Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-11-25
What we must Do.

sSOar waste places must be made
our worn lands improved; de-
alized society revised and built up ;
sehools sustained; newspapers and
auxiliaries of mental improve
lns3st. more Literally. patronized manu-
faa sers encouraged; great works Of
lHfnal Improvements perfected 1.-The
Iarand sciences fostered a spirit Of
-ff0fDearance and liberation disseminated
hsohghout the land. Nothing tends
lSae to. our injury and unhappiness
+: disposition to. abuse and perse-
scslSe every man VINO happens to differ
lffien us in~opinion. An enlarged and
Elil4aral charity in this respect must be
by our people if we would build up
our fallen fortunes and make the South
Wet it once was-the controlling pow
the nation.
tsall good me1 ard women resolve,
andYtiek to the resolution, to go to
work. and build up this glorious land of
ours; qaeplace and increase It's once vast
wealth. What we lost in negro proper
ttSSiet:als Yin back ten fold in the in
creased value of our lands, and the cul-
tiTahon OF our boundless mechanical,
Iniae.-al and mentalresources We tell
oufreadacrs that thexcapacity Of the
Soath, for. greatness, wealthaahd@ @happi-
ness, as not to be estimated by mortal
pensnor realized by mortal minds. The
WRITER, though young, distinctly recof-
lees the day when, in the Northwest,
allsthat vast country West of the shores
ofEake Michigan, was a bowling vii
defness. Seventeen years ago, we slept
upon the prairies, within. hundred
miles Of frChicago, with no'house within
asseore of miles, and the howls Of a
thousand wolves admonished us that
ciVflization in that region existed but in
theimagination, if at all. Now that
wholescountry is the abode of wealth
and luxury. What has caused this fa
bkaons change Well directed and in
tanigent physical and mental labor. We
ofthe South, have much superior coun-
tfryin.al1 it's natural advantages. We
have soil, climate and water privileges,
which are not excelled, if equalled, on
thesface of the earth. Let us all work
with a will-discountcnance old fogy-
isnL foolish prejudice, and all. species Of
noasense cease repiuings over the past
md ,ornmblinus ut Che future take the
Wo1ld as we find it, and use it to the
best advantage; be industrious, sober,
ceeaoniical, ard our word for it, inslcss
tliarstwenty years, we will be richer.
thar, the North, or anybody else, and
bIaiipierthan sever before. Not. only
thi.. Tut III all probability Southern
Craftsmanship will again, as it did for
fifty years Immediately preceding the
war, govern the country.
Coantrymen, we offer you this glori-
Gus prospect, and pledge yon it is not
an over-drawn> or fancy-painted pic
ture.
Education, liborality of opinion, in
'dustry, morality, and above all, a prop
er economy, Will accomplish all these
things for us before the children Of to-
day Shall glory in the full bloom Of ma
tllre manhood.
It's really astounding to see how
muchewe have accomplished already.
since the failure Of the Lost Cause,
in the way of material prosperity Hun
dreds of men survived the war in a
penniless condition, who never had any-
tLing before, but now have money in
considerable quantities. Some have re-
allied comfortable homes as the result
of their perseverance and economy:
Our cotton crop Of the present year
will realize for us more money, u, gold,
than any previous crop since the cotton
gin was invented.
Much of our,worn lands have been
improved by scientific culture, and the
use Of various kinds of fertilizers. Man
ufaciories are springing up all over the
land; emigration is setting in,e slowly
it is true, and much Of iJrhas been of
the carpet-bag order ,,ebui; a better class
are coming, and they willcome by thou
sands, all teasof thousands, while the
carpet -baggers will become useful citi-
zens, or depart out of four borders.
AWayfhen with .grumblirg and de-
spohdency. "This goodly land, this
glqnous heritage is ours" and we are
Csstagen hearted wrctches if we allow the
!: scgptrc to depart out Of Judah, ;"
for the Shiloh will surely come. God
speed it.
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