Virginia Argus

THE NATURAL CONNEXION OF FARMERS AND MANUFACTURERS.

It is certain that the manufactures of this country have advanced the price of wool since the Revolution more than that of any other article whatever--None is exported. All is manufactured. Mutton is worth double its former price. The breeds of sheep are much improved. The flocks are larger. Much of our country is freed from wild animals which used to destroy the sheep.

The skins of sheep are in great demand for book-binding, parchment, breeches, gloves, cardbacks, pocketing, and other purposes. There is a great exportation of sheep. Every thing conspires to render the raising of sheep profitable and patriotic. The pasturage and grazing business is well adapted to a country in which lands are plenty and cheap, and population not sufficient for the abundance of soil. This branch of farming is considered as the most profitable in Europe, where lands are dear monopoly. In America it is more profitable to raise sheep, horned cattle and horses, than any kind of grain. Injured Americans! Let every impressment of a sailor or passenger, every unlawful and pretended blockade, every foreign confiscation of a ship or cargo, every interruption of your navigation, your trade and the foreign sales of your produce. induce you to turn to the production of your materials and the exclusion of the manufactures of the violators of your rights. In a little time, clothing from the wool of the insulting and the injuring, cannot but be deemed badges of lost honor, and of foreign devotion.- Dem. Press.