The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1849-01-11
SOUTH CAROLINA.


The Boston Courier, in an article on the quar-
relsome character OF South Carolina politicians,
makes the following sensible remarks:
What does South Carolina want The answer
is, she wants to possess the slavery Of the South,
aud the prosperity of the North-or, in other
words, she asks for an impossibility She desires
to be rich without being industrious; she desires
results without means Her politicians are fool
ish enough to imagine that by some hocus-pocus
tricks of Legislation, they can turn rivers OF gold
into their own state, without being the natural
or the legal masters OF the sources of all this
wealth.
tseuth Carolina would be rich, like New Eng
land, and because she is not rich like her, she
thinks herself defrauded. Whose fault is it but
her own that she is poor The legislation of the
federal government has been controlled for her
especial benefit. Institutions have been cut down
Tor no earthly purpose but TO humor her whims.
Twice and thrt times have the revenue laws
been changed to raise her up and break down
New England If the little toe of South Caro-
lima was trodden upon, she caught up the red hot
poker of notification, and threatened to set fire
and break bones She has had her way like
froward child she is still pouting and whmper.
ing.
South Carolina wishes to be rich. But how can
we make herrich? Ii hundred millions of coin
were taken from Massachusetts,, carted to South
Carolina, shot down on the ground, and lett there
it would all find its way back again. Money will
go TO those who work and earn it wealth will
follow industry and economy, whether of an in
dividual or of nation. No laws, no tariffs, no
Southern contederacies, will ever be able to keep
wealth in South Carolina as long as her slave
system makes industry dishonorable The noun.
tain stream seeks not the ocean with swiiter
course than riches flow from the pockets of the
indoent TO those OF the industrious Heaven
helps those who help themselves; but South
Carolina calls upon Hercules, when she should
put her own shoulder TO the wheel. Amid the
general progress of mankind. she stands still,
hugging the filthy idol of slavery, shutting her
eyes to every moral and political truth, and striv
ing for the miserable distinction OF being blind
leader OF the blind. She may lead but we be.
lieve she will find none to follow.
THE WAY OF THE TRANsGREssoR. tmay be
recoected that passenger on board one of the
Sound steamers on the passage to New York
some weeks since was reported to have jumped
overheard and was supposed to be drowned. We
understand that the person alluded TO was named
David Dodge, who had just expated servitude
OF several years confnemen mt in the Massachusetts,
State Prison, Tor forgery and had returned to this
city only TO renew his dishonest propensites.
On the day previous TO his departure for New
York he forged the names of two of our mer-
chants on checks Tor small amounts, which were
made confident Of the engineer, stating that he
expected to be arrested for forgery upon his ar
rival at New York. When near Hur Gate he
jumped overheard, it was supposed with the de-
sign of swimming to the shore. A boat was i'm
mediatey lowered TO his relief, but he sunk
almost instantly, and was not again seen. Dodge
had for several years sailed from this port in the
whaling service as chief mate.
Ve,o Bedford Mercury
The GOLD DIGGERs IN CALIFORNIA
The BEGINNING OF THE END. Among the
most successful reapers in the golden harvest
which has every where created such an excite
ment, are men SO strongly addicted to gambling,
that night after night in the shanties and novels
which they occupy, they sit down and lose the
entire fruits of the days hard toil,-consoling
themselves with the reelection that to replensh
their exhausted treasury they have but again to
dig. This unfortunate passion exists to such an
extent that Gas we informed by gentleman
who has just returned thence) scenes OF violence
and bloodshed are Of common occurrence, and on.
ly the very prudent and extremely cautions are
safe from plumber and assassination. Rrooklvn
Ddv. !