The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-04-03

agrantit permits and leases, instead of SCI
4 ling tl land.
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II OK NsiisiNfaclErcs ;st the South.
Y io Frfrn'an HINT, Esp,
II Editor 81 hc Merchants Magazine, r!c.
"A DEAR SiR--i have just read the articles
slof MIR. uregg, in your December and Jan
g uary numbers, in which he very truly SAYS
s9that ute remuneration which capital re.
s3ceires, when invested in manufacturing, is
s. not cii,crlon from wliichto Judge Of the
Aprotlts derived by the country at large"
q lie tlcn notices the fact, that New Enr.
sjland has grown rich, not merely the stock
/ dholdcrs, but the whole people, in consc-
Iquencc Of her spirit and power Of machi-
anery. But great MS the results have brcn
ITO New, England, they are not to be com.
3Parcd with those now being produced at
9ithe Sou.h.
4 The lower class Of New England popula-
sat:on are POSSESSED of energy, inventive rc.
3nIus, and go-ahead industry, with in,ellec,s
Abrlghtcned by plain elucation; while the
3same class heie arc as inert as Incidence
aand poverty and total want of education tor
Jages caftanake people; and the change
dwrought upon such population, by trans.
Il aposing them from their miserable lop.cab-
3ins in the pnc-wcods and equally miscra-
dbc food and raiment, 10 the state Of ciyiliza-
3tion that they meet with in sucl, a bcauti-
iul manufacturing village as Granitcv;Ile,
2nust be seen to be appreciated. Il is mol
swondcr that Mr.. Gregg estimates tho hcnc-
I fits to the body polite SO highly The
Hwholc tract around Graniteville, three years.
sago, wassa wild barren waste, and the
] dgreaters portion OF the operatives almos,i
gaborigines-living sort Of vegetable life, |
36i iittletprotit 10 themselves or Others !
SPrcsto-ichange. The magic wand of ,hrI
amanutaGturer waved over the rocky. bed Of
the streaff TINT for ages had spent It's idleI
force Faown that valley. and up arose ,hel
sgranite Ilaca Of the spindle and loom, and|
;isasiiiel llings, asg sllsltesing
ahad never before cnsheltered by Ii tloni.
acilc worthy the mime OF COMFORTABLY
Shouse. And, cerfes, never before had they
the opportunity Of Offering up thanks lo
SGod every Sabbath day in such a church as
acltGcr OF those now pointing their spirc.
gE;ssm Graniteyillc 10 realms ontigh.
..sffSt But that is not oil. Here the "cti'dren
Smusi attend school, and if any ono IS DIS,
Sposcd TO make brute OF himself over thu
9whiskcy cup, he must 90 to some other
place, tor neither in store nor tavern in that
lvillagc has That curse of the earth ever
tsHntcrcd, or can ever enter until owners
Schange.
q The reason why the goods from this es-
Establishment have entered so successfully
into competition with those of the Northern
amills, can be easily understood by those
III lx-hn hnya travnllal in,
Sgrowing region, as ! have done. The
Sshanding OF cotton is one continued seer
'sni waste from the time the first bols cpcn
.auntil the bales reach the New England cot
Aton-mill, and there the picture is reversed,
II for every item, even the dirt that accumu-
Il Hated on the bales, serves to manure IN
.ssoIl. In the field much OF the cotton is un-
q picked until md-winier, and much of il,
a5lown out, and other parts stained and in
blurred AT the clubhouse the waste is still
n gong on, and most commonly is put up in
l3bagging that is more like net than like
Eacloth: and, after being tumbled about in the
u Ainud. and exposed To the rain, is perhaps
IAhanlcd hundred miles, through muddy
q roads, and then tumbled out upon the
~ Sground to rest awhile before it makes a
81 steamboat passage, still exposed to rain and
|Adrt and smoke, and then put on shore, as
e have often seen at New Orleans, in mud
aand water 6 inches deep, TO stand, perhaps
II 4 week. by this time the sacking is hall
N tnrn off; but, notwithstanding that, when
s3 Tie sampler comes round, if there is a
EawhoIc spot left, he vii! cu. most un.
~ Hmercilul cash into it and extract few
sapounds from each bale, although there NAV
fS ne hundred alike. And why! The sam.
ha pies are his pcrquistes, and, therefore, the
tj largest possible quantity tha, can be gougct
Sout without having it called stealing, i,
III most to his profit. The practice is sham
Aiul one, and not only direct tax upon th,
& planters Tor the amount taken, but II leave.
EA the balance OF the bale open TO injury. a
&Ail the cotton yards, and depots, an.
Ewharvcs, the bags are tumblcd about in IN,
@dirt, and the ground is white with cotton
M,rampicd under foot and wasted. Bu
wastc and injury does not cease here; fo
Il have seen II tunbIcd about in tho sam,
81 way in the streets Of New York.
I You will now see the advantage Of the
sSco'ton manufacturers who are locate,
Awhere the staple grows AT Augusta
2ieorg'a, the cotton can be taken into tht
Emlll right from the planters boat tha
kS drought 1t down the Savannah River, AM
Ethrou2h the canal Of nine miles that bring.
Mthc power to drive tho spindlcs.
Ia AL the cotton that saw at Granitevill,
Eand Vauclusc, another mill upon the sam,
@ stream, was in good sound sacks, and frc,
III from dirt and stain. and of course, vii
EHaiake better cloth and less waste.
u Nearly all the South Carolina cotton i
saput up in good bags, and il it was only dc
Eccntly handled and not thicvishly sampled
u would reach the manufacturer in bette
AcondIt'"n than the New Orleans cotton o
Hihc same quality.
% The manufacture Of cotton il oytcndin,
sSail over the Southern States, and If thcr
Mwcrc few more such men as William
MGrcgg TO build up in wilderness places
Aicw moro such villages as Grautevile, i
lHwonld love great blessing to tho lowe
igclasse, poople, for it would elevate thei
-sscharac % position of far greater use