Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-08-11


here for the springs and mountains, and dsinas
few days this classic retreat will be compasa
y abandoned. T! ! ssssS| pss8
For the Adrertiser. =.
Mr.. EDlToR:-The citizens Of Edgessss
field feel the necessity of having an rexPedii
lious communication with The emporium -
Of the seaboard, whence we may. bring
our freside the commodities of every .trad zsss q
ing nation upon the globe, in exchange Iorsss
our surplus produce. This necessity is thssss5sss
result of an increasing demand; of amir.
creasing population, whose wants, reguires
an increased supply, lam advised that sssss
the last census, exhibits a,large inGreasesofa
population. notwithstanding,slhe .emigra- SsE
ton of the last ten years, Hence; the sness ssS
cessity of a continued deYelopeme fthes
resources of every prosperous country 8 sss sss
Those Hho are now wealthy, are mot
more indebted TO their economy andsindns:fspSs
Try. for their present happy conditions
than they are 10 the circumstances,s sof
their living at a time when there was less s:ss| IS
competition in every line Of life, and whe1ssssss:
their honest labors were attended with a
due reward. IT will prove idle and ,nuga-s
tory to lcach.t lessons sindustry To fourf
children, unless we can hold up before u ~ y
them, the hope of reward commensurate sssssf
with their efforts. Every department. sosss
life, is becoming glutted to overlooking
andswe nowurged by high, and awors2
thy -consideralionslto. open new fields afoE;s
enterprise and action, and lisp practicable
10 augment and zdiversify the E.saoays and
n.sans'' Of honest and useful living pari-
passa with the nincrease Of populations SIS
Emigration is never the result Of choice, s5s|
butso fnecessity. Patriotism is natural
sentiment, and the,chiId with und ying safsas8
fectionrclings ito the bone and country
sofihis fathers. When industry ceases
beTewards ed and the dread of poverty akesss
hold upon lheEmidd, expatriates Rimss
SELF, assiHe fesssevilg ghis mature, ibis sdnca-
ton; and dhis. feelings to- The; ontrsry anots
swilhs!aDding. But;S ma j We snol in
sbehaIf Of our tchiltl this necess
;sitY Surely I'VE sare#b eyery
impulsefo make The effoEI AZ poss ssss
+ IS in NAV t56ss:
Hess denocraiic Isl peril apss id itsS
tion, more efficient and satist tacfory habs8 y;
that Of any other Slate with laws-sc1s.
IONS, and institutions; !; the hand work
ia patriotic ancestry around whicheonrs
affections are indissolabl blys sentwinedi sandss
and which our children are taught as the
asis OF their protection and source of
their political. and social BLESSINGS let usss
sir yield upsour hearts to the promptings
.of patriotic, iphianlhropic, and magnani-ss
NOUS senlimenis-andl LET US feel dqhiuks 3.
aud talk, above all let us act iikesmen;
ewho desirelo keep paceswith the marchssj
OF mind and the eimprovemdnto ofsthes age.gE Is
The relative position of Athens Il atosathe s. u
Georgia Rail Road is not unlike ioursin 5re: x:
laion 10 the Carolina Rail Road. III s y;
But behold what a vast difference; there NJ
is now between u.s.! Athens now has o.
road which is daily causing her Townao
grow in importance, and wealth.. Suppose
she had stopped to wrangle saboutheri iunesEs
ton-to calculate as to probabilitys ofss
the roads running beyond her,sor. 10 icon=sA i IS
tend about locating depot. She Wouldas
now be wanting in heT present greatness ssss
and prosperity. .fsst. rs
Her citizens would be itoling thro1g6
mud and water TO find markell -hers
population decreasing. by emigration ssto
the west-her young men4 dleSf orstbe
want of ofsituatons in business, and 4dississ
ipated because OF their idleness. Let us
follow her example. We have difficulties
from three sources butSthank 6 GOd they
are not insurmountabe. Those iwh0sas :
property may be vested elsewhere, q and 2Sssss
whose interests is sidenlifed viii. other mel,
in other places, will oppose sus. This
opposition is now in active operation IS
Also We are indirectly injuredsby a. classg
of men whose interest will inevitably be
promoted; and who although vel, aware
Of The fact, affect to think Otherwise as a
mere spretert for not subscribing, while
secretly they are hoping TO- fIch pio6t
from the labors of others. The words
duty, honor, magnanimity, patriot
conscience, and so on, shaye been %erassd
from theirvocabulary. Wetoo sir, Zap
prehend will be injured by another small
class, who were ready 10 give US thousands
upon thousands when there was no call
for it, but whose once .vociferous .ongu
now cleave TO the roof Of their mouths a tss
the very time we expected them To- fulfil
their promises, and 10 meet those expecta-S
tons which misplaced confidence had
enable them 10 raise. But 45sir,, said sssS
there difficulties werenot insuEnonntabl ble: 81
Let Pickens-a Lipscomb, "a Brooke, ,ss
aud others whose names it3 is. tedious 10
mention, be zeaLoasly affected IN dis good
cause, and sir The wheels of our cars will
Dverruu all opposition.
For The Aduertissr
HIGeINs FERRYr Aug. saslS477 s.
rlNr. Edhor:-lVe are a lone broW
sS here in these parts, and mo smistak
anS thought may seem strange fit isiSonss
oy sMaqer,. without the Raida ofsatsp ark
hte! 70. not stare as you didn't believe
me, iorSlell youlhere isno mistake about
u. \. ldoS,t make misfakas.l Slow ahfi