Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-11-04
NEESCELLANEOUS
n, From the S0ath Curol,nian.
OisRSTATE--lTs DEPRESSED CoNDITIoN,
The REMEDY.

S1tAOIaEL EL--1 Is .DEPRESSED CONDITlOS,
5l3 .gs The REMEDY.
Inslhc; columns Of the Charleston News.
abolta year since, over the signature Of
Colbert, one of The editors of the South
Carosinian> addressed series of letters to
his EScellency, Gov. Aiken, on the sub.
ject indicated in our caption. That paper
at .thet time was in the few first weeks Of
its cafeer, and had not yet obtained the
extensive circulation lis merits has since
procuredit. The essays perhaps has been
readily only few; aud as they were pre-.
pared,with considerable care and research,
the views contained in them have been
deemed not unworthy of further circula-
lion. With some modification, therefore.
We present the subject TO our reuders, as
interesting and important for their consid
Grafton at this lime.
Inlopking over The industrial resources Of
SourStale, it will be readily perceived that,
depression every where surrounds Us. II
is seepin the proilless yield Of our Agri
cultuEe-in the languishins life Of our
Commerce and in the nerveless, death
like stiffness Of all the hands Of Manulac-
tnres and the Arts. To prove this, cer
tainlyTequires not that we should pursue
the 100 common practice of throwing
gloomsover The foreground of our picture,
TO givemore vivid light to some favorile
point 10 it. We would only view our con-
dilions as results present il; so tha. looking
at The past and contrasting it with the pre-
senl, We may learn what it is 10 be hoped
for i'll the times before US.
HasDur wealth increased, in proportion
10 oursesources9 Is our agriculture as
productive as formerly? Are The channels
Of ourGommerce free and flowing? Aud
are oursmechapcs and artisans doing any
thing torender their labor valuable or even
remunsraling! These are questions very
periineAtzto every one who has any inief-
est in tie Stale. And it is certainly.snoi.
all uUftStne to consider them. Ii evils.
exist, What is the remedy ?--if The body
polilicS diseased. wAae7medicine shall be.
A Alas soGtsesof Cong srsasiionai legisla,
lion, hs3f8hicll Soul h has been:
robbed EenefiI dial aen our.
|. Stale
shafl hef ioSTc iiis @ faes recount
our many causes Of complain, ii which
all could 80 readily join. That South
Caroliua came into this Uniou free aud
independent State, every one believes.
Every Que is conscious Of the sacrifices she
has ever made for our common Union :;
and while contemplating the shameless re.
turns she has received. and the reproaclles
with which she has hcon insuited. we are
all doubtless prepared, should such things
continue, 10 resort 10 some ehectual mea-
sures of redress. Ii is for that day Of trial
we would have you prepare our people
not by melting them 10 mere paper re-
solves or windy gasconades about Stale
Rights without any intention 10 maintain
them but. by tho enlightenment of our
people to their true interest; by teaching
Them a wise husbandry of their resources !;
by prompt auj energetic exercise of
those capacities Of The StaIcs, which will
make her, what every truly independent
Slate should bc--industrious and pr0duc-
tiue in dgricuiturs-active and entsrpri.
sing in Commerce-and busy and skiNJnL
and ,ceailh making IN manufactures.
From the earliest period of our history
TO the present time, The condition of s.
Carolina has been one of dependence. De-
peudence as Colony, when tho Lords
Proprictors Supplied her with Tho means Of
supporting her trade; dependent, under the
same condition Of things, while protected
by the English Crown; and still mare de-
pendent, since Northern labor aud enIer-
prise supply all lhe principal wants of her
people. ReproachfUly as it has been said
of US, il is nevertheless true, that we nei-
ther euf, drink, sleep, nor even die, with
out a shameful dependence upon other
people. TO prove that this assertion is
no exagscraliou, stand upon ono of The
wharves of our metropolis, and behold a
picture OF our trade.
Some ship approaches with tho produce
of other lands. South Carolina owns
abundant capital, yet that ship belongs TO
another State, South Carolina produces
The hes, timber iu The world, and ye, not a
nlonk of that vessel is other forests. She
abouuds in rich mines Of iron, YET, not one
nail in that craft is Of home manufacture.
Every thing in the building Of that ship
IFS rigging, lis fitting out, even, its COM
mander and crew, are Of another State !;
and. vet, South Carolina could furnish
them all.
The ship is now landing her merchan.
dise. She tumbles out upon our wharves,
bundles of Northern hay rolls from her
accl, Northern carts and drays TO carry the
hay; and Northern horses to drag it
Nortbern osllers follow with northern grain
IN feed The horses, with Northern harness
to hitch them, aud Northern whips to
drive lhsm-
Open the halches---lhere is Northern
Nour and hops and soda and salt 10 make
bread but with northern butter 10 butter
t. Northern beef and beans, potatoes,
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