Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-06-01
A Move in the Right Direction.

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we are unable to make room for them today.
We cannot resist the temptation, however, to
give few extracts In relation to the forma-
ton of ass ocations in each District, he says
To be practical, however, | would respect.
fully suggest that you ut once form an asso-
citation, or, if more convenient, several asso.
Citations, to inquire and register among your
selves what lands can be spared, and then set
upon them tho most reasonable prices and
make the most liberal conditions. Farms may
be laid of in fifty acres and upwards, giving
some cleared and some wooded lands, with
proportion of good and iutcrior, us the case
may be. At the same timc let these associa-
tIons ascertain what laborcrs you will want,
and what is the best you can do tor them p
Such associations could also very well tell
what prospects there are in any part Of their
districts for mechanics Of every brauch How
much better is it to have all wants supplied
at homo, where tho cost will either be spent
again for some useful purpose, or 60 to the in
crease Of the general resources. In all this
it should never be forgotten that the people
who shall como will DO your fellow-citizens
and oo-wOrkcrs for tho recupcraton of the
whole; that their descendants will mix with
your descendants, and that their grand chill
dron may be your grand children; tha. how
ever strange their manners may seem to be-
they will assimilatc to your manners after
while; and that if you are disappointed in
some things, they also may be disappointed in
many things European immigration is deem
ed of such vital importance in the West that
their measures for its acquisition are almost
ing the Immigrant, of getting hold of his gold,
n n nf f,rn fnofp
ity, are a science beyond a doubt. And no
wonder, when we remember that the cold OF
the yearly immigration is equal to the gold
productions of all California; The Gcrmnn
population Of Charleston is about $500 souls,
and to my own personal knowledge over 80
600 dollars in gold have come to them from
their fathcrland during tho last two years"
Referring to tho establishment Of manufuc.
tories, he says:
"Therc is one other subject, which | deem
OF vast Importance, and to which I desire to
! call your serious attention, as it will have a
powerful influence upon immi grafton, mas
nuc!: as it will open wider field for the me,
chanics of every branch and for the profitable
employment Of other than agricultural people
Besides, it will be calculated 10 develop the
resources of our State to such an extent, as to
make her truly independents mean the cs
tablishmcnt of small factorics for the produc.
ton Of such articles as arc in common dc.
mand, and for which special facilities occur
arc now laboring, under the distressing dsad
vantage of the total want of ready money
But s..ppQsinE xaa # ere sts IL isar E Company,
the stock of which should be 80 much lands,
valued at so much? If you cannot borrow on
k1,o. Df l.,,, fl, ,1,k
by rulo Of your constitution, to apply every
dollar of tho lands sold to the establishment of
certain factory AS soon as one should be
established your shares would have a market
able value. l can merely now indicate what
may lead to your future consideration. But
then, how can you expect success where you
do not understand the business? Intelligent
men can and will learn, even if they have to
pay price for it. However, in this, my own
experience may be Of some use to you The
first powder factory in the South was cstnb-
lshcd by myself. | did not then understand
the subject nor was there n man in the Dis
trct that knew anything about it. l sent for
a competent man, who first superintcndcd the
construction and afterwards managed the fac
tory. | made as good powder as any North
ern mill and as much as was required and
besides, the other workmcn speedily acquired
80 full knowledge of the process, to subject
me to no further Inconvenience. Thus all
difficulties can be overcome, and after awhile
will be difficulties no more. There is no limit
to the power of association. There is encour-
agcment, appreciation, ambition and applause
that urge on the more energetic which they
seldom find in tho pursuit OF their individual
affairs"
Gen. WAGNER, although surrounded with
gloomy forcbodings, nevertheless rises high
above the dcprcssions of the hour In closing
his able and very practical address, he says:
1T is grand and noble feature in the
people of South Carolina, that they, al ftcr hav-
ing fought through q bloody and protraccd
war, such as tho world has seldom seen; after
having made sacrifices, such rs few commu-
mites have ever made; after having suffered
losses, such as havo been sustained by hardly
nation on earth enough to cause the despair
of the generality of mankind; that they should