The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-12-04

Friday Morning. December 4. 1868.
Practi. al Common Sc nso.


Practi.el Common Sense.
We extract the following sensible
remarks from the address delivered at
Anderson Court House several days
ago, by Hon. j. P. Reed, Congress
man elect from this Congressional
District:
"But, fellow-citizens, We must at
once realize, as have before remark
ed, that the State Government or
ganized over US can be changed in no
other way than through the ballot
box; that it is de facto if not de .j,we.
and being the only government we
have, our interests and duty alike re-
quire that we shall conform to its
mandates whilst it exists, peaceably
and in good faith, although we can
not do so cheerfnlly. In other words,
we must accept the situation. More
particularly should we yield, not only
ready obedience, but an energetic
support to the laws designed to pre-
serve the peace, and protect persons
and property. Indeed, the peace
must be PRESCRIBED; all acts of violence
and rapine must cease, and to this end
every man should consider himself
conservator of the peace, and lend
ready and willing hand to the autho-
rites in bringing offenders to justice;
that The time may again arrive when
we may tsit down under our own
vines and fig-trees, with none to in
timidate or make us afraid. have
received assurances recently from
high authority, that the position of
Governor Scott has not been correctly
understood or appreciated; that he is
jealous to preserve the peace, pro-
mote the prosperity, and amelio-
rate, as far as may be in his power,
the anomalous condition of our peo-
pie, and that if met in like spirit of
oonciliation, without the slightest
yielding of principle on our part, the
government of the State will be ad-
ministered in the interests of its in
telligence, virtue and property. I
.ggest, therefore, that so far as we
may do so, without our yielding our
opposition OF sacrificing our princi-
Piles, wisdom and sound policy alike
demands, that we should cooperate
with the existing authorities in every
movement that may be made to rem
der our situation more tolerable.
"But, fellow-citizens, the highest
duty resting upon us at present, I
take it, is that we lay aside for the
time being the discussion and excite
ment of politics, and unite our ener-
gies in one great effort to develop
and restore our material prosperity.
Our system of agriculture must be
changed; the size of farms diminish
ed; improved labor-saving machines
and agricultural implements must be
introduced; population and capital
must be brought into the State; labor
must be diversified; the cotton grown
on the hills must be manufactured at
the waterfalls in the valleys; reliable
labor must be retained or obtained,
and properly utilized; and by the
persistent accumulation and applica-
tion of fertilizers to our exhausted
soils, and improved modes of culture,
we must learn to grow on one acre of
land what we have been accustomed
to grow on ten. These things, if the
proper spirit can be aroused, are of
comparatively easy accomplishment.
and to this end, advise that exist
ing associations. under the name of
Democratic Clubs, be kept up and
enlarged, until ever good citizen can
be induced to unite with them, not
as political organizations, for any
present purpose, but that they be
converted into Farmers Associations,
and perpstuated. for the grand pur-
pose OF enlisting the corporation of
our entire population, in q deter
mined struggle to overcome our
present misfortunes, and restore our
ancient prosperity and happiness"
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