The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1848-11-29
s SOUTHERN MANUFACTURES.

II is exceedingly gratifying to note the lntrres,
81 rapidly awakening our citizens ia ta'"r OF
the depatmeat al manufactures. II is high
time We pradyced,. for ourselves, most OF the
suuiifssasis articles Of common use. and ce ta'"-
Is we sisruld no longer delay working up into
fa.sirs our great s,arse, Cotton. -,
q The projects of manufacturing Cotton no"
IN progress, in this city. would have been cqh.
fjd~red ehiGsfricaI few, years ago, and the
projectors regarded. as slraycd Inmates ct some
l,uaiic asylum. From the period OF !he Colo
nirs, until the commencement of The nineteenth
century, England epinyed an uninterrupted 'n"'
nfopoloy this branck of manufactures, but the
enterprise of some Of our coun,rymcn has de
prived them materially Of this business. Yet
as fas as the cotton growing SaIcs are concern.
ed, ihe monopoly only changed hands. The
tsapsfer af labor from England 10 the cnled
States has benefited us hut little. Our New
England brethren have grown some what AFRO
CANT in their. demeannr. .laborins as they are
under conceptions Of their superiority over Us
They have effected to look down upon US is:
cause we s-emed dependent upon them TOR
many articles Of our daily comfort and convent
ence. =,
OIf WOVeUfuts Ub". NVEiH "i'ASho ~
alarm. The great cotton workers "t L"w'i'
Cohoes, and other places at the N"tth, quake
with fear lest we take their i,u|jaess trntp them
Thy do not pretend to deny that we have eve
~ necessary facility for successful competitions
with them; but hope and believe to some extent
that we lack the necessary energy to carry out
our scheme.
Our citizens have grown thoroughly tired of
the imposilions practised upon them by the
northern mechanics, particularly machinists. -
five want a Steam eagiue, or mill ct any Guar
acter, asd do not happen to bc perfect Judges
Of the articics, they will palm off upon MS SON c
old fashioned, half flushed, rickelty affair, that
xill either refuse to move at all or break in the
tenth revolution it makes. y is Notorious too.
ahas we are charged prices nearly one.lh'rd
above the value of good articles. They think
we are % Gar from them as to drown all remon
strance. even If they do palm upon US some
worthless machine. Had they treated US fairly
Il is probable enough, we should have allowed
iEem the monopoly Of manufactures; but we are
reused by their wrongs and will bear them no
longer.
q The importance of manufacturing machinery
OufSelSeS DdS never uefH ou'y Cohe'oo'S"' 49,"
item Of labor composed the handspring OF
Northern progress and improvements. by It's
aid a else 10 set in motion. The injuries we
recsivedroused us to knowledge of,he vantage
ground Of onr njnrers. 1t is in our power to
make "Sunny South" az rich in manufactures
IDS in the products Of its soil. Let us call in
ihe aid Of machinery to supply our immediate
wants, as well as to plough the ocean, to drain
The marsh, to tunnel the mountain, aud to dig
the mine. It is time we awoke from our slum.
aers. Let Us be up and doing, for it is day yet!
We know from the worlds history and from
the peculiarities of the human mind, that our
work cannot be done in moment. Errors and
pteiudiccs once seated cannot easily be rooted
out. There is a tendency in the human wlnd
resist innovations Of Sn5 character. No