The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-16

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element and hardship nenn. and took another year.
tour upon horseback as Lieut.. Colonel Of the Mount
I'd Battalion. Tho war over, he Is now disposed Il
20 to Nav Mexico upon nn arduous and perilou'
service We wish him health and happiness In this
new expedition Sapannah Georgian, (dsm)
Il Fer California.
The desire 10 emgrate California has for some
time becn manifested by number of the young
men OF Georgia, but for want of concert and coop
.raion, only few have yet indulged their inclna-
lions That we have the right In common with our
felow-cilizens in other sections Of the Union, 10
participate In all the advantages presented by that
flch territory to The industrious and enterprsng Is
proposition which admits Of no doubts or legal diff
culfies In the opinion OF intelligent men, And those
Of us who wish TO emigrafc to- or visit the country
for the purpose Of shuring the gold which from Ill
| accounts must be abundant; or for enjoyment OF
any other privilege which the country Affords should
not be deferred by triaing obstacles. To be sue
cesssl, we must have strength, which can only be
secured by assocaing Ia sufficient numbers for per-
soma! security and for the protection of private prop
erty against ell ordinary entertainments.
To facilitate these objects, propose to all who
are disposed TO pis emgrots to California an or
ganizntion which, In the absence Of law alone can
secure 70 them the full enjoyment Of their consiu-
| tional rights.
LIST. Il Is proposed to associatein large com
pnny say from three 10 five hundred men, Is there
DO that humber In the State disposed TO engage in
| the expdifion.
I'd, That no man be permitted TO Join. who 10 not
physically capable Of snduriag prvauons and hard
ships and 1t 10 indispensable TO the success OF the
undertaking. that each member be man of integri-
| iy, sobriety and courage.
81 That zach member shall take nih him al least
one, and not more than four SLAVES.
4th. That each member supply himself with ample
means OF deirayIng the expenses Of himself and his
| negroes on the route and for three months after
reaching the gold mines.
| 9Th. To secure 10 individual Industry and enter
prise their just reward, II Is proposed that each
member, after reaching the place Of destination, So
4 lect for himself such employment rs may be con-
genial with his taste talents, but the Association
shall continue for one year after arriving In Cali.
fornia. for the purpose Of promptly protecting and
defending the persons and property of it's members.
| 9th. That In the event OF sickness of any mem-
ber II shall be the duty Of the whole Association 10
consult his comfort and safety, and IN case of his
DEATH 10 take Of his property, and return H. to-
qether with what he may hive acquired. TO his legal
representatives..
7th. For the purpose of preserving order, and
proceeding with system and efficiency, II is pro-
posed that the Association form itself into a semi
military corps, BY cecting officers or leaders, and
pledglng themselves individually and collectively 10
be governed by the rules, which they shall enact
In general council before setting out the journey.
9Th. The object being to enjoy tho rights in com
mon with other citizens, In a territory which be-
longs TO the people Of the United States, without
distinction oil sections, II Is proper they should be
well armed, and while abs!aining from all innova-
lions upon the rights Of any one, be prepared TO re-
pei ony and all nggressions.
| Strongly impressed with the belief, that such
company could establish themselves in delightful
region, without conflict with adverse interests and
anass for each individual large amount of gold,
propose for all who inclined to engage In such an
enterprise, 10 meet at Milledgevc, tho first day
of May next, and II sufficient number be present.
rs shall In their Judgment be capable of defending
themselves and their property, then to form Con-
stitution which every member shall pledge himself
TO support, and make such other arrangements Us
viii enable the company TO march AT early day
thereafter, BY the most practicable overland route to
Columbus, (SIlss.) April 3, ls49.
MANUFACTURING IN GEoRaIA.--Mr. Bryant, the
free trade editor OF the New York Evening Post.
BarnneA District, South Carolina,
March 81, lsl9.
The people of Augusta, Georgia, boast Of the beau
ty of their place, and not without reason, The
streets are broad, and In some paris overshadowed
with rows Of fine lrces The banks Of the river on
which 1t stands are high and firm, and woody decliv
ties of pleasant aspect overlook IL Iroai the wet
und from the Carolina side TO the south stretches
u broad champaign country, on which are some OF
the finest Plantations OF Georgia. visited one Of
thsse consisting OF ten thousand acres kept through
out Ia perfect order u small farm at the Morrill,
though large enough for German principality.
But what interested me most was n visit 10 cot
ton mill 10 the ncighborhood--a sample OF class OF
ma ufacturing establishments, where the poor white
people OF this Su,e nnd Of South Carolina find occu-
patton. il is argc nanu!actory and the machinery
Is in perfect order as in any Of the mills Ut The
North. Here" said gentleman who accompa,
nlsd us as We entered the long apartment In the ne
cqnd story, "you will see sample If the brunetes
VI The piny woods"
The girls Of various ages, who are employed at the
spindles had, for the most part, saow, sicky con-
pIexion and In many OF their faces remarked that
look Of mingled dlsirus, and detection which often
accompanies the condition OF extreme, hopeless pov
eriy. "'fhese poor girls" snid one Of our party,
think themselves extremely fortunate to DO employ
(rnrrr
the most barren psrs Of Carolina and Georga, where
their families live wretchcdy, often upon unwhole-
some food and as idly % wrctchtdly, for hitherto
the has been no manual occupation provided for
them from which they do M, shrink as dsgruceiul,
accouot OF liz being the occupation Of slaves In
these factories negroes are not employed as opera.
lives and this yyss The calling Of the factory gill
change which short time effects in these poor peo-
pie. They bare-footed, dirty, and in rugs |;
they ars secured, put into shoes and stockings sci
at work, and SEM regularly 10 Sunday school, where
they are taught, what none Of them have been taught
beiors--to read and write. In short time they be-
come expert at their work they lose their sulen
shyness and their physlognomy becomes compura.
lively open and cheerful Their families are relieved
from the temptations TO theft and other shameful
courses which accompany the condition OF poverty
without occupation"
"Ihey have good deal Of the poke-sasy manner
party, a Georgian. IT was true, perceived that
they had not yet acquired all that nlacry and quick
ness In their work which you in the work people
Of the New England mile. In one Of the upper
stories saw girl of clearer complexion than The
rest with two long curls swinging behind each ear,
I as she stepped about with the air of duchess.
That girl is from the North" said our conductor
\ sat first we placed an expert operative from the
North In each story OF the building instructor
| and pattern to the rest"
l have since learned that some attempts were made
al first 10 induce the poor while people TO work side
by side with the blacks In these mills. They utterly
nndfh a nnea xtifh
pretors whether they should employ blacks only, or
whites only, whether they should give thesc poor
people an occupation which, while Il tended TO ele-
vnte their condition. secured expert class Of
work people than the negroes could be expected 10
become or whether they should rely upon the less
intelligent and more negligent services of slaves.
They decided nj length upon banshing the labor Of
blacks from their mills. At Granteville, 10 South
Carolina, about ten miles from the Savannah river
little manufacturing village has lately been built up,
where the families Of the crackers Ms they arc called
reclaimed from their Idle lives In The woods are set
tied, md white labor only 10 employed The enter
prise 10 said TO be In most prosperous condition.