The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1863-04-15

en- Representatives Of the people tina: such
course is not unpatriotc. II this feel.
ing prevails extensively, it will be readily
perceived what ust be the result. All
fertilizers will be put on the cotton lands,
to stimulate them to the highest produc.
ton, while he corn lands vii; be thus
proporlionately impoverished. In my
frs. message, in January last, In com
mending to your favorable consideration
the Georgia law, l recommended a re-.
ducsion Of the number Of acres below
three. With the lights now befoss M ,
recommend AN amendment Of your Art
SO as to prohibit the planting over a hal,
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. | in-
vhe your frst attention 10 this subject,
and recommend, in the event a further
restriction ia imposed, that the two Houses
satify the act immediately af;e. its pas.
sage.
The spirit Of speculation has recently
made such alarming strides 10 this State
as to render your interpostion necessary
to arrest the evil. Large Gums are in
vested in flour, corn, bacon and other AZ.
,ices Of prime necessity, to the monopoly
almost, Of such articles ia certain sections
# the country, and they are withheld
from market, or are being exported be
yond the limits Of the State, 20 the great
enhancement Of prices, and to the mani
fest injury Of the consumers, especially
the families of those whose producing
force is in the army. Under these cir
cumsiances, | hare called into exercise
The power conferred upon me by the
Constitution, to proh'bit, for ,hirty day,,
tho expectation Of provisions from this
State. but with some notifications which |
felt were due TO our sister States and
he Confederate Government. / have not
gone, so far, hey ond the retention Of
hese antilles within the limit Of the State
md your action is requisite to enable me
o carry fully INTO effect this clause Of
he Constitution, ss a!so to cootinue the
prohibition ~ithou, interruption, if you
hould deem it adviss able. ! recommend
he passage Of An Act which will author
ze the Governor, through proper agents,
o dispose, at their market value, Of such |
'r,icle. as have been or may be seized in
rans'tu. and after paying all expenses
ncurred out OF the proceeds, to retain a |
certain propor,ion,,o he ds,rhuted among
he Soldiers Boards OF Rel ef, tue remain
Ter TO be returned to the owner-or such |
'.her appropriate legislation as YOU may
may deem better adapted to the case.
also recommend that you adopt some leg.
s'ation TO arrest the purchase and nor
opoly Of articles Of prime necessity, even
when it is not intended to export them
bey ond the limits Of the State. The mo
nopoly and Withholding from market Of
supplies 10 most detrimental to the true
Of the whole country, now in.
9olved in such a war as has not been
seen in modern times.
Your Act, ratified 18Th December last,
to suppress the undue dis,iila,ion OF spir
its from the cereal grains Of the State,
though stringent in its penalties, does no,
accomplish its object. am informed of
numerous violations Of it's provisions in
various portions Of the State, but have
not yet heard o. the first prosecution.-
Indeed, learn from some Of the most re.
specialize citizens tha! no one seems will
ing 10 become An informer.
IL might be we'll 10 give the informer
one.haH the fne, but am free to confess
that doubt its success even then. Some
very worthy citizens Of the State. have
urged the Executive to employ agents
for the purpose OF suppressing unlicensed
dlstilIation. which, Of course, he has not
the power to do. This is n crying evil.
and mostly felt in the grain growing Dis.
tricts, where the dislileries have hereto
fore been most abundant. The complaints
10 me from these sections are 30 numer
Gus that this object constitutes one Of the
principal objects Of your convocation.
The permits authorized by me under
Ihe Proviso in the Act to dis,iII limited
quantity. for medicinal purposes only, is
Is yet probably fsr short of the absolute
wants CT the whole State. For
many Districts there have been. and
doubtless will be, no applications. Ire
sret to say that | hear rumors Of under
letting and violations Of the contracts,
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