here enclosed, you are invited to republish it, The occasion which originally produced it, was a public exhibition of sundry specimens of the productions of the useful arts in the vicinity of this Metropolis, and it was, I think, first inserted in the National Intelligencer some four or five years since, when the importance of Manufactures in general to the United States, did not appear to be duly appreciated. Subsequent events have placed them in a more favorable point of view; and I sincerely hope they will never again be suffered to languish for want of that public countenance and protection justly due to such a prolific source of National, as well as individual, WEALTH and INDEPENDENCE.

Yours, respectfully,
N. N.

Come, neighbors and friends! quit all business awhile,
And our rural festivity cheer with a smile:
Leave the 'canker of Care' and the pageant of state,
To the sordidly wealthy, and slavishly great!
The domestic productions which here are display'd,
Prove how little our country requires foreign aid;
And none have more right to taste bliss sans alloy,
Than those who create the delights they enjoy.

When our gallant fore-fathers first travers'd the main,
And in these rugged regions rais'd Freedom's FAIR FANE,
To guard and embellish the work of their hands,
They depended on succours from far distant lands:
But their happy successors have made it appear
The ESSENTIALs of human enjoyments grow HERE;
And by the kind aid useful arts have receiv'd,
OUR COMPLETE InDEPENDeNCe MAY soon BE ACHIEVED!

REVeR'D Be THe MeRcHanT Who crosseS the main,
Successful his trafic and sacred his gain!
DIsTanT NarIonS through HIM to each other are known,
And, exchanging their wealth, he increases his own.
For where Ispustry cultures a bounteous soil,
Or redundancy sweetenS THE ARTIZAN's TOIL,
There that Egotist, Comerce, with canvas unfurl'd,
Attends to bear riches and taste through the world.

But let not the agents of Commerce pretend
That The NarionaL PoweR at their bidding must bend:
Be it known—while we honor their useful vocation—
'TiS LABOR AND LAND MAKE THE WEALTH OF OUR NATION!

In our rising Rerunlrc all classes may fiad,
Employment for ev'ry gradation of mind,
From the poor simple mortal who ploughs earth or ocean,
To him who computes the sun's distance and motion.

TheN let FARMER, MECHANIC and MENCHANT UniTe
To keep Amirr's chain always supple and bright:
Let each cherish Union, thesafeguard of ALL.
For,
"UNITED WE STAND, BUT DIVIDED WE FALL!"