Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-12-03
EDGEFIELD, S iql pEoEABER 8, 1856

tended to introduce gradually general system
of common schools, has been perverted to the
exclusive education of paupers; that, in, my
Indictment, we should return to the policy oi
1911, and seek to inaugurate system, which, in
its 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
citv of Charleston, with similar views as to the
best mode of improving education have opened
n common school in that city, and, without
abfidging the opportunities Of the poor, they
offer to the taxpayers participation in the ben.
eft from which heretofore they have been ex.
cluded. About seven hundred children are now
receivingIeducalion at 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-timed and judicous 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, it has occurred 10 me that some en-
couragement 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
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they are bequeathed, and in The absence OF tes-
tamentary disposition, that they be allotted
among the family, or next Of kin, as in cases OF
| intestacy.
! beg galeave to ask of you favorable consid-
Grafton of Recommendation of the late Gov.
Seabrook, on the subject of drainage. His rec
ommcndation was the appointment of commits
siohers to digest and report system or scheme
on that subject. No possible objection can
exist to the appointment of such commission,
and much good may result When the report
is made, it will still be in your power 10 adopt,
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 landhoder the unobstructed use of the
. natural draining of his land
IF7-I submit to you the necessity of some special
legislation in relation 10 funds in the Court OF
Equity. Itnot unfreguently happens that, from
sale for partition, some Of the parties living oul
of the State, aud others being minors. s..wlthout
qua "a .s or 1F the safe 6l a TusE esrfte,
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or from fund being in court as stake, the suit
proceeding between conending parties, in order
TO determine which Of them is the rightfu ow-
ncr, the fund lies dead and unproductive 10 these
eventually entitled to it. am informed that in
England, in such eases, the fund is paid into the
Bank of England, to The credit of the Account
ant General. who checks it out 10 The parties as
their rights accrue and in the meantime the bank
is chargeabe with four percent interest If that
rate of interest can be safely paid 10y The bank
there | do not perceive why the Bank of the
Stale could not pay the same rate on similar
drpo.iies here. The widows and orphan inter
| ested arc entitled to protection, and should not
be allowed to suffer loss while their funds are
in court. Should you concur with me as to tic
proprie!y Of egslaling on the subject, Isuggcst
that your legislation should also embrace funds
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see no reason, why it might not be extended t"
money raised by shcriifs. Why shunld they re.
| tain it, and the real owner by deprived OF ai
profit? 1t exposes them 10 temptation ln
speculate, which fear is not always resisted.
The legitimate fees Of that office cannos ade-
qua,ely account for the large sums too often re-
allied.
The outward pressure against Tie institution
of slavery should prompt usto do all we eau to
fortify it within Diffusion is sIrengl lf-con-
ccGration, weakness Our true policy Is to oil
fuse the slave population as much as possible,
and thus secure in the whole community the
motives Of self interest for its support. have
no doubt of The inherent ability OF the institu-
lion to maintain itself against all assaults. 1t
is the basis of our political organism, and 1t
would not he difficult 10 show that the poorest
white man among us is directly concerned IN It's
preservation: but the argument Of seiflnlerest
is easy Of comprehension and sure OF action.
recommend the passage OF law eSempllng
from sale (nnder contracts 10 he hereafter ell
| tered nlo) ut least one slave. Such an immu-
nifty would stimulate every one 10 exert himself
to possess his family at least of property III
some degree above the casualties of debt AS
you multiply the numbW who acquire the prop
crty SO will you wider and deepen the deterni7-
nation to sustain the institution.
Tie consumption of cotton has steadily in.
creased, ana will in few years exceed The sup
| ply-not from want, on our part, OF land on
which 10 grow it, but from want OF operators to
cultivate it. The demand for the article being
greater than The supply, the price must go up,
in the absence of all disturbing causes AS
long as this continues to be the case, We must
prosper; but the certain effect of high prices
will be to stimulate the growth Of it in foreign
countries, and in time to destroy the monopoly
which we haze so long enjoyed. The possession
of this monopoly is the chief element of South
ern prosperity, and the dependence of the man.
ufacturing interest on US for n supply of this
article will continue 10 prove to be one of our
strongest safe guards. The amount of cotton
now grown in the 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 are now producing in tho East, more
than the entire crop Of the United States in
1920 From report of the Hon. w. L. Mar
cy, Secretary Of State, in answer 20 resolution
of Congress, it appears that during the year
1856. The shipments of cotton to Great Britain,
were, from the United States, in round num-
bers, 679 millions of pounds, and from the East
indies, Egypt, and Brazil, 202 millions efpounds
Whenever England and tile Continent can pro.
cure their supply Of The raw material elsewhere
ran from us, and the cotton States arc limited
to the home market, then will our doom be
sealed Destroy the value of slave labor, and
,,,,r.n,tion foIIows innvitoblv This Enn