Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1862-10-29
From the Augusta Consli'ntona'lsf.
Vice President stephens Advice to the
Planters.

\ correspondent o the Columbus 'ia
lnuc., wrlrlny from Sparta. TIA, un'trHl''
ul u,,. ii:h ut r:ns lhe i.,uri:"l t'' l.
l. eauci Sep !rn ma Il. IL Sl,., ch 'fer': IN
ia, ,iurlmo l:c week in winch e SAID IN"
'.tnc ln.',. must plant c't'''f nrxr Year
Lhu. W. call,ri please Palm" r:!nn hr1trr u az
by Hot r,i<ing c"Ih'. DC.
iii AL ir,. drrrr"r I" Vie Pr'S'':r'':
Hiupliurs. We mns' dill t. with hun ~ ! tn'
policy proposed We d, hot knnS wi at -.
reasons are tot tenderl'ls such "'''cr 10 TIT
painter; certainty. the m"r" bet hat We
cannot please Palmerstm h.'t..r thar hv n"'
r,;s;ou ~ is not the reason that a S'a'e-iha"
~. Ie.ns;,l. man woull giv- WHY oar ulnt'-
,.rs i, MID pant cotton. That is t'n trivo
i,,s :, n,.,.y, 10 cnme from Mr.. stephens.
H,, h.. ,r,cs further, that t Fe'.Shn way tnc
n NJ D s,iing policy would pleas Lord ra-
,,,-.,n, !, i.c,u.c lit i p,:ln@ lm'" II
hand in raising it in lndia--t',at they can sup
nly !, LLrrr at from Is 10 % cents per P'''i'l"
and only need the estimates "f two "r 'nree
failure: ot American supply I" cci''"-
w.. n.l;..ve tia, the British GoS':rnmrni
would sln 'y relieve Itself "t It's "epr'"'enc'
n,,n r., iu,hern States Er to'to'I; p"'
,.;> ~ i,ppructica,le. it not altogether IN pns-
IN, Tha r,ttun of the Snn,h rSn'iut br
,o,nll.d by that grown in other Climates !
,b, Iu.mr which grows and gathers 1t IN S''''ti
nar,er.ion cannot we'll DE applied To 1t clS:
where :. and neither can the tahnrS whFh ar
m,nutactured from ii be p'"sured from "ihf'
cn,.,ns. The machinery whica nann'arl'it''s
American cotton viii mt serve to m',''na ',urr
Eat India cotton; AMI Surat>, NJ Is ana ="
cents Der y mnd, can never drive A'ler'r;'''S'
u, ~ and ~ Cents pr punt OUT =" .''''
J;vnrnool md Manchester markets. MS tact
!, ~, ,S fully dennlsiraicd in the l'rrsri''
o.;.;.. and therefore. Lnrd PalmerSloi' may
rnh hi ..hnnds and grin an cauckle over t!'r
.,,,-,r Iuc;iun of Cotton IN The s"";l'efl
r.m,,..ier.cy-!t will b. all III v;'i'
American article will commnnd the SnI're
macy. -
Kut the advice of NJ. Stephens il adopted
u;ll ,r,mu.e AN ver.;.bunaanrc c''tt ~
ami an over production woui'i gint tue ii'afH'''
u,,,I rcd ,,ce prices IL ,nrra l"'n!:a ilsu:rS
With one crop on ha"d, and The pnrtS c'''sr''
t,,,. nlauter cum always obtain from IL 10 q
cents and UPWARDS for Ills cation; with !t''
morris omen. be can obtain even higher Frl''S
= -, ,'.,-"" y -''' '''''"''' "
hand. and me ports c:s'Sed, h. ran'i"t uota;t
mar. than or & ceLts pr p"uni iT II. IL
lin. simple r,.a,um lh.l tue supply Will he s.
l,rpalr in excess of The demand. With thc
n,r,> oprne,i, even, he could MT c'm'nan'
r.,nunrratiy. prices for the article; y: II
c,uI,i mo, he moved away As fast ~ til- de-
mands OF conSuuers abroad w"'as n l'ie
and The third crop would tind u large "'rt,"
OF the previous crop ST IN the ih,rE''' nc
,nunding Il ready sale, AMI commanding only
low prices.
As o question of profit and loss, then, il
wonld seem To be an uuwise policy to p!a"'
Al, ,hcr lull crop Of rotton the apPr"aci'ins
season. But there is another light III whr
tho Question must be viewed. Patr"t'sn'
INNS, mn, s,op ~ count costs, to add NJ n"
lors and cents and compute profit and loss
/, INNS, lave Lolier and higher aims. tide
n,ards true and unswerving devotion 10 tn
rars- Of the country; it demands large and
liberal expenditures "t treaSnr" ana n' on;', @
Anl with nothing less will 1t he satisfied
Are our people prepared to yeti I" '"e ns
nauis OF patriotism They have coae s."
nubly aad lbcrally,in thepsst. Ey shoml' o1,
we exuect less Of them in tue future ne
cause OF the past year is the cause oil the
present gear, aud appeals as strongly 10 every
natriot heart US il did then. Was 1t pair,
,,ism to ,laut grain instead of cotton then
Wbv should it be any the less patriotism t"
raysrs. the policy nuw2 No: tie demand Is
a., nr.,c,,t u,y. We believe as 1t was IN the
INST season, and ii the war continues another
r.,,r as there is, unfortunately, every rfs>.i'
to believe that it will, the planting ot gram
alone can save the cause and the country.
Our armies must be fed-our people must
ho fad-our negroes must be fed. Starvation
aud deviation to the cause of freedom and oi
country read we'll in poetry and IN rhetoric !;
hut il, reality, they are unsafe companions
Ntanv ra,e. a man with satisfied appetite
can fight better. and stand the iat'sues OF d
campaign better, than one who Is suHernS
tue panps of hunger and starvation "'.5
an ABUNDANCE Of grain-corn, whe1t rye anu
nen,--with potatatoes and fruit, lie can oe
sustained aud independence won Without
,b.s, c6nconi,auts, success Is ilnposslne.
We cannot iorbeas expressing the a"po.,
then. that, unless our excellent VICE fr>sl-
d.nt h.s other reasons than those which Tie
correspondent of the Times gives as his, hr
will not urge his advice upon the planters ol
,he South but that, ON the contrary, he will
encourage them to follow, during The ap'
proachins planting season the same wise;
prudent, and patriotic course, which markcu
their policy in the past season.
1t may be well 10 add, that while these are ar,
our opinions. the subject is ore upon which
our people may Loncs,ly differ; aud II II. can
lr SHOWN that the advice of Mr. Stephens is
wise aud reasonable, by all means let it be
followed. But, whatever our planters may
resolve 10 90, let them not fail to plant large
ly Of grain and to raise an abundance o. ~
p.oyisio ,s. TO them, the couutry m'iS' 10 "
i,r supplies, and it Will not be apt /" l''S III
vain.
PEACE or WINTER QuARTERs..f'rhel
Philadelphia Press in al agony o' despair
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