Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1863-04-08

land, as it will prove certain death to you.
ZENo, s. G.. DARBY. r
Governors Message.
p EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Columbia, April 8, 1858.
Gentlemen ofthe Senate and
+ House Of Representatives:
Since your last adjournment, a mighty
stride towards despotism has been made by
the Government of the North, indicative of
a fixed purpose on the part Of the dominant
party, if possible, to conquer and destroy
the South. The sword and purse have
been placed almost absolutely at the dispo.
sal of their President, in utter disregard OF
the Federal Constitution, making him vir.
tually despot. So far from this exciting
spirit Of resistances as many have vainly
expected, from every portion Of the North
there comes now nothing but,the note Of
preparation for a vigorous prosecution of
the unholy war. The most sanguine must
have abandoned all hope Of peace from
foreign Intervention or negotiation from
exhaustion Of the enemy's men and means ;
or from such resistance, on the part of his
subjects, to Lincoln's tyrannical rule. With
his control of the purse. and power Of draft,
there will be no lack Of men for his armies.
1t does not become us, them. to shut our
eyes to the fact that there can be no rea-
sonable hope Of peace with his consent, du.
ring his term Of Office: It only remains
for the people Of this Confederaoy, through
themselves and their constituted State and
Confederate authorities, to make adequate
preparation to repel successfully the yandal
attack. In their hands are their own des-
TIMES. With country rich in all the re.
sources which constitute the wealth Of a
nation !; the finest type Of Government that
the world ever beheld;a refined, cultiva-
ted, and enlightened people; an army per-
Ehaps not surpassed, at any period Of time,
in all the qualities which mako troops in.
yincible; contending for all that man in
every age has held dear it is their mission
T to 60 on making every preparation, submit.
ting cheerfully to every sacrifice, and put
ting forth vigorously every effort necessary
to secure the great boon which their fathers
bequeathed neutrality-suspicious..
This state of our foreign relations, and
important Developments in our own inter.
nal policy, which shall proceed to indi-
cate, have induced me to convene your
bodies. Such measures as you, 10 your
wisdom, may devise to meet the emergency,
Ishall heartily endeavor to carry into eff
feet. .;.l,-
It is much feared, that while your. Act to
limit the production Of cotton to three acres
to the full hand will restrain such as, hay:
ing overaowing granaries, contemplate with.
holding their grain from market and plant
I ing cotton almost exclusively, it has yet
induced many, as I am informed, who pur-
posed planting little if any cotton, to plant
the full number of acres allowed by laW-
And this is justified upon the ground that
your statute is equivalent to an announce
ment by the chosen Representatives Of the
people that such a course is not uppatriotic.
If this feeling prevails extensively, it will
be readily perceived what must be the re.
suit. All fertilizers will be put on the cot
ton lands, to stimulate them to the highest
production, while the corn lands will be
thus proportionately impoverished. In
my first Message, in January last, in COM
mending to your favorable consideration
the Georgia law, I recommended sreduc.
ton Of the namber of acres below thrse.
With the lights now before me, / recon-
mend an amendment of yonr Act so as to
prohibit the planting over a hall, or at most,
one acre to the full hand, and that the
hands to be enumerated shall only be such
as work in the crop. invite your first at.
tention to this subject, and recommend, in
the event further restriction is imposed,
that the two Houses ratify the Act imme.
diately after its passage.
The spirit of speculation has recently
made such alarming strides 10 this State as
to render your iuterposition necessary to
arrest the evil. Large sums are invested
in -four, corn, bacon, aud other articles Of
prime necessity, to.the monopoly, almost, Of
such articles 10 certain sections of the coun
try, and they are withheld from market, Of
are being exported beyond the limits o.
the State, to the great enhancement o.
prices, and to the manifest injury of the
consumers, especially the families Of those
whose producing force is in the army
Under these circumstances, have called
into exercise the power conferred upon me
by the Constitution, to prohibit, for thirty
days, the expectation Of provisions from the
State, but with some notifications which
I felt were due to our sister States and tht
Confederate Goyernment have not gone
so far, beyond the retention Of these arti
cles within the limits of the State, and y.u
action is requisite to enable me to carr.
fully into effect this clause of the Consti
tuition, as also to continue the prohibition
without interruption, if you should deem j
advisable. I recommend the passage.of ar
Act which will authorize the Governor
through proper agents, to dispose, at thei
market value, of such articles as have beef
or may be seized n, transttu, and .afte
paying all expenses incurred out of tn
proceeds, to retain certain proportion, t.
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