The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-09-29

countryi we know OF poth1ng lDetter
than the incomparable flint corn;
but, las the $$riter suutgagests.) ut in the
meantime they lshonld be getting,
year by year, acre by acre. of vinea
yards and orchards, under way. A
few years before the war, we remem-
ber that Judge King delivered val
liable discourse on the olive, showing
its wonderful adaptability to our
soil and climate. At the time, (as
cotton was more than King,) it at
tracted attention, chiefly for it's lite
rary merits. Can any of our Charles
ton contemporaries, (the Courier is
always ready in such matters repro
duoe the suggestions of Judge King?
The paper will be read now with an
eye to the practical wants and press
ing necessities of our people. We
remember, too. that Chancellor Har-
per once remarked. in our hearing,
not long after his return from visit
to France, that what we call the
pine lands in the low country, (then
selling at dollar per acre.) would,
before the close of this century, be
by far the most valuable lands in the
State. That the vine would luxuri-
ate in Just such soils, and they would
be as productive and as profitable as
the lands along the Bay of Biscay.
We know that they now produce the
finest peaches in the world, and many
other fruits in great perfection. With
such country and such o climate,
why should our people think of going
elsewhere? We may go further and
fare worse. If we make O. move,
let as remember that acc carry
our poverty along aouh as
and no country in the world affords
such ready facilities and such q sure
reward for labor as we enjoy just
here. We suffer now from two
causes: 1. From inveterate old habits
that any community, particularly a
conservative planting community,
yields with great reluctance. More
than three-quarters of q century had
necessarily built up great national
industry upon our soil, connected and
interviewer with our domestic and
social relations and habits which it is
very hard to turn into new channels.
A statesman must admit this, and
should have seen it. But these rela-
tions have been suddenly snapped
asunder. That such was an act of
madness, no sane man can deny.
Nevertheless, the factis unchangeably
fixed upon us, and the statesman
now must so regard it. An enlight-
ened statesman must regard it is q
practical question, and he must deal
with it as such. 2. We suffer now,
too, from greater evil than the fore
going, viz: bad government. The
people of South Carolina and the
South are to-day suffering more than
any people on earth from an unwise,
unstatesmanlike and mischievous
governmental policy. It is not that
it is the government Of the tyrant or
the government of the sword, or yet
the government Of the mob-it is
worse than these--itis the government
of the vindictive, corrupt and igno-
rant FOOL! That is just what it is.
This is what is crushing out our
life and our energies. This is what
is taking away the heart and spirit of
the people. King Solomon under
stood this perfectly. Those in author
ity are neither more nor less than fools!
The wise man, we are told, can
only counsel with "a fool according
to his folly" "and the State languishes
because there is not wisdom enough
in power to diScOver even, much less
develope, her resources and stimulate
her vital energies. Put the Southern
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