Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-04-15
VOLUME 1XXIII.-No. le.

cotton, cotton, cotton all the time, while evs :
ry other interest has beer neglected. Y6u.
climate and soil will produce everything ye {,
need to eat, drink or wear. The South is ia
ticularly adapted to the growth Of the gap :.
He had drank wine few weeks ago mace
by planter near Mobile which was eqns! t.
the best European wine.
he was wearing hat, he said, made 6
Columbus, Mississippi, by Slaughter g.
which was equal to foreign manufactura
You can raise and manufacture right here
everything you need to wear, from the sole q
your foot to the crown of your head. The
accept the suggestion from one who wish 5
YOU we'll. Set to work at once, and do it, AID
become really independent. Look at hone
for prosperity, not abroad.
There is trite old saving that "nobodr
can make man." The boy when put OFT q
the world may rise from obscurity and poyei
ty to honor and aHluence, if there is anything
in him. The same may be said of a country
Nothing can be made Of either man or =
country that has nothing in it. Be not di
appointed by discouragements.
When a man gets knocked down he fn6s
out whether he has any India rubber in hin,
and whether he has manhood to get up. Yo,.
cannot keep some men down; they will rse
in spite of misfortune. Surely the people ot
the South have been knocked down, All
robbed, and beaten, but the American DcoI'e
are noted for getting up; and you will sure y
not deny their character.
Mr.. Everett said he knew but little ab' n
political reconstruction, and cared notl g
about it. What is most needed is mater Il
reconstruction. You want labor-your
tenn has been destroyed and scattered to ="
four winds of the earth; you never ID
enough. at any time; 100000 of people v -
did the work are set loose, but 14,OOO.OG3
would not be drop in the bucket, to wis,
your immense territory demands, and vii
one day contain. Labor and land are natr:-
rally conrected together, and yet OF all thin;.s
they are the most difficult things to manage
Your laboris gone and the land is deprecia-
ted hundreds of per cent. A better system
will be inaugurated. The African race, wbar
placed. on equal footing, can never keep pace
with the active, energetic Anglo.Saxon, though
some of them are very intelligent and higliv
educated. They are good iniitators, but br:re'
them into active competition with the WIKI
man and they will falEshort in the rece. \
present they cannot be relied on as laborer,.
In England, the rule is that man who vii.
not work shall not eat. Everything depends
on labor. and it is the great problem of every
nations greatness. immigration is whattlis
country wants.
Farming in England is very expensive: ali
the small farmers nearly are tenants, and il
requires capital of not less than one thou
sand pounds, or five thousand dollars, to cu'-
tivate successfully one hundred acres. There
are many young mec just able to. make both
ends meet there on small farm, who, if IN.
duced to come to this country, could buy
land Of their own, and with their industrious.
frugal habits and ideas of economy would
soon grow rich and affluent. Suppose you
had few thousand such men as this, or any
country, the land would soon blossom as y
garden, and peace and plenty smile on the
land. Such men as these can live where
they are, and they will not come here as Ia
borers. But if you will give them positive
proof OF what you will do; let them haze
your waste lands in large bodies suitable -
colonies, they will come. Give them guar
antee. that your best men will unite il c;r
poration to encourage emigration. Appo;nt
men who cannot ailold to pett-y mta3
thing for the sake of few uolars. "Unlci,
your best men will go into the enterprise, lro.
posed" said the speaker, "I will rot touch
it," This plan is to enrich both sides au,!
not fer the ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF any. few mel.
Let an organization be effected, and hewoul'.
suggest to call "National Freeholders' Lao
Association" of - State or county. J..
this was done be would guaranty his honor
aud that of his business Of England, to cIut-
grants. But the movement must come t:om
you.
He had had applications for money by Fer
sons Who wish to carry on farming in the olf
style. 1t was worse than folly, and he wolId
as soon throw his money away as to let i; gc
in that manner. The old style cannot be Fl
lowed any more; it is impossible now. The
only way to farm now is to cut up large pla!.
.tations into little farms, and have them Sc.
cultivated; build up homo manufactu:,
first, and then sell any surplus you may ba,e
abroad. Many seem to have thought Of us
before; numerous minds have been run'..u..
the same way, and The time seems at han'
when action could and should be taken. 1! yC'-
are in earnest about this matter, get toge'ae
1000 acres of land, aud offer them for .t
outhe European market ut reasonable fgr;tS
you will find buyers, and get better peopi:. .
till the land than ever before. Let the.
come in colonies, and bring oil their socla
ties with them, that nothing may remain b'
hind to tempt them back TO their native Lane
A Southern gentleman once visited EuroI
to procure labor, and brought over sixty &"
mans. He thought he had done o gre
thing. but there was only one woman in tit
crowd, and the consequence was, fifty nine 8
them went back. Let the men who CO t
bring their wives and children and neighb -s
and settle down together where their &C. a
habits will not be changed or ties OF aflee =
broken. They will help develop the rescu -
of the country, and new order Of things
bo brought about.