Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-08-02

SOUTH DAHoLiSA, which has great capabilities a manu-
featuring State, Is now iermentng with newborn zeal TO
enter into this untred Mr. WILLIAM Gnrcs. who
had examined with attentive and discriminating eve the
cotton manufacturing establishments and processes Of New
England forcby impressed with the increased benefits
resulting from them and firmly persuaded that in South
Carolina there all the elements Of like successful es,ab
shmen with the decisive advantage Of growing on the snot
the material that he forthwith through the press Of thai
State, sought public attention to this alnporan
topic.
In the Charleston Courier he published series Of essays
under the signature of South Carolina in which he strong
y urged the advantage Of the Of cotton and pre-
sented (wrtng from the midst Of the New England factories,
which for that purpose he had gone to vi such statistics
details would enable intelligent persons to make
their calculations and form their conclusions to
Z the feasibility Of his plans
These communications excited SO much interest that they
have been collected and published in pamphlet which has
had, learn, wide circulation in South Carolina In
the preface to this pamphlet the author thus describes what
he himself witnessed the effect of the cotton manufacture in
T the Eastern States
Whcrever il finds its way all other branches Of industry
follow II brings into requstion every element around il,
gives value to every species of property and each and
every individual to cling to his little domain the future home
OF his children and resting for his bones and though
be but barren rock he places value scarcely be
estimated Every waterfall is brought into every forest
tree is measured its topmo branches or nothing
lost in that country after the timber has been worked into
boards and shingles the topmost branches into ahs
The author then institutes comparison with the different
state Of things in South Carolina where hesitates he
says b1aj ta .@iat tiG {i 0g a
'Abou building comfortable dwelling house lest the
spirit Of emigration deprive him of its which the cream
of virgin soil is hardly exhausted before the ready
to abandon in search OF country aorng and
landsin which forest lumber fell with ruthless
portions which most easily turned into merchantabe
lumber and leaving the balance the ground where
cutn which, the best timber exhausted,
WATERFALL which would be worth thousands OF dollars In any
other country, abandoned wholly worhesand in which
possessing the capital of the country complain that it will
not yield them three per cent
The author then points how and when South Carolina
relieve herself and her ancient prosperity After
endeavorng to shame the people into industry by showing
that with abundance of material around hen the people
Of South Carolina continue idle them, and let things
go to ruin rather than by little timely effort to make slight
repairs that the industry of Northern mounaneers actually
supplies the axe hoe, and broom handles people living in
the midst Of the materials whence these made that
and handspkes for rolling logs brought from the
North and, finally bare exempiifcation Of Carohnian
Incidence, that the Charleston market supplied with fish
and by Northern men, who out every WINTER and
from and forests realize often in
enough purchase small farm in New England = the author
tells them and proves them that change their in
dusa pursuits Of far greater importance TO them than any
change in the laws of the General Governments and he signs
for the day when Clay Clubs and Democratic Assoca
tons will be turned into societies for the promotion of scientific
agriculture, and the promotion Of mechanic art
Mr.. Geggs remedy for the decay ofSouth Carolina thus
stated by him
'sBy domestic manufactures mean the erection of steam
mills in Charleston every purpose that mechanics may
DESIRE TO compete with foreigners in the manufacture of thou
sands of articles imported the erection of steam cotton
factories to employ the poor and needy Of the city, and hun
dreds who to have little else do than follow mill
ary parades through the Streets the erection of cotton
factories throughout the State, employ and half
starved population whose condition could not but be improved
by working up part Of cotton into cloth to cover their
naednes and to cothe and ourselves ut
cost for the manufacture Of osnabug of % cents h., Of
brown and beached shirtngs, dngs and cotton fanne
of from to cents per b., instead Of sending the same
abroad returned charged with IL cents pound for
osnaburgs and of from 20 to SIS for the other articles mean
that every village and crooad in the State should have
tannery, shoemaker cIother, haer blacksmith that
mend ploughs and our chains, wagon and
carriage maker This is the kind Of manufactures speak of
necessary to bring forth the energies Of the country
Carolinan wishes to the WORKOUT and desoae fields
turned into green pastures villages frightened up with the
hand of industry diapdatcd farm houses taken down to be
replaced by opuent mansions muddy and almost impossible
roads graded and macadamzed lei him his endears 10
mako the people South Carolina think less Of their grievances
and of the peaceabc Of redress let politicians
instead Of teaching hate Northern brethren, endeavor
get up good feeling for domestic industry let them teach
people that the true mode of resistance by making
and purchasing less let them endeavor satisfy capitalists
that the verge Of revolution, but that there
safety in investments in South Carolina 0t
After thus fairly placing before the people Of South Carolina
the Of their grievances and the remedies within their
power apply Mr. Gregg follows up the matter by statistics
of the Eastern factories, plainly proving that with the
material at hand with the Astounding waterpower in
South Carolina and with white population which
does work, but which would eagerly accept work
the and children especially in facorest is only for
pointed by these essays order profits TO its
owners and prosperity TO their own region
Mr. Gregg looks mainly to white labor and he draws this
picture Of what might be done in this way
Ii is only necessary to build manufacturing village Of
shane in healthy location in any part of the State, have
crowds of poor whe people around you seeking employ
ment at half the compensation operators the
Indeed is painful be brought with such ignor
and degradation but, the other hand Is pleasant
witness the change which takes place in the condition
Of those who obtain employment The emacated paeaccd
children the appearance Of robust HEALTH and
their aered garments exchanged for those suited 10 better
condition. If visit their dwellings, you will find them sup
piled with wholesome food and the Sabbath, when the fe
males with their gowns, you will imagine
yourself surrounded by groups of city bellies"
Mr. Gregg enfoces still further the policy and expedency of
thus employing the destitute white population Of South
Carolina Of cnightening and improving them
and illustrates the necessity of such improvement by the start
ling statement that there the State of South Carolina,
Of which the white population does not exceed 260 900
sons $4,000 above The age Of oue who neither read