The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-06-08
From tho Chronicle g. Sentinel.
so. K. .''-All Cotton.

so. IA. .''---All Cotton.
Cotton seems to be the planters
God--the ever present topic Of bis
daily plans and labors- tho ideal
master Of his destiny in the
dreary hours of the nigh..-From
the "small hours of the morning.
until the late hours of evening
---from New Years eve to Christmas
morning, "Cotton'' is bis soul.ab,
sorbing theme. .a.n
Does the wife want this log.cabin
converted into o kitchen, and q
nice frame house built for a
dwelling? "Oh! no, can't build; /
am m'ob!iged to make sixty.6ve bags of
cotton this year, only made forty
last year, and now + must make
up the deficiency"
Well, husband, We must send
John and Fanny away to school this
year; you know our schoolmaster
cant teach any but small children" !"
81 say send them away to sahaal!
Why wife they. have got as much
education % We ever had, and l
reckon that must do them. No,
John must help me oversee and
Fanny must help you in the kitchen
about the house,, 80 that you can
letsme have Chloe in the feld.-
That's the school they must 90 to.
I don't believe In children being
raised to know more than their
father and mother, You can have
Chloe. back in the kitchen SundaI
and two or three moro if c.X$S$Ss /;
come then, but I must have thilsaS.sss tho VIZ, 50
rest Of the time"
Vieiting! "Fanny, oil the visiting
you and your mother do must be
done on Sundays, I can't spare any
Of the horses on weekdays, without
you wait until tho "crops are laid
BY"
"Waut to take the Lady's Book?"
---ss'Well then you must get some Of
your friends to take it for you. I
cant pay for.it. The Chronicle &
Sentinel is all I can >,affora to take,
and I don't get time to reid all Of
that. The Southern Cultisator will
help me more than the Lady's Book
would you, and I would take that
but I don't know how l could
pay for it,"
Yes, say chalk go. Kali Cot.
ton, on his back; if that is not the
right mark for him, I don't know
what mark to give him.
This Is not a picture Of small
class Of planters, and any, body that
knows anything about plantations
and will confess tho truth, will say it
is q fair representation Of large
class of planters: Home, comfort.
the education of children--all must
be sacrificed to the god-demon l
had almost said-Cotton.
The family must stay from meet
ings on Sundays perhaps, or visit 80
as to take no horses from the cotton
field on week days. The children
must be kept from good schools, be.
cause the father wishes to increase
his field force for making cotton.
The wife must still be satisfied with
the old log cabin, and the daughter
tied to the kitchen, so that the
old man may make the allotted max
imum Of bags Of cotton this year.
This is wrong Mr.. Editor, and
now if you want to know my remedy
fer the evil, I will give it in
eight words. Make two bags of cot.
ton instead of three.-Tbe corn, the
the wheat, the rye, the oats, the
hogs, the mules, the horses could
be raised on our own plantations.
The planter would not then have
to force the sale Of his cotton
to raise "hog money!" or pay a
ruinous interest on the money. He
would require q smaller number Of
mules and horses to work his
farm--he would have corn and
fodder enough to. keep his cows
plump and sleek, besides keeping
his mules and horses in fno order.
Mrs. --v---- could have her horses and
carriage out even on week day. il
he chose, and 60 "visiting." The
eon could be indulged, and the
daughter too, and both sent to a
boarding, school, or .. competent
teacher could be employed that they
might get through education at
home. 4his'would indeed be the
old fashioned so. K."---q2l correct.