The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1865-11-09
GG(VERM0R'S MESSAGE.
ExEcuT1vE DEPARTMENT, S. c.
October a. 1865.
To the Honorable the Senate and

yention, for the purpose of considering
the. new and extraordinary condition OF
our State, and providing, by wise and
proper legislation, for the welfare and best
interests of South Carolina. AS provi-
sionai Governor of the State; and in the
absence of the recently elected constitu-
tional Executive, consider it my duty to
address you on the present occasion and
recommend for your consideration such
measures as, in my Judgment, the interest
5 and welfare of the State require. <
Although I have not the honor of
deriving my authority, as Chief Executive
of the State, from you, or the, people Of
South Carolina, yet I can assure you, in
aH sincerity that no Constitutional Gov
,ernor of the State has ever had your in.
sserests, your honor and prosperity more
atheart, or has ever devoted his time and
energies more exclusively and zealously
to what he honestly believed woaldebes:
promote the welfare and happiness of the
State. And may say, with equal truth,
that, although appointed Provisional Gov
egner; over South Carolina, no ONE has felt
more respect for the majesty of her laws,
or been more willing to render obedience
to the sovereignty of her people.
Alter Commenting upon the action Of
the recent State Convention. the Cover
s nor says:
: Such, gentlemen, is the new Constltu-
. tion under which you have assembled, and
which, it is hoped, will inspire the people
of. South Carolina with new democratic
zeal and energy in developing, intellectu-
ally and physically, the talent and re-
sources of the State. It is true that under
the oldregime South Carolina has given the
Republic bright galaxy OF names which
she may well be proud Of; but her mate
rial prosperity as State has not kept
pace with thdt of her Southern sisters.
Her population has been moving to the
Southwest till there are. at this time. al
most as many native South Carolnians
living in other States as there are in this
State They have drained the State, too,
of hsr wealth and engies For the last
thirty or forty. years we have likewise
boon obliYious Of. all internal improvement.
in our frnitless and yexatious supervision
of the action Of the. Federal Government.
Agriculture has been neglected, manufac-
tnres almost ignored, and commerce de-
spised Foreign immigration, which has
GI.ed other States with wealth and popu-
lation, deyeloped theirFesources and made
thega happy prosperous and powerful, has
e been discouraged in South Carolinas Her
riches have been exhausted by her depen-
dence on others for almost every thing she
consumed or needed. We have been de-
pendent on the Western States for our
Horses, mules, cattle and hogs, bacon, lard
! and beet. From the Northern States, we
have received the furniture OF our houses,
and the implements of our farms and
plantations, the carriages in which we
rode, and the clothes which we wore:
This policy must no longer be contnu-
ed. It should be the pride of every far
ner and planter in the State, 70 raise
grow or make every thing which he uses
aor needs. Slavery has been abolished,
and labor made more honorable as well as
more necessary. They who have herotofo e
spent their lives in ease and idleness will
be forced to work. Paintings and the learn
ed professions are no longer the only hon
orabIe means of livelihood for our young
men. They must become tradesmen, man
ufactnrera, artisans and mechanics. I'm
migration of industrious fore. gnefs must
be encouraged. Then manufactures will
spring up, commerce will revive, and we
shall become an independent people.
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