Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-05-23

State. Men eminent in Georgia in po,
!itlcal, agricultural, and monetary circles
have approved them and st is not impos.
sblc lasting good may result from their
dissemination.
The great majority of planters through
out this State are venturing heavily in
cotton. OF this majority another great
uyority are operating on borrowed capt.
'al, and depend on fair crop at good
rices to repay loans, Iiquidate hire, meet
miscellaneous field expenses, and yet have
~"rpluS for taxes. household cxi.encies,
md living profit. Striking out profit
every planter must see that if cotton does
.iot, 1T the end OF the crop year. at least
ring him out even he had better let it
.lone. Now a fresh tax of five cents per
pound is proposed, will doubtless he car
ried, imposed, and exacted and the ques-
ion for every man whose stand has failed
,r shows signs of failing, is whether he
viii, in face Of the probability of a fresh
allure and the certainty of enormous
lrai,lS on gross profits, replant cotton or
longh up the rotten stand, plant corn
and thus at least have unreasonable chance
nr his bread and meat. From one end
Of this State to the other there comes up
TO us the cry that the seed fails to germI'
nate or, coming up, soon pershes away:
Hard On this comes the further cry that
| nclcn. Mt weather and abundant fruits dis.
Incline the blacks to wo'k and furnish
free sustenance for tbs.n in ideuess. And
shcu, Peion upon 0ssa, is the Tax-the
thieving, bloodthirsry, unconstitutional,
despotic, daughter of the horse lecch tax.
Hhak, is the voice of all planting Geor-
;ia, what are ace 10 do? There is ope
mswer and, after much pondering on
communications sent us from many coun.
les and no little converse with leading
nen in the State, wc unhesitatingiy give
that answer in the words heading this ar
1icle-LEr CorroN ALONE,
| i. the stana is good. SO much the better
:or you-go on, i'll Gods name, and wo;k
it out. Ii it is bad, don't waste time,
money, and toll, in delusive hopes Of do
ng better with fresh seed. 1t is all doubt.
uI and every consideration of prudence
ays-ploug h it up-make corn-fattcll
;tock-and secure food if you can't get
money. Waiting on one planting, that
has turned out badly, You have lost vau-
sble time and if you risk another seeding
will, should it likewise fail, be so far left
II the lurch that you cant, perhaps, if
you would, make corn. Up with the fail
ing st,rnd at once. There is not day to
be lost. Look but at this plain estimate
tor an hundred bales, four to the hand.
lnd see the Justice of this advice, given
| you, through US. by men well known in
his State, whom you love and trust:
100 bales, $50 lbs at SG75O,OO
Federal tax. So per lb........ 2.25O.oo
3.ling, storage, &c. ........... $1,000
lire IS hands ut s. per NO.. 2,l0O,Oa
| seeding, cIotbing. etc.......... s,3'O.Iu
| raSes. ................ aO,CO-.6,45o,oo W
s3OO,OO
Three hundred dollars 10 omeet State aad
couaty tarss, family erfr"ses, morM c1'
land, stock, and impIem MS, ~tdr dad
tear, ETC., a1d phere you bnnh 0" Jorro~ed
cupitai-prepuy0'e"t Of f'incipai and I"
terest
Let Cotton Alone. The mules and the
Federal government and the niggers will
eat all the meat and give you the polish
ed bone. You, poor cat, will pull out the
chesnuts but the monkey, your master
by right of brute force, will MUNICH the
toothsomc kernel. Put the ploughshare,
friends, to the sickly stand and then let
cotton alone. Plant corn. Corn is Bread
and Meat-will keep body and soul to-
gether-will satisfy youc hands when
hunger begins tc pinch 'eia in the Fall
will keep you aloat till next year-and
can't be taken away though Capital should
be so blind as to deny yoa further time
to pay. And another thing. So doing
you. will not only do yourselve, good
this year, but for many, many years to
come. To the extent Of fall three hum
dred millions Of greeuback dollars has
the cotton we had at the close Of the war
helped the Federal credit-and sorely
did it need it. That same sum this year
would be further god.senl, but are you
willing to bolster up government which,
as per estimate, only leaves you for all
exLra-crop expenses but one taoenty-tAird
part of your gross receiptss If SO, plan
ters of Georgia, you are indeed fit to be
| ridden, boot and spur. But if. like tie
| true sons Of gallant Ogletaorpe, you de,
| clare you ARE no bondmen Hebrews to
make bricks without straw-if you say
by act and deed you will not give time,
labour, and money only thns the full profit
of all shall go, half to the negroes of
whom you were robbed and half to the
debt incurred for the balls that killed
your kinsmen, you will bring about such
an earthquake in Wall street and in Low
ell, in the National Bank system and the
credit of Federal bonds as will speedily
work tyranny's down fall The great
mass of the North are willing to let you
prosper if you can, but they are blind to
the devilment plotted against you and
need an earthquake to open their eyes
Once wake them and the Five Cent Tax
will sleep with Hector. They will learn
that first lesson in political economy
that Tyranny don't pay anj will demand
politically what we again ard again linan-
cially advise, beseech, adjure-I.Er Cor