Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-12-13
From. I, tho National inisliiissis;ineeelt,,
The South,

lne Ee8tOI2tlOnI9f pr0QuclfVb 1HuuStrys IN
the Southern States will follow their pofitice3
Restoration to5the Union.e 0arsurrenoy can.
mot we'll be regulated, nor cml tie pubiie debt
be- made; fully SECURE; without Ties aid-of
Southern production. The South must be
enabled by the revival of her eonmerce and
agriculture, to bear heEfull share efnatf f5ntI
bnfdens, before the country can recover from
the financial embarrassments caused; d;:by the
war. -,.st:ss...::--.e.; ID ~ :as.;
The iSonth possesses, ertile.lahds 1eapabis
Of producing, the; mosttvaiaabie commercial
staples. She-has laborof d kind well adapted
10 her climate. Her.capital .and =means4of
transportation arc much impaired but maybe,
gradually augmented The labor oa5 tie
freedmen is atPrcsent unavailable; butAroed
not Continue toi4bedso apother year. EThe
freedmen are necessary to the; l2ndholdersJ
and the landholders are necessary tosthen.
Neither can prosper. witbout-the aid of the
other during the presen generation.
We have supposed that the labor question:
would be adjusted by tho mutual interest and
necessities of laborers and employers. There
can be no protracted difficulty IN the case, ,ex-
cept what mny arise from the distrust which
each interest entertains of the other. The
recent. explanations. nttd crderss from the
Freedmen's Bureau audi commanders oe mill
itary departments in the, South have tended
to remove this difficulty, TO disabuse both
parties of false impressions in regard to the
policy of the government in relation to them.
On the lst Of January. the freedmen viii find
that they must labor for their own subsis-
tence, and that they cannot dependsupon the
government either for rations or for. grants
of land. Those who congregate in cities'wiil
be induced to seek their. proper employments
in theTcountry.
The corn crop throughout the South has
been SO abundant as ,to. .remoye sli danger ef
scarcity, and will enable, the. cotton and.tc-
b,cco planters to employ large .pqrtionof
available labor in the. production of thesesta-
piles. It is neither prsbable: nor desirable,
however, that the. South will hereafter rely
so:much as formerly uponth West forbread..
stnfs and provisions. They will, pa great
extent, produce, all they require for fheiroWn
consumption, and while they produce less cotri
ton, they will receive 1or,it the higher Spriee.;
But another great. clsmentsofi productive
,powercin the South is now to be brought into
action -theslabor sof;poor, white men who
have heretofore been completely idle for want
of employment. They will 6pd agricultural
iaber to be oreditable; in the absence Of ,ne-,
gro slavery, as we IL as highly remunerative.
& largo emigration of foreigners may also,
be expected, for nowhere does. agricultural
labor offer.such rewards. From the Western
States, also,men of capital and enterprise.
ore now turning their faces towards theacotr:
ton fields and negro plantations oG. the South,
and they will not be disappointedin in theitex-
pectation Of profits mplanting. a.. s.,e>:y,
!: If the politicalrelations. ofythe States. late.
ly'in rebellion; should be adjusted ON q stabla;
basis, during, the coming session Of Congress-:
the South may hope for q career of:Eenswed;
andincteased prosperity. -: t5 .>i..,.. =.
aInthe ful6iment of this augury the. whole
country will rejoices The, currency imbrog.
lilo will then sfnd an easy solution, for even
if It be not. reduced in4Yolume, twill find
employment ntheyastly extended operations
of commerce which viii, l,rcsult rom the EeTi-.
val of Southern agriculture. .;-s4.4- .S.,.ss q