Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-11-01

I ioW d~ CotuHtUtu iooaEt SNi ot"s"'S
The STATE AS TT SHOULD BE-.
ln making this caption 10 our articleIfa
we do not intend tina. our suggestions
should be applied TO South Carolina alone,
bu. if "there,is any.,hing in it," we hope,
it will be faund applicable to all parts of
southern country. The whole south lacks
energy and proper application Of our
relative position towards the world. We
have no such Thing as invention Of pur.
suits. We, all follow in lhc beaten. tracks J
of our forefathers in every thing but il.
dus,ry. The planter pursues the same
methods Of husbandry the merchant is
still specula,or ia cotton !, aud ths mau
who il able 10 do so. still educates his son.
TO follow a profession, and which only
gives him license 10 stdrue deceHtly.
The mechanical pursuits, though laa-
guishing, are however growing into favor.
and the hardness Of the times is furcing'a
reluctant approval Of industrial employ
ments among the people. Agriculture,
originally possessing in The estimation Of
our people first rank, was fostered; Duf
unfortunately the prosperity did moi induce
similar fostering of commerce.; and the
mechsDic arts; and hence, since the de-
pressios If agricultural pursuits amongs,
US, we feeithe Inconvenience Of this radi-
cal defect. These three pursuits are The
grand bulworks of na:%onal wealth and
fame, and sustaining ana supporting, each
other, are essential in preserving tiiss pTos, .
perity of all classes. Destroy one of these
pursuits, let i, be shorn Of sing sadvan.,
iage, and il will be fell in all The rami6ca-
lions of life. To the mechanic arts does
a nation owe its national greatness. The.
mechanic arts are The companions Of civili- 7
zalion, and their appreciation invariably
evidences ualioual prosperity. What cans;
cancel The obligations which The scollon a
planters owe to the neglected Whitney 9sss
Whal would the cotton planters DO able 70 !
effect on the commercial systems Of The i
world with the old fnger-picking systems? I,
Commerce owes obligations 10 Watt, now 2
plainly appreciable in The rapid advance =,
menl Of steam navigation: and the manuis
featuring world must trace the impetus 4
given to its ever twirling spindles TO; the
ingenuity of Cartwright. Agricultural.
uDQ COWitlGTCldl COliIiUuillllEo udFC d tcuS
dency 10 concentrate. much wealth; but
there is little equality in its distribution
The profits of the soil concentrate in ihe
hands of few, and the great masses only
draw from their laborous sloif a poorly
paid livelihood. Doctors in the South
are prosperous, because sickness generally
prevails: Lawyers look as if they dineds4
on their parchment, because of The sdearth:
of legal business. Mechanics are badly
paid, and as badly palronized; and tho :
general system Of spending The profits sin-, !
.cideut TO southern labor abroad, simplyS
because they cannot be spent st home,iS
annually impoverishing The State. Fl 80,
We cannot clolhe ourselves without we
do it in northern garments; and we use.4
northern soap 10 wash theEsouthern dirrR
from our hands, after we have begrimedyz
Them With Toll. " s'eat on northern Pfatess
with northern knives; northern sssnsi 81
lid 20 eats and preserves, aps ~ 81
.s;s =, ssu. 'ac-sy7lnE nErn7 cups and sgiasss
~ IL sss:fng even pck$ouraee1
- - herntootasp picks. Ifswe rwantsass
& g2s .sandaxe.hel I've, a nal hoe;
3; Iiie sRases 81
a. - dIa16fAT h1f.s slsTesaPpE
Il, pised sankees strst lifenss ssands sissisa u
i,sssS,l 81 ng.sfS onfbern dol iiaTssars ssenst
ii.psser:toS come back 10, sus,s sands soureg
people ars thus contributing. 10 sforeignIa-sS.