The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-02-05

the sea, they are between the
great West and it's old customers
Of which that great West, still sc
confident Of it's superior sgricultu
raj conditions, will have an early
and convincing notice.
The Southern States can, never
prosper, if they persist in :strug
Cling to live as in the days of the
old regime. 1t is kicking against
the pricks.. Said a farmer. to us
recently, we are obliged to raise
cotton to pay our debts. Who can
, t pay his debts? We make the as,
sertien boldly that 5of the people
of this State to-day if sold out.
could not. by any means pay twenty
! cents on the dollar. Pay out by
! raising cotton! What an.absurdi:
ty! II the negroes do not half
work, as is said, and if cotton can
! not beaeod ced at a cost Of less
than twelve cents per fb. and the
price to be procured is only twelve
cents, we would like to know by
what process. man can keep out
of debt, or how any planter can
manage to- pay his old .Sdebts ?
This argument reminds us. Of the
anecdote Of the three sharpers who
were confined in prison, neither of
the three having q cent in bis pock-
ct; yet when released, they had
each five dollars in cash which
they had made, one off the other.
We can as we'll understand this,
as we can the other.
For any man at the present time,
when the South has lost the su-
premacy in the. growth ofthe- ar
ticle, cotton, to presume he can. 2
raise it cheaper byafree negro la
bour at s159.a year, at, the South,
than it can be, raised T India
China, and where labor scarcely
exceeds the cost of ten cents day,
is the height of nonsense,-thc
veriest adsurdity. And for men
to say that cotton raising in for
eign countries will have to be aban-
doned, and to "humbug" them
selves with the delusive idea that
the South is the only place where
it can be raised, is like the mirage
Of the desert that deceives the
thirsting traveller, the pursuit of
which leadsto destruction.
The progress of agriculture has
been slow in these States, but a
new era has now commenced.
The old worn out systems Of culti-
vation which was followed by
father and son, and from genera
tion to generation, are now to be
swept away and science is to take
the place in aid of honest industry.
The effects of this revolution will
force upon all, the policy of a sys
tenn of industrial economy which
has productive poaoer for it's object,
instead of that system which looks
only to foreign trade. The West
ern and North western States will
have to manufacture their own
iron. In the South, the planta-
tion will give place to the farm.
On every stream, and at every
available place, factories for the
manufacture Of numerous different
will be established.
The exhaustion Of the great staple
culture for distant markets will be
stopped. Where once spread out
illimitable fields Of snowy cotton,
the corn-felds of the farmer bow
ing down under their weight, roll
ing meadows sinking under their
heavy burden, orchards displaying
rich fruits of every shade Of color
will be seen; stock, and herds,
large, we'll formed and sleek, will
grace the luxuriant pastures, while
on every hill and beautiful site
will stand a homestead mansion,
exempt from the claws of the spec
ulator and miser, with it's sides Of
sheathing, it's rusticated corners:
it's massive windows, caps and cor
nices, and it's heavy substantial
balustrades.
There is a reconstruction Of in
6nitely greater Importance, than
that Of the political. There is