Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-08-23
For the Advertiser.
EDarrInIp, $. c. August II, 1856!

and YeatlemEuiy frier., living in the vicinity OF
this.p: &C. enjoyed with him and anotb9 friend
Few days ago, . seat in hiaoarriaso to and from
Augusta, Ga. T':cTe wsrs Impressions made on
my mird in that tip which bayc thought II
published may interest :-our readers, and should
you Link with mr, i,"'r place them at your
,.disposI'.
riu urndeavor to .lo,ch he eaoajti;.n Of things
as thew existed last r on the rou.c Just indiea-
te5 ,,, tho co1,i.in, IF thr6n ghout the
.,c.;o,s oy ~, 80 thou ro,r nresen.
,y.n..,r.s - A.. ..,,;or or ,.v intelligent
kn.. r,o e. ;, .;,e,li,rlc ,lrikine
,,-.... -. "a, ,,,.,s ..! .onclu
! .;.,,... :, .,..;:...: j.. are 50 oasily
=, ,,r,r ~,... .. ,,:- :a:od:. that their cor.
! rec,.e,.' 'bscov .;;:. :, :;spusablc. 7 had oc-
/ .os,, si,at - 80. 9. xrits conccrniua Tho
erns -, .J,ty..i,ee1 distinctly that
L.S..... -, ga :. o..y,:;e, t. kibs ;,s s;.e.roal,
ln.y.,. -, 81 ana rralae;iye. .;ho fields
md ~, .c:,..,. .r Is .:,e e-. could rss,i, wa-.
Nc :,: er -.... : .-=s 50 .or ,...lerz are, an.:
,be evidence. his: .::: :;.e proriscs :; plenty,
\. 80. - -, a. every steps Du; this con-
d.. az. as changed with us very mate.
rs;:, -. .:.,, :.ai war; it IS true, devastating,
hc-.:.:y .:..,i.1 ysr, bu. evory one Injured to
,c..r 80: b;. or i.c- post aad contea,.d and
if,,.,r -. y,e;, g.: au: we'll clothed, was as.
.;..I,, - n,so sni;i,ient on which to subsist
! ...,.ss.-s -h.se around them. will not
:! ,.;scr.s IN ,nv sense the subject
af .l,r.-v abe ;ns,;tutior ia dead. The fiat of
,r.- ~. decided i accept the decision-we
all REDO. $50 and aGcopti,, and do not repine at
Il. but. With OUT present fystem of free labor,
can apy Sane man. Dies any man in his right
senses, ever:expect again to SEQ clean fields aud
productive erops2 l think not. WIN the VOL
untary labor that we "o~ have, ever again pro-
duce Cottcnynnd Hicef 1nacea L leel sa.sheu
that it vii! not. ! think these questions VIII IN
great measure 90 answerea Wy "ua. "''' wv
state. The same crops were piah'ea oe'"eon ne''
and augusta this year, that Wcrc pianted On tnose
lands last yoer, but what Is now theif conoi'ion
Are the folds clean !! NO, the wecas ano grass
are rivalling in height the crops piun'cd ID tho"
Will tho crops prove pr0eueHfs' 'mpos'iDi.'
for theg have not Oeen nio'p 'nal HHii 'eacSu'
Do yon witness anytAlng IN Tue shape u iaOO'
atout these fields? Noneat ail-'hey arc deserted'
Is there anything like thrift and the promise OF
plenty pereeptible on any Of tho route spoken OH
Not the least vcitigc scarcely. Tho truehfying
natural Influences required to give us crops thea'
we know have not bean wanting; the deTs OIL
Heaven havo oecn as free and as tuil as they
were last year, ard the seasons in most portions
of the sections cf which I have been speaking
have generally been favorable. Labor, labor them
has been the grr"tlaOlf, and labor sufficient IN,
bor, under cur Prcsenrsystem otlt, we tear Will
eoh!inue to bc oar all absorbing want
And what has become Of all our labor? til.
,o,t,o-.d Mr. ENRON. all over the country-it i:
around xs-amonr us-everywherc--eking out il
mnny instances, miserable and degraded ex-
;s,eaee in idleness, in vagranoy, aad in theft,
acpredasinc here ..Dd there and everywhere. Nj
traveller or Homestead is now safe from attach
and from the exercise Of the thievins propcnsitle
Of those lawless aimicss and short-sightea people
unless they ar armed to the teeth against them
c., A 80,