The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-09-26


once the machinery OF the State. Time
was important. The acts Of the Provis:
;onal Government should likewise be
sanctioned by you!
S Twas authorized by the President to
lay u tax, by assessment, for the purpose
Of defraying the expenses Of the Convel- :
tion. This / declined to do, in,oonsc!
quence of the utter destitution of the
people, and yea viii haye.o snake such
arrangements for Your expenses as you
may think most advisable. &4s y
The want Of money or circulating
medium cannot continue long. The sale
ofcotton, as SOON as its transportation TO
market is practicable, will supply the
country with money enough for its most
pressing wants. The farmers and plan.
ters, now that their slaves are emanci.
pated, may very well dispose of por.
tioh of their lands, to relieve their en-.
barrassments. and acquire the means Of
enriching and improving the remainder.
Northern capitalists and European i'm
migrants will readily make investments
in real estate in South Carolina. In a
short time money, which is stperabun.
dant in the Northern States, will natural
ly and necessarily flow South seek.
ingits1value, as water flows seeking its.
level.
After tile collapse OF the so.called'
Confederacy, the Southern States were
left in a most anomalous condition in re-
ference to their monetary affairs. The.
gold and silver had been exported as All,
article of commerce duringjthe war the .
State banks Were all broken aud their
bills driven out Of circulation, and the
Confederate money became, of course,
valueless. This left the South without
any kind Of money or a CIRCULATING me.
dium. Eight millions Of people, in
high state Of civilization occupying a !,
rich and fertile country, without money
or the means of exchange except by
barter. @ . si I,ssst,i
Gloomy as the present may seen, the /,
future will be brghtand glorious. Moth.
ing is ever likely to occur again to mar
the harmony Of the Union. The great
cause of dissension between the two,
sections has been removed. There are
no rival interests. The North and the.
South are mutually necessary to each
other, and all the pursuits of the one are
dependent on those Of the other. The
United States, as a. whole, combine all
the elements of national prosperity and
greatness in a higher degree than any
other people on the face of the earth.
No empire in the world ever united in
so eminent degree the three great
sources of independence, power and
wealth--agriculture, commerce and man.
ufactures. As long as civilization con.
tIlnes, this great Republic will flourish
and increase in numbers, wealth and
grandeur. Il can only crumble and
break into fragments when Ignorance and
darkness shall have pervaded the
land. 'sf i,,5T
South Carolina, as an integral part Of
this great power, must partake of its
richness and prosperity. The abolition,
of slavery viii give new energy and
self-relianee to her people, stimulate ia,
dustry and promote economy in all the
yocations of life. In less than ten years
we shall realize in the loss of slavery !,
blessing in disguise to ourselves and our
children. y 3a S. KS if5}lts IE71
In resuming her allegiance to the
United States 1 know that South Caro-.
lipa does so in good faith, and with per.
feet sincerity to her plighted honor.
AS she was the first to lead offin this
great and most unfortunate secession
movement itnow becomes her duty 10
set q bright example Of loyalty 10 the
nther Southern States, in returning to
H-he Union, and cheerfully performine An
! the3obligstions to the Federal Govern.
Snent. She viii receive, in return, from
that Government, a restoration of ali her
civil and political rights as d SOVEREIGN
STATE, with a general arnnesty for he,
past. Z sSf ~ !,
You should be careful to do All shat
necessary to aid the President in carry;E
out his wise and generous y; ,,;e !. s.
constraction, ard do nothing which 49,