Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-09-06
,, ,alvaUeIUsE FACTORY

of being remembered The location oi This
Establishment is well known; I'VE will only
add tliatit is in Edgeiield District, on Horse
creek; six miles from Aiken. and about fifteen
from Hamburg. Itwas founded many years
ago, but had lingering existence, until 1t
received the magic touch Of Messrs. JONES d.
GREGe. GeaeraI Jones is now the sole pro-.
prielor and under his judicious management
it is yielding an amount Of profit. which. Some
may affect TO doubt, but which none can dis
Prove. For our own part we rejoice most SIM
cereIy, not only on account of the worthy and
enerpizing Proprietor, but on account Of the
District, and the public at large, whose Interests
! are subseryed far more Than his. We have no
preiudices against the Manufacturing interest,
unless it is sustained by unJuStand uncohsIltl'
tiona legislation. We are in the broadesi sense,
Free Trade men, and would rejoice TO sec
every industrial pursuit, ovcry branch OF the
Mechanic Arts i'll condition Of independence
and prosperity. Let the Manufacturer be free
TO compete with the Agriculturlst-no protec~
ton, no restriction. We want them all, as all
Are important 10 the well.being Of society.
There should be no monopoly, but industry
should be left free to pursue its own channels.
The South is most favorable for Manuiuctur'
ing, and why sheuld we not avail ourselves OF
the advantages .Ahich nature and position have
given usl We have now no less than twelve
Cotton Factories III our State and still more in
our Sister State, Georgia. This is most en-.
couraging, and we look forward to the day
when Southern Manufactures will be found in
every market OF the word. We can pardon
something in the opposition Of our peopIe TO
this great interest whichhas now found home
among us. wlIenwe remember that the history oI
Manufactures in this country is the history Ofty.
! ranny, plunder and oppression. The Setth> has
grown rich by the power of the Gaxefnmehiti,sS Z
power which we have knewUhot by its protect
ing and pnternal inanshces, but ay its lawless
aud despoiic exbctfons. But thanks TO Provi
| dence, Free Trade has triumphed and the
/
| Acts of Congress is doomed to stand, if stand il
| shall, upou It's own merits > With our grea
4 staple depressed, our lands exhausted, a sound
policy demands that all our resources be devel
oped. Ii is IN exploded fallacy that wealth and
Independence are To be found alune in The
| Cotton field. For The greater number among
us, the day has passed forever. The tal
greater fertility Of the West has made success
tfil competition all absolute impossibIiity for
The great mass Of the people Of oi'r State.
and imperious necessity, no less ll,an patriot
ism call aloud for greater diversity of employ.
Enient and distribution of labor. lss aa9y
+ }Edsefeld has reason 10; be proud that .
Cotton Factory,is fnfsuccrssful ope ration. IN
her borders. s"The wilderness has been made
glad, and in lis midstin amostromaniic valley,
stan.ls yaucuse with It's three hundred inhai,i.-
q. a+'.s So'se..tvd uInuppy Who shall estimate
the amount of blessing to the poor Of that
region! They have been saved from poverty
and .crime-children are now trained habits
Of industry aud sobrety, aud all are furnished
with The means of virtuous subsistence. Each
famiy is accommodated with comfortable
house. with as Innch1Iand for cultivation as is
wanted, and with reasonable amount OF labor
in The Factory, by a proper economy, few
years will secure ccen an independence. ... ~.
Girls were pointed out TO us at the looms
who had now loaned out at interest as much
as fifteen hundred dollars, the accumulation
of few years of labor only. AS might be
expected from the character Of the worthy pro-
prietor, il is 100, n school Of morality. 1t is as
true 4, VuucIuse, as any where else Of woman,
"tha, one false step forever blasts her fame,
and she is sgrG to incur the PENALTY Of cxpul.
sion. There has never beon occasion to
enforce tIris severe penalty but once since the
present Proprirtothip.
We conrIndc~is hurried notice by few
4ia'isics, and vouch for their aCcnracy. They
are mtGT Tc,iirg "a many points OF view. They
prove that the Manufacturing business can
succeed in South Carroll na-lhey show the
most carcinl attention TO ones business, aud a
Irrational nccuiucy in keeping the Books
Tale care of the pence, tho pounds will take
care Of themselves" is u maxim we believe oil
Franklin. II III inaitcntion 10 small matters,
disregard OF fractions that wrcCk half tic men
in the world. These little things, these savings
in small matters constitute the profit. The
samo amount Of intelligence, of energy and
attention which are seen at Vauclusc would, we
will Almost vouch for il, bring SUCCESS IN any
thing Trading men are too often content
with general knowledge Of their condition :
and like the unskiIlul Mariner, who fails TO
take his latitude or make his soundngs, they
are suddenly lost when dreaming OF safety.
This general knowledge will not dot can
never Bring security. With all the attention
which can 'be given, and all the knowledge
which is practicable, there still remain in every
business. risks and casualties enough. Let
not these be increased by Ignorance and mat.
tenlion. IL. .-..,. ..-.....