The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-07-31
SOUTH CAROLINA.

Bills ~ AAM@AA4NA@tAA& NA*e1s 80 &c
New lork co1risr. b now fsrUeniiag
9Th ! new bern zeal 20 enser into lhis M
fried r=reef. AE Nm. GreER-Nho had
examsned wish atenife and discriminate
inR eve, DE eosioa notwithstanding ssizA-
lisalmenls and prccesscs Of New Enslaad,
as 50 forrihly impressed with ne il.
creased bene6s resallina from them, and
90 firmly psrsssded. lhsi in South c.roli-
na.ihers exist all the clemens Of Ike sue
cessfhl establishments. with the decisive
advantage o. growing ON the spot The ran
material, ihsi he forthwith through the
press Of thai Slzie sought 10 arouse pub
lie attention 70 shis all important topic.
In the Charleston Courier he puhIished
a series 81 Esssys under the signature 81
:. Carolina. IN which he strongly urged
the adysnisge of de manufacture Of cotton.
and presented lwning from the midst q
the New England farlories. which Cor that
purpose he hid gone 10 VISIT such statistics
and details. ss would Al anse enable iniel-
ligenl persons 70 make their own ealcula-
tons, and form their own conclusions, a.
10 The feasibility Of his plans.
The communications excited so much
interest that they have been collected and
Published in > psmphlet which had. as We
learn, wide circulation in South Carroll
ma 10 the preface 10 lhis pamphlet The
author thus describes whaihe himself vii.
messed. as the eIiecf Of the cotton manu-
facture in The Eastern States:
Wherever il finds us way. an Other
branches Of industry follow. ithrings in.
iOrequisition every element around IL. gives
valre 10 every species Of property, and
causes each and every indilidual 20 cling
70 his little domain as the future home ol
his children. and resting place for his bones.
md though il be bu, 4 barren rock. he
plsccs value on Il scarcely 10 be esii- I
mated. Every waterfall Is brought into
use: every forest tree is measured, even
10 its topmosi branches. (for nothing is
lost in that couniryl-afier he timber has
been worked into boards and shingles, the
iommost branches are cut into laihes."
The author then institutes comparison
with The different state Of things in South
Carolina. where man hesitaies, he saws,
" kbou, building comfortable dwelling
house. lest the spirit Of emigration deprive
him Of its nse-in which the cream Of
virgin soil is hardly exhausted before be-
fore the owner is ready 10 abandon il, in
search Of country a6oriing new and bet !
ter lauds-in whirh our forest lumber-cn,-
iers fell with ruthless hand the finest tim
Der trees on The face Of the globe, selecting
those portions which are mosteasily turned
into merehantable lumber and leaving the
balance 10 rot on the ground where il was
cut-in which as soon as timber is exhaus-
ted. q water fall which would be worth
thousands Of dollars, in any other country,
Is abandoned as wholly worthless-and in
IN hich man noesoesina tha,s--@:.-i r. ~
country complain thatit VIII not yield them
3 per cent"
The author then points ont how and
when South Carolina can relieve herself
and restore her ancient prosperity. After
endeayoing TO shame the people into indus
try by showing that with abundance Of raw
material around them, the people Of South
Carnlina continue too idle 70 use sthem
and LEI things 60 to ruin rather than by q
little timely effort to make slight repairs
that the industry Of the northern mountain
GERS actually supplies the axe, hoe, and
broom handles TO people living in the midst
of the materials whence these are made;
tina, even oars. and handspikes for rolling |,
logs, are brought from the North-and Fl.
nally as bare exempliication of Caro-
linian incidence, that the Charleston'mar-
ket is supplied with fish and game by
Northern men who come ont every winter,
and from cur own waters and forests real
ize often in one season enough TO purchase
small farm IN New England, the au-
thor tells item and proves to them, that a
change in their own industrial pursuits is
Of far greater importance to them than a.
ny change in the laws OF the general gov
eminent, and he sighs for the day when
'our Clay Clubs and Democratic Associa-
iions will be turned into societies for the
promotion Of scientific agriculture, and the
promotion of mechanic art
= air. Gieggs' remedy for the ,lecay of
South Carolina. is thus stated hy him
" By domestic manufactures m. an the
erection II steam mills in Charleston, for
every purpose Thai our MECHANICS may
desire 10 compete will foreigners. in the
manufacture of thousands Of articles now
impo Ted The erection of stem cotton
factories 10 employ the poor and needy
nqths city, and hundreds rho seem to
have liule else 10 do. than follow our mil
ilary parades ilrou!h the Ftreels--ihe
erection If cpt,nn manufactures lhrrupf-
out the State To euploy our poor and half
starved population. hose condition could ,
not bu. be improved. by working up /
part al our cotton into cloth to cover their
own nakedness, and l. clolhe our negroes /
and ourselves AT cost fur the manufacture Z
of osnahurgs OF 81 cents per TO-, of brown |
and bleached shnuings, drilliags and rot.
Ton aannels. # from 10 s els. per lb.- c
instead of sending the same abroad 10 be- 8
reiarned to US charged with 10 cents \ I,