The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-12-01

iour ahhuai assembling at the seat
OF government has heretofore been the
occasion of congratulation by the Ex-
ecutlve, upon the continued happiness,
prosperity and Improvement of the
commonwealth. 1 regret that no
such greeting can be extended to you
on the present occasion. WE no
longer hear the clash of armies, and
our people have escaped the scource
ofthat terrible disease, which rcvels
in the shocking carnival of death.
Whilst the general health has not been
good, the virulcncc and malignity of
disease have been mitigatcd, and a
comparatively small fatality has visit
cd tho sick room. For these bless
ings, our thanks arc due the great
Ruler of the Universe. In the depths
ofhumiliation and contrition, let us
invoke Him to avert the evils that are
upon us-to stay the hand Of our per-
sccutors, to turn away the wrath, and
ing to nought the C, ,unsels of tho. G
who would opprcss and destroy us,
and to restore to us the happiness and
prosperity of former years.
The toll of the husbandman has
brought him scanty return from his
iields-thc grain crop is alarmingly
small-thc cotton. crop in many Dor.
tions of the State will not suffice to
furnish the means of supplying provis-
ions-our population, white and col
ored, arc abandoning thoir old homes
and country, and are emigratipg to
strange places, where they can find
bread. With the loss of labor, our
farms must dilapidatc, our fields re-
main untitled, our granaries continue
empty, and our progress in develop
ing the resources of the State must be
arrested. The failure of the earth to-
make Il generous return to the toll of
the husbandman, causes the goods of
the merchant to rest unsold on his
shclves-and keeps the tool of the me-
chanic idlc-thc learning of the pro-
fcssional man useless. The political
condition OF the countryside intoler-
ancc of our comprehensive proscrip-
ton to which We are subjected, by
those who should be our loving broth
crs, and who WELD the dcstinies of this
great nation-these evils intimidatc
capital, paralyzo enterprise, disorgan-
ize labor, and destroy hope and conf
dcncc. The enormous tax on cotton
discouragcs production, and aggra-
Yates the financial embarrassment of
the people.
Never, therefore, in the history OF
the State, has Il Legislature assembled
uuder less favorable auspices, to pro-
vide for the wants of an impoverished
and disheartcned constituency.
But these extraordinary cmbarrass-
mcnts must be met with wisdom, pa
thence and courage, with energy and
hope, and manly resolve to subdue
4nd overcome them. We must keep
gour population hcrc--wc must provide
for their present necessities-~we must
stimulate our white population to 60
earnestly to work, and let them sec
that labor is honorable and idloness
reprchensiblc. Entering new year
with this fixed determination, our
fields will be better cultivated, and
the next harvest time will 6nd our
garncrs well filed with tho products
of the soil. The staple crops will be
more abundant, and the financial en-
barrassments of the people will, by
consequence, be greatly relieved.
Let us cherish hope and practice such
industry asshall merit the fulfllment
of these anticipations.
| therefore proceed to mako such
recommendations as will, in my judg-
Inent, promote the interest of our COM
mon constituency.
DISTRICT COURTS
Thc third Article OF the Constitution
Of this State, in the third paragraph of
the first Section, directs that "lhe Gen-
cral Assembly shall, rs soon as possible,
establish. for each District oflhe State,
an Infrenr Ca,r or Courts, TO be styled
'tlle District Court'-The Judge whereof