The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-06-06
Cur Future.

UuT FutuFcs
! The facility with which the people of these
! Southern States have adopted themselves to
! the extraordinary circumstances in which they
! they have been placed by the results Of the
late war, We think is unparalleled in the history
| of any country That war has dcsoatcd their
most fertile sections 1T laid waste their finest
! plantations; it took from them their means
and appliances for procuring their subsistence,
and, to superficial observer, has rendered
! this garden spot Of the United States barren
wilderness.
--Aud yet, notwithstanding all this frightful
| dcsolation, spohation and robbery, there are
! abundant evidences around US, that if 1t were
| not for the pernicious legislation at Washing
! ton-were these States represented, enjoying
! equal rights, liberty and protection to their
property, and not overbuydencd with uncon-
stitutional and unjust taxes-they would give
! an example Of recuperation that the world
| has never witnessed.
The future of the Southern States<is just
TOW involved in mystery, and if we could get
''millcnium" DR.. Cummins to predict now the
problem Of their destiny IS to be solved, We
would be under everlasting obligations But
! seriously, the instantaneous change IN our
labor system presents difficulties that the
| wisest and most experienced cannot get rid or.
We might plant corn and other cereals amply
sufficient to sustain our population, and TO ex-
port but we cannot believe, nor never will
! believe, that the great cotton growing belt on
! the zones will be diverted from its natural
production. the effort has been made in India,
Egypt, and elsewhere, to produce with any
profit our great staple, and the effort has
failed The kingdom of the monarch cotton
1--WE hold he is still king) is in the Southern
States Of North America.
| As we have before remarkedin this paper,
the South, in the future, must not only look
to the pr0duction of this great staple, but
should apply hcrsefto it's Nanryncturs: In
soil and climate, she may be said to. have the
monopoly Of producing this universal! y-uscd
staple, and her resources for manufacturing her
peculiar product are unsurpassed. She has
an unlimited supply of water power or
| even in the absence of this, her mines OF
coal, as yet undeveloped, her vast forests of
| timber, and ether means and facilities of man
! ufacturing are not surpassed by any country
| in the world.
The abolition Of slavery changes the whole
| direction Of investment of capital and, on the
|
| benefits that has been conferred on the aoIslte
! people of the South-to the freedman himself,
we believe it to be material injury. Capital
now is seeking other channels Of remunera-
tion. Heretofore the planter invested his sur
plus profits in more land and more negroes
now the whole thing is changed; he has got
more lands than he can cultivate, and there
arc nc more negroes to buy.
Another feature of the radical change effect
ed in the labor and productive energies OF the
South we find so well presented ID the Louis
vile Courier, we reproduce it.:
"lnstcad of being an importer, the South
can, and we have no doubt will, become an
! exporter Of every species Of cotton fabric.
! Her facilities for 50 doing being superior, and
exempt as she will be from the cost of trans
porting the raw material, she will be able to
manufacture cheaper, and ere many years she
will control and monopollZe the markets OF the
world. When that day comes the revenues
of the cotton lords of New England, who com
menced the crusade upon Southern rights.
will decline, their manufacturing system vii!
wither and perish, and they will have ample
cause to repent of the fanaticism and injustice
which prompted them to disregard the rights
Of sister States and trampIe their most valued
tinstirutons under foot New England will
then be as famous for her political insignid-
canoe and poverty as she is now for the vile
ness Of her principles and the bigotry and in:
tolerance Of her people. Then her sons will
struggle in vain for subsistence upon those
barren rocks and the unthanEul soil upon
which they were born and reared and, to es-
cape starvation, they will be compelled to EN-:
! igrate to more favorable climes. They viii
then feel, and, oh how deeply, that righteous
retribution has oxertaken them for their gl-
gantic and multiplied wrongs upon the unof-
Tending South" ..,.-~
We like this sort of writing, because, be-
sides it's truthfuIness, it is calculated to rouse
up the energies of our people. If they are
true to themselves, they have got glorious
and prosperoug future before them. And we
arc inspired with faith and hope that the
severe lesson recently taught them will con-
tribute to lending them in the right direction.
We think if they avail themselves Of their
present advantages, they will realize that the
war ard it's results were BLESSINGS IN dis
guise. .'-Ph0enir.