The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-01-19
Tlnc Cause OF domestic.
Asaelesssry Hrn tAlsISosItFa-
craa Country

w. - 'iiS'S "u> liluCi FOOtn IOr I'M
provcmcnt, and much hard work to be
done, before we can fully realize the
benefits that would result from q more
extensive cultivation of5the soil. In
this we fully coincide. SIt has. often
been matter Of great wondcswith us
that hundreds and thousands more
acres Of land arc not under successful
cultivation, than there arein the South.
One great evil is, we hlrc too much
(and, that does not yield Il profit, and
if our friends were tc have less land
and improve it as they should, they
would realize almost twice the amour
of real profit. Look at the 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-werc it well tillcd--and in trav.
cling about through the country you
can find great cmbanRmcnts of manure
dccaying for want ofson.c one to take
it away-thcy will not So much as put
it upon their gardens. We do think
it Il shame indeed, when we look at
our friends north OF us, that have to
bny manure and have TO haul il Il great
distance, and hence we hear of the nea-
Wy yield of tllcir crops.-Takc Ken
tucky, Tennessee, Alabama, North
and South Carolina, Georgia, Nlissis
sippi, Arkansas: illinois, Louisiana and
Missouri, and what an immense mum
Der of inhabitants could be easily nc
commodatcd in these S,sssrSs--, apOn iinn
where Il turlow has never been made,
and where domestic Manufactures
could be established: giving food and
raimcnt TO at least Il million Of hard
working people.
Were he people iii our Southern
country taught to aooyi, sriM Mclr o,yu
Aon,!s, instead olrc!ying too much up.
54ss,o;hcrs, We would prosper more
SsSt.n nc do, aid we may all see the
|sSsss&Ae when We will bc necessarily COIN.
'Pellcd togo to hard work and the sooner
the better. There is no country on
the face of the earth that has better
advantages than ours, but it is III.
mcntabic fact, that We do not improve
them as we ought. Where one man
raises Cotton, let another raise Hemp
where one man raises Wool let
another raise Grass, Cattle, Horses,
Hogs, poultry, Vegetables, &C., and
thus enable each other to plant upon
il more solid basis, the cause of Arri
culture and domestic industry--a cause
that lies ct the very foundation Of our
blessed government. Let manuE.c-
lures be erected in different parts of
our country, and let the people 90
hard to work, (ior We love to see men
and women work hardy then mcn and
manners will change infinitely for the
better. Let 4 man travel through the
above States-!et him go into each
coumty-let him gather all the inform
alton he can, and he will soon find
that the resources are invaluable, and
still We would rather $pccuiute or 10
anyMhy else MGa hord corl. But
the days Of speculation arc partly gone
and we are much rciuiccd 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 rs never WAS seen
before. While thousands of people in
some parts of the world are pcrishins
for the accessories 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-
crgics rs Il band of brothers and sisters,
calling into requisition all the physi-
cal powers Of man, in cultivating his
mother earth, and placing Agriculture,
and Domestic industry upon firm,
solid basis, that will defy all hinder
ancc in time to come.
Suppose we had manufactures in all
parts Of our Southern Country, manu-
featuring Cotton, Wooll,n and Silk
fabrics, raising at the same time, all
that we would wish to eat; we would
thus save millions of dollars that are
continually sent from among us. We
all sec the propriety Of these things,
but it is 4 hard matter indeed for US to
so to 'corh' and @ork lard viM on.
orn hunds. We must have cGupaGc
Of the most costly order, or else VIC
arc poor indeed, when perhaps n friend
next door that woaks hard, is almost
i'll want of daily food. Where is there
a nation on the whole habitablc globe,
that has more advantages than this,
and at the same time less appreciated.
"To those that much is given, much
will be required" Will our CORES.
pondtnts speak out upon these subjects
that we may know the feelings that
pcvvadc3 our friends around us
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