The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-11-19

down by edicts, DEGREES and bull, of tbs
Old World but the discovery of Amsrics
has opened up broad continent for the ex-
pansive force of mans intellect. A cont-
ncnt incxl,a,,stiblc in mineral wcaltl-a soil
unsurpassed in fertility, and a climate pos
scssing every grade Of temperature. 1t ha.
indeed been the asylum of the oppressed
of all nations, who wonld contemplate ma
ture unfette,cd and hold "swcct converse"
with his God unrnolcstcd.
Young America, like the young eagle.
has sprung on the stage Of action, and
grasping the electric bolts Of Heaven, has
struck out FIR herself new sphere of cx-
| stencc. The howl Of the tempest, the
ightnings flash, the piercing frosts of the
frigid zone; or the fervid heat Of an equa-
torial sun, impede not her progress. Her
march is onward. until she shall realize all
the true and grand conceptions Of mans
happiness and mans political equality. The
genius of America has cvinced prccocity
in agriculture, commerce, manufactures aud
the mechanic arts, never before attained in
the same time by any nation, ancient or
modern. She is second to none IN .l,n
practical demonstration Of progressive i'm
provement. Her agricultural products now
iced and clothe the half starved millions of
the Old World. Her white wings Of COM
merce are spread to every breeze. The
u'fScne:. vapors Of a thousand engines,
iiiark the track Of countless miles of rail-
roads-pcnetrating through mountains to
the farthest point Of civilization. Young
America holds the plough, drives the plain,
the saw, the lathe, the forge, the needle, the
mill and the great custodian of our Iiber-
ties, the press. Her crystal palaces and
iron mansions riso up like the eastern pala.
ces OF the ancient genii. Her land is now
teeming with the overflow of agricultural
Notwithstanding the thousand and one
avenues leading to tho great emporiums on
the Atlantic and Gulf. ask, what is the
cause OF this unparalleled success in all that
tends to elevate and cnnoble the American
citizen p? 1t Is dyriculture and its hand
maid commerce! IT is the application of
science to all tie departments Of industry :!
1t Is The diversion Of luJor and capital!
| Let us for moment cast our eyes over
this great confcdcracy of States, and see
what each is doing for itself in this age Of
progress. Some are engaged in mechanical
inventions, like Connecticut, while others,
like Massachusetts,, are engaged i'll manu-
featuring and agriculture. Some are EN-
gagged i'll agriculture, commerce and manu-
faclures, like New York, while others, like
Maine, have neither agriculture, manuf,c-
lures or commerce, but are compelled to
resort to their forests and 10 ship-buiiing.
Some, like Pennsylvania, have to depend
upon their great mineral resources and ag-
rIculture for their wealth, while Others, like
Kentucky and Indiana, have to depend up
on their agriculture and great pastures for
their prosperity, Then again there are
those States, occupying the Eastern and
Southern slope Of the Alleghanies, which
have depended alone upon their ngricultu-
raj resources for the happines and prosperity
Of their people. In the Northern portion
Of this confeleracy, we find that no State is
pursuing any one brunch of industry, to
the exclusion OF all others; but by the d.
vision of labor and capital, all their resour-
ces are being developed, and all the depart
ments Of industry are fourishing. With
an unfriendly climate to contend with, they
by dint of energy and perseverance have
made grass 10 grow where there was no soil,
and two caro- of corn to grow, wl.oro only
one grew before. Their mineral resources
are now building palaces, spanning rivers
building railroads and steamships, and fur
nishing the pstl, upon which thought is
conveyed by the electricity of Heaven,
from one end of this confederacy to the
other
These States, possessing not one-half Of
tile advantages in the soil and climate as
we of the South, have far outstrippcd us in
agriculture, commerce, manufactures and the
mechanic arts. We, on the contrary, who
have been blessed in soil and climate, and
with all the natural advantages that abound
throughout the length and breadth Of our
country in endless variety, are content to
pIod along in tho old beaten path Of our
ancestors, relying alone upon tho produc-
ton Of our great staple cotton, to clo.ho and
feed us.
This comparison is not instituted be-
tween the North and the South, to show
the superiority of the one over the other;
but simply to exhibit what can Le done,
by industry, energy and perseverance,, and
the proper application Of labor and cap-
tai to to the various wants Of man. In
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