The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1848-10-18

ledge thati is need ,ssge have Ind thatiI-
slustfated I'M actice' and toll on pat siii
20 thousand INSTANCE Neither do we
want militia must eriDgs Il, nor MARTIAL nu-
sic, nor rare shows Of any sort, 10 attract
goping crowds Of tho1gh less spectators.
What itheagri grioul,,: % ofsthe old States
needs, with heir thousandss Of acres Of
4undrained and unoullivnted lane, or lands
exhausted Of their fertility, and stationary
in population, is, not the noWleag of low
10 mako, but where he Gun find d market
4 for what he could make, If there were .peo-
pie near, with money in their pockets und
mouths to be fed. ~
s5 Wheresis the farm, s id Mnryiand aor
Virginia, that might not produce its bush
sels Of strawberries and tons Of butter and
cheese, bcets and carrots, and potatoes,
and cabbages, if there, as in New Eng
land, the plough, the; looln, and tile anvil,
the tanner, the shoemnke ker, and tho ;bu,cll-
er, were nll at work in the sight and sound
of each sother29 Nor does ny;ihiDg con-
duce SO much TO general happiness as
steady and hnbtual abor--where labor.is
sure Of its reward. All these results we
should haya tIisso;;;;sE! liz country, II
we could have uniform, permanent, and
just encouragement of American labor,
Us the fruit Of agenernl national conyie.
tional that American. labor hnsa q right I'd
be protected agninsti the overiasketl tnnd
underpaid and bldly ) fed labor Of Europe;
md .lis is eminently due TO the farmer,
for it is he who wants prosperous, we'll
spaid, luborious consumers close Mt hand,
tempting an'l rewarding him for bringing
4 the food out of the richest lands Ii IS
the farmer who is interested in carrying
out the opinion Of Mr.. Jeffcrson, tl,nt
snow we must place the manufacturer by
the side of the ngricul,urist.
When that is done, and not until then,
fruits Of the soil will pay for tle highest
improvement the soil is susceptible of.
Then will the farmcr's rich lands, which
now he cannot afford to ditch and .lrnin,
be brought under the plough, and afford
the means Of reyiving The hills thnt have
been exhausted; then, in short, these old
Southern States, with their vastly super
ior soil and climate, would rival and sur
pass Connecticut, Vermont, and Massnch-
usct,s, and We should ccnse TO hear com
plant OF want Of cupital for agricultural
improvement, for they would spin their
own improvement out of their. own bow
els, as tho spider spins his web.
Then might we find in these Southern
States what Southern men would scarcely
credit, were it not related on authority SC
nnqucstionablc MS Mr.. Colman, who tells
us, in his Agricultural, Survey in Mas:
sachuselts, that in ono county, 10 which,
was npportioncd by the Legislature Of the
Stale $4,000 of The surplus money distri.
buted by the General Government, the
country commissioners that it should be
loaned out at interest, OH good security to
the farmers; but, Southern reader, would
you believe it? not borrower could be
found in the county. In what comnnuni-
ty would such phenomenon occur ex-
ccpt where there is concentration?-w -where
the plough, the loom, and the nnyil arc
working close together and prospcrously;
where tons Of Strawberries are nccompn.
MED by tons Of milk, and tons Of carrots
and potatoes are all borne along on the
same road TO fill tho bellies and bring
back the money Of Industrious and thriv-
ing customcrs-non-p producers Of agricuL
turalProdnce?
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