Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-03-05

can be ratified at the present time. We do
MT believe that it will secure tue requisite
nnmbcr Of votes in Illinois, Indiana or Ohio;
W, do not think Connecticut, or Rhode Is.
lind or New Hampshire will ratify it, and it
may fail in New York and Pennsylvania
The Pacific States will undoubtedly reject it,
The universal suffrage clause cannot carry it.
self and the Office holding clause"
From the Commercial s. Financial Chronicle
The South, and the Next Cotton Crop.
The approach Of the planting season 10 the
South, and the policy to b. pursued with ro.
gard to tho next crop, arc matters Of more
than local interest. In fact to the whole
o anynunity, n nth aud S,uth, everything
connected with the C ,tton crop Of 1850 is a
subject VI the highest imp rtanoe. Nor is
this interest c'li,.l 70 nr own c,uatry.-
The cotton manufactures, anl cons nsrs Of
Europe. and the colt IN producers in Inli,,
Egypt an ! other pl,ces vii iii th,it in ~
try seriously afmt.i f,r s,,l i'll by tho
pr 'p :cts an re,,;ti OF tn %c,niis s.,spr.-
:" k,ly C>tt>n," To- l,5a;n.l m,l,rc!l,
still exercises . i ,cil,l anl positive iniu.
cnoe in thu wpci ail this iniIm,s 500 ns
to be incra .s'n5 rather tina di ni,ishin. =
AT no former p,rio.l h,ve til, pr, Of
this staple elected n deeper or m,re general
| concern.
Tbs action. therefore, Of tho South in ref
ercncc to the new crop is Of tho first impur.
ta,ce. No back ward step should be taken,
but the same Intelligent course which has
produced such remarkable results the past
year should DO continues tlis c, ming season.
1t has abund,ntly demonstrated the Vitality Of
tho South AMI the possibility Of raising cotton
MIRO successfully by frees labor than by slave
labor. All that is neel.i nov is t!,a, the les.
sons of the past three y>ars' DO not lost, in or.
der thet tho S,ith my rot lin tho vantage
ground it hts gain Il, AMI enter np,n a new
career Of social AMI industrial d.yel,p mont
AMI prosperity.
At the closo Of the civil var, tn, ii ,.lc
element nf labor was about tho only m,,us
rem ,ining in tn, ) nth Of rc,,vary from the
Industrial prostitution in which tn 1t section
way left. Bat even this res ,nrca was sadly
deficient Tha frs.lnm w.rs bully l.mor.
allied. insnb% 'rlin.to AM prctenti,ns; AMI.
at the same tim, tn, white p,pnl,tim was
exhausted, angry an @je,lrls. All cl,sses
were utterly broken d,v, in spirit, while there
Wa Nh m,nsy or credit anywhere. In this
evtre nifty tho planters turned to cotton as
their only hon,. Pric ~ had boon hi RI, and
1t was thnu ,ht th. thny would cmtinue SO,
and Oh tho b+Iiso f tho til ~ ruling rates, COR,
tr,cts wore entered into AMI plans made for
tho year. Il is 10 srcsly necessary to repeat
the disasters Of that and the succeeding sea.
sons. The result pf ths'p,liey pursued WIS,
that during the winter Of 1889, a cry Of fam.
inc arose from tho most fertile districts Of The
w,rld. AMI the little remn INT the war had
loft appeared to have been lost. Relief was
sent. and tho danger passed away, leaving y
sevorc experience, which. has resulted, how.
ever, in the gro .test g,,i to tint section OF
our country, cn,bliny them. in fact, to raise a
Drop of cotton at about ton conts per pound,
aud to soil it ut ,noro tn IN twenty cents. Ovor
two hundred and fifty millions of dollars will
pass into the S,uth from cotton alono this
season, placing tho planters in a position o.
comparative Independence.
In tracing the causes Of the success Of 1868.
as oontrasted with tho disasters Of tho pre-.
oediag years, we fad tho %olearost indio,tioas
OF what should be the p,lioy Of the South in
tho ! q neliate futur,. F.ilure at sarst was
MT the result Of d 81 ,ient crops, but rather OF
the acts Of the freed nan and the planters
themselves. Capital, t, DO sure, was shy AM
distrustfnl, AMI coa'i only be obt lined with
difficulty and high rates of interest or on ex
tremely unfavorable forms. L,b,r, also. WI,
demoralized. In vory may oases the frssi
men, having newly tasted tho sweets Of libsr
ty. refused TO work, or, If. thsy W ,rkcd. i,
was with a great .ok Of energy and eff zion