Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-09-06

broad cloth, and partakes ofluxures, that
he never dreampt of before, but how IS ne
to pay for them? Search the Court records
for the middle and upper country for an an.
swer. Added to This you will find, that ow
ing to the Accommodations extended to coun'
try dealers BY city merchants, who nave
oyer-stockcd themselves with goods, the
hard working farmer has been tempted with
luxures at his own doorway and 20 pay
for them, or to avoid the Courts, he has les.
sened his provision culture and planted
more Cotton so that between diminished
provision crop, and a NOT much greater yield
of Cotton than before, he 10 in fair way
10 ruin.
Sir. we are good natured people, fond ostho
State, and easily excited by appeals to our
patriotism. We have been wrought on to
lend our time and means in aid Of the wild.
est schemes. No sooner does one plan OF
pretended State aggrandizement fail, than
another is suggested. No, looking for
moment at our internal wants, the improve.
ment of our rivers, roads, dges, ferries,
canals, &c. we are taught to believe that
the opening of one or two highways, through
which articles Of foreign labor can he IRAN
sported TO Charleston, will enrich the whole
State, the planters and all. And then we
are to have direct trade as if trade will
not direct ITSELF How can we have direct
trade while we arc indebted 10 the North !!
How can we throw off our fe,ters, when we
owe for the very bread we eat? The plan.
ter (and so can the State) who raises his
own provisions, and is not indeb'ed, may
hold back his Cotton, ship or cause it 10
be shipped when he pleases, but when he
has Corn TO buy and is in debt, he raises
J his Cotton crop for his creditor. If not so
If the planter is not indebted 10 the North,
why should not the patriotic Charleston
merchant export the bulk Of our Cotton d.
rectto England? The truth is plain !: we
are indebted TO the North for necessaries,
and she will send our Cotton where she lis.
! telh =!
l, is time, then, that our planters should
open their eyes. They have been long
enough charmed by the names Of big men.
They, of all others. have stake in this
crisis. They have been sadded with Stale
responsibilities to large amount, in which
they had no lot or profit, and their lands and
negroes are plsdged for the ful6lment Of
tAem. Where else will the greater part Of
The States revenue come from Not the
Stock Companies for they are cxcmp, from
taxation.
Bearing these important relations to the
Safe, as her tax payers and the producers
other real wealth, the planters should be
gin to think and act for themselves; and
demand Of the Legislature such enactments
as will enable them 10 bear her burdens, and
maintain her character for good faith unim-
paired. They should demand Of the State
mot that she would loan The money, or
charter stock ;jobbing company, or en-.
dorse the liabilities of The planters, but that
she must encourage domestic labor--lm.
prove our roads and water courses--open
new ways TO market places by land and
waier-extend boun,ies to manufacturers
and new cultures--establish an agricultural
professorship and districts schools for the
education OF our children-cause by discreet
appropriations of money, the hidden sources
of our mineral wealth TO be developed-re.
form our police laws--re(use licenses to the
retailers Of ardent spiris-keep our agri-
cultural State from entering the lists with
money changers and stock. gamblers and,
lastly, so foster every domestic interest, that
producing our own articles ofprime neces.
sty, we shall be able to spare large part OF
our income to extinguish our liabilities a,
home and broad. PLANTER.