The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1852-06-09
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.. From the Camden Journal
Internal Resources of South Carolina

Love of country, patriotism, and public
spirit, so commendable and manly, are
but other terms for that divine injunction,
Love thy neighbor rs thyself'' And
though so ibcrally professed in every day
life among men as right and proper, is
not practised yet more than it ought to be.
And while it affords an excuse for so many
OF our actions that mere superficial
observer might suppose its influence al
most universal, candor eompels us to ad.
init that there are occasional instances OF
naked, undisguised selfisbness, and yet we
must believe in charity, that the majority
of men aim, with more or less earnestness,
at the common good. All those who de.
vote their time to religion. politics, liter
ature or professional callings, obviously
tend that way.
AT the public good we aim, is so frquent,
en- expression, that we may consider il
almost every mans motto. Therefore
when we speak out our reflections and
call upon all concerned for a hearing,
respectful attention at least, is due. Ideas
and opinions are as much and as naturally
the forerunnes Of expression, as seed time
isofharvest, and humble as the pretensions
Of the author may be, some thought nigh,
escape him, that Others of more ability
than himself, could take up, unfold and
improve upon resulting finally, in great
benefit to mankind. f l... a
Beginnings are usually small indeed,
we may say in every thing that is or haa
been, there was feebleness In its beginning,
which should teach us to examine closely
any new project before we reject or con-
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Every good citizen is in a measure,
bound by his relations to society to exer-
else his mind in looking out for the WAYS
and means ofbcttcring himself, his family
and his fellow men. Though his tribute
be but mite, let him throw it into the
common stock ofa progressive age. When
chance ofefs great things to attempt, we
should not let them lass, but lay hold Of
them vigorously--but they are rare while
less things are often seen and as much
required as the greater, to make up the
whole.
With this preface, and with a sincere
desire TO be useful, | submit what follows
to my fellow citizens, asking them to dis
euss the matter for themselves, and eonsid-
crit kindly towards me.
Ours is small state compound with
other Southern States, but our bounds are
iixed, and rs was once observed ia Congress
by a member from this State, 1--WE occu-
py 3 snyfsce pr2digiously large compare
with ournrlnbcrs."
~. Ime area Of. South Carolina in round
Ipumber', is nineteen millions OF acres and
The population under SIX hundred ,hou-
sand, giving over thirty acres Of land 10
every Individual, old and Young, black
and Yhito, aud tAirill We may safely say
there IS one hundred acres ofIand fof cvey
person eugsgei in its ,illage Iftben. we
estimate that by any means, one half of
the land, or ninc and haf millions of
acrec S capable Of culture, there Is room
enough in our borders vet. 10 pIanf ton
times rs much m6rc a. we now plant.
= Admitting then, that We have nine and
q bali millions Of acres of tilIable hnd. Of
which allowone half for gram, and paslur-
aQapnd plant only the balance. four and
thTNe quarters millions of acres or ooe fo.y,b
Of oil our surface, and we've 10 make mo-
more than haf q bale sf cotton to the
acre, IL would givesss crop, Of noarly
twenty four hundred thousand bales eo,,al
20 the present whole crop Of the United
States. This Is Startling, aud some OF nv
Fesdes may throw back their heads and
raise up their hands zip anazement At
first, it does look iBe alble, that 90 small
q Territory and bst oae fourth oft employ
cd making only half a crop should turn
outso much, but here are the figures