The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-07-10

SAID, that las IN the e-cOnFulSlOnS OF
nature, SO in the revolutions of es-
tablished society, in the suferings
ofcommunities and the desolations
of cities, towns and homesteads:
the evil is generally but transitory,
often resulting in accelerated pros
perity, by the sweeping off Of the
feebler elements and bringing. new
energies and resources into action. !"
Before the war the Southern
States were, producers OF. an an
nual value Of 400 millions dollars
in cotton, rice, tobacco, sugar, ma
val stores, &C., all raw products,
which they exported and sold.
They were not manufacturers or
importers to any considerable ex-
tent, and the proceeds of their
sales were appropriated to the
payment Of articles, that were
purchased at the North: The pro-
duce Of the West, the manufae-
lures. of the East and the imports
Of the Middle States, all found
their. way to the South for sale, to
an extent, equal to the produc-
tions Of that region. Could the
South grow rich upon such a sys-
tenn But we were comfortable
and a refined people. Perhaps so.
And yet our comfort has been de-
MED by many ofour most intelli-
gent planters and our refinement
has: created the jealousy Of the
puritan, and has become the great
est cause of his bitter and rclent,
less persecution. Heneoforth the
South must 60 into system of
farming and do her own nsanuf;s :
turing. I do not wish to be under
stood as opposing plantations, they
are only extensive farms after all.
But [ mean to say, that q system
of small farms should be '.encour-
aged as an auxiliary to the plant
er; and small farmers shouldbe IA,
ciiitated in every neighborhood,
instead of'being looked upon with
suspicion andspeedily bought out
as. formerly The planter will
prefer the staple products to the
exclusion Of the cereals, the farm
or on the contrary will pay. his
first attention to the food plants
and then to the staples. Iremem-
Der very we'll, how gladly in 1861
the report was received, that here
and there in the Southern States
provisions had been raised plenti-
fully, and it was deemed worthy of
special mention, that the German
farmers in Texas had raised great
quantities. of wheat, rye. barley
and corn; And may not the farm
er be asg5eat as the planter? The
one Ike the other tiils> the land
and cu1tivates the soil, only with
this difference, as I have already
mentioned, that the farmer bases
his prosperity upon the7food pro-
duets aud the planter upon the
staple articles Of commerce But
do you continue to plant, if you
prefer. and let the immigrant come
to farm: A gentleman wrote me
from New York a few weeks ago,
if he had the control of affairs, the
South should not plant a single
pound ofcotton, to punish the New
ngIana .nabobs for their bloody
oppression. I do not agree with
him at alf. Let us raise as much
cotton as we cany along, with our
own provisions of every kind,
stock fruit, etc, and ,thendet Ius
manufacture our cotton first and
send it tosmarket afterwards. A
pound of cotton viii triple its value
in thread only, and the machinery
is. not so very expensive but that
it, might be had by combined ac-
ton: Besides let us multiply our
Industry in every respect, and let
US get the immigrant and the ina
migrants capital to help US. just
here it occurs to me, you might
be curious to learn the product at
large German farmer. l copy a
register from a prominent agricul-
tural work as follows: wheat,
rye, barley, oats, peas, beans, lHn-
tils, millet, buck k-wheat, Glove.
seeds, fax seeds, fruits, vegetables,
potatoes, horses, oxen, COWS, hogs,
calves, sheep, fowls, butter, cheese,
milk, wool, fax, skins, honey, wax,
beer and brandy" Reported as
having been sent to market. The
great. variety Of this produce will
!, be observed, and the general re-
suits are sometimes astonishing.
And they have need to be SO, the
rent alone OF a farm of saeh7a de-
scription, Of one or two: thousand
acres. being from 10000 to 10000
Thaler per year. But you will
again observe, that there is not
an article mentioned, which you
could not raise here with facility
and profit and have your cotton
besides! To explain the two ar
ticles @beer and brandy I may
MENTION, that in Europe every
large agricultural establishment
has a distillery5 and brewery con-
nected with:it, which add doubly
to it's profits first in the clearpro:
duct, Of the manufactured article,