The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-03
G HA r L E S TON.
MONDAY MORNING, MAY 8, 1859.
Tho state Agricaltural Convent,on

The State Agricultural Convention.
In the State4sAgricultural Convention,
which met in Columbia on Wednesday last
and adjourned on Thursday, there were one
hundred and forty-seven delegates repre-
senting twenty-five counties Of the State;
and, If we may judge Of the disposition and
temper Of the people by the character and
conduct Of their representatives, the new
Agricultural Society will be the means Of
stimulating and encouraging the develop
ment Of every branch Of industry. The
delegates, as q body, were shrewd and ear
nest men; not dawdlers and visionaries, but
men of thought and experience, who are
| resolved to walk themselves in the broad
path which they are marking out fer others.
They carefully avoided political debate and
rhetorical flights Of fancy, conaning them
selves to those practical subjec upon whose
proper treatment SO much Of our prosperity
depends. 'ei1 NJ !@~
The fact that politics were excluded from
the deliberations Of the convention WAS not
due, however. to any misapprshs snsion Of
the grave eunoertainties of the times. sThere
were In the body veterans who had grown
gray in public life, and whom no trick or
Tsnbterfuge could mislead But co oh delegate.
while admitting the close connection which
exists between our political condition and
industrial status, felt that q convention as
sembled for the purpose Of breathing new
life into the operations Of the planter and
mechanic, was not the place in which to
! denounce Radicelism or exalt the horns Of
Democracy. This rule governed the COM
! vention from the first to the last hour Of its
I existence
| The thoroughly practical frame Of mind
Of the convention is best shown by the pub
lished reports Of Its proceedings. All the
Information in possession Of the delegates
was laid before the body for its guidance,
and committees were appointed to consider
at their leisure those subjects with which
thorough and familiar acquaintance was
necessary. We may, therefore, hope that
by November next, when the frst annual
meeting Of the Agricultural and Mechanical
Society Of South Carolina will be held, the
committees will be prepared to present all
the information that can be obtained, in re-
gard to manufactures, emigration and labor,
fencing, commercial fertilizers, the best
method Of oultivating cotton, rice and corn,
the manufacture Of sugar, fish culture and
bee culture. and the use Of agricultural and
labor saving implements. Each Of these
subjects viii be closely examined, the en-
deavor being to and out what are the
fsurest and speediest ways Of building up the
State and restoring the prosperity Of the
people.
! And there is NO doubt that the convention
will do much good beyond the Organization
Of the permanent society and the devisine
Of means for obtaining agricultural and
mechanical statistics. The particulars given
OF the success Of tho Newbsrry Immigra-
aon Society, and the accounts given by
Colonel Palmer in the ARTICLE which we re-
print y this i morning touching tks cost 81 spin
ming yarns, viii at onos besppssd threughs-
out the State. They swsssii rAots dspsna .gYss
nswspspe oifcnlatiSn, bit win bS nasde
known by the delegates themselves. Who
will tell their friends and neighborss and
explain tortheaa, what they heard and saw
lin Columbia. In this way theanews viii
be spread over all South Carolina,
Bnt i 10 not enough 10 hold 5 convention
and organize societies. The soeisty must be
supported. II must have : plses ssT holding
the annual'faif,.it It must havs prize list, it
must be able to pay its current sxl;psndSs;..
TO be able TO do gsoa, the sooiety nuss 81
On q safs footing, and il can be fisnly1 ~.
Etabiishsd by the fall il thu farmers; and
planters st once enroll sheir nasiaes and bos
come members of the ssclesy. The sabl
scription is but small, ard We hopo that the
State press viii urge their rssdsrs TO send
In their applioations at once TO Colonel b.
Wyatt Aiken, the Secretary Of the Society,
at Cokesbury, 80 that by thu time or the
annual meeting there may 10 two Or three
thousand members. This - be aesss. assa
IL the delegates to the goiumbia oonven-
tion bsstir thsmselvsss svsn more may be
accomplished. issT.,f a 81
Ths coanty lraesfasns. /.
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