Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-12-03

exclusive education of paupers; that, in my
Indictment, we should return to the policy OF
1911, and seek to inaugurate system, which, in
lis ultimate development, should bring the
means of education within the reach of every
family in the State" Since the last session,
of the Commissioners of Free Schools in the
city of Charleston, with similar views as TO the
best mode of improving education, have opened
n common school in that city, and, without
abfdgng the opportunities Of the poor, they
offer 10 the taxpayers participation in the ben
eft from which heretofore they have been ex-
cluded. About seven hundred children are now
receivngleducalio ut this school school, and
even this large number am informed, would
be increased if the school accommodations
would permit. The complete success which
would attend this well-tmcd and judlcious ef-
fort, is checked only by the difficulty of obtain
ing proper teachers. This difficulty is also full
ly brought to the notice of your predecessors,
and would respectfully renew my recommen-
dation that you would earnestly seek to provide
an appropriate remedy.
In connection with the general subject of ed
ucation, il has occurred TO me that some ell
couragemeut should be held out, to induce the
citizen ITO supply his family with the means OF
instructive reading, family books, or libraries.
suggest that such encouragement might arise
from exempting family books and libraries, in
actual use by the owner, from legal process un-
der contracts to be hereafter entered into; and
that they should also be exempt from sale by
executors and administrators, and that instead
thew should be delivered over to those to whom
they are beQueahcd, and in :he absence of tes
tanicnlarr disposition, that they lie allotted
among the family, or next of kin, as in cases Of
| intcstacy.
! begseave 10 ask Of you favorable consd-
| Grafton of n recommendation of the late Gov.
ScaLrook, on the subject Of drainage His rec
ommrndaiion was the appointment of commits
soners TO digest and report system or sch"mc
on that subject No possible objection can
exist tC the appointment OF such commission,
and much good may result. When the report
is made. it will still be in your power TO adopt,
modify, or reject it altogether. Large bodies
of the very best land in The State lie wholly un
productive for the want of law establishing
the right and defining the manner Of draining
them No man, through. obstinacy, or worse
feeling, should be allowed 70 use his own to
the injury of his neighbor The public good
demands general law which shall secure to
every landhollrr the unobStructed use of the
natural draining of his lan!i.
submit 10 you the necessity Of some special
legislation in relation 10 funds in the Court Of
Equity. 1t not upirequently happens that, from
sale for partition. some Of The parties living out
of Tie State, and others being minors without
I Iuard.tis; or i6nl Tie sale or 4 trust estate,
and no suitable investment offering 1T the time;
or from fund bcing in court rs stake, the suit
proceeding between con;ending parties, in order
to determine which Of them is the righlnl ow-
ncr, the fund lies dead and unpruductive to these
eventually entitled 10 it. am informed that in
England, in such cases. The fund IS paid into The
| Bank of England. TO The credit OF the Account
AMI General. who checks it out ~ The parties rs
! their rights accrue and in the meantime the bank
is rhargeab!c with foEr percent. Interest. II tha!
rate Of interest can be SAFELY paid ly The bank
there | do not perceive why the Bank Of the
>;;a.r could not pay the same rate on similar
drpn.ics here The widows and orphan imter.
esIcd arr entitled to protection, aud should moi
| be allowed 10 sui"r loss, while their funds "re
in comrt Should ynu cnncur with me Is tn lie
prupricy Of lcgi>Iaiag an The subject, suggest
! thar your legislation should also embrace funds
in c"ulc>airr in the cuus.s al la" aii'l ! can
see 10 .rcison. why il might not be GSicnird 10
moucy raised hy sIrriils. Why s'uni'l they re.
| 'aii it, and tie real ow"rr tr deprived oI Mi
profit 1t exposes them 20 Il temptation i"
speculate wIrh fear is n"i always resisted
The legitimate fees of liat office cannu ace
nualrlv account fer the large >iilns too often re-
allied
The outward pressure against tic institutions
of slavery should pronlH Us 10 do all We riu'o
funiiy it within. Diffusion is srengIi,-con-
crEtration, weakness. Oar true policy Is to dill
fuse the slave population a5 much as possible.
and thus secure in Tie whole community the
a.. Co.. %, Il
no doubt OF lie inherent ability OF the institu-
lion 10 maintain Itself against nil assaults. II
i, the basis of our political organism, and II
would not be dilrult 20 show that the poorest
white man among Us is directly concerned in lis
preservation: but the argument VI scit-lnicrest
is easy Of comprehension aiI sure OF acii"r.
recommend the passage OF ii" eXemp'I'i9
from safe (undcr contracts 10 he hereafter ell
tered in!nl 1T least one slave. Such an immli-
uiiy would stimulate every one 10 exert himself
10 possess his family at least Of i property in
sumc tIr..r2r above the casualties nf debt. As
you multiply the uunlh,x who acquire the prop
crty. 81 will you vide" and deepen the dc!rrlIi-
nation to sustain The Institution.
The consumption of cotton has steadily III
! creased, a;,.. will a few years exceed the sup
plr-lrut from want, on our part of land on
wI!icil 10 grow it, but from want OF oloPcrators to
cultivate it, The demand for the article being
greater than the supply. the price must go up,
in The abSc;ice Of ail disturbing cauSes As
| long as this continues TO Ue the case, we must
| prosper; but the certain effect OF high prices
will be to stimulate Tie growth Of il III foreign
countries. ;il in time to destroy the monopoly
which we lave so long enjnycd. The possession
of this monopoly is The chief element of South
ern prosperity and The dependence ol the man
ufacluring interest on Us ios a supply Of this
| article will continue 10 prove TO he onr of our
strongest safeguards. The amount OF cotton
now rrown in lhe East Indies should open our
eyes 10 our true policy. The idea that African
slaves only can successfully grow cotton, is an
entire mistake. Under British domination, free
SLAVES arc how producing in the East, more
than Ilc entire crop Of The United States III
1922. Frrm report Of the Hon. w. l.. Mar
cy, Secretary Of Stale, i'll answer 20 resolution
Of Congress, il appears that during the year
| 1855 The shipments Of cotton TO Great Britain,
were, from the United States, in round num-
bcrs. G79 millions of pounds, and from the East
indies, Egypt. and Brazil, 202 millions Of pounds.
Whenever England and the Continent can pro-
cure their supply of the raw material elsewhere
than from us, and tic cotton Stalcs arc limited
10 The home market, then will our doom be
sealed destroy the value Of slave labor, aud
emancipation follows inevitably This, Eng
Iand our commercial rival, clearly sees, and
hence her systematic efforts 10 stimulate The pro-
ductun Of cotton in the East The success
which has thns far attended those efforts, will
incile her TO redoube thcm The East Indies