Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1845-08-06
From the Spartan.

| w lH 10 ~ DE. DONE TUX CORN
Al no time in The history Of South Car
olina has glooIn Of so deeT aud appalling
! character shrouded our citizens as al the
present. Ii is now put beyond d"uhl, that
the provision crop is total failure, lhro'
Oul The " ole State. A few planters whose
good iorruneS il may be to have in culiva.
tim rery lo'0 and rich bottom lands, NAV
perhaps make enough fir their individual
use. But The great body of The people
will fail TO make any Thing Ike a support.
In Iced ninety -uine farmers Out of every
hundred. will tell you thai their fields will
not yield them upon an average one peck
Of corn PER- acre.
Aud when il is remembered thai very
many citizens have no land to cultivate,
but depend upon their daily labnr, for
their daily bread, ami the imp ,ssi',iily un-
der present crcuns'auor5 4, -e,btnIr-ror"
lor their labor, and we NAV add for money.
the awful reality can no longer b- concealed
that The smtfcrings of the p"ople muSl he
great Thousands Of families are nov
without bread or the means of obtaining
IL Aud not Il few are in condition that
il they had Il small amount Of money with
which To purchase corn. The distance they
would hav0 10 go, and their want Of con-
veyancr, in order 10 obtain il. would leave
tneIn IN a position Hlle better til ~ if hey
did moi have The money.
Nnw we think That he honor, dignity,
aud we'll being of the State require that
she should inIcrpnse her power aud means
t" avert the awful consequences, which
his great scarcity Of PROVISIONS must pro
duce. Can ii be supposed that any man
wIll stand 10y and hear his children cry for
bread, and not risk euen his life if neccs
sary 10 obtain it,! Certainly not. Our
knowledge of The affections of a parpuI
tnr his child. lorhids US To suppose thar he
would withhold any means n his power
to save II from Starving. Aud may wr
mnl ask what state of things can he more
lamenlable than the existence Of neceSS
iy creaed by the cries of starving chill
dren. which will drive one man to disre.
gard the rights of property in another.
Anarchy and boodshcd viii be the result :;
far already do The Orcmrrenc happening
! iil Oui utISnhoTIile uisitiCiSi duilOulsU us
Of things 10 come.
1t is in the power Of The State 10 avoid
this distress by procuring the importation
Of corn from abroad, and by furnishing
he citizens al cost and carriage. This
course on the part pf the State. will pre-
ven, too, the heartless exturtion which the
corn speculatnrs may be dispused To i'm
pose. We are aware thai objections will
he offered by some. TO Ihe action of the
State in this behalf; bu, We confidently
| believe hal no man, possessing ordinary
feelings of humanity, could or would cb-
ject. An abundance of corn may now be
obtained from The Western and South
western States, at very low rates. Aud
ii il desirable that on Sales day in August.
this subject be submiled to the people
who will then be here, assembled from ev-
cry section of the District, that the pro.
priety Of action n the premises be con-
sidered. Ii The conlaeralion of The city
of Charleston was IA misfortune Of sutfi-
cient moment To convoke The Legislature
upon. and TO require The agency of the
Stale. surely the destiution and perishrng
condition of her ci,izens-her chief wealth
will hardly fail 10 be regarded.
Make Home H0ppv.-It is the duty de-