Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-12-23
Our Condition.

Our Condition.
All that the Georgians require to Sc
cure an addition of hundred millions
to their capital and fifty thousand to
their population, during the coming
year, is to preserve public order and
maintain the safety Of life, liberty and
property.-NeaO York Times.
We venture to assert that the actual
statistics of crime will show now what
the census reports of the United States
Government have proven from the foun-
dation Of the Government up to 1860,
that the proportion Of crime is far great
er in the Northern and Eastern States
than at the South. In Georgia particu-
larly is this true.
We admit that there has been more
of violence and lawlessness in this State
since the war than before This is east
ly and naturally accounted for, as one
Of the legitimate results of the fierce
struggle in which our people were, for
four years, engaged with the Federal
Government. The history of all wars,
in all countries of the globe, shows that
they produce not only disregard for
human life, but tend to lessen respect
for legal authority. General demorali-
zation is one of the legitimate fruits of
all wars. The South has not suffered
in this respect any more than the North.
Indeed if we take the reports Of vio-
lence, published in the papers of the
two sections, as true indications Of their
Character and extent, we shall find that
even in tTfiss natupalSdisorder Of society
the North has suffered more than we of
the South.
We are thoroughly familiar with the
condition ii affairs in this State, and do
not hesitate to declare that life, proper
ty, reputation and the pursuit of happi
ness, are as thoroughly protected here
as in any State in or out of the Union.
1t is true thai there are occasional dis
plays of mob spirit, and now and then
isolated instances of personal violence.
But these are mainly the results Of the
imperfect state of human laws, and the
defects of organized society (; and they
exist and display themselves in more or
less frequency in all the civilized ma
tions Of the earth. These violations Of
the laws Of society are as frequent and
as apparent in the North and East and
West as they are in the South. The
recent cold blooded murder of an old
woman by her daughter and son-in-law
in Philadelphia-the murder in one of
the Il most ,pepnlous streets of New York
OF -dl1leti llsMs
home at night from his days labor-the
killing of Moore in Indianapolis day be-
fore yesterday by an infuriated woman
whom he had insulted-thc case Of Hes
ter Vaughn convicted Of child murder
in Philadelphia-the Cole-Hiscock af-
fair-tlie terrible butchery Of Cornelius
Holmes by Deacon Andrews TO secure
a legacy left him by his victim-thc re-
cent lynching at New Albany, India
na-show that the spirit Of lawlessness
is existing with more Or less intensity
in all sections of the country.
The constant charges which are made
against the South by the Times and its
Radical cotcmporaries have had the
tendency to check and drive off emigra-
tion from the South. They hate the
South and her people so intensely that
they seize upon all sorts of expedients
to injure and insult U.S. The light, how
ever, is being let in upon the Northern
mind and ere long the people will dis
cover to what extcnt7sthey have been
fooled and, imposed upon. The salu-
brity of our climate the fertility OF our
soil-the immense treasures of mineral.
wealth lying concealed in our mountain
ranges-the valuable water power which
is furnished by a thousand streams
the peacefulness, kindness and sociabil-
ity extended to bona fde settlers (not
carpet-baggera) among us by the peo-
pie of the South, and particularly of
Georgia, is beginning to have their eff
feet upon the Northern mind. Every
day we hear of purchases and settle
ments within our borders Of good men
from the North. They have come among
us with the view of becoming perma-
nent citizens, and in every case they
have met with cordial and hearty well
come.
Lands in this State are cheap. In
proportion to the value of their yearly
productions, they are cheaper than any
lands on the face of the earth. Good
cotton lands can be bought here now
from one to six and seven dollars per
acre. These lands will produce, with
proper cultivation and slight applica-
tion of fertilizers, from four hundred to
a thousand pounds of lint cotton per
acre-worth in the market now from
ninety to two hundred dollars. Two
good handsome to hoe and one to
a good mule, will culti-
vate thirty to forty acres of these fine
cotton lands.
Such inducements as these cannot
fail to bring settlers among us, despite
the foolish and untruthful charges Of
the New York Times and other Radi-
cal journals. Let our people hold them
selves in patience. A better time is
coming. It may be long before we see
it, or it may be felt in few months.
Let us, then, quietly bide our time
Chronicle & Sentinel.
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