Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-12-25
Tbe Great &. Needed I Reform. .

.on g hard times" and we are glad. to perceive
that the views expressed there, are sustained
and endorsed by various leading journals o.
the South. It,is., needless to- tell any one
who makes The least use of Kisa aperceptive
faculties, that times are hard. The profits o.
nearly every tradeare swept away by taxa,
ton and incidental expenses, and hence the
necessity of adding line upon line, and pre-
ceipt.upon precept, to induce our people, il
possible, to reflect upon their present ,condi-
| ton and future prospects. There is pros.
pect ,fpinching want before thousands, and
this prospect is not confined to. those influx,
urious classes, of whom, as it is fabled, a
French, Queen thought it astonishing, when
they cried.for bread, that .theysshould not eat
cake. rather than starve. The grim Spectre
Of starvation, as we and many Of our fellow,
citizens know, is no stranger in circles of re.
fnen,ent and culture. Many spoiled favor
lite of fortune, to whom sumptuous living and
llthe indulgence of expensive tastes have, be-
come.a second nature, is forced to contenl-
! plate the necessity of. coming down, and ad-
Eiustitig thelscale'of this attainable want to
| the standard Of the strictest moderation. No
other victims of the I" hard times" are, per-
l:haps, subiectedsto to more terrible ordeal. than
| The people of this class. who areanumerous In
T our Southern States. Noact is more delicate
| than thatiof coming down with dignity and
grace ;and no philosophy more difficult than
that ofastarYing acquired appetites,, and re,
nouncing luxurious superfuities, without Bit
lrterness and vain repiningg. ,s,-.;a.s...s S.
10 1t is true, as. tue New Orleans Crescent
SAYS, that this picture is not exclusively ap-
l;plicable to any particnla tong but, as we
Ehave remarked in former articles; and with
which our cotemporary agrees, that the South
lis where it3may be 5seenJinit its most sornbre
IScofors. Here the agricu culturist has been equal
Nv, disappointed with the erchant. Here
the calamity. of q short crop otton is az;
tgrayated by an almost 4slmulfa GUS nall IN
Eprice hereslabo has been iDeficie sand. dis.
IIaorganized, and threatens ITO become more SO
lheresfte ter nders these disheartening CIR;
lstances, it's that people should
[she found persisti1g III thoag htless habits OF
extravss sance There can be but few who can
afford 4 profase expenditure in arnusement,
ia dressing and q feasting. Bat, putting aside
these exceptions, the situation is.sone that
fsdemands,s upon the part, of the mass Fofsonr
people, the practice OF thoigghtfut and sgssgs
nato i ecanomy. as, both o public; and
5,fT o5aof the rhf first: reauis 10 the dis
c5 araa af sle duty is s. mt oral icouraae
~ u ,iars 4 az Is essy.
Is T1ich
asdsd SS ,SSsosTe ~ n ahd honseboid
:, So ,,r,p.aliy :, tesx
trsy anee Of the of afaAIi
Eiv 5Rflt admitting that te he fac, not
much l blamc to bes attached to- tie maIe head
az Z fatnii IN not eni dining sshe strictest
econonv ,lpon thisswife;: and daug gSters TIe
may. expect ihat the ;Yaehe ailusion which
may. he be- made in theirs spresence to pscuniarS
troubles and embarrassments should bessptfR:
Glen nt;5 but sue" illusions are generally mis-
understood. and, eyen Rhen: they are perfect
{Iy intelligible, they sofdstilhe frequent
r, -iTHdsgd@frfl ii ptcdtcc Tfolesonns
impression. Women, no matter how gentle
in breeding or exquisite in culture, who are
thus needless, cannot be either help,meets or
ornaments in family.
1t is very true, that women should not be
invited to buffet in the rude struggles of bu-
siness and should be tenderly guarded against
the stcrncr harrass,nenis to which men are
liable; but even at the risk of being pronounc.
ed ungallant, in our .wordly-wisc lectures on
economy we must saythat 1t IS to be depior