National industry may be more materially affected by measures
of government^ and before we determine what effect any measure



may have, in reBpect to national wealtli, we must instilute (lie
inquirj, what will be its influence on natiunal industrj. The
Mtne meaiureR may promote both individual and national weallh,
but not necistarily. The enconrsgement of lotteries, «f the
manufacture and dintributioD of ardent spirits, or of a slave trade,
may, usually does produce great imJiviilual wealthy while the
conseijuenceB to national prosperity are deieteriousin the extreme.
This results from the paralyzing influence of these and similar
pursuits on baDestiuduBlry, the cultivation of the earth, and the
development ofits exhaust I east re as urea. The sentence has been
pronounced, that "man shall eat his bread in the sweat ol his
brow," anct if some iudividuals have escaped the penalty, no nation
eon avoid the sentence. The earth is the only fountain, labor,
mental'or manual, the only cause of natiooal wealth, it does nut
depend on local situation, luxuriance of soil, the possession of
capital, or surplus productions, as has been shewn.
• It follows then as a sequence, that whatever measures promote the
industry, iieceBsarily increase the national wealth of Pennsylvania.
