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

, exclusive educalon OF pauperS; Ihat, lh uiy
Judgment, we should return to the policy OF
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
abiidging 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
Observation-Disclosures 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-limed and judicious 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-
couraee,nent 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
they should be delivered over to those to whom
they are bequeathed, and in The absence of tes-
tamentary disposition, that they he allotted
among the family, or next Of kin, as in cases of
intestacy.
begieave to ask of you a favorable consid-
Grafton of Il recommendation of the late Gov.
Seabrouk, on the subject of drainage. His rec
ommendation was the appointment of commits
sioners 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,
modiiy, or reject it altogether. Large bodies
of the very best land in the State lie wholly un.
productive, for the want of law establishing
ihe right and defining the manner Of draining
them No man, through. obstinacy, or worse
feeling, should be allowed 20 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.
submit 10 you The necessity of some special
| legislation in relation 10 funds in tho Court Of
Equity. It not unfrequently happens that, from
sale for partition. some Of the parties living out
of The State and others being minors without
guardians; or iI6m thG sale 6r a trust estate,
and no suitable investment Offering at the fine;
or from fund being in court as stake, the suit
proceeding between con;ending parties. in order
to determine which Of them is the righlfnl ow-
ner, the fund lies dead and unpruductive to those
| N. ri 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 10 The parties as
their rights accrue and in the meantime the bank
is chargeabe with four percent. interest. II that
rate of interest can be safely paid by The bank
there do not perceive why the Bank of the
State could not pay The same rate on similar
drpu.ies here The widows and orphan inter
estcd are entitled to protection, and should not
be allowed 10 suffer loss. willie their funds are
in court. Should you concur with inc is tn tic
pruprip!y Of lcgi>Iaing on tIrr subject, suggest
that yonr legislation should also embrace funds
in cunle,latiun in the cuusIs Of lazy ana can
see 10 reason, why it might not be extended to
| money raised by shrriils Why s'.unl,l they re-
tain it, and Tie real owner be deprived Of all
profit 1t exposes them 30 Il temptation i"
speculate, which fear is moi always resisted.
| The legitimate fees of ltat u?isc canno. aCr
1uatcly account fer the large sums too often re.
allied
The outward pressure against tie institution
of slavery should prompt Us to do all we cinto
fcnily it within. Diffusion is srcnglh-con-
crrtra;ion, weakness. Our true policy Is TO dill
fuse the slave population as much as possible,
aud thus secure in The whole community the
motives Of self interest for its support. have
no doubt Of lie inherent ability Of the instltu.
liun to maintain itself against all assaults. 1t
is The basis of our political organism. and it
would not bc difficult TO show that the poorest
white man among US is directly concerned IN lis
preservation: but the argument Of seif-lnlerest
is easy Of comprehension and sure ol action.
recommend the passage Of i law exemptng
from sale (nndcr contracts 10 be hereafter ell
| tered inln) III least one slave. Such an imIn,l-
niIy would stimulate every one 10 exert himself
to possess his family at least OF i property III
some degree above the casualties of debt AS
you multiply the uunlbx who acquire the prop
crty SD will you widc; and deepen the dcterfli-
nation to sustain the institution.
THE consumption of cotton has steadily ill.,
creased AMI will n 4 few years exceed The sup
| ily--,Iot from want, on our part, oi land on
which 10 grow it, but from want OF operators to
cultivate il. The demand for the article being
| greater han The supply, the price must go up,
| in the abSence of all disturbing CAUSES. As
| long rs this continues to be the case, we must
prosper; but the certain effect OF high prices
will be to stimulate the growth OF il III foreign
countries, and in time to destroy the monopoly
which we have so long enjoyed The possession
of this monopoly is the clict element of South
ern prosperity and The dependence of the man
ufacturing interest on Us for Il supply OF this
article will continue to prove to he one of our
strongest safeguards The amount of cotton
now grown in The East Indies should open our
eyes to 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 The Eas more
than The entire crop Of the United States IN
1920. From report of the Hon. w. l.. Mar
cy, Secretary Of Stale, in answer 20 resolution
of Congress, il appears that during the year
1855 lhe shipments Of cotton to Great Britain,
were, from the United States, in round num-
bcrs. 679 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 States arc limited
TO the home market, then will our doom be
sealed Destroy the value Of slave labor, and
emancipation follows inevitably. This, Eng
land our commercial rival, clearly sees, and
hence her systematic efforts TO stimulate the pro-
duciun of cotton in the East. The success
which has thus far r>altcndcd those efforts, will
incie her to redoube them. The East Indies