The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-04-25
I I sATU+ MORNING. APRIL Is 1868.

o. country Ike" ours where lands arc every
whore cheap and abundant, and can be obtain
cd, san the far Vest as n nero .gratuity, and
then, too, lands rs fertile any in the world.
No Doubt in those portions of Europe where
population is dense, and consequently rcnts
vcry,high, capital does exercise most cruel
,anllexacting dominion over labor, ten time.
more cruel and oxacting than that OF any po-
litioal government. For all governments do
,much to protect the poor, whilst capitalists on
y tax them Yet, even in Europe, we'll or
gani'cd and cheap modes Of emigration arc
doing ,muchto relieve the laboring classes from
excessive exploitation by The property holding
classes. Throughout Christendom cheap modes
of transportation are everywhere libcral;sin,,
institutions, by aflordn!s means Of relief to the
labcrtr against the undue cxtcrtiolls Of the
employer Many arc too poor to cnigrate, BIZ,
the Immigration Of part Of the working men
rclic5 IS those who remain at home Gy lowcriny
rentallp increasing wages.
4c, human progress: Whether ancient or
mo,cla, when infinitely disscctcd and analysed
is !ifs an agreeable subject to contemplate
We e4nnot but dciloro the ncecsa;y HAT civ
SLICED society has ever been and must ever be
SO o,lanizcd, tha; the .boliny classes must be
itlcccddnor exploited of much OF the proceeds
|oi their labor, by the governing aud wealthy
class c} that donot, labor, and that those suci4
ties pp mnstlpToSpcrous aid progressive where
ca2lisii taxes labor most oS'.c;inSiy 'i'i'a mon
uinoi.E Of ancient ar aud industry in Egypt
p ~.
GrcocF, I;aiy ANA Western Asia, proyc incon-
tcstai4y Chat umrcqntcd labor propelled the
car off human rro"ross in olden times Yet
thousands OF years elapsed during Which those
nlonIprcnts were erected. England and
Amcriga have expended! morc liz great works
Of utility and luxury in ,hc last fifty years,
than the Ancicrts ever did in . thousand years
Private capita! now taxes labor fay lnorc Sc
IverolySthan did ancient dcsrotisms.
l..s And hence We liYc i'll the mo>t progressive
age ofithe world, aud among. the most pro
grossly: y:saecplc No where else are there 50
III ers and criniinaIs, no where else so
Dras, no where else so many aud
creations Of labor. art and me-
chAnic skill, clcctld within 50 short Il period ms
in LnS gland and America. Man is gambling
animal. and liic lottery in these countries
Men VINO engage in trade, manufacturers COM
n."rce ar speculative cMpluyncms Of any kind,
know from the experience ot others that the
clarcer Of failure ten times as great as the
chance oi' Success Ind2cl, it requires just
one thousand aborer: to make and sustain one
millionaire, il Mir. Grccicy's calculation &c cor
rect in estimating ea.i2ran,s as worth IA thou
stnd dollars head. M.n cannot justly com
plain when they buy tickets in the lottcry of
life that they draw blanks. Dccayng and
stationary societies are those where men are in
least danger Of pccuniary failure, Hence
Italy ;.ad the South Of France arc the favortc
resorts o those who would husband their
means
With all their defects and short comngs
English and American institutions are the bcs;
i'll the world, and hence they are at the head of
modern progress and civilization.
And nobly arc they performing their task
by opening up all the waste places Of the earth
as refnge and home to the poor and op-
pressed OF every nation. 9
But our progress has ono ugly and alarming
aspect Ii is accompanied, and as long as it
continues will be attended with rapid and
hitherto uncxamplcd, Increase Of p,...,aiion
vt the present ratio OF inc... ease four centuries
henec Cht wh...c Garth could not contain and
.,us,aiil the American and English populations.
How. When, and ~ here is this insre;sc to be
checked. Shall VIC first conquer, and by free
composition cXcriai.utu all savage races, then
the ether varieties oil the white race, and fin
ally make war upon and dcvour each otlior
we think not. Our progress aud nultlplica-
ton Viii be arrested. by what means it is i'm
aossbla 10 forc.cr, and useless to inquire Our
societics viii become stationary-io"g ,ronlain
so, and then beg II 10 decay. Let us not dread
the coming Of such times. Individual con
tent!ncnt Viii be promoted by national decay
Ne shall have icwcr millions and no paupers
hlen viii become more cautious, proyident and
contcn,cd. Less anxious to acquire wealth
but more firmly Irsois ell to preserve iudcpen-
dence. 1t vii be the great Object OF liio to
live happily and contcnledly III such cond. .tion
ut lie as We are bonn rather than TO struggle
to change that condition. Americans are now
the most dtscon.ed people in the world. We
are all trying to make fortunes or To in