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

auxiliaries of mental improve
la ellt more literally patronized manu-
Efad5mers encouraged; great works oI
lslnternal improvements perfected ! the
llarl and sciences fostered spirit Of
tfoebearance and liberation disseminated
sghout the land. Nothing tends
more to our injury and unhappincss
,thAila disposition to abuse and perse-
cue every man who happens to differ
fromus in<opinion. An enlarged and
Liberal charity in this respect must be
fcby our people if We would build up
l.ousSallen fortunes and make the South
IiNlEit once was-the controlling pow
lBaHthe nation.
eball good men and women resolve,
aadStiek to the resolution, to go to
work Cad build up this glorious land Of
ours; qeplace and increase It's once vast
wealth. What we lost i'll negro proper
tydetus vim back ten fold in the in
creased value Of our lands, and the cul-
tiVahon OF our boundless mechanical
miaeral and mehtalresources. We tell
ouf readers that theS capacity of the
South, for greatness, wealth. and happi-
ness, ,4is not to be estimated by mortal
pen, nor realized by mortal minds. The
writer, though young, distinctly recol-
leets the day when, in the Northwest,
alEthat vast country West Of the shores
ofsEake Michigan, was a bowling will
derness. Seventeen years ago, We slept
upon the prairies, within. hundred
miles OF Chicago, with no house within
asscore of miles, and the howls of a
thousand wolves admonished us that
ciszlization in that region existed but in
theimaeination, if at all. Now that
wholcscountry is the abode Of wealth
and luxury. What has caused this ia
bllsolis change? Well directed and in
tsfligent physical and mental labor. We
ofthe South, have amuch superior coun-
tfryJin, all its natural advantages. We
have soil, climate and water privileges,
which are not excellcd, if cquallcd, on
tbeiface Of the earth. Let us all work
with will-discountcnance old fogy-
isn., foolish prejudice, and al. species Of
nonsense cease repilIngs over the past
and grumblings at The iuturc take the
world as we find it, and use it to the
best advantage; be industrious, sober,
ceaea1oaaical, and our word for it, in less
thaiistwenty years, we will be richer
thal1th North, or anybody else, and
hs,ipiicrsthan ever before. Not only
-tt1is, But in all probability Southern
St&tcamanship will again. as it did for
fifty years immediately preceding the
war, govern the country.
Coantlymen we offer you <his glori-
Gus prospect, and pledge you it is not
an over-drawn- Or fancy-painted pie
ture.
Education, libcrality 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
ture manhood.
It's really astounding to see how
much@we 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
rcnni!css condition, who never had any
thing 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 ycal:
will realize for us more money, N 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
ufactories are sprin.ing up all over the
land emigration is setting in, slowly
it is true, and much of it-has been OF
the carpet-bag order ;;rbut better class
are coming and they willcome by thou
sands, and tens Of thousands, while the
carpct-baggers will become useful citl-
zens, or depart out of our borders.
AYaylthen with grumblirg and de
spohdency. "This goodly land, this
glqnous Heritage is ours, and we are
Isstaven hearted wrctches if we allow the
e lEsessceptrc to depart out Of Judah,
for The " Shiloh" will surely come. God
speed it.
f. TOUCHING INSTANCE OF CHILDISH
DEvor1oN.-Three children in New
Brunswick got estray. One was about
SIX years ofSage, the others four and
three. 1t was a wild region, and in
wild weather, and at the edge of night.
From signs, it seems that the aix-yeal
lbld soon felt sure there was no hope OF
their being found, or finding themselves
THAT night, and so it took measures at
Eonce for the safcl1eeping Of its little
Zones, Putting them in the most shel.
E5ered nook it could find, it then stripped
Isaway the most of It's own garments to
kput on them, and set out to gather dry
l8sea-weed and brush to cover them up
Fin and defend them. Quite quantity
LOT this had been gathered and piled
iiabout the babes into sort OF nest,
Eend there they lay when the people
found them, still alive; hut the six-yeal
Eold matron and martyr lay out on the
Shore, dead Of the cold-lay beside the
last pile of brush it had been able to
gather. but was not able to bring in.
| The Man.
Is q man the whit the better
Fur his riches md his gains!