The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-04-25

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ascehntryilkcw ours, where lands are every
W bore. cheap and; ;abun dainty and can be obtain
ed: sia the iar Wst as mere igratnity,; and
thsIs too, lands Gs fertile as any in the world.
Noaoubt ii those portions OF Europe where
popt hilton is dense, and consequently Fonts
yoryshighi capital does oxerciscia Ghost cruel
titlls exactingl dominion over llabors tcn,timea
ynoIs qrqeL ana oxactipg than, that ofeany.pos
|itioal I a government " p For NIL governments do
much 70 protect the poor, whilst capitalists on
TAX them. Yet, ever even in Europe we'll or :
ganised and cheap niotds of rtaigffatff66in arc
doing nmchto4rclieHe holaboring CLASSES from,
excessive loitation by the property holding
classss.. Throughout Christendom cheap. modes
of transportation are everywhere .ibcralising
institutions, by aff1rdng means of relief TO the
|labofsr against hthe undue extortions Of the
|enployer.a Many are too poor to cnig,ate, but
the ligration, of a part of, the, working men
|Eeliess#s # these who remain at home BY lowering
rentaIapd increasing wages.
81 Ycs sfGinan progress: whether ancient or
nosassn, when miuntely dsscctcd and analysed
|Sis an agreeable subject to contemplate.
I'VE csnnot b but deploro the necessity that civ
| sized society has eyer been Id must ever be-
sanizcd, that the laboring classes must be
lAeccad a6rs exploited Of much Of the proceeds
kofthsirs shbor, 6ylthc governing and wealthy
telasses that doaots labor, and that those soci.-
|5tles sP most aud progressive ,whGrc
,capitals taxes taxcs labor most cxactinSly. The mon
lyunenf Of ancient art and industry in Egypt,
sGrcecs, ITALY, and Western Asi., prove inco'i-
Istestabg that unrcqntcd labor propelled the
car OFF human progress in olden tines Yet
Isthcusaads of years elapsed during which those
IEnlorIs'lepts were. erected. j. England and
sAinersea r have expended moro, in great works
ofsutility and luxury in the last fifty years
Than the Ancients ever did ia thousand Years
I'I'rivatecapitaT now taxes labor far more Sc
tsserely ihan did ancient .dcspotisms.1a So
ISs md hence We, liYe in the most progressive
l,age eflthe void, and among, the most pro
gressiy sssaeeple. No where else are there 50
MANY pad criminals, no where else 50
lzn, siss, ,i'sos where else; ..n,aI,yaahd
sue Z5sdous creations Of labor, art and me-
chanic skill erected withii So short period rs
in England and America; Alan is gambling
animal. and life lottery in these countries
Men who engage in. trade, lnanufact uycs, com
mercc, or speculative enpuyn:ents Of any kind
know from thc experience Of others Tint the
chances Of failure are ten times as great as the
chance Of success. Indeed, it requires just
one thousand, laborers to make and sustain one
millionairc,ii Ny. Greeley's calculation be corr
rect in estimating emigrants as worth "a thou
sand dollars. a head Men cannot justly com
plain when they buy tickets in the lottery Of
life that they draw blanks, Dccaying and
stationary societies are those where men are in
least danger. of pccuniary. failure. Hence
Italy and The South Of France arc the fayorite
resorts Of those who would husband their.
means. i.-'a 's'' -
With allr their defects and short eo,nIngs,
English and American institutions are Che best
intthc world; and hence they are at the head of
modern progress and civilization! 'hA7s';i ~
|siiAnd nobly arcaAthoy pertorming their task
byppening up al ti.cswnstosplaces ofIthb2 earth
Iasia 'refngei and q home to athoipoor ,sop-l
pressed of every nation eias at bsa3sa,14
ilrBut our progress has one ugly aud alarming
aspect. 10 Itis accompanied land as long as i'll
continues will be attended with a rapid aud
hitherto ,uacxampled, increase Of fpe,.uiation.
At the present ratio OF .1sr:,sc four ceturics
hence the wlI..v Garth could mot contain and
sustain tho AMERICAN and English populations.
How, when, :. nd " here IS this oii,sressc TO be
checked ? Shall vet first coiquer, and by free
competition c2teriaiiate all savage rpccs,i then
othc other varieties OF the white race, and fin
ally max war uponrand. dovour each cothor?
We think not. Our,progross and nultlplica-
-tionrwil bo arrested, ,.by what means it. is I'M
jfpossbla to forcscc, nnd useless to inquire Our:
ijsocieuics viii become stationary--iong remain
SO, and thcnlbogin to decay!u Let us not dread
the coming Of suclr tines Individual con;
.tentmcnt will be promoted by national decay
We shall have fewer millions and no paupeys
NJ leu will become more cautious, ,prov dent, ant
contcntcd. Less anxious TO acquire wealth ]