The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-02-03
Gold for Cotton,

Gold for Cotton.
With every word which We printed
from tho Augusta Constitutionalist last
week against boarding we most hearth
ly agree, and so far as demanding gold
for cotton has the tendency to cncour-
ago boarding, We would utter nothing
but ccnsure against it. But other
and deeper questions aro involved,
and VIC think It not improbable that
by the fall of 1870, unless thorc be an
unexpected change in the management
of our national finances, all tho cotton
planters Of the entire South will have
followed tho example Of the cotton
planters of Texas in demanding gold,
and not greenbacks, in exchange for
their cotton.
|. Tho Southern States will not be
/. truly represented in Congress during
the next four years. Tho influence
they will cxort, on the government,
then, seems to depend exclusively up
/, on the skill Of our planters in cscap-
" Ing from tho indebtedness under
which they now labor, and in control
ling, in their individual capacity, the
cotton and tobacco and sugar crops.
by demanding gold, and not green
backs, for their produce, they will cx-
crt an influence by no means to be de-
spised, and the growing disposition,
just rs they commence to escape from
their indebtedness, to exert this !rc-
mcndous power, is n fact worthy Of
the most serious attention Of Statcmcn.
Tho fear of tho Northern press to no.
tico this new form of what they
doubtless consider as rebellion, or
their strange oversight Of it and it's
serious and almost irresistible conse i.
quences in modifying, if not positive
ly controlling tho financial policy of
tho future, is wonderfully Significant
That tho dcspiscd South should, with
in three years from this date, practi-
cally control tho finances of the
Union, without single really true
representative of her people in high
position in tho government, is some
thing of which tho arch fond little
drcamt when ho so often repeated his
prcccpt of tho gospel Of hate, "Impov
crish thom, and then let them alonc'
NVc havo been impoverished Indeed
but as wo begin to rise, tho disposi
tion not to risk tho future by inscpa
rably linking it with tho financiorin!
of an extravagant and corrupt govern
mont, may forcc that government t.
sobriety, or at least savo our futur
from overwhelming cmbarrassmonts.
3. Wo havo once or twice hintc,
strongly our conviction that, howevc
much immigrants from tho North o
Europe may assist in the development
Of our resources, tho progress Of lmmi
grafton will DO so slow as to leave th
!. future of the land We love cmphatical
ly,in our own hands. Any movemon
therefore, that promises to disconrag
mere money spcculations, and to lca'
to Investments in real solid improve
mcnts, (and this gold movement t
those who foar tho folly and dishor
est extravaganza of tho national GOV
ernment, seems to DO such move
monty is worthy Of most sober rt
Aootion. Tho present cotton crop c
South Carolina and Of the create
part of ofGcorgia will bo exchanged fc
national currency, because our plar
tors aro in debt, but will it be til
case with tho Drop of 1869, and if Sc
with tho crop Of 1870. We, at prcscn
think not. The gold for cotton move
mcnt is destined to grow. 1t is til
most significant feature in the situc
tion of the South. Either that, or
sudden and wonderful reform of tn
national government.
The Best Manure,