Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-04-22
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'frfht tnls week, VIII PHtaon D remurR Or tHope!
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Why, srsuc. about what AL admita No one
has objected to the originsl.las iinitingih pro-
duolior of Sotton. 1t "os Ii United Co thrss sercs
in January tho right time) an the principle and
tho pulicy.undsr the pseutiarieir-umstances; Of
the case we're agreed to. That action wu cha.ia:
cred fual in the m ttter, andin April psopls
went to planting some cotton, supposisg it right,
whom tho Legislature suddenly says, ,top, pillow
up those reed, plant the land 10 sonethinI7 else,
or in nothingi il suliks-plawi t up at all events.
This wa0 short, sruity work, hut doubtless, tho
good psrpie are oboying the-E1eca,ire LegisIs-
ture as thsy did ths" Executive Council: In all
our lighter soilf this measure will nscss.itdts the
planting of, eurn at lsQst six xsoks lascr than il
ougheto have boon planted, thereby riiking the
whsls of it in the intense summer: heats. On
the vet, cold, erawsshy lands 1t may work we'll
enough. You fhjurs one man seriously BY the
measure; you do no .h.rn Il. the other. Call
you this equality Call you it sqears and fart,
Call You it Choking At thinsseas they arsY
The member tells as that the small. farna
- 81. A - - E-r.s - . = fs+.. - - -
are deserted udupsulivatsd. This nay DO true
to come extsnt-aud the iavof January MAS in
tended 70 provide for this had other causes Of
scarcity By making tho production. Of corn equa-
bic il. tho State Last year many planted largely
in catton snd had DO corn tospasas- TAs~Legis-
lature feared that this might DO the case agaii,
and. thsrefors. lssislatsd 80 that all planters in
jaN neighbQrhoods should plant pery largely 10
corn. Why could We not wait and try tho law 2
There. c,annnoot Be \ doubt that enough would hare
been made under j, for all our purpsse,.- As to
the needy families of ~soldiers, they must and
will be:pro1ided' for. They are provided for By
enactment.
We orc all ~ anxious asthe member from
Edgeneld5 that the poor should not suffer. Bat
how you propose to ayert this. suffering by inter
rupting tho whole planting interest alta critical
period of tho cropping year, Rwe do not yet uu-
darstsnd. The P%lantari may mako . little more
corn, but il. will not. comparesn value with the
cotton no would have produesd. .Yourla~, with
out materially increasing ths5eorn crop; esnsid-
erably diminishes the formers resources, and, BY
consequence, :his ability to help his country and
bis needy couptrymsn. Bear In mind oil the
while that n law ~ss already in existence in Obs-
disncs 70 which -he..wass planting from thirtsento
sixteen acres Of corr to the Hand, which would
DO at least thirty two aores Of corn to tho -horss
in many cases much moro. What moro could
you ireasonably ask'of III. hOrss-we say nothin 6
Of the. farmer. Yss you impose npon. tho poor
dumb isborer two. more acres to DO FIRST planted
and thea plowsd in corn,-:a and every farmer
knows the difference, to- the horse, between cult
waiting corn and cottun. This will require higher
feeding for the horse, and the additional corn
thus consumed, first during:the crop-msking an
then afterwards TO mend up the overtasksd hack
this corn, wo..,ay, and the cotton reed lost-for
it is Of no account for IN snure put in ""kiilcd
and barely covered bOnesth tho surfaeo-this corn
and cotton seed, we say, counted with tho proba-
BILE loss in production by the farm erb being thrown
out Of his labor calculations at very pressing
season of the crop.year, will, all tossther, cancel
any increased abundance ysu propose to attain
by your untimely legislation. How then'is all
this to benefit the poor or any one else? Is this
what you Gull Cooking ut things as thoy are"
But the army must have bread W are told, and,
NE would add, shall and eHi have bread. Presi-
dent DAVIS says tho army has an abundance Of
broad. The Georgia Legislature rejected the
proposed limitation on cotton the other day by q
large majority, because upon comparing note,
they found that this hue and cry of famine had
originated in tho towns md villages where they
wanted corr (already the cheapest commodity in
market) to become still cheaper, and that, in point
of fact, Georgia already held moro corn than
there was transportation for. Thoy therefore
Gates that the difficulty of transportation isl great
one, and we doubt not bis appeal Ia intended
specially to urge those States nearest the front 10
do all they can in raising heavier supplies than
they have done for tho last year or Two. Yet be
docs say that the army il on short rations In the
article of moat. This is unfortunate. But how
does your cotton limitation proceed to remedy it
Say that a little moro corn will DO raiacd,-does
that necessarily increase the meat1 By no means.
The farmers would have fattsnsd all tho hogs st
70 Do ldttoneuJ uuuel wv !" Va
can do no more under tho law of April. but I'M
der tho law of January they would have added
somewhat to tho emily article Of exchange (Cotton)
which can, should tho worst come to tho worst,
induce meat, like other things imperativsly called
for. to run the blockade But Wo are going further
than we intsnded. or the cotton estim ate offered
By our msmber. We regard it greatly exaggerated.
That article has been leaving The county IN yari-
GUS channels throughout the war. 1t isstill doing
so. Spectators are buying itup and pushing it
of by every opportunity and NO man can new
mako any calculation of tho Cotton ia the country.
We only know that cotton goods are already dis
trersiugly high and likely to advance much highsr,
especially under such Legislation as tho law Of
April; and We caution gentlemen that in cheap
ening bread they may doubly enhance The cost Of
clothing.
In conclusion and to cut the matter short, We
desire to express our regret at finding our esteemed
representative reduced to such extreme supposi-
lions to sustain his argument. First, he supposes
a terrible drouth, which may a kind Heaven fore
fond! Next, he supposes defeat by our armies
which, in the present aspect of our good cause,
No can. hardly imagine. And, lastly, ho rupposes