The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-01-19
Whc Cause OF domestic
Industry Hna the South
craa Country.

We often hear persons speaking of
the great and incxhaustible agricultu.
raj resources of our Southern country,
rs ii there was much room for i'm
provcmcnt, and much hard work to be
done, before VIC can fully realize the
benefits that would result from a more
extensive cultivation of3the soil. In
this we fully coincide. 1T has. often
been matter of great wondcGwith us
that hundreds and thousands more
acres ofland arc not under successful
cultivation, than there arcin the South.
Ono great evil is, We hive too uuc6
land, that does not yield Il profit, and
if our friends were to have less land
and improve it rs they should, they
would realize almost twice the amour
of real profit. Look atthc incalcula-
bic resources of the Southern country
look at the unoccupicd land that the
foot of man has scarcely ever touched
look what mines Of wealth could be
procured from her soil, were it manur
ed-wcrc it well tillcd--and in trav-
cling about through tho country YOU
can find great cmbankments of manure
:, .v.,, ,ho,. ,.;u 49,, ,1, ''N.
i rnn3 ,bn;r ,,,rInns W. a. 10 i'"'
i , .l,,n, ;,,ion1 n.hor 49, -"
our friends north OF us, that have to
J"y manure and have 10 haul it great
distance, and hence we hear of the hca
,1ct - Tn,,,ns.oo ~ @ IKE a,,h.n,a a"o ,,i he',,
and Snu,h Cnrnlin, G,frn;o N,;o.i. os"
s;,,; N,l.,ns,. IIl;n,,;S 80; Sa' l'sa's
W;In,,r; S"I vin,t on - ,,n,,'' 'i'''. .' '''u
Lnr ~ ;mh.I,i,.n," on'Ia l,'''t9o in .,' ''u'!'-
cor,,,,,dn,aJ j., ~, ~
,.h.rn tn nr,,,v. ,,ns nry,-o,rlr ,,od,,.
and where domestic Manut:,ctnr;r,
could be established oiynr Gn,5 ,rI
raiment to at lcas, a million Of b,rJ
working pcoDlc
Were the proulc IN orr Snr,h.r,,
country ,aunht to ,coyi wiM Mc;y o,rn
keu,ls, instead orrelyinr TOO mnch ~,
-, ii crs. we wouid nrosnnr MAJ,
'Saian We do, and we NAV alI soc rho
sgSae when we will Lc necessarily com
'5pGilcd togo to hard work and The sooner
the better. There is no country OH
the face Of the earth that has better
advantages than ours. but it is n II.
mcntablc fact. that we do not imnrnyn
them rs we ought. Where one man
raises Cotton, let another raise IIcp,n
where one man raises Wool lei,
another raise Grass, Cattle, Horses,
Hogs, poultry, Vcretables. &c. and
thus enable each other TO plant unon
more solid basis, the cause of Arri.
culture and domestic industry-a cause
that lies 1T the very foundation Of our
blessed government. Let mauufac.
lures be erected in different parts of
our country, and let the people 90
hard to work, (ior we love to sec men
and women work hardy then ,ncu anl
manners will change Infinitely for the
better. Let man travel through The
above Statcs-Iet him go into each
county-let him gather nj! the inform
alton he can, and he will soon find
that the resources arc invaluable, and
still we would rather speculate or do
anyMiny else Maa hu~d ,rorI.. Bu,
the days Of speculation arc partly gone
and we are much rcjuiccd to see n
greater disposition to encourage man
ual labor than heretofore. and Fad this
been the case ten years ago, we would
have such Il times as never was seen
before. While thousands of people in
some parts of the world are pcrishinn
for the ncccssarics Of life, We are vast
Ing enough to feed millions. We do
think it high time that the American
people were arousing from their great
lcthargy and putting forth all their en-
cruics as a band Of brothers and sisters