Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-04-08

evening, the I'D instant in their Chambers in Co.
lumbia, Tho following Message was communica-
ted after the u.ual tormalities:
Executive DEPARTMENT..
COLUMBIA, April :, 1883.
Gentleaen Of he S.nate aud House Of Repr-ttx-
tatires:
! Sincr your luat ADJOURNMENT, u mighty stride
towards deepo;ism has been made by the Govorn-
mcnt Of the North, indicative Of a 6xsd ~parpuss
IN tho pnrt of the dominant party, il possible, t.
conquer and destroy the South. The sword and
purse har. been placed almost absolutely at
the disposal sf their Presidon:, III utter Disregard
Of tue Foisral Constitution, paking him virtus'ly
n despnt. So fur from this exciting Gspirit Of ia
sislapce, as many have vainly expected, from
every portion Of the North there comes now 10th
ing but the no:s of preparation for q vigorous
prosecution uf the unholy war. The most San
guibe must have abandoned all hopes Of peace
rro,n foreign Intervention or negotiation; FROM
exhaustion Of tho enemy's mon a.d means or
frou such resistance, on tho part of his subjects,
TO Lincoln's tyrannicnl rule. With hi4 coptrol of
the purse, and power Of draft, there will be no
lack of mon for his armies. II does not become
u., then, TO shut our eyes to the fact that there
con be DO reasonable hups of pearo with his c~n-
sent, during his term Of ofice. 1t only remains
for the people Of this C"nfeleracy, through thupi-
selves and their constituted State and C"nfedor-
ATE authorities, to make adequate preparation to
rrpel successfully the vandal attack. In their
hunds are heir own dcstinies. With q country
rich in all the resources which constitute the
wealth Of 3 milton the finest type of Govern
ment that the world ever beheld u refined. cul.
tiyated, and enlightened people; an army perhaps
not surpassed, at any period of time, in NIL the
qualities which make troops inviucil'le contend
ing for all that man in every age has held dear
it is their mission TO go IN making every prepara-
tiou, submitting chestfully to every %'ncrifce, and
putting forth vigorously every effort necessary to
secure tho great boon which their fathers. be-
q%ueathed then,-Independeuce.
This state Of our foreign relations, and impn-
tant developments in our own internal policy,
which I shall proceed to Indicate, have induced me
to convene your bodies. Such measures as you,
in your wisdom, may devise To meet tho emergon-
CIV, I shall heartily endeayOr to carry into effect.
1t is much to- be feared, that while your Act 10
limit the production Of cotton TO three acres to
the full hand will restrain such as, having over
flowing grnnariep, contemplate Withholding their
grain from market and planting cotton almost e1-
c~lusively, it has yet induced many, as am in
formed, who %purposed planting little if any cot
- =, nl,ot tha frll nun,h.r of ocrps s1lnxod h-
law. And this is justified upon the ground that
your statute is equivalent to an announcement by
the chosen Representatives. Of the people that
such a course ia not unpatrio.ie. IF this feeling
prevails extensively, it will be readily perceived
what must be the result. All fertilizers will be
put Oh the cotton ! uds. to stimulate them to the
highest production, while the corn lands will be
thus propartiunatcly impoverished. In my first
Message, in January last, in commencing to your
favorable consideration the Georgia law. I recon-
mended a reduction OF the number Of acres be-
low three. With the lights now before me, I re-
commend m amendment Of your Act 30 as TO pro-
hibit the planting over q half, or at most, one
acre to the full hand, and that the hands to be
enumerated shall only DO such as work in the crop.
l invite your 6rst attention to this subject, and
recommend, in the event a further restriction is
imposed, that the two Houses ratify the Act i'm
mediatsly after its passage.
The spirit Of speculation has recently made
.uch alarming strides in this. State AZ to render
your interposition necessary TO arrest the evil.
Large sums arc invested tx heur, corn, bacon,
.n5 ntbar articIso NJ yr;n,n ncc,asity IN tho mn
nopply, almost, Of such articles in certain sections
Of tho country, and they are withhold from mar
kot, or are being exported beyond tho limits of
the State, to the great enhancement Of prices, and
to tho manifest injury If tho consumers, especial
ly the families Of thnse whose producing force is
in the army. Uudsr these circumstances, I have
called into exercise the power conferred upon me
by the Constitution, to prohibit, for thirty days,
the expectation of provisions from this State, but
with .om, notifications which I felt wero due to
our sister States and tho Confederate Government.
I havo not gone, 80 far, beyond tho retention of
these articles within the limits Of the State. and
your action is requisite TO enable me to carry fully
into effect this clsuso Of the Constitution, ns also
to continue the prohibition without interruption,
If yon should deem it advisable. l recommend
thu passage of m Act which will authorize the
Governor, through proper agents, to dispose, at
their market value, Of such articles rs have beun
or IN ~ be seized in transiiu, and after paying all
expenses incurred out Of the proceeds, to retain u
certain proportion, to BIO distributed among the
Soldiers Boards of Relief. the remainder to be
returned to tho owner-or such other appropriate
legislation ~ you may deem better adapted to the
case. I also recommend that you adopt rome
legislation to arrest the purchase and monopoly
Of articles of prime nscsasity, even when it is not
intended to export them beyond the limits Of the
sistc. The monopoly and withholding from mar.
ket Of supplies is must detrimental to thn true
interests OF tho Whole country. now involved in
such \ WAT as has not been seen in modern times.
Your Act, ratified 18th December last to sup
press tho uaduo distillation OF spirits from the
ceroxl grain, of the State, though stringent in its
penalties, DOGS not accomplish its Object. I ain
informed of numerous violations of its provisions
in yarieus portions Of tho State, but have not yet
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