Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-07-24
4 81 1868,
WALHALLA, s, G., FRIDAY, JU

rans 60 ention, have owed tloir decline .,
wisl.idsrruption of tho people Who. bov;, -
y 9, g'fniodfu of their rights and duti
1all VS. i9a.1gnoranoe because the prey Of don,
becor Through choice. In country s,,o,
throutO. spefa tho humblest citizcn. il ,vortl
gogue qualifed, may aspire to the atat;nn vl ~ i.
oura,M Scsts nifd whero sh, hord.handed ob;1
ana Ws ,.--1ssaiR Inlay booon,o Tho chiof d; n1
tho NJ or fs7na republic, the diffusion of intelI
OF poys hong the masses is not only a mea.
is.ls sSe ocublto Justice, but vitay concerns tn
,,s,;a ur9 g 5lsI ernmentof tho uuitca State. Ia
ma q, rs,laelndful of the Importance of popula
bcon ssoo,5f sthatit has already given 20 900,
oincaN F5rcssof public lands, worth at lcas
600 o.yA Asillions $500, 0,000 0O0) Of dollars, fo
n;notv Glishment of schools and colleges il
tho et7 and territories Of the Union.
tho Sf fhereforo earnestly recommend tha
would FWMssion OF our constitution upon thi.
thn ~ Z e carried out in its fi.'cst extent
sub;oes Jas thorough system OF free schools
and slf 3estapiishcd rs IS consistent with the
ohol, Il ltaSablc resources of tho State.
nrcson, nlut nit proper to add, that satisfactory
do Nss|arc given that Congress will, with.
assursS l period, make liberal grant Of pub.
, j., Ls,eSto this State, for the crcatior Of n
| Ep
,,orn,a ~ ma easuro relieving our people from tbc
, rroat',s taxation for that special object. j
c In,rasn lvEy suggest that you will mcnorializo
c roenosS lress of the United States upon this
n thn G and solicit the gran. referred to IT the
: ene .,e o>sshossiblc day. = " ''''
: o"ri; 10, section 3, of the Constitution,
/ f hrtf that " there shall DO kept open, at
e months in c.oh year, one or moro
i'm each school district.
&C so,no1y 1yeottnlly recommend that the General
$, "a will provide by law for the estaL
y AssoIio OF at least two CD schools in each
y IHRlStrice when necessary, and that one
school lIhools shall be set apart and dcsigna-
u. nf soSS School Tor colorcd children, and the
"a n white children, the school fund to be
~,Inrfsd equally to each class, in proportion
on S;",; s;0.r; TIMBER of children in each between
- ,pf ~ thnpf six and aixteon years. I deom
% w. w. o'ation of the two races in tho public
~ Ills E Ysnattcr Of tho greatest Importance to
vs., s9ho9o|tho mofniist and sbo philanthropist
ee an IN ~ recognized the fact that rod hatb
MS mIablood all nations of men," yet tho
~ maaa unuis legislas siag isr political society
TWO & lstinos, and in sops moas.
urc, Sntasonistic races in theagrca body of
its electors, must, as far as the law of equal
prejudioas among both. In school districts.
where the white children may be oppressed,
CT partially excluded from the SCHOOLS, while
the same result may accrue to the whites in
those districts whore colorcd chillron arc in
tho maioEi,-, ",.le~s tl.uy shall be separated by
law as hetcin recommended. Moreover, it IS
IL" d"-l"fed design Of the Constitution that
all classes OF our people shall be educated, but
not to provide for the separation of tho two
races, will be to rcpcl the masses of tho whites
from tho educational training that thev 90
much need, and virtually to dive TO our color
cd population the exclusive bouciit Of our pub.
lie schools. Let US, therefore, recognize facts
as they are, and rely upon time and tho elcya.
ting influence of popular education, 10 dispel
any unjust projudioes that may exist among
tho two races Of our follow.oitizens
AGRIcULTuRg.
The concentration Of labor and capital upon .
one product, and that too extremely liable to {
the varying hazards Of the seasons and the {
worm, laslrctarded the agricultural prosncrity $
OF South Carolina, and of the entire South $
The true s,foty Of tho iarnor lies ir the cujG.
vation of several products, SO that athmob ! |
tho season may bo unpropitious for ono, 5n /
may prosdve tho other. He should NOT mi. q
tate tho Ilwise merchant, who cmbarks his q
all, though uninsured, in single ship 8
Tho inpolicy Of concentrating SO largo
portion oflabor upon cotton, instead of diyid d
Ing itamoig mixed crops of corn, wheat, pota- t
toes, &C., AID tho products of tho dairy, is best
by the following facts drawn from q
tho census bf 1860, and tho report of tho Uni. t
ted States, Commissioners of Agriculture for 3
1866. III cotton crop Of Georgia, tho Em 9
pirc State IF the South, in 1860 was 70I, $40 a
bales, yielding little more than thirty millions c
>S30, 900, ,N0) of dollars; while the butter of :
Now York in 1865, ono of tho several pro. i
ducts of tle dairy, was estimated at sixty mil t
iono .(eeo,OO0, ,000) of dollars. Yet tho con-
'us gives to Now York but 1870 OH farmers | I
md farm laborers, and to Georgia, including S
shito farmers and farm laborcrs and only the a
males Of tho slaves, 3l6,37S persons engaged t
n agriculture. Should the fomalo slayes be i
included, Georgia would have actually had t
argor number Of farm laborers than tho State i
If New York. Besides tho other dairy pro /:
iucts, milk md cheese, and tho multitude of a
smaller products of the farm, the principal
crops make in valuo an astounding aggregate. v
Thus, in 1864, the corn crop Of New York t
vas estimated at S3s, 900 goo, tho whoat at S
s25,000,0e0, the oats at $50 900, 900, pota. Q
;ocs at $4,000, 900, and hay at 800 100000. a
tho minor cereals, tho products of Q
richards and. gardens, tho production Of boof q
ind mutton from n0stuyoc,o ona /, o..,,t 49,: II !,