The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-11-23


amount of wool. IF the producer docs
not wish to manufacture it himself; he
can easily convert it into money, which
would be u clear gain. "Ihc growth
of sheep adds to the ncccssaries of life
No food is more heallhful and delicate
for the table: no clothing more com
Portable for man." Now we go for the
most part to the North for the latter;
which is often inferior, and always high
priccd-coarsc woolcns, have always
been high priced i'll our country, since
Northern manufactures have sprung
up, our government, pursuing par
tial policy, have protected these North
ern Factories, by laying heavy duties
upon foreign goods Of the same charac-
ter, seeking Il market in this country.
This has been Il gricvous oppression to
us, with our hundreds of thousands of
slaves. Though matters arc not SO
bad now as they have been, yet we
have 10 security for the future.
] have thus hastily described what
every man may do for himself
come now finally to speak Of what we
ought to do in companies. We must
manufacture both cotton and wooden
clothing for ourselves. Having Rail
Road facilities from the mountains to
the sca-bord. and the raw material Just
at hand, having streams, sufficient TO
turn, it need be rs many spindlcs as
have given wealth and population to
the city of Lowell, and having opera.
tivcs, the most orderly and pcaccabIe
in the world, we can and must set up
for ourselves and be no longer Depend
cnt upon the North. If there are no
water courses in certain vicinitics adapt
cd to the purpose, steam will effect the
same for us, as it does for those, living
in q higher latitude. Our planters
should form manufacturing companies,
requiring the withdrawal Of only few
ot their hands from their r. spcctivc
plantations. In Il few years, the face
Of our country would assume differ
ent aspect, our population would soon
double its present number, and we
would be prepared for any emergency
in this day Of progressive folly and
wild tanaticism. a world within our
selves, we may defy a world of enc
mics
The signs or the times admonlsh us
to sire eli all the resources of our be-
loved State to their utmost limits in all
things tending to make us perfectly in
dependent Of those who would strip us
OF our rights, and reduce us to abicct
dependence.
And to the Sumter Agricultural
Association, | would say, pcrscvcrc in
the good cause YOU have embarked in.
It's noble cause, and one in Which all
arc interested; leave not that to be done
by another; which we should do our.
selves, but every one should contribute
his mite, however humble it may bc,
to the perfection of SO noble a work.
lie has been said to be Il public bcnc.
factor who makes two blades of grass
grow where but one grew before: and
especially is this the case if he not on.
~ effects such a result, but at the same
lImSS S01Tiiad,l> increased nrI mfr,
valuable nutrilncnts to both the pro.
duets Of the former blade rs well rs
of the now one. lie who can plant
new terminating principle, and train
one new shoot Of kindly feeling be-
tween citizens of the same country.
deserves q still higher need of prl Sc.
How noble then is :hc work before us,
and how important that relationship
existing between US. where we can as
an Association meet and Interchange
our opinion in this, Tie noJiest, and first
work ofman.
These Associations have done much
for the Northern States of this Union:
can they not ,lo the same for MS if we
will but do our duty and all lend
helping hand, much practical and truly
useful information may rca casonably be
expected.
The jndicious application ofmanurcs
I" land. involving rs it does, the feed.
ing OF plants, is IL matter of the great
est practical importance to the cul,iva.
tor of the soil. "Manure is the chief
source Of Agricultural prosperity; by
its means bad land is converted into
good. and the most barren wastes com
PEELED to yield the richest products. =
vi all known manurcs. none are of
such value and Importance as those
from the stable and cattle yard; for
these are adapted to q greater number
of locations and varieties of soils, and
to all plants. and modes ofcultivntion.
True. substances are frequently used rs
fertilizers, much more energetic than
our ordinary farm yard manure; but it
is only to s"ppiy a deficiency ofMc lot-
hr or to increase It's action. These fer
tillzcrs are not to be had in sufficient
quantity, nor is their transportation SO
easy as to dispense with the necessity,
for stable manure without which the
highest degree Oi'prOductivcncSs of is nov